Blair’s pov The room’s lightening temperature was darkened to a shade which I liked, and I let out a long exhale as I turned around on my side, staring at the movie playing out on the television as my mind wandered.It’s been over three weeks since I began to live with James. It’s been over three months since I heard the news, and since then, I have been living with James, here in his house.It wasn’t like I hadn’t tried to leave, because I had, but James wasn’t having it on those intervals, and I really couldn’t deny that i had felt extremely floored on those intervals, because even though I had hoped that someone would one day care for me like that, I hadn’t imagined that it would happen like this, or that it would happen in someone like James.James had outrightly informed me that he isn’t able to let me go when I had attempted to leave the third day.“I can’t let you go. You know I can’t.” His voice was low as he spoke and I swallowed emptily as goosebumps gathered on my ski
Blair’s pov When James finally came down for dinner, he was dressed in a tank top that made my mouth water as I stared at him, eyes zeroing in on his bulging biceps. He was so damn hot, it’s definitely illegal to be this good looking. His hair was dark and curly, and his eyes were a cute brown. He had the face of a runway model and I knew so many modeling brands would kill to have him walk the runway for them. When he sank into the dining seat, he flashed me a grin, eyes zeroing in on the food before moving back to my face. “Looks so damn tasty.” He breathed out, a small smile tugging at the side of his lips, prompting me into rolling my eyes as I began to scope some food on my plate.“I wasn’t the one who prepared them, and it’s not something you haven’t had before.” I pointed out. “I wasn't talking about the damn food.” His response came almost immediately, catching me off guard and making my heartbeat stutter dangerously before I focused my gaze on him, noticing that he
Luca’s pov I tightened my grip around the slender throat in my grip, mouth turned downwards and eyes dark with anger.“P- please.” She whispered shakily, hands trying to tug my grip away, unfailingly.“Didn’t I warn you to stay the fuck away?”After leaving the office this evening, I bid goodbye to James, who I had noticed had been returning home earlier than usual. Whereby he was one to head straight to a club after a day at work for some fun at a club, now, he was always heading straight after work.Even though I had told myself that I’d not question him about the topic about whoever it was that was in his life right now until whenever he’s ready to talk about it with me, I couldn’t help but be very curious.As I got into my car, I ordered the driver to drive to one of my clubs because there was something I needed to go work on before heading home. In order not to keep Sofia waiting since I already know I’d be arriving home later than I usually do on a normal day now, I dec
Luca’s pov On arriving home, it was already past ten and I let out a curse as I shut the door behind me, looking through the sitting room as I walked past it and finding it empty. I also made sure to stop by Sofia’s arts room, and on finding that empty, I knew I’d definitely find her in our bedroom.As I climbed up the stairs, I wondered if she had already fallen asleep. On pushing the door open, I was greeted with a sight that filled my chest with so much pain.Sofia was in the middle of the bed, in the midst of the huge blanket, eyes wide and wet. I head towards her instantly, getting into the bed and sliding my hand over the side her face, and when she quickly pressed into that single touch, right before another teardrop slide out, I knew without any doubt that something was wrong.“Bunny, what’s wrong?” I asked softly, hands pushing her curls out of her face and staring down at her, waiting for her to respond.“I don’t know.” She whispered, and then she sniffed. I let out a s
Luca’s pov “Get on your knees.” With Sofia being extremely curious, I explained what a scene meant to her and emphasized that nothing needs to be too extreme between, nor do our normal lives have to be grately affected by our newly added bdsm aspect. After the entire explanation, she decided to look it up a little. She didn’t get to go through her phone to much because next, I suggested we do a scene, and she was very eager to comply.Although now, she was undoubtedly a little nervous.As she slid down to her knees, a little tremor had moved through her body and I watched pointedly as she knelt gracefully, although slouching.“You don’t need to be nervous, okay bunny? Do you still remember all that I said about the sub having the actual power in the bdsm scene? It also applies to scenes.” I explained, closing the distance between us.“So, can I call this off right now?” She asked and I nodded instantly.“Yes, bunny. You can. Do you want to?” She hesitated before biting her l
Sofia’s pov My birthday is in a week, and I’m freaking excited for it.I chewed on my bottom lip as I stared out the window once ago. My birthday has been on my mind for the past few days and since I was back to looking forward to it, it means I was thinking about it a lot.Kayla had suggested I throw a party, and even though that had sounded quite nice, I wasn’t sure that was something I’d want on my birthday.It wasn’t really my scene to begin with. A party was more of Kayla’s scene than mine. Clumped with the fact that I didn’t have friends, meaning if I’m to host a party, I won’t have a lot of people to invite, which would be no fun.Kayla, being who she was, had instantly suggested inviting all her friends to my birthday party, and had proposed that it could be a way for me to make more friends, but I didn’t think about it too much before declining the offer.I’m definitely not throwing a birthday party for my birthday, that’s very certain to me at the moment. But what wou
Sofia’s pov “Did you see that?” I asked, glancing back at Luca to see him just glancing away from his phone.“What’s that?” He asked, head tilted a little. I shook my head a little, feeling myself pout a little.“It was a cute little bird, but we’ve driven past it already.” I responded and Luca let out a soft sigh, hand wrapping around my waist to tug me into his side, and I felt myself flutter a little.“We’d be arriving really soon, bunny.” He murmured against the side of my head, and then his eyes moved na j to his phone, one finger moving over it super fast. I let out a long sigh and snuggled into his side, breathing his scent in and allowing myself to go lax.I’m currently going dress shopping. I had brought it up last night and Luca had offered to come with me instead of me coming with Kayla, and of course I agreed instantly, even though I know that he doesn’t really have much of a dress sense like Kayla most definitely do, but the fact that I’d get to spend more time wi
Sofia’s pov “Are you cold?” I glanced sideways at Ryan and shook my head in response, even though I was a little bit cold, because I’m currently in a top that had spaghetti straps and exposed my entire shoulders and arms. Ryan hummed in response, eyes falling back towards the direction where we were both walking in. It was early evening, which means the sun is yet to get in completely. Ryan and I are currently taking a walk, something which I’ve missed doing with him tremendously because after the last time when Luca had arrived, catching the both of us off guard, and the entire things that followed that incident right after, had made it almost impossible for Ryan and I to get alone in order to exchange a few words, even though it was for a little while.After getting bored this evening and having no one else to hang around with, I instantly remembered this particular evening walk which was once a routine between Ryan and I. Ryan’s face had lightened up as soon as I had br
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.