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
Luca’s POV I sat down in my seat after pulling the chair beside mine out for Sofia, some seconds after we got shown to it. It was one of the tables in the front or the crowd and we were assigned this particular table as a sign of respect. I turned around and stared at Sofia, to see her focused on a scene that was currently playing out before her, and I followed her gaze to see what it was that she was staring at. She was watching a bunch of children dressed in white play together with a blank expression on her face and I watched her for some moments more, before stretching my hand out and touching her cheek lightly with my thumb, and she jolted a little as she turned around to stare at me.“Are you alright?” I asked after a few moments had passed after she had turned around to stare at me, and it had seemed like I had forgotten what it was that I wanted to say at first. I watched as she nodded her head a couple of times to my question, and god damn, she looked so beautifu
Luca’s POV “Oh, I did got up to a lot of things, a whole lot of things.” He paused for a moment before continuing, and I started to acknowledge the fact that he was looking really good at the moment. He was in a dark colored suit and it stretched out on his shoulders, making him look even broader thanI am, although I was taller than he was. His hair aaa also a little on his head, compared to my curls which fell on my shoulders, and the sides of my face. “I got myself a wife.” He announced with a wide grin and I stared at him with a shocked expression on my face, it was the fact that he was the one who swore the most not to ever get married, and then here he was, informing me about the fact that he had gotten himself a wife.To say I was shocked would be an understatement and breathed out a laugh a few seconds after he had spoken.“That’s really wild man, remember when you vowed not to ever get married? You were really passionate about that whole single lifestyle thing back the
Sofia’s POV I pushed my hair out from my face and reached forward to pick up my glass of wine from the table before me to take a sip from it. It had been brought to me by one of the guard’s and I had declined all the drinks offered from lots of waiters and waitresses, because Luca had asked me to, for my own sake, because apparently it might have gotten spiked or poisoned without my own knowledge. I placed the drink back on the table before turning my head around to glance around once again, like I’ve been doing for over twenty minutes, ever since Luca had said he had to go speak to someone and won’t take long to come back to me. I sucked in a deep breath and puffed it out, dragging my eyes off a few people’s faces who had been staring pointedly at me. The table which was assigned to Luca and I was in the front of the whole place, and it was obvious for the highly respected ones, which had automatically made this particular table in the center of the whole place. I squirmed a
Sofia’s POV I turned my head around until I was staring back at Kayla once again, and that was when I came to the conclusion in my head that it was going to be alright for me to offer her a seat at this point.“Would you like to sit?” I asked her after a moment and stared as she grinned brightly at me before pulling the chair which Luca had only sat in for a couple of minutes, before sinking into it and turning around in the chair until she was facing me fully. “I don’t think I’ve introduced myself to you yet.” I paused.“My name’s Sofia.” “Oh, I know, it was all over the news as well.” Kayla breathed out in the next second and I shifted a little after that.“Uh, that’s good, I guess?” I said after a moment.“I follow your husband on Instagram and Twitter in over a year and I was wondering if you have Instagram as well,”I breathed out a small laugh after that as I pushed my hair out of my face, this lady sure was forward.“I don’t have…”“You don’t have Instagram?” She asked incr
Luca’s POV After spending over five hours at the wedding, Sofia and I were finally leaning for home. I bid Travis goodbye after exchanging contacts and promising each other to hang out in a few days, we finally went both ways. I was pleased that Sofia had been able to hit it off with Kayla, I’ve always wondered how she copes at home, being all by herself and having the same company every day after day, but at least now, hopefully she’d be able to hit it off with Kayla online… and if they do, that’s the only thing that’s going to determine if their friendship is going to grow into something meaningful, or if it’s just going to die down after tonight.Well. Time’s going to tell.I breathed out a small sigh and glanced sideways and my eyes drank in Sofia in all her glory, and all I wanted to do at the moment, is to pull her over my thighs and take her lips in a deep kiss. I’ve been dying to take her lips in a deep kiss after she had dressed up tonight and applied on a kind of lipg
Luca’s POV “But, what if I fall over?” She asked after a second and I rolled my eyes a little before finding myself closing the distance between us once again, and I pushed her hair out of her face, right before I started to speak.“You wouldn’t fall over, just don’t move forward and stare down.” I said to get as I withdrew my hand off her face and took a step away from her once again. “Are you sure?” She asked in a quiet voice, her teeth worrying her lower lips a little. I nodded my head once at her. “A hundred percent sure.” I said to her and watched as she stared into my face for a few moments before starting to speak.“Where are you going? Are you leaving me here?” She asked, voice coming out unsure and quiet.“I’m not leaving you up there by yourself, bunny. I wouldn’t want you falling off there and hurting yourself.” I said to her and watched as she lowered her head, as color bloomed into her cheeks in the next second. “I’m going to get you us a drink, remember I asked yo
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.