Chapter Three.

Adriano's P . O . V

Waking up from sleep has never been an issue for me because I hardly ever slept and it was the same with last night.

Even after my hours long exhausting flight to open my Second club in Everald, Sleep has always been off the plate for me.

Although anyone might think it's all due to the tedious business of having to run the Mafia, I alone truly knows the reason behind my sleepless nights.

It was very late into the evening and the perfect time to open up my club and so, I got into my car with two of my most trusted men, Carlo and Gustavo.

I had officially thrown open the club and had a number of party freaks present already while I remained at the VIP section with both my men and the contractors in charge of my projects and the newly assigned manager, giving orders on how exactly I want my business and uncompleted projects handled.

I wasn't in any way in the mood for clubbing or anything of that sort and besides, I needed to return back home by dawn the next day as my biggest dealer was scheduled to meet with me by evening for our huge deal exchange so staying behind at the club wasn't really an option.

Until.......

Some Random weasel bumped into me and spilled her goddamn drink on my shirt.

I could already feel the annoyance seeping through my veins as I next had my hands balled up beside me on either side and the veins on the sides of my head weren't left out because I could very well feel them tense with how I clenched and unclenched my teeth over and again out of pure annoyance.

"Have you gone Blind?" She scoffed after raising her face at me but her words which should have meant a great deal to me didn't bother me because I could almost not breath after getting to see her face.

Even when I felt like my mind was playing expensive tricks on me again, the unified gasps from both my men I didn't at all miss because of how alarmed I was at the moment and with how she blinked her eyes at me, it was all too real.

"Sofia?" I thought I said out but the word never left my lips. Standing right before her took me all the way back to where I try day and night to leave behind me.

Sofia? It couldn't possibly be. Sofia is my Wife and my wife is.......... My wife is dead. She's been dead for a little over a year now, How is she now standing right before me?

I stood there watching her face, waiting for it to change from Sofia's but it didn't. My eyes scanned her entire self looking for something to tell me she's not Sofia but I found nothing.

She has Sofia's face! Her eyes, her thick dark hair, those plump lips and pointy nose.

The more I looked at her, the more I couldn't take my eyes off her.

The more I looked at her, the more confused I was getting.

It wasn't the room's temperature at all but it felt like a thousand degrees in here.

I couldn't even bring myself to say a word the entire time till she pushed past us and disappeared towards the back.

The look on Carlo's and Gustavo's faces told me we all had witnessed the exact same thing.

"Boss, you should sit down for a bit" Gustavo adviced when he probably noticed how affected by her presence I was getting.

Especially with how suffocated I felt, sitting down did feel like a good idea.

I took slow steps behind them as they pushed away drunk men from the path so I could walk through and the entire time, I couldn't stop looking behind me waiting for her to return.

As I reaced a seat on the far corner, I undid the third button of my shirt and drummed the fingers of my second hand impatiently on my knee as I kept my eyes fixed on the path she took and just as I had long anticipated, she squeezed her way through the crowd of people and sauntered over to a high stool by the bar just directly opposite where I sat by the far end.

I never took my eyes off her.

I wanted to watch her face transform to something different but that wasn't happening. The more I looked, the more like Sofia she appeared to be.

I kept up with the act until our eyes met again for the second time that evening and she then turned away from me.

How Rude!

The fact that the Bartender was being all so smily with her annoyed me even further.

It was as though he was flirting with my wife right under my nose!.

Just then a thought dropped into my head.

This is no coincidence.

If this isn't fate, I don't know what is.

I couldn't save Sofia and now, life has returned her back to me.

I'll be damned if I let her go this time around.

I've been given a second chance. She will never slip out of my hands.

"Gustavo" I called out immediately.

"Yes Boss?" Came his quick response.

"Go to her, tell her I wish to see her" I ordered and with a firm nod, he carried on his way towards her while I remained back with Carlo watching like a hawk.

After a short conversation between the two, Gustavo returned and she wasn't coming with him as expected.

I am Adriano Moretti! No one ever turns me down. No one.

"What happened?" I demanded once Gustavo stepped back within earshot.

" I told her you wished to see her but she outrightly refused coming with me Boss." He replied and I flared up but not long enough to yell at him because I noticed her Charge up to her feet suddenly and as though she was being chased by an angry mob, she in that same hasty manner charged out of the building.

Now seems like the time to loose her and probably never be so lucky to see her again if I didn't act and do so fast.

"Quick. Follow her!" I ordered Carlo in a stern low voice that held a good amount of urgency.

He nodded in response and was about to leave as well when I grabbed him by the collar after a quick thought.

"I swear to God, I'll have your head on a tray if you loose sight of her" I warned.

He swallowed hard in response and with doubled haste, he scurried out after her.

Even after sending Carlo after her, I couldn't bring myself to rest.

I was more tensed than I remember being in a long time.

I couldn't remain in the building anymore. I stepped out and paced around out front for a short while before I proceeded to lean against my car and remained in that position for a long while till my heart started beating twice as hard when my phone started buzzing with Carlo's Call.

Without hesitation, I answered the call and slammed the device on my ear waiting to hear whatever it is he has to say to me.

"I followed behind her closely and I found her lodge Boss, I thought I should let you know." He announced and I released the breath I didn't realize I was holding the entire time.

"Remain right there and Text the Address to Gustavo. Do not take your eyes off that building. Do not even so much as blink." I warned before making known my next intention.

All right Princess, it's time to come home to Daddy.