Armani’s pov The reason why the smile on my face tonight was this broad was because I was meeting up with her again tonight, and despite how much I tried to remind myself that I wasn’t that excited to meet up with her tonight, I knew damn well that I was just trying to lie to myself.I was more than excited to meet up with her tonight, because I still couldn’t believe that we were both meeting up tonight. It’s been about a month since we met each other at the club for the first time. After that particular night with her, which happens to be the best night of my life, unable to hold myself back, I had visited the club a few days later with the hopes of running into her, but that was fruitless because it was like she disappeared from the face of the club after that first night we spent together. I visited the club even more after giving it a week break, in hopes of running into her again. Once that doesn’t look like it was gonna happen, I proceeded to start asking the people
Armani’s pov I pulled up a few feet from the apartment we always meet up at. I knew it wasn’t the apartment she actually lives in, because the apartment was void of anything personal. I didn’t mind that at all, because it wasn’t like I was taking her into my personal life either.I got out of the car and headed to the doorstep, knowing that she’d be in there already, waiting for me. It’s been two weeks since we last met up, which means tonight is definitely going to be heated as hell, and I had been eagerly looking forward to it for the past couple of days.I knocked on the door in the rhythm she had made sure I mastered, as per our agreement. It took over a minute for her to come to the door and once it swung open, my mouth almost fell open from the blast of lust that flowed through my entire body as my eyes drank every inch of her in. She wasn’t even dressed up; which was the thing. She was in a flimsy, little gown that did nothing to hide the outline of her boobs, or the
Armani’s pov When she finally slid down my cock, it felt like the world stopped working for a moment.A long, breathy groan whoosh from my lungs as I tightened my grip on my hips as she bottomed out, causing me to swear underneath my breath as I forced myself to remain still. Her walls felt insanely tight and hot around my throbbing length that I wished I could stay in this position forever.“Fuck me.” I whispered, the words getting punched out of me as her walls rippled around my hard length. She clenched once again and I let my head drop on the head rest of the couch because my head suddenly felt too heavy from the onslaught of pleasure swimming through it right now.“I plan on doing that.” She whispered, hands gliding over my bicep to grip my shoulders firmly, and then she began to rise up until my cock slipped out, glistening and standing ramrod straight. “Oh God.” I whispered while watching as she wrapped her hand around my cock and gave it a firm stroke. It felt like I was
Armani’s pov The music was perfect tonight, that it was easy to move around to it, with a soft, warm body pressed up against me. I puffed out a slow breath and tightened my grip around Nala’s bare waist, tugging her even closer to me.It was still a little weird to place a name on her face in my head, seeing as most of the time, she was nameless in my head until a couple of weeks ago when she had surprisingly revealed her name to me after we’ve both finished having sex on the couch in her apartment. We met up frequently after that day, and surprisingly, not to hook up all the time. Sometimes, we just meet up in order to hang out and to bask in each other’s presence.It’s been two months since we’ve been meeting each other, and there I say that I’ve come to know her, more than I even expected from the onset.There’s her body which I know every inch of. Heck, I’ve once kissed every inch of her body because I just couldn’t get enough for her. Then there’s attributes of her wh
Luca’s pov I’m nothing but the true embodiment of the word ‘a mess’ right now… or rather, for the past days. As the days went by, my situation only seemed to be worsening.It’s been a week since my marriage turned upside down, and I can’t say I’ve been faring well ever since. It suxked big time because I couldn’t skip work any longer, and I made sure to take out my anger on people foolish enough to go against my mafia.Day after day, the thought of going home after a long day, made me feel extremely depressed, and I wasn’t sure of how long i could continue like this. Everything at home reminded me of Sofia, and I hated it so much because it kept me up all night long.I missed her with every breath I took and every sigh I left out. It’s crazy how I never thought I could ever be affected by her absence until a week ago. I hate the fact that nothing seemed to be working out, no matter how much I tried. Violence wouldn’t even work out in this situation, which made me feel helple
Sofia’s pov When Kayla pulled out, she was literally bursting with excitement as she pulled me into a long hug. As we settled into the car, it didn’t take long for me to start bugging her to disclose where we were currently heading to, because I was extremely curious. Of course, she didn’t indulge me and kept on insisting that I’d find out what it was when we arrived there.Ethan and Ryan tailed Kayla’s car, since Kayla is the one driving us tonight, and they have to accompany me wherever I’m going for protection. I allowed myself to relax in the car even though I was curious as fuck, because the fact that I won’t be spending most of tonight alone in the hotel room, was relieving to me. And so I let out a sigh and sank deeper into the soft leather of the chair while letting my mind wander away.It didn’t take long for us to pull up in where Kayla deemed was the exact location she was bringing me to. I had expected to be taken to some sort of restaurant, because I felt like she
Luca’s pov Despite the first grand gesture I carried out with the help of Kayla being a success, there wasn’t any room for me to be able to carry out more because Sofia stopped that from happening. I didn’t let that deter me, and decided to push a little, and so, I sent a truck of things I knew she loved. After that, I did a few things here and there, but had to give it up after a week, because it wasn’t helping my case in any way. Sofia made it clear after each grand gesture that she wasn’t gonna forgive me, and of course, that broke my heart each time.Which brought me to right now, whereby I’ve just decided to put an end to all the other grand gestures I already have planned, because they aren't helping my case in any way.After I spent a full night holed up in Armani’s bedroom, lamenting to him throughout the night, he suggested I put an end to it and to instead try something else.Physically groveling.I wasn’t sure of what that meant at first and he didn’t mind breaking
Luca’s pov When I got to the hotel, I wished there was a way I had remembered to come with a disguise because I wished the top workers in here didn’t instantly recognize me. As I headed to the top of the floor, I wondered if the guy who Sofia is gonna cheat on me with is already there, and I silently told myself that the dude was gonna be walking out of the room, because he was gonna die tonight.I was done caring about not wanting to anger Sofia, by showing up here tonight uninvited. I was done giving her space and waiting for her to forgive me. That ends tonight.When I knocked on the door, it took about two minutes before the door swung open, and throughout those long seconds, I silently wondered if Sofia and said guy were currently fucking, which is why it’s taking ages for her to get the door. As soon as the door swung open, the first thing I did was to look into the room, while searching for any guy that didn’t belong in there, because no one belonged in there except
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.