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
Luca’s POV I felt my face breaking into a daring grin and I dropped my now empty hand against her waist, and I used my grip on her back to tug her forward on the counter until her body was pressed close against mine with only a breath of space preventing our stomach from touching, and her hot tights pressed against the sides of my hips firmly.“You still want a taste?” I asked, as I pressed my face forward until my nose was brushing against hers. She nodded her head instantly, her tongue sliding out to lick over her lower lip.“Come get it then.” I murmured, and then I shifted my face backwards until there was a lot of space between our faces, with our bodies still pressed against each other, and my hand still gripping her waist.I watched as her eyes got all glassy as her eyelids lowered even more and she blinked a couple of times before taking her lower lip between her teeth, as she started to worry her teeth over it. She raised her head up slightly once again and locke
Luca’s pov I moved my lips against hers and tightened my hold on her throat a little, moving her face against mine and feeling her cloth covered boobs rub against my shirt ever so lightly as I deepened the kiss even more, tangling my tongue with hers and sucking get lower lips into my mouth, and she kept responding so sexily and beautifully, and her shudders only seemed to be getting more intense as the days went by. I lifted my mouth off hers and kept on staring at her as she moaned breathlessly against my face, and after a few moments, she started to flutter her eyes open. Her eyes ended up sliding close once again when I decided to tighten my hold on her throat in that particular moment.God, this damn woman was going to be the end of me at this point.I swiped my tongue over my lips for a moment, and then I loosened my hold around her throat, and I watched as she finally peeled her eyes open. She was staring wide eyed at me after a moment, and she was breathing really deeply,
Luca’s POV “It is?” I asked as I lifted my other hand off her wrist to wrap it around her waist, and I used my hold on her bare waist to tug her until she was sitting on the very edge of the counter.“Uhun.” She replied in a whisper when I tugged on her hair at that very moment. “What is weird?” I continued, because I was enjoying this so much, even more than I had suspected I was ever going to like it. “Um, me being n- naked?” She replied, stuttering over her replies and I breathed out a small laugh as I untangled my hand from her hair, and watched as she was open to peek her eyes open in the next moment.I took her two wrists and placed them behind her back on the counter, to make her chest be pushed out, and her back arched perfectly.She stared up at me and raked my eyes over her chest, and drank in how perfect she looked right now, being barred this way before me on the counter, before finally lifting my eyes and locking gaze with hers.She had started to worry her teeth ov
Sofia’s POV I turned on my side and pushed my face into the sheets, breathing in deeply and dragging the blanket over my body even more. I wasn’t funny awake yet, but the scent which I’ve come to love and get addicted to, was stifling my whole senses and pouring off this particular spot which I was laying in at the moment, and I turned around once again, tugging my legs upwards to wrap my arm around myself, curling up into a small ball and pulling the blanket around me once again.After a few more minutes, I blinked my eyes open and stared at the darkness of the blanket which I was currently beneath and slowly tugged the material off my face until my head was leaking out. I breathed in deeply ruffs before I allowed my hand to slide out from beneath the blanket to rub against my eyes, and after a few more moments, I finally tugged the blankets off my body until it was around my waist, and then I pushed myself into a sitting position.I didn’t need to glance into the space beside
Sofia’s POV “What’s this huge bruise beside your throat?” She whispered in a low voice and I blinked at her slowly, before my mouth fell open in the next second. I lifted my hand and slapped it against the side of my throat as realization started to dawn on me.The hickey from last night… the damn bite to the side of my neck… Wait a second…That was probably what Ryan had noticed at the side of my neck back there in the hallway…Oh my gosh… can the ground open up this instant and swallow me up at this very moment? “It’s nothing,” I breathed out after a few more seconds, turning around and pushing myself to my feet almost immediately, and then I turned around to stare at Matilda. Matilda was still staring pointedly at the side of my neck which was currently being covered by my hand. I watched as a bright glint made its way into her eyes before I could blink.“It doesn't look like anything though, it looks so much like a love bite.” Matilda continued to speak and I started to p
Sofia’s POV A week has passed since the night Luca and I attended the wedding party together and the night it felt like things officially changed between us. He always returned home on time to have dinner together and ever since he had started to return home for dinner, I had stopped having dinner with Matilda and Sarah. We usually talk whenever we were having dinner and when I think the conversation between us couldn’t get any better, it became so much better and as each day went by, I was always finding myself being drawn to him so damn intensely, and I hadn’t tried to fight the feeling from tne very start, because he hasn’t given me any reason to.He had been nothing but really good to me. He literally treats me with so much care and respect, something I hadn’t even bothered to try using to deceive myself that I was going to get married, right from the moment I got told that I was feeling to get married to him.Now, look at me at the moment, I was living nothing but a nic
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.