Luca’s POV After putting a call through to Jane’s and informing him of the blown up condo, I asked him to do some research, like I was also going to start doing here, and then it wasn’t long before I was ending the call.I was worried, I couldn’t deny it.Just imagining what would have happened to Sofia and I if we had gone back to the condo last night was leaving the cold feeling that had lingered as soon as I had read that text some time ago. I rolled out of the bed and ruminated through the closet here, there was only a few items here, all our stuff back at that condo had been definitely ruined. My laptops and the documents I came all the way from Italy with, was burnt as well. It was a good thing that one copy of those documents I had with me was still available back in Italy, and the files on my laptops could easily be regained back. What I was worried about now, was the person that was behind this.I racked my brain but no one in particular was coming forth, and Witt a
Luca’s POV I knotted my tie while throwing a quick glance at the wall clock was, we were already running late and the venue was at least a thirty minutes ride away.“Bunny? Are you almost ready?” I called out as I picked up my guns and shoved them into their respectful positions on my body, as Sofia called out a response. “Yeah… but, I can’t reach my zip, can you please come give me a hand?”I made my way towards the dressing room and was speechless as I closed the distance between us to stop behind her. Feelimg floored concerning how perfect she looked, I pinched the zipper and carefully pulled it up.The dress was silver in color, and the straps holding the gown up was tiny silver linings. It was long, although the slit at the left side of the dress was so high, it was directly under her bubble butt.She turned around to glance up at me and I puffed out a deep breath as I cupped her cheeks in my hands.“I guess you’re going to call me stunning right now?” She asked and I
Luca’s POV I was on my feet in an instant, gun already out just as more people emerged from the crowd with guns already cocked, making it more obvious that it had all been planned from the very start. I began to fire my gun while tugging Sofia against me because there was nothing that she could hide against right now.I tried my best to ignore Sofia’s trembles as I fired away, as I was shooting, so were the groom’s and bride’s family doing as well. When the groom ended up getting shot and his white suit turned red in an instant, was probably when it dawned on everyone that this was freaking serious, because they were all screaming and sucking in an instant. After a few more moments, I realized that the people who were shooting weren’t here to hard anyone, but to take out the groom’s family.And so I asked Sofia’s to duck like everyone was doing, and then I went to the middle of the aisle to stop one of the men from getting to the front of the church by kicking his gun out of hi
Sofia’s pov “Put this on, bunny.” Luca murmured as he handed me a bag which I presumed had some clothes in it. I accepted the bag and blinked up at him. “What’s in it?” I asked and he hummed. “A dress.”“Oh, are we going out?” I asked as I looked through the bag and caught sight of a gleaming black material.“Yeah, we are. On a date.” He responded and I felt my stomach flutter as I glanced up at him.“Really?”He nodded his head in response. “Yup, now go get ready.”I was brimming with excitement as I went to do as told, the dress which he had bought for me was a black one, it was silly to touch and the material was so damn soft and exquisite. I slipped the dress on and revealed in how sexy it made me feel. The front was very low and the back was literally non existent. The length was also short as well, and the shoes which he had gotten me seems like they were made from the same material of the dress. Once I was done, I hastily did my face a little.While I was slipping the sh
Sofia’s pov I was astride Luca in the back of the limousine and Luca had his hands over every part of my body all at once, because it seemed like he couldn’t wait until we get sick to the condo, and not like I was complaining. Each spot his hands ghosted over felt heated and alive and I welcomed every touch eagerly.He was sucking at the side of my jaw and I was moaning breathlessly while squeezing on his suit jacket as something that felt like liquid heat moved through my veins, making my mouth slack and my eyes heavy lidded.“You smell so good,” Luca murmured huskily against my jaw and and then he was burying his fingers in my hair to tug my face downwards and then he was kissing me hungrily, his tongue licking fiercely into my mouth to tangle with mine, resulting into what seemed like a thousand sparks go out n my head at once. His other hand was sliding over my back to cup my ass in his hand and then he was moving me over him to grind him over me and I trembled and let
Luca’s POV A few days later and I was finally done with all what I had come to do here in New York, it was finally time for us to return back to Italy. I made sure to take Sofia out almost every night since we arrived here in Italy so she’d have lots of memory here, before we returned back home.Our bags were already packed and I was sending a text to Jake’s who had promised to come pick us from the airport when we arrive in Italy when Sofia emerged. I glanced at her and surveyed ehst she had on, it was a grey colored gown and a flat grey sandals to match. The gown was long sleeved and also body tight, outlining her body shape perfectly.“Are you ready?” She asked when she stopped beside me and I hummed a little.“I’ve been ready for a while now, I was waiting for you.” I informed her as I reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear. She looked abash for a moment. “Sorry for keeping you waiting.” She mumbled but I only rolled my eyes as I picked up our bags.“Say goodbye to th
Luca’s POV When Sofia had informed me about her having a brother, it had honestly taken me by surprise, and when she had went ahead to tell me about him, I realized just how much she loved it. The bond she shared with him before they had been separated by marriage had sounded so damn intense that I felt a quite bad for her and this brother of hers.“Why didn’t you ever talk about him?” I had asked some minutes after she had finished speaking.“That’s because I thought you were not going to be alright with it, I thought –”I shushed her by pressing a kiss against her lips. “Why would you ever think that?”She shook her head a little. “I didn’t exactly think about it, it was just something that had been in my mind before I had gotten married, so it had just been there since.”She had finally responded.And because of how much I saw how she genuinely loved her brother, me being the biggest simp of Sofia right now, went ahead to ask my men to run a tab on her and to try finding ou
James’ pov I hated to admit it to myself that after I had dropped Blair off at her apartment after she had gotten discharged from the hospital, I had been unable to get her out of my head, which I wasn’t happy about.When I had informed Luca and Luca that I was going to be unable to make it to Travis’ apartment because I already had plans, of course they had both automatically assumed I did that because of some random chick which I wanted to fuck. And of course I had let them believe hat on purpose, because there was no way in hell that I’d be telling them the actual truth which was that I wasn’t going to a club that night, but was going to go pick up Blair from her apartment and take her out to dinner, like we had both agree on the day I had dropped her off at her apartment.There was just no way I could tell them that, because I wasn’t sure I understood why I was actually doing all these yet. It was most definitely not because of the money of my ruined suit and the money I h
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.