Sofia.Our frames engulfed in yet another embrace, strong arms surrounding us with protectiveness. I pulled away from my mom regaining my composure enough to say something. Anything. But then my eyes met his. My throat bobbed harshly pricking at how parched and thirsty I was feeling. Emotions tightening their hold on my racing but anxious heart.I never knew how much a single look could convey. How many feelings it can hold. How much grief was different than sadness. How much admiration and love differed. This man- this stranger however made me see them.Made me see myself in him.His longing. His desperation. His love. The fire in his onyx eyes seems to hold a fathomless amount of wisdom and care.He didn't really know me but I was his daughter. A daughter he never knew existed and here I was being stared at like I held the moon in my hands and handed it to him.I was supposed to say something by now but how could I? What was the appropriate thing to say in this situation?What wa
Nadei."Look, all I-I'm saying is t-that the a-amount of cousins, nieces and nephews we have is enough to inhabitant a whole c-continent." Lorenzo sniggered across from Nikolai, his words coming out a slurred mess. Eyes drowsily drifting away. His flushed face but contorted in a board sleepy dopey grin.And I knew that the идиот was gone for, the second he got rid of his glasses.(Idiot)Luca chuckled shaking his head amusedly, "The hell did you expect? We're Italians for fuck's sake. We don't do families of three. Plus, big families are awesome, it doesn't help with the fact that we fuck like rabbits too."Vale laughed at Luca's wording, obviously making what he said a sexually odd joke in his corrupted head but he soon shut his mouth as his father sent him a pointed glare, sparing us the displeasure of hearing whatever he wanted to say.God knows what went on in that brain of his.Rolling my eyes at the easily intoxicated male, that barely drank three glasses of wine. "So," I clappe
Nadei.I harshly exhaled cutting my ominous reverie short."Bello, you okay?" A small soft palm stroked my cheek, her soft pale blue eyes glinting with mild concern as mine settled on them. I struggled to answer her, my head automatically clearing out of those horrid memories."I'm fine, Lyubov." I was fine and with her, by my side, everything just fell into place. She was my life guard. Someone that help me stay up when I felt like drowning in my thoughts. Her voice, a song that calmed my restless mind and aching heart. Fuck. I'd be lost without her."Baby, are you sure?" I nodded giving her what I hoped to be a reassuring smile.She hummed back, her cute dress leaving little to the imagination as I looked down at her cleavage. The vantage point from my height made her plush tits look so damn distracting as she looked up at me with those innocent crystalline eyes.I was that it should be illegal to be as sweet and kind as she was but so entici
Sofia."- Sofia! Sofia wake up. I don't like this! Sissy wake up-- AH! NO. MAMA, HELP!" The shrill voice of my older brother, Aurelio mimicking Eddie from Stranger Things in his own way, didn't fail to wake me up or Nadei and Nikolai as they immediately shifted on the bed. Nial was out of sight for some reason.Brown eyes and Nikolai were the ones I was used to having with me in bed at this kind of time. We liked sleeping in. I stole a glance at my phone noting that it was almost eleven am confirming my doubts.But before I opened my mouth to voice my question, Lorenzo and Valentino's shouts resonated outside. Luca followed as he yelled in Italian. "Il secondo ti metterò le mani sul culo. Sei fottutamente morto!" (The second I'll get my hands on your ass. You're fucking dead!)I held back a laugh at their antics rubbing my eyes slowly. That wasn't the morning greeting I expected for sure but it was refreshing to wake up to. It only
Sofia.At breakfast, I conversed with my mother deciding to spend the day together to which practically every one of the men agreed. The exception was Lio that was insisting on rewatching a bunch of nineties' movies and playing board games.I was tempted to agree but thought that spending quality time with Mama was what I truly needed.Iva nor Cami were around to have another girls' night, Gods, I really missed them. it would have been great to have them here so that we'd go to a spa with my mom and have some fun of our own since the men had their own business to deal with.Adding in how the testosterone levels in the room were making my head spin and my stomach roll as I tried to keep up with how energetic and lively my siblings were. It was a great but handful start of a day, to say the least."I'm starting to think that you're adopted. Papà, Mama are you sure he's your child?" The blue eyed, dark haired male, Renzo, tittered.
Sofia.It had been almost a week since we talked. A whole goddamn week of not talking to them made me feel like I was going crazy. Scratch that, I was on the brink of mania at this point.Restlessness and grimness stuck to me like an ugly dark shadow constantly hovering over and deflecting every happy thought I had into a million broken ones.The trio and I weren't on good terms. And with what you might ask? Well, I was going home. Temporarily, of course, but according to Nikolai and Nadei that wasn't happening because it was too dangerous. Nial didn't even bat an eye and left the second I agreed to go which hurt more than it should've and hasn't talked to me since.And when I said home, I meant Italy. Milan to be specific. My parents and brothers asked me to spend a few weeks with them to introduce me to the family and I was no idiot to refuse.My family meant everything to me, now.I wanted to learn more about them and as far as I could tell, they did too, want to get to know me a
Sofia.Lio, immediately, stood reaching a hand out for me to take. His eyes gleamed mischievously. "So, Dress up? It's a pretty fancy club and your SpongeBob PJs are probably- no. Definitely are against the dress code."Well, I thought that my pajamas were iconic because what the hell could ever go wrong with a classic long-sleeved, silky shirt with a yellow sponge that brought my inner child out. And let's not forget my amazing matching pants that were absolutely slaying.I eyed my pajama set with a frown. "What's wrong with what I have on? It's not like we're staying longer than we'll need to and a dress code? How fancy we talkin'?" my brows knitted in surprise. Nik and Vale sure went all in but to be honest I didn't expect any less from them. Valentino and Nikolai were the loudest, most extroverted duo I had ever seen.It was cute but so damn stressful when they acted like toddlers high on sugar."Mega fancy. So, Whaddya say?" Jazz hands in check with his killer smile, Aurelio twi
Author's POV.Her eyes landed on him. And Sofia, instantly, felt like absolute and utter shit. Guilt made her heart sink and tightened its clutches over her making her wish that the ground would swallow her whole and never let go. What a damn relief it would be. She thought to herself.Brown eyes looked like a mess. He felt like it too, a total mess. His chin in an unruly scruff, his eyes empty and tired. Mouth uplifted in a drunken smile as he saw her. Nial was the definition of a hollow shell in that exact moment.He downed the whole content of the glass in one gulp feeling the after burn of said alcoholic beverage trickle down his throat, not daring to break the eye contact as he clenched his teeth. "What the hell is she doing here?"Cerulean eyes met his angry jade ones and softened despite his harshly thrown question."Nikolai, please." Sofia kissed the blond haired man's cheek making his heart flutter but tighten his corded strong arms around her. "Just hear me out. All of you.