“Okay, why did he leave like that,”Nora wondered out loud when Luca left the room; one moment, they were both sitting in silence with him pressing his phone, and the next, he was up and out of the room. Nora was tempted to call him back just to be petty but she saw the mood he left him, he must have remembered something that wasn’t nice and needed time to think and resolve it, so she decided to give him some time. She needed some time to clear her thoughts because the way her heart leaped when he had decided to just stay in the room with her instead of having to come back every moment didn’t sit well with her, In fact, the way she suddenly saw him in different light completely threw her off balance and she was becoming even more vulnerable in his presence, her eyes followed his every movement; when he turns his attention completely to her, it was hard for her to deny the butterflies-in-stomach feelings she gets, it gets worse when he is closer to her. She couldn’t deny that she was s
Luca walked over to the liquor cabinet and poured himself another drink before walking back and sinking into the leather chair in which he had been seated for over an hour. He sat there silently for a second, appreciating the burn as the brandy coursed down his throat, he wasn’t trying to get drunk, he just needed alcohol in his system to help alleviate the tightening in his heart that was caused by the thought of what happened that changed his life forever, his phone buzzed signaling an incoming message, it rang earlier but he had been too troubled to pick up. Luca checked his phone, he had a missed call and a text from Nicho and Ted, they wanted him to come to the casino and it sounded urgent, he was about to call them when his phone rang, it was Nora, she had his contact, which he had given her two days when she kept pressing the damn button but this was the first time that she was calling instead of just pressing the button, or maybe she did and he couldn’t hear her because he ha
“IF I told you I won’t leave, I mean it, do you really not mind if I stay in the room with you? Would you be okay if I slept on the bed with you?”He asked. “Not on the bed, you can sleep over there,”She pointed at the armchair in the room. “You are out of your mind if you think I would lay on that chair, do you see my size and the size of that damn chair? I know you want me to suffer but don’t you think it is a little too cruel?” “I am not trying to be cruel, Luca, I don’t want you to leave me alone in the damn house, you shouldn’t have told me it was just the two of us here if you knew you would leave, what if someone comes in when you leave? How am I supposed to defend myself?”She let out. yeah, he should have kept that detail to himself. “I am not going to leave, okay? I promise, but why were you not scared when I said it was just the two of us? Plus, there are men everywhere in the mansion, just not in the main house so technically, we are not alone,”“More reason you shoul
“You know I can’t leave the house right now; she is on her own here, my housekeeper already left, remember? you can verify whatever it is and send me details tomorrow,”He told him. “Boss, you have to come and see for yourself, we tried importing the file but it didn’t work.”He explained. “File? Which file?”Luca questioned. “I would be there in a few minutes,”He told him and hung up, Nora would have to bear staying on her own for a while. “Or, I could take her with me, not like I am going to spend a long time there, it is just a drive-in, hopefully,”he told himself as he changed into a different cloth and rushed out of his room to hers. “Nora, we are going somewhere,”He announced when he walked into her room, she opened her eyes, staring at him in confusion. “Where are we going? It is late,”She pointed to the wall clock, not like he didn’t know what time it was. “I know, I promised you that I won’t leave but I have to go confirm something and I have to go tonight so since I
“Boss, Nicho wants you in the parking lot,”One of his men said in a rather tense voice, Luca got up thinking something bad must have happened and then he remembered he had sent Nicho to the car and Nora was inside the car. “Fucking hell,”He let out as he made his way out of there in a flash and ran down the stairs towards the private parking lot, he held Nora’s cries before he was even close to where his car was and some of his men had gathered. He ran the remaining distance and pushed the idiots out of his way. He saw Nicho standing there with his hands up as if in surrender while a very crying Nora hid away in the car. “What the fuck happened, Nicho?”Luca pushed him aside too and got into the car where a wailing Nora was and gathered her in his arms. “Everybody give us some space right now, I don’t want anyone close,”Luca let out without looking up, he should have known better than to send Nicho or anyone else when he knew what she experienced with them, he forgot for a momen
“Nora, you can’t do that, you can’t keep thinking about him, for fuck, sake,”Nora scolded herself for the tenth time that morning, it was getting out of hand, just one week in Luca’s presence and now, he was all she could think about, and not in an innocent way or even in the way that she ought to. He should be a villain in her head not a fucking knight that she wants to fuck; last night while he laid next to her, it had taken everything in her not to throw herself at him, she still couldn’t figure out why she had thought it was a good idea to ask him to sleep next to her. She couldn’t blame the fear that had entered her at the sight of that big man who had been the one to pick her up at the airport. That fear didn’t last, Luca made him apologize for what he did and the man seemed remorseful. She could admit that she had been so scared especially when she saw the gun, but then he started apologizing after he realized who she was but it was too late then because she already started cr
By the time they got back to the mansion, she was so tired that all she did was eat, take her medications, and turn in for the night. Her phone ringing woke her up the next morning, she knew it would be Rose on the other end of the phone, and answered without checking. She hasn’t spoken to Rose for three whole days now because she was trying to limit calling her so that she would not be suspicious of her constant calls which was unlike her. “Baby, what are your plans for Christmas? Don’t tell me you are going to stay locked up all day in the laboratory, you better have plans to go out and have some fun and maybe get laid.”Rose's voice echoed over the phone and Nora rolled her eyes, another reason she limited calling Rose was the crazy woman who wanted her to fuck any dude just to feel the touch of a man, too bad the only man she wanted to fuck right now was off-limit. “Rose, I am not so desperate for a man’s touch, why would I spend my Christmas looking for a dick?”Nora questioned
“How do you conclude he is a hottie when you haven’t even seen him?”“I don’t need to see a hot man before I know a hot man, I can smell them from a distance plus, you have great taste in men, even though you always fumble the bag, I still remember how you and Bobby would have been a perfect match and how much you liked him but you let him go,”Rose reminded her of the hot senior she had met in the first year of uni, they had been friends and hung out together until he graduated a year later, Nora had liked him but she never had the courage to tell him, once he graduated, he moved to Germany and the last she heard from him, he got married. “Don’t bring Bobby up,”Nora warned. “I won’t but don’t fumble Luca the way you did with Bob, get what you can get and come back home to tell me the details, what can it hurt when in a couple of weeks, you will never see each other again, it is better to have a taste and regret than not doing anything and also regretting it, bye, I have a client,”
“I am three months pregnant, we are going to be parents too, I told him last night and Luca is so excited about being a dad again,”Nora told Rose. It was Rose’s turn to tear up. “Oh, baby, I am so proud of you, congratulations my love,”Roseline said, hugging her again. “Thank you, Roseline, it feels so good to have you here with me at a time like this, it makes it even more special,”Nora told her. “You know that I won’t give up an opportunity to see a place like this, this house is a literal castle and Luca said I could take a tour around and he even agreed to be my tour guide, payment for stealing you away from me, he also agreed to one more thing but I am not telling,”Roseline cheered; “Both of you are crazy but I love you guys, let’s go up to the room that you will be using,”Nora said and they both walked upstairs to the room she had prepared for Roseline, they spent the whole day chic-chatting, and even when Luca came back, she didn’t leave Roseline. They had dinner toget
Nora woke up in a happy mood. Last night was one of the best nights of her life. Not only was she going to be a mom, but she was also going to marry the man of her dreams. She reached out for him but the space next to her was empty, she opened her eyes and the bed was empty, she checked the time. “Fucking hell,”she yelped and got out of bed. She had to go pick Rose up from the airport in less than an hour. “You are finally up,”Luca voiced, he was all dressed while she still had morning. “Luca? Why didn’t you wake me up? Rose will be in soon, I am going to be late,”She let out as she rushed out of bed, she couldn’t believe she overslept. “Relax, don’t be in such a hurry,”He said; she gave him a dirty look, it was all his fault that she slept in. “You had one job, wake me up, and you didn’t do it, don’t tell me to relax, you don’t know Rose, she will be super upset if I don’t show up,”Nora let out. “She is already here, I am just coming back from the airport, I went to pick h
“Oh my God, he has a ring,”She whispered and tried to get up from her seat. “Stay,”He said in a shaking voice that he had never spoken in before. “Is this why you have been so nervous?”She asked and he nodded, he was still nervous, if she said no, his world would crash. He suddenly didn’t know what to say. “Aren’t you going to say anything?”Nora asked after a couple of minutes. “Don’t tell me you didn’t rehearse what you were supposed to say,”She continued, he did think about what he wanted to say to her but right now, he couldn’t remember anything. “I don’t know what to say, I just know that I love and want you with me, I am not good with these kinds of things, I didn’t know what it was like to feel like this until I met you, I can’t get the words out that would properly describe how I feel for you, how desperate I want you to be mine forever,”He told her. “You are doing just fine right now, you don’t need big fancy words,”She encouraged him. Her words helped to reduce h
Luca watched his woman sleep, she looked so beautiful and peaceful sleeping beside him. He didn’t know what he did to deserve her but he couldn’t thank the universe enough for sending her to him. Now he couldn’t imagine a life without her. two months, the past two months hadn’t been easy for him but with her by his side, he could do anything, waking up each day to her made everything bearable, he had to relearn how to do everything but it wasn’t so hard for him when each time he looked around, she was there cheering him on. He didn’t know how best to pay her back. She came into his life and never looked back, not even when he told her to leave, she vowed to be with him, believed in him even when he had doubts; her words of encouragement, the way she was there each time he was so close to giving up, telling him just how much she loved him. He could say her love healed him. She never asked anything in return but he vowed to take care of her for the rest of their life. He already had pl
“You bet I will, thank you so much, I will come around soon for registration,”She told her and walked out of the office, it was almost one pm; Luca would probably be looking for her already, Nora didn’t know how he was going to take the news of the pregnancy since they hadn’t talked about having a baby. Maria did say it would be good news so she hoped Luca saw it that way too because even though she just found out, she already loved the baby. “Amore, what took you so long? I was waiting for you,”Luca let out when she walked into his room, he got out of bed and walked to her, wrapping her in a welcoming hug. He could walk now, he was still healing. “The second hug I am getting today, today must be my day of hugs,”Nora mouthed, Luca broke the hug and gave her a look. “Who else are you getting hugs from?”He asked in a jealous tone, Nora laughed. “Don’t look so jealous, I got a hug from Maria,”She replied and went into his arms again. “Maria gets a pass, no one else is allowed t
“Yes, I am sorry for what I said the other day, I regretted it the minutes the words came out, I was only trying to get you to leave, I feel stupid for doing that, I love you so much, please say you have forgiven me,”He said. she smiled; she already forgave him but she needed him to know that what he said was wrong on all accounts. “Apology accepted, don’t do it again, no one wants to be called a gold-digger by the one they love, that shit hurt like hell, I can’t lie to you and say it didn’t, I am glad you talked about it and apologized,”Nora said and planted another kiss on his hair. “Thank you for coming back, Amore, it won’t happen again, I promise,”He replied. “So, you are feeling good now?”She asked him, lifting his face so that she could see him properly, he nodded. She hugged him and they stayed like that for a couple of minutes before she helped him get back to his room. The days turned into weeks and then months, and every day, Luca got better, it was a lot of work an
Nora didn’t know what to expect when she walked into Luca’s hospital room after three days away, she set her mind to him asking her to leave again, telling herself that she would turn back and leave without a backward glance if he said anything like that but knowing she would not be able to do it. The last three days were spent doing nothing, she ate, tried to sleep, and talked with Maria who came to visit Luca yesterday. She did tell her that Luca looked down and even asked about her but that doesn’t mean he still wants to see her. She went to his hospital room but he wasn’t there. She saw a nurse who told her he was getting fresh air and pointed her to where she would find him, she saw him before he saw her. There were a few other people in the healing garden but Luca was all alone, he looked up and saw her, his face lit up for a moment before his expression went unreadable again. She saw the few seconds of delight and hoped it was a good sign. “Hey, Luca, how have you been?”Nora
“I haven’t been to the mansion since and I haven’t seen her, I thought she was here with you, did she leave? Should I call her here for you?”He asked. If she was still at the mansion, calling her to come to the hospital when it was already late wasn’t a good idea. “No, you don’t have to do that,”Luca responded. “Boss? Did you make her angry? Did you both fight?”Nicho asked in a scolding voice. Luca thought about just letting it go and not telling him what happened, he didn’t have to tell him but Nicho was the only other person he could ask about her, and Maria wouldn’t answer him. “Why are you scolding me? I already know I made a mistake. I don’t need you rubbing it in, I kind of told her to leave and she did, I haven’t seen her for three days now and I am starting to think she really decided to leave me, not like I blame her, I said some really hurtful things to her, told her she was around for my money, don’t look at me like that, I regret it,”Luca said when Nicho gave him an
Luca looked up when the door to his hospital room for the ninth time that day but once again, it wasn’t the one he wanted at the door, Nora, he hadn’t seen her since he told her to leave two days ago, and for the past two days, he had waited for her to show up, he felt like an helpless child waiting for his mom, the problem was he was the one who sent her away, it was his fault and now, he feared she might have taken his advice and actually left him for good. “Why did I even say something like that to her?”He scolded himself; he should have called her back and apologized to her but he had stupidly let her leave. Maybe he thought like before that she would be back. When she didn’t come back that first day, he had thought she would the next morning but up until this moment, he still had not heard from her and another day was almost over. Luca looked up when the door opened, hoping it would be Nora this time but it wasn’t her, it was Maria, the older woman smiled when she walked in, i