Sofia’s pov Luca’s hands were cold on my skin as he inched even higher. Moments later, his chest was flushed against my back, mouth teasing the curve of my ear as he spoke.“Having fun?” Feeling giddy for a second, I bit on my bottom lip and rolled my hips, grinding over his rigid dick slowly and suppressing a whimper, and then I responded.“Yeah, I am.”Luca’s chuckle was dark against my ear, grip tightening even more on my thighs and rings digging into my thighs deliciously, I imagined Luca handling me the same way the girl in the scene is being handled, with so much roughness that the thought of it was enough to make me exhale shakily.“This kind of fun is set to land subs in trouble, do you know that?” He asked as one of his fingers moved even higher, and then he parted his legs a little, which parted mine as well, creating room for him to slip one hand between my thighs more properly.My heart was in my throat and it was almost hard for me not to crumble in self consci
Sofia’s pov Despite how much I never wanted my birthday period to come to an end, it did end up coming to an end after a few more days, forcing me out of my magical cocoon with Luca, back into the actual reality that is the real world,Well, it’s a good thing that I have Luca with me in the real life world.Luca barely worked throughout the time we spent on his private resort, giving me all his complete attention most of the time, one which I drink up every damn moment.“I’m so glad I could make your birthday memorable.” Luca’s voice was soft as he spoke, hands combing through my hair as his other hand cradled my head. I let out a long contented sigh and burrowed into him some more.“It’s all thanks to you.” I reminded him.As he traveled back home, we took the yatch once again, and this time, Luca provided me with a bunch of papers to sign.“What are these?” I asked while blinking up at him, mouth falling open when I glanced back at it and noticed the top heading of the papers,
Sofia’s pov “Actually, I- I…”Ryan stammered, which made me glance up from the bracelet to stare up at him. This was the first time I’d hear him stumble over his words in a really long time.We were currently standing in the kitchen. I had been blending my usual shake when he had come to join me in here after patrolling around the house.“You were saying something?” I asked when he remained silent after about a minute.“Actually, I never foresee the fact that I’d come to care for you this much.” He spoke and before I could get a word out, he continued.“As a friend, that is. I’ve never really been able to connect with people until you came around, and I just want to let you know that I do not take your friendship lightly.” He continued and I felt squeez warmly in my chest as I grinned up at him.“I can relate to most of what you’ve just said. I definitely do not take your friendship lightly as well.” I responded honestly, meaning every single word.“So, will you accept the gift?
James’ pov Despite how much I dug and dug, it was still fruitless.At this point, I might have start to give up a little,I refused to ask Blair about it because I had told myself I wasn’t going to do that, and I’m very much determined to do just that.Besides, I hate admitting defeat. That’s why I’m determined to figure it all out on my own. Although, with the way everything is seeming now, I wasn’t sure I’d be getting to the bottom of this any time soon.Knowing how Blair is, she’d gloat at the fact that I’m coming back to her after trying to figure it all out on my own, and I didn't want to be in that situation at all. After following the trail of that late woman, down to her daughter who’s also dead, that had pretty much been where the trail had ended up at, which is not only annoying, but quite irritating to be consistently looking for something and coming up with little to no information that isn’t helping matters in any way.The woman – the late woman, had a daughte
Blair’s pov After leaving his very pregnant sister’s place, he suggested we head to the beach, and I agreed, because it had been so damn long since I was last at the beach.So, so long. As soon as we arrived there, we walked side by side into the beach, and as soon as we got deeper, the fresh smell of the beach water made a grin stretch out on my face.It’s definitely been long.“Do you love the beach?” I heard James ask, and so I nodded my head as I turned around to give him a look. I refused to focus on how drop dead gorgeous he currently looks. The image of how soft and adorable he had looked with his sister’s child, which had made me muse on the fact that he’d end up being a really good father. “What do you love about it?” He asked and I averted my gaze from it to regard the beach for a few moments before exhaling deeply. “I love the atmosphere, the entire serenity of the beach. The beach grounds me in a way, since I was little, so I have loved it ever since.” I expla
Blair’s pov The ride back to James’ apartment is silent. It was so silent, that it felt like I could clearly hear my own heartbeat thumping in my ears. I pointedly stared out the window throughout the ride home while contemplating how I’m going to start talking about it tonight.James had asked me the question which I had seen coming, having been expecting him to give up his search a long time ago and come ask me directly.Although, I hadn’t expected him to spring it when it had felt so perfect and quiet around us.That question had been enough to shatter what it was that had settled over us that moment.As soon as I pulled away from him in that moment, I squared my chin and folded my arms around my middle. “Aren’t you searching for answers yourself any longer?” I had asked, and James has remained quiet as he shoved his hands into his pockets before shrugging a little.“You knew I’d hit a dead end from the very start.” He spike softly and I averted my gaze to stare into the
Blair’s pov “At this very moment, if tragedy in the form of betrayal hadn’t stuck, I’d be currently ruling the country.” I stared at my fingers as I spoke, at the empty fingers on my left hand, which should currently be the royal rings which signifies ‘power, respect, honor, loyalty, and hope’.Even though James has yet to say a thing, I knew he had heard what I had said very clearly and it is patiently waiting for me to continue. With a small exhale, I continued from where I had stopped.“If that said tragedy hadn’t stuck, I’m very sure I’d have been married off to the prince whom I had been betrothed to since I was born, who’s just not it in any aspect. Which is why even when the tragedy had happened and I had been extremely sad, It also felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders at that moment.” I let out a long, shaky sigh because as I spoke, those memories which I had shut out since many years ago, slowly began to creep in.“My mother was an only child, and I
James’ pov From all that I had expected Blair to say, I hadn’t for a moment assumed that this could end up being what she’d say. It had taken me completely by surprise. It also didn’t help that I just knew that she was being honest right now. Perhaps, it was the way her voice wavered at some point, or it could be the way the pain was strongly etched on her face.“Blair, I –” I began to speak, but she quickly shook her head without glancing up.“There’s no need for that.” She said, voice flat, but the emotions were right there, underneath her voice.“I’m sorry I shouted at you that day, I hate that I’m the cause of your trauma back then. I had no idea that was the cause of your fainting spell, I really am sorry.” I murmured, pointedly ignoring her statement.“It’s okay, that was in the past.” She spoke once again.“It still doesn't make it okay.” I pointed out.“It wasn’t just your voice that made me faint, my phobia is for extremely loud noises. Although the shout had someth
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.