Luca’s POV “Can I kiss you?” I slowly whispered out, as soon as our little breath was separating our faces from touching. Her big eyes blinked up at me and watched as her eyes fluttered a little, and then she gave a tiny nod of her head, color dusting her cheeks at the same time. I closed the distance between us, leaning down even more until the length and height of our faces were almost on the same line, and then I moved my face towards hers, as I watched as a thousand emotions ran over her face all at once, in that particular moment.I leaned towards her and slowly pressed my lips against hers, her lips feeling super soft and smaller than the size or my own lips. It made me remember just how we’ve kissed on our wedding, and how it had been chast as fuck. I pulled away and was surprised that her eyes remained open throughout. She didn’t strike me as the kind of person who’d be able to hold eye contact when being kissed since she couldn’t even hold my gaze strongly on a normal day,
Luca’s POV We didn’t exchange words as we both prepared for bed but I didn’t it was needed because I didn’t think I actually know what I was going to start saying with her, seeing as we still felt like strangers to each other, but I was grateful for the past few days, that was making us bridge the expanse or space between each other… which was a really good thing. I showered really fast, my mind as expecting, returning back to the kiss which I had shared with Sofia back in the bedroom, at the front of the door, some time ago, and everything was still bright in my head, every damn detail was still fresh in my head, every sound she had let out was still fresh in my head as well, and just thinking about those fucking whimpers or hers, was making me start to get hard, right there in the shower.I threw my head back in the cold shower of water pouring over me, as I started to stroke my hands over my hardening length almost immediately. Pleasure washed over me intensely and I groaned a
Luca’s POV “You wouldn’t be attending any kind of gathering relating to stuff where you’re supposed to have a date, without your wife coming with you, she’s now your wife, which automatically makes her your date for this kind of thing, remember?” James started to speak again and I felt my back press into the back of my chair even more, as I allowed his words to slowly sink into my head.Ok but i honestly never thought about it this way. I mean, I did, but it still didn’t register fully in my mind that it was going to start happening like this after I got married.I shook my head a little in order to push the hair which had fallen into my face, out of the way as I stared up at James once again.“Remember, this is your first official outing after you guys got married, and of course, the social media should have been waiting for this day ever since the second day after you got married. So I’m like a hundred percent sure that every one of those paparazzi are going to want to attend t
Luca’s POV I made us pause a few feet towards our bedroom door, and I backed her up into a wall, finally feeling the whole of her body against mine this time. She trembled sgdinst me a little, staring up at me and blinking a little, with color dusting her cheeks.“Hi,” She whispered quietly in a really adorable way and I grinned down at her, which made her blush even more in embarrassment, and then I started to speak.“You’re the cutest thing ever, do you know that?” I demanded, my fingers which were free at the moment moved towards her face and started to slowly brush her hair away from her face in a really slow way, with our eyes locked together. She shook her hair immediately, biting on her lower lips after a moment.“Well, you are, and I’m letting you know right now.” I started to speak once again and she blinked once at me, before her lower lips slipped from between her lips as she whispered a quiet ‘oh’, which made me grin down at her once again.I gave a firm nod of my head
Luca’s POV I pushed the door open and waited for Sofia to walk in before me, and then I pulled the door closed behind me. Sofia turned around almost immediately to stare at me, and I used this opportunity to take a good look at her from head to toe, because she was currently a few feet away from me. She was in a gown today, and her hair was down her back and shoulders like a thick black curtains, I closed the distance between us and paused a few feet before her, and she craned her head backwards until she was staring up at me, and she bit on her lower lip, with her eyes fluttering up at me. “I need you to come to somewhere with me tonight,” I finally started to say and watched as her eyes widened a little, with her lower lip falling out of the light grip her teeth had on it before.“Huh?” She echoed after a moment.“I have to attend a gathering tonight, it’s a wedding gathering, and you have to come with me as my wife.” I continued, explaining slowly and I watched as her ch
Luca’s POV This particular dress was extremely provocative and daring, and I started to wonder how in heaven I was going to be able to concentrate on a thing tonight, after seeing her in this, and still going to have her beside me throughout our stay at the gathering.I shook my head a little and I started to make my way towsrgs the closet, and I started to look for sometime to wear. After a couple of minutes, I started to shove my legs carefully into the pants or the suit, and once I was done, I picked up the inner shirt next, wearing it and buttoning it up instantly. My tie was next and once I was done, I turned around to check at Sofia. She was currently sitting on a chair in here, doing up some pair of footwear on her feet, and I decided to fetch a pair of shoes for myself as well. I wire the shoes almost immediately, after wearing a pair of socks. I wore my wrist watch and made my way towards the table. After a few minutes, I did my hair completely, and I picked up my bottl
Sofia’s POV I felt the moving limousine slowly pulled to a stop and after it completely stopped, I knew we were going to be alighting the car any moment from now.Was I nervous? Yes, a whole lot.I was nervous about a lot of things at the moment and the main reason for my nervousness was the man sitting beside me at the moment. I shifted my eyes a little and grazed the side of his face, drinking in his side profile, and it seemed like every part of him, relating to his body, was just so freaking perfect. I averted my gaze after a few seconds, before he could catch me staring and I quickly used the opportunity to down the rest of my drink, and then I reached forward and placed the empty cup on the top of where the champagne was sitting. My hands were starting to feel clammy and if I didn’t start calming myself down at this point, I was going to start finding it hard to take in breaths into my lungs.I puffed out a breath and reached up to Pat my hair, and the side of my shoul
Sofia’s POV “Here you go.” He murmured in a low voice as he tipped the water bottle upwards and held it towards my lips, completely ignoring my outstretched hand, and I parted my lips to give access to the flowing water.Once I was done, he capped the water once again and I muttered a thank you to him.He pushed to his feet and moved towards the entrance of the door and tapped on it, and then he walked back towards me and outstretched his hand to me. I didn’t hesitate one bit because at this point, I was already kind of used to it, and it always makes my heart flutter uncontrollably each time he does it.I pushed to my feet as soon as he had taken a hold of my hand and before we could make our way to the entrance of the door, it got pulled opened by whom I’d guess was the driver, and as soon as I had alighted along with Luca, in the very next second, I got blinded by a lot of flashlights.I felt his hand let go of mine in that moment and I felt my heart fly into my throat at that
Sofia’s pov The kids had been bursting with excitement, which only meant one thing. It meant more headaches for Luca and I.“Baby, we talked about this, didn’t we? You can’t check the presents until it’s Christmas.” I murmured to Aria while holding her against my chest. She was clearly unhappy about this tiny rule because her frown deepened at once.“But it’s so far awayyyyy! No one is gonna know if I take a peek.”I chuckled as I let her slid down. “Daddy is gonna know.” I reminded her and that seemed to make her have a change of heart.“Oh.” She hesitated a little. “I guess I can wait a bit more.”“More like one more day, honey cause it’s tomorrow!” I gushed out and a grin split out on her face.“Really?!” She demanded and after getting another confirmation, she went off to find her brother, leaving me to myself. I sighed as I watched her leave with a fond smile on my face while massaging my forehead. I called out to her to be careful before I got back to what I was doing before.
FOUR YEARS LATER Sofia’s pov “Be careful, honey!” I called out at once, but I doubt she heard me as she hurriedly raced forward till she was standing before James, a glass of milk carefully clutched in her hand.“Here it is, Uncle James!” She called out enthusiastically and a familiar feeling of fondness swelled in my heart as I watched as an exaggerated look of awe got plastered on James’ face as he accepted the glass of milk.“Thank you, Aria! You’re so hardworking.” He complimented as he took a few gulps of the milk because a tiny sip wasn’t gonna be accepted by Aria who’s clearly still waiting for more compliments.“It tastes so nice and fresh, wow.” James gushed and I listened as Aria’s pleased giggles filled up the room. She began to bounce on her toes when she began to speak. “If you noticed, uncle James, the glass wasn’t totally filled up this time because mommy said that’s how it’s supposed to be to avoid it spilling from the top, and I listened to mommy because she’s alwa
Luca’s POV The bouquet of flowers I had gotten on the way home was a mixture of lilies and tulips, and I paired it with a bunch of balloons and a wrapped gift on the side. It’s a little past six and I couldn’t wait to be home already. I couldn’t wait to get home to my wife and our babies.Work has been quite stressful for the past month, the mafia aspect, to be specific. After news of my wife giving birth circulated around, I already knew that the amount of enemies I have was automatically gonna triple, and in order to keep my family safe, I was gonna have to be more at alert. The mafia clan had thrown a party in celebration after the birth of our babies, and I had purposely attended it alone, keeping my wife and kids far away from a gathering like that because it was filled with dangerous people from top to bottom.“Your enemies are gonna start attacking you even more now that you have a successor. People who have hoped to replace you if you ended up dying without an h
Sofia’s pov TWO YEARS LATER “I look ugly and bloated.” I blurted out while eying my reflection in the floor length mirror in the walk-in closet. Luca, who had been running a comb through his hair, paused for a moment before throwing me a glance, and then a smile bloomed on his face.“Of course you don’t! How can you even think that when you look like a goddess right now.” He murmured, discarding his comb and heading in my direction. I pouted at my reflection, not at all impressed by what I was looking at.“Now you’re just lying cause I’m sure goddesses don’t look this bad. My face is swollen and I literally feel like I’m gonna die.” Luca who had now eased up behind me let out a chuckle into my hair as his hand slid around my waist to carefully cradle my large stomach from the sides.“You still look very gorgeous to me. I don’t think your face is ugly, neither do I think you’re no longer sexy, because you still are. Did last night not explain that enough?” He chuckled at the end of
Luca’s pov It was clear as day that this particular topic has been troubling Sofia for a while now. I could tell from how she was wringing her fingers. I lifted her fingers and brushed my lips across it, and then I let out a long sigh.“If I’m gonna be honest, I haven’t actually thought about it. I just assumed you don’t want them and I was cool with that.” Her eyes widened comically as she whispered. “But… I want children.”I hummed. “I see that now.” “You don’t want children?” Sofia asked after a few moments and I slowly shook my head.“I don’t think I do, cause I don’t actually like the thought of bringing a child into a lifestyle as dangerous as my current one, and leaving the mafia is completely out of the question cause the past would end up catching up with me no matter what.”“Oh.” She whispered while chewing at the inside of her mouth.“Yes, love. But, that aside, I love babies. They’re always so cute and clueless of all the evils in the world.” Sofia laughed at th
Sofia’s pov TWO YEARS LATER*** The sounds of soft laughter filtered through the screen of the television I was currently staring at and a small smile tugged at the side of my lips as I averted my gaze and took a glance at the wall clock situated at the top of the wall here in the room. It was past eight in the evening, which indicated that Luca was almost home, and an excited feeling coursed down my spine. It doesn’t matter that Luca has almost returned home to me every damn day, that giddy feeling still engulfs me every day.Which is the best thing ever, said my therapist when we stumbled on that topic. It’s been over two years and till date, I’m still yet to stop seeing my therapist. She, a Middle aged woman, has made me feel so much love and comfort than my mother has done for me throughout the past two decades that I’ve been alive. The sounds of cute giggles emitting from the television screen grabbed my attention and once again, I focused on it. This time, my bre
Sofia’s pov The weeks flew by faster than i could keep up with.Healing was slower than I anticipated, and I hated almost every second of it, if I was being honest, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t willingly take another bullet for Luca if I could, because I will. Luca had gotten extremely displeased when I offhandedly said those same words to him, and he made me promise to never, ever do that again.I stayed in the hospital for months, because Luca wanted me to be completely healed before getting discharged. The flowers that got sent to me by every well wishers had gotten thrown out more than three times because at a point, they all began to rot.A little gathering was thrown in celebration of my release from the hospital. Everybody was there waiting in the house as entered the house, from Kayla and her husband, Travis, to Armani and his girlfriend, Nala, to James and his fiancée, Blair, to Angelo. It was relieving to finally be home and be surrounded by so much love right now ma
Sofia’s pov ‘Was this how it feels to float?’I asked myself over and over again, the more time I spent in that same unending loophole. It felt like I was stuck in a fluffy space, but instead of sinking, I remained afloat.Muffled voice could be heard coming from multiple sides at once but I couldn’t make any word out, neither could I tell each voice apart from the other.I limbs literally felt nonexistent because I couldn’t wait use of them no matter how much I tried. It’s almost weird how it’s pitch dark in this fluffy space, preventing me from making anything out.Or perhaps, I was the one who had my eyes closed throughout, I realized when I discovered that I could feel my eyelids twitch a little. I tried to get my eyes open after that, but ended up giving up after trying over and over again to no avail. I drifted straight into an unconscious state after that.When I came to once again, I felt warm fingers around mine. The fingers felt familiar in a way, and with everyth
Sofia’s pov The scream that left my mouth this time was completely silent as I watched as the kneeling man who was apparently working with Ryan, fell to the ground face first after being shot by Ryan. That sent a more terrified feeling down my spine, because not only was Ryan crazy, he was clearly also heartless as hell. Seeing how he could effortless kill off his own partner made it more obvious that it wouldn’t be hard for him to kill me if he wants to, and that he wasn’t just bluffing by threatening to shoot me.“Fuck, man, you really are a freak. Your own partner?” Angelo mused with an unimpressed look on his face. Luca snorted and leveled Ryan with a look. “That’s not something a Ricci would do, you know?”“Well it’s a good thing I’m not a fucking one, okay? And now that I’ve killed my partner myself, you clearly don’t have anything to threaten me with, I have nothing to lose in this situation unlike the rest of you.” Ryan responded haughtily, sneering as he tugged on my hair.