Sofia’s POV I was picking up another set of identical long brushes with thin smooth looking bristles, inspecting it for a few seconds before turning around and placing it in the cart with was almost filling out with all the things I had gotten, thanks to Micah who had been really helpful throughout the start of the whole thing.“Do you need a new cart, ma’am?” Micah asked and I took a few moments to ponder on the question before shaking my head and shrugging a little. “I’m not so sure. Do you think there’s still something else that I haven’t taken?” I asked him and he nodded his head immediately, walking forward fast and pointing towards the top of the high shelf. I craned my head around and sighted what he was pointing at.It was a bunch of spray paints in different colors and sizes.Would I even be needing that now? I seriously doubt at this point, I mean, I am supposed to have gotten a hand of the regular style of painting perfectly or almost perfectly before I can think of movi
Luca’s POV I tugged on the top of my tie and released the tightened of it a little as I stared at myself in tne floor length mirror in the walk-in closet, right before I pulled my jacket firmly on my body and buttoned up. I made my way towards the dressing table and picked up the comb, running it through my hair a few times. The hair was really dry, and so I picked up a water curls spray for the small shelf beside the dressing table and sprayed it over my hair, and once I was done, I ran tne comb through the curls and it combed out more softly, the wet liquid making the curls stick together the way it really should.I picked out the conditioner and rubbed some into my palm, massaging it into my hair, noticing a smaller swipe of finger into it, which was proof that Sofia had probably made use of it before she left the house. Once I was done, I placed the comb on the table and took a few steps back, checking out my hair to ensure that it was combed out properly and that no sid
Luca’s POV I have to get out of here immediately, before I end up doing something stupid to her, like pressing her against the wall and kissing her senseless until she get completely breathless, while I swallow down her moans and groans while also dragging my fingers through the curls on her hair and squeezing her small waist in my hands.I shook my head once, trying to will the nasty, dangerous thoughts that have been assaulting my head after I laid my eyes on her, minutes ago, while I was still standing up there at the top of the stairs.“You were going upstairs, right?” I couldn’t bring myself to not do this last thing, despite how I had tried to convince my mind not to put this particular idea into my head.I watched as she blinked a few times and stared up at me before nodding her head and glancing away from me, ducking her head away from my gaze.“Go on, then.” I said to her and took a step to the side, gesturing towards the top of the stairs. I watched as her eyes widened
Luca POV I stepped out of the car once it got pulled open by my driver and started to make my way into the hospital building immediately, my hand holding my phone against my ear as I passed the gateman who was standing at the entrance of the hospital building. I got into the elevator and stood in a particular spot since the elevator was currently being used by a couple of other people at the very moment.Once I arrived at my floor, I stepped off the elevator and started to glance around in search of James since he was already here, like he said so to me, moments ago on the phone. I made my way deeper through the hallway and kept staring around the whole waiting chairs until I caught a glimpse of him. He was leaning against the other side of the hospital wall with his feet bent backwards, resting against the wall while his head was bent downwards and his hands which were shoved deep into his pockets were currently vibrating a little in his pockets.It was obvious to me that alth
Sofia’s POV My eyes flew towards the bed which was in the middle of the room and saw the way her face looked really pale and relaxed in the pillow. A cloth was over her body and stopping at her chest area and her hands were laid out straight on the sides of the bed. I slowly made my way towards her, taking in how she looked so peaceful with her eyes closed and her lips lightly pressed against each other. I watched the way a needle was injected in the veins in her hand and the way it was connected to a bag of drip which contained a weird looking Concotion. An oxygen mask wasn’t on her face and I was really glad about that because it would mean that she wasn’t in too much danger the way she’d be in if she’d be unable to breath in herself.She was in a coma, but nevertheless, she was still able to breathe in and out just fine.I moved to the side of her bed and stared into her face, hoping in the deepest part of my heart that she was still indeed fine like the doctor had assured me.
Luca’s POV “We haven’t met before, nor actually spoken before. Except that one time and I was sure she didn’t even know who I was at that moment. Of course, I had looked deeper into her because she had striked a spot in me which I had been thinking was purely sexual at first.” He paused at the last word and puffed at a small laugh before glancing at me to nudge the side of my shoulder.“No offense man, but your cousin is really hot.”I breathed out a small chuckle and shrugged once, flexing my fingers around in my pants pockets a little, knowing he obviously had a point by that last sentence which he had made– Aria was indeed hot.“I mean, I never knew you guys were related from the very start, because I’ve never seen get around you throughout our whole friendship days, but then I made my researches and discovered that you were cousins.” He continued and then I glanced sideways at him, lifting my brow up at him. We’ve completely stopped walking at this point and we’re just st
Luca’s POV I stood outside the gate which I had come to, three days ago with the help of the people working on tech and computers here in my mafia, and the young dude who had accompanied me over to this place, with a screen which was showing the exact place where they were at, with the help of Aria’s phone which I had asked the guys to track, and the tracking device had led us to this particular house.I glanced sideways at James and he grinned widely, his eyes having a look with I recognized in them immediately, he was going into what I’d call a Godzilla mood.It only happen whenever we were about to enter into a fight, or whenever he was abou to interrogate someone and it was going to involve turture. Stuffs like this spurs James on and it was comical as hell, watching him slip into that mood effortlessly, where his smile would look so cold and he’d get this look in his eyes where he’d appear like a really emotionless maniquin and all all that was going to be controlling him or sp
Luca’s POV “Where the fuck are your bosses?” I asked in a quiet voice and he pointed towards the direction of the house immediately, his eyes focusing on any other place but on my eyes.Of course he’d put his boss out in the blink of an eye, pathetic bunch of people.I remembered him the moment I settled my eyes on his face, moments ago. He was the dude that had come out from the main house to tell me that there was nobody in the house and that I was most definitely at the wrong house, and by the amount of force he was using in trembling in my arms, I’d say that he has a right cause to be trembling obviously afraid, because I was extremely pissed at this moment.“Do you know what you’re going to do for me?” I asked in a low voice and waited as he shook his head immediately in reply, which made me jerk him around a couple of times before steadying him with a firm grip on his shirt which was in a tight grip in my right hand.“You’re going to go in there, and you’re going to go call ou
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.