Luca’s POV “We’re here.” James said, voice low but still loud enough for it to echo around in my head a couple of times. I turned off my phone after responding to the video Sofia had sent me, and then I pocketed my phone in the next moment. I puffed out a deep breath in the next second, feelimg the car start ti slowly slow down before finally pulling to a stop. I alighted the car as soon as the car got opened my my driver, and I shoved my hands into the next second. After some time, James came around to stand beside me, and the sound of the car driving away echoed around me a little. We were currently at the inside of the airport, at the other side of the airport where regular people were definitely not supposed to be around at, but then James and myself are not regular people, which is why we are currently here.I had decided to send a private plane to pick him up, and it was supposed to be here anytime soon. The plane which I had sent out was one of the planes I owned, but i
Luca’s POV It almost felt like a dream that was about to slip through my fingers, it almost felt unreal, like it was way too good to be true in that moment, like I was going to slide my eyes close and open and he wasn’t going to be there anymore. I stood still, in the same spot as soon as I had set my eyes on me, and after a few more moments, I watched as James who was still hugging him slowly pulled out of the embrace to turn around and stare in my direction, probably because he had felt Armani stiffen in his arms. I was super grateful that the particular room was currently, because I could feel my eyes start to sting a little at that very moment.I watched as Armani’s mouth fell slightly open after a few more seconds, and I couldn’t help but notice that he was now a grown up man. He wasn’t the kid I still usually see in my dream, he wasn’t the kid that always looked so small beside me, it seemed like we were almost the same height at the moment, and his shoulders were now a li
Luca’s POV “Aish, I’m not a kid anymore.” He literally whined out, and I found myself grinning a little at him. James only rolled his eyes before going to stand before Armani, and I noticed that they were almost the same height, although James was still a little bit taller. James reached up and to my disbelief, started to ruffle Armani’s curls the way I remember doing to him a whole lot when he was little, and then James started to speak. “You might be as big as this, as you are right now, but you’re still a kid.” James continued to sowie as he kept on ruffling Armani’s a lot more before finally pulling his fungus away. I watched as Armani scrunched his face in the next moment as he reached up and started to try to restore some type or balance to his currently disheveled hair.“I’m not.” Armani finally responded and James only chuckled a little before rolling his eyes.“If you’re not, then I’m guessing you’d be ready to wrestle with me tomorrow morning? Winner ends up being rig
Luca’s POV “Where’s Armani?” I asked a frozen James who slowly pulled away from the entrance of the car which he had been about to get into, a few seconds ago. I got down from the car as well, feeling my stomach start to feel really nauseous at that moment. It felt like I was suddenly feeling sick and dizzy, it didn’t help that I had felt like this some time ago before Armani had arrived, when I had been thinking something had happened to the place he boarded. I turned around to face James, and as soon as I saw the panicked look on his face, I felt everything inside of me drop into my stomach at that very moment.“Where is he?” I asked James really slowly after a few moments, walking really slowly until I was standing before him. James didn’t know what to say to that and so I turned around and started to scan my eyes around the whole opening in the next moment.“Where last did you see him?” James asked me as soon as he came to place his hand firmly on my shoulder. I wanted to sh
Luca’s POV Now that both my hands were empty at that moment, I lifted both hands and placed them against my face, and then I screamed into it a little, feeling like I needed a little outlet or all the I was starting to feel stabbing into my chest. I couldn’t let loose like I actually wanted to because I was currently in public for one, and also couldn’t afford to have a breakdown at a time like this, when I was supposed to be very strong and emotionless now that I was searching for my baby brother. He doesn’t know how to defend himself, doesn’t know how to do a fucking thing that involves violence, how was he going to be able to cope with being kidnapped? What if it was someone that had been wanting to do this for a long time, the stupid person might decide to torture him at these just for the fun of it, and the funniest unfunny thing about all these was the fact that Armani was never involved in any of this, and I had a feeling that it was one of my dad’s stupid enemies that m
Luca’s POV I blinked once, and pushed through the bodies of the men who were standing before me, rushing forward to the person who was calling my name, which i had thought I had imagined at first, and as soon as I got to where he was standing in, beside three other people– I shoved the man closer to him to the side and pulled him into my arms, feeling the whole war that had been going on inside of my head start to ease off in that same moment, as I pulled him against me even more.I pulled out of the hug after a moment and held his shoulders, shaking him a little right before I started to speak. “Where the fuck have you been, Armani?” I asked after shaking him for a few moments, staring into his eyes and taking my gaze over every part of his face to ensure that there wasn’t any kind of scratch on his face, and then I started to look him up and down, patting his arm down.“Luca…?” I raised my head up after a few moments and pulled him into my arms, ignoring the man eco we’re still s
Luca’s POV James: Why did you ignore what I was trying to say to you?I typed in a response and sent it after a few moments.Luca: Maybe because I don’t understand eyes language? I didn’t even know you were trying to tell me something.He started to send in a response almost immediately, and a rest came in after a few seconds.James: Well, I was.I scoffed a little and was tempted to ignore him and just drop my phone into somewhere, but ignored that thought and continued to type in a response.Luca: Well, what did you want to tell me? You still are not saying a thing James: RelaxJames: What I was trying to say to you was that, did you see your brother beside you?I glanced beside my almost immediately, checking to see if there was something unusual, but finding nothing – because everything about him still feels unusual to me in a way, starting from how grown up he looks.Luca: Yeah, I see him. What’s up with him?James: You need to speak to him.I blinked a little as I ghosted my g
Luca’s POV “Whoa, whoa… slow down.” I said as soon as I pushed myself into a more straight sitting position, as soon as all what he was saying started to sink into my head. I stared at him pointedly, and our eyes only remained locked for a few more seconds before he was averting his gaze. The inside of the car wasn’t all that bright because the sky was already really dark at this very moment, but a little bit of light had managed to bleed through the windows from lit up companies and passing cars rear end lights. I puffed out a deep breath after a few moments before starting to speak.“Armani…” I started to say but he cut into what I was trying to say without me getting more than a word past my lips.“We both know it’s the truth, don’t try to…” He started to speak but I shushed him after a few seconds, making him trail off on a small sigh.“Relax, Armani. You’re so worked up at the moment, can you try to take in some deep breaths?” I said after a few moments, and although he didn’t a