James pov The girl who was sent from hell, who still had her mouth gapping open like a fish that was struggling to breathe, like it was taking her ages to process the fact that she had just ruined my outfit and that it was a very bad thing entirely to be on the receiving end of my anger. It was like everything snapped into places for her in the next second because she was scrambling to her feet and hurrying towards me, with eyes widened like saucers.She barely glanced up at me and instead went straight to my ruined inner shirt and then she began – she began to scrub her hands which I noticed were trembling, against my inner shirt. A part of hands that was covered in dirt and also – blood?She was only making matters worse, my burnt brown inner white shirt was now w dirt brown and coffee brown, along with different smear of blood seeing as she kept on scrubbing at the shirt, like even if her hands were clean, it was going to be possible to get to coffee stains out of it that w
Sofia’s pov Waking up with Luca beside me would never feel old to me, it was something I’d always love. It was something I’d always feel my heart flutter at, each morning that turns out like this. Luca was fast asleep and I nuzzled into his throat and grinned when his hands tightened around me on reflex, when I was a hundred percent sure he was fast asleep.I managed to fall back asleep that way, and didn’t wake up until probably an hour later, to his lips scattering kisses over every part of my face, and I giggled as I slowly blinked my eyes open to stare at him. My eyes fell on his lips and back on his eyes and I watched as a small, knowing grin made its way to his face. Why he was refusing to kiss me was still beyond. Apart from that night when he had said that I was a bad girl and needed to earn the kiss, he hadn’t kissed me on the lips since then. And although it’s quite exciting and leaves me longing for it each time I focus on his lips, I was starting to get a little bit
Sofia’s pov “How are you this stunning?” I turned around as soon as I had heard Luca’s voice to see him staring at me from the other side of the room, wth his hands deep in his pockets as he looked me up and down with a burning heat brewing inside his eyes. I grinned and rolled my eyes a little.“I have no idea of what you’re talking about.” I finally responded as I turned around to continue applying my eyeliner and mascara. It was a good thing I knew how to do my eye makeup on my own, because I know that I always have to look good as the wife of Luca. Once I was done with my eyes, I was applying some gloss on my lips when Luca came to stand behind me and I shivered a little when his hard body pressed against me from behind. I glanced at him in the mirror before me and bit on my bottom lip when he slide his hands around my hips and up to thumb my nipples a little. He finally settled them on my hips and whispered a low ‘fuck’ in my ear that made me swallow down a whimper.“You’re
Sofia’s pov The first thing I noticed was how this supposed club was so much different from what I had always imagined how a club used to look like. I've always read about how club looked from the amount of times I read about it in books, but this was completely different from what I had almost imagined. No dangerous thoughts I had came up with in my head could have prepared with what I was being faced with right now.There were a lot of girls who were barely dressed, they were gsryeter around the part of the opened area that I’d call a stage, and they were pole dancing. A quick glance around and I felt myself shiver a little at what I saw, there were people dancing on top of men and doing all sort of stuff that made me shudder in a bad way, and I felt myself pressing against Luca’s dude unconsciously.“You okay, bunny?” He asked when I glanced up at him. There sss lots music playing from another area of the club, but it wasn’t all that loud, that didn’t require Luca to shout a
Sofia’s pov I wasn’t the only female around the table right now, there were a few other women sitting beside who I’d presume as their husbands, and I instantly noticed that they were older than I am. They kept regarding me with unreadable expression and as expected, i acted like I couldn’t feel their eyes on me.I noticed when one of the men offered a cigarette to Luca which he declined, and almost immediately, he was offered something that was wrapped in brown paper that I knew produced smoke as well. Luca accepted it but didn’t lit it. He was offered drink which he accepted and cradled in his hand, but I was very sure he wasn’t going to be tasting it. After that, all the men around the table fell into a conversation that I wouldn’t even be able to understand why if i had paid all my attention to it, all I knew was that they were talking about some wears and other things which I didn’t waste time in tuning out. I glanced around after that I was quick to avert my gaze from a sc
Sofia’s pov The first thing I had thought of when everyone around the table were suddenly pointing their guns at Luca, was that they were somehow going to shoot him or something, but because I could even think of anything else– Luca, who didn’t even look unfazed while being pointed over twenty guns– began to speak.“There’s someone here who’s pointing his gun here right now… I thought this whole place was supposed to have been filtered well?” I watched as everyone remained frozen, but Luca gestured to the man standing exactly before him to shift a little, and when he did– the dancer and the man she was grinding on remained frozen in a spot.“There they are.” Luca drawled to everyone around the table, and when the men around the table still looked unsure, was exactly when everything broke lose.Before I could blink, the girl was sliding off the man like a snake and whipping out a gun and a couple of knifes which she flung towards our table as she began to shoot. The next thing
Luca’s POV I had headed to the club tonight, although knowing it was dangerous, more dangerous than what usually goes down in my clubs back in Italy – but I hadn’t expected a fight as heated as that to break lose. Thanks to Sofia who had alerted me when she had done.I tugged her against me and stroked her hair, and then I thumbed her cheek after a moment. She was blinking up at me, and even though she had said she was okay na m st the club, I knew she wasn’t, I could feel just how fast her heart was still racing right now.“How did you notice the gun being pointed at the table we were situated at?” I asked her after a moment. “Oh, that was because I was bored and was just staring around, and then I noticed it.” She responded and I stroked her cheeks some more.“Those people were assassins, bunny.” “Really?” She asked as she blinked up at me and I hummed. “Yes, bunny. And assassins are really dangerous people, they’re trained to kill and they’re very good st it. I’m so impre
James’ pov “Finally…” I muttered as I dragged in a deep breath. I was currently outside the venue where the meeting had finally been held.After some coffee had gotten spilled on me yesterday morning by a stranger who had probably scraped her hands when she had fallen, and had then proceeded to make matters worse by rubbing her bleeding hands over my shirt. It had all ended up in her fainting and I had had no other choice than to take her over to the hospital that morning, therefore automatically canceling the meeting which I had spent months trying to put together.I had been really pissed yesterday, and thankfully, the people had agreed to reschedule the meeting to the very next day after I had thankfully managed to convince them to do that.And now, it is finally over. And of course, the deal had been signed. I was going to put a call through to Luca tonight to tell him the good news, but right now? My empty stomach was reminding me that I needed to put something inside.
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.