Sofia’s POV “You’re sure you don’t wanna go back to the house and get some rest?” Ryan asked as soon as we’ve started to make our way towards the garden, and I had been panting way too loudly, coupled eith how I was perspirating.I turned my head around and gave him a pointed look before starting to speak. “Can you not? I’m going to end up getting to the garden as it is, stop trying to convince me to go back to the house.” I said to him and reached up to wipe some of the sweat off my forehead, puffing out a small breath right after that.“I didn’t say that because I wanted you to go back to the house, although that’s definitely one of the reasons.” He said in response after a fleeting second and I turned my head around sharply to glare at him, a move which made him chuckle a little. It was the first time he was chuckling today since we’ve started to speak and I’ve got to admit that I do miss that slightly relaxed part of him- although he never goes completely relaxed around m
Sofia’s POV I was sitting in the middle of all the books I was trying to sort out and I’ve been getting carried away each time I pick up a particular book to check the back of the cover for the blurb. My insides were bursting with energy and I was finding it really hard to concentrate on what I was currently doing.I was in a little short and another large shirt without a bare beneath the shirt this time. After taking my bath, I decided not to head outside anymore since my books have already been placed in my bedroom by no other than Matilda. Before going into the shower, I had paused outside the bathroom, before the mirror in order to check how my throat looked, and it honestly looked really awful. The marks were really dark and looked oh so angry, but I had no idea as to why me seeing those marks against my skin was making my insides twist in a weird kind of way.The fact that I didn’t hate those said marks and wanted it to always be around my throat, so that each time I stare
Sofia’s POV “Really?” I whispered in a small voice and blinked once, wiping the tears that were threatening to spill, back into the back of my throat as I continued. “You actually love listening to me speak?” I continued, blinking up at him.“Of course, bunny.” He said to me after a few moments and I pushed myself against his body even more in the next second, wanting to feel more of his hard and big body against my softer and smaller one.“I had no idea.” I confused in a small voice and smiled a little, feeling my smile wobble a little as a tear was still threatening to slide down my cheeks from my stinging eyes.“Now, you do. Don’t you?” He asked after a few moments and I nodded my head once at him almost immediately.“I do.” I answered in a small voice, feeling my hands start to tremble against his suit jacket where my hands were currently pressed against.He leaned down and pressed his lips against my forehead and my eyes fluttered close as I felt his soft lips drag over the
Sofia’s POV I lifted my hands up and pressed them against my face to stop myself from grinning when Luca lifted my teddy from the bed and turned around to stare at me with his brows lifted high a little.“You want to snuggle with your new stuffie and leave my to myself throughout the night, that’s what you want now?” He asked in a teasing voice and I shook my head instantly as I felt my cheeks start to ache from me smiling way too much.“No, I Just placed it there because I wasn’t sure of where to put it yet.” I argued in a small voice as I closed the distance between us and held my hand out for the teddy.“Hm.” He hummed as he handed it to me and I wrapped my arms around it and buried my face against the warm fur of the teddy. I allowed my eyes to slide close after a few moments as I breathed in and out in a really slow way.“You really like it, don’t you?” He asked and I nodded my head against the neck of the teddy before starting to speak.“Of course I do, it’s so cute a
Sofia’s POV “I have more of these shirts in there, just go through my clothes and take the ones you want, alright bunny?” He continued and I peeked up at that and moved my weight from foot to foot.“Really?”“Of course, bunny. I’d really want to see my piece of clothing on you.” He replied and I bit on my lower lip in the next moment as I started to imagine how it’s going to feel for me to slide his shirt over my naked body, and I started to try to imagine how he’s going to react to it, but ended up coming forth with nothing.“That’s a good thing, I don’t have a lot of big shirts and I really like those because they’re so comfortable.” I said to him after a few moments, and he fell silent after that. He didn’t say anything else until after a few more seconds.“You don’t?” He asked and I glanced up to stare at him, and that was when I noticed the small fold at the middle of his eyes, and that only happens whenever he was thinking or deep in thoughts. “I don’t have a lot of cloth
Sofia’s POV It wasn’t a surprise that one thing ended up leading to another and another until Luca had ended up lifting me up into his arms. I got completely lost in the kiss and the way he was squeezing and touching my body until the song came to an end. I stared up at him, blushing a little after we had broken out of the kiss. I glanced down at his lips and noticed how swollen it looked, and I was very sure my lips were also as picked at the moment. I wiggled out of his arms and was glad he released his hold on me without any fuss or arguments. I dragged my fingers into my hair for a few moments before mining towards one part of the wall where there were large wallpapers pasted against the walls.A startled breath slipped out of my lips as I moved closer to the wall and noticed who it was that was in those wallpapers. The one I was directly standing right in front of, was that of Luca and another man. I craned my head a little as I stared at the picture pointedly. I’d say fr
Sofia’s POV “You fret way too much, bunny.” He continued, carding his fingers through my hair in the next second and I couldn’t help it, my eyes started to flutter a little in an uncontrollable way the next moment.“Nothing’s happened to my little brother, he’s just not here, alright?” He continued and I felt my eyes widened instantly, as I felt my heart start to hammer against the side of my chest the next moment.He isn’t dead? He’s alive? That’s what he's saying, right?“He’s alive?” I whispered with my lips loving agdinst his thumb and he nodded his head once at that. “Yes, bunny. He is. There’s no need for you to cry, alright?” He continued and I nodded my head slowly at him.“But where…” I was about to speak again but I had barely gotten two words past my lips before Luca pressed his thumb against my lips firmly and ever slipped his thumb between my lips in the next second, and I stared at him with wide blown eyes as I felt my mouth automatically closed around his thumb which
Sofia’s POV I breathed out in response to him and I felt his lips start to ghost over my arch throat once again, making me slowly start to shudder against his body once again.“I did mark you up pretty good the last time I did, bunny. Didn’t I? Look at how it’s still so visible…” He started to speak absentmindedly against my throat as his eyes scanned every visible spot on this part of my arched throat. I moaned a little at that, trying to arch my throat for him even more, because I was good for him, because I wanted to be good for him, because I wanted to be his good girl, because I wanted him to see and acknowledge the fact that indeed, I really was a good girl.He pressed his mouth into the curve joining my throat and shoulder together, and then he proceeded to pull a little bit of my skin past his lips, sucking it deep into his mouth and leaving his tongue over it in a way that made a throaty moan slip past my lips the very next moment.I was trembling and my legs was starti
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.