Emma felt uncomfortable sitting beside this guy. It's her first time sitting beside someone, who is of her age.
"I am Oliver" the boy introduced himself.
"Emma," she said just barely turning her head towards him.
Oliver smiled widened.
"I saw you yesterday in the cafe," he shared.
"Oh," Emma responded.
Oliver noticed that Emma is a shy girl. He liked her when he saw her yesterday. He wanted to talk to her, but she left before he got a chance.
He is in his third year, and he was postponing taking this class. This is important and he is bored of this subject. He is glad he delayed it this long. He got to sit beside this cute girl for the rest of the semester.
Emma on the other hand is observing him through her peripheral vision.
She noticed he kept sneaking glances at her every now and then throughout the class.
This is all new to her, so she felt a little uncomfortable.
Emanuel and Smith noticed everything from where t
Emma looked around the college campus and at the students happily smiling and laughing with each other.This is their normal life, a normal routine.Emma looked at the two imposing shadows following behind Lizzy and her.'This is my normal life. I can never be carefree like the other students. Once you are born into this world, you die in this world. There is no going away from this' Emma thought bitterly.She always noticed Amber, her elder step-sister partying and laughing with her friends. She always felt like, it's a privilege to be born into this life.Emma never understood the appeal. She craved a normal life, just like these people around her.She thought about the boy, who sat beside her. Emma understood he must have liked her. If she was anyone but herself, she would have peeked at him now and then, just like he kept looking at her.But she is Emma coste. No, Emma Vitiello. That boy has no place in her life. It's not fair for
He slowly pulled her into his lap."Now tell me, what's wrong?" he asked her softly.Now thinking about it, Emma felt silly. She came to him and disturbed his work only because she is feeling sad."It's nothing" Emma brushed it off as unimportant to get into his attention.Luca didn't like the tone or the embarrassed look she has on her face. She is not meeting his eyes and looking at his shoulder instead.He pulled her head towards him, which forced her to look at him."Now you are keeping things from me?" he asked her.Emma immediately shook her head in denial."No, it's just stupid" she mumbled with embarrassment."If it's bothering you, then it's not stupid. You tell me, I will decide if it's stupid or not" he told her.Emma laid her head on his shoulder and tucked her head under his chin.Luca tightened his hold around her waist."A boy sat beside me in the class today" she confessed.Luca stiffened a
Like he promised Emma, Luca toned down his dressing to jeans and a t-shirt. He wore a duplicate mustache, which made Emma laugh until her stomach hurts."You look ridiculous" Emma pointed out after she stopped laughing long enough to tell him that.Luca turned his head towards her and shook his head.They are walking down the stairs in Liquid tonic, to go to the carnival."Really?" he asked with an amused expression.Hiding his true face is what Luca does best. No one apart from a few trusted members in Liquid Tonic only knows, how he looked. Even Tasha saw his face, but she did not know he is Luca Vitiello.She recognizes him as just Luca, which suited him just better.He always uses the confusion of his enemies, to his advantage."Really, you look like a man who is an alcoholic and wife abuser" Emma totally made that up.He does not look that ridiculous. He is looking different than his usual self, but not an
Luca took Emma to a carnival, which is 30 mins out of the city."Wow, it's so huge" Emma exclaimed.The carnival is so huge, with a makeshift archway.Luca smiled at her enthusiasm."Come, Luca, let's go inside" Emma pulled Luca behind her, followed by Marco, Emanuel, and Smith from a small distance away.Emma first tried the ring game. She tried for a pink teddy bear. Which is small, but even after trying 10 times, she couldn't manage to throw the ring on that teddy bear.She put away the rings aside and turned to face Luca."It's not working, let's go," she said with a sad look."Let me try," he said, taking hold of one of the rings.He saw her aiming that pink teddy bear. It's smaller. Another one, which is of the size of Emma stood a little farther away.He aimed for that teddy bear and managed to trap the teddy bear with his ring."Yay, " Emma jumped up and down clapping her hands with happiness.
Emma and Luca decided to try the roller coaster. Emma was fine for the first couple of seconds until the speed increased."Oh no," she said before closing her eyes tightly with fear.Luca on the other hand is not as affected as Emma. He saw much more scary things than this roller coaster ride as the mafia boss.He pulled Emma towards him by his hand around her shoulders. Emma turned her head and hid her head in his neck.When the ride is finally over, she was a little unstable on her legs. So she leaned heavily on to him."That was scary" she confessed."It was different" he commented.By the time they came out of the carnival, most of the people left and only a few are left here and there.It's 10 pm and Emma is tired and sleepy. She ate junk food at the carnival, so she is not at all hungry.After they sat inside the car, she rested her head on his shoulder and fell asleep.Marco is sitting in the front passenge
When Emma raced down, leaving Elijah and Lizzie in her room."Where is she going in a hurry?" Elijah asked LizzieLizzie looked scared to death."Boss just came home," Lizzie said in a small tone.Elijah gulped audibly with fear.If Emma is racing down in a hurry to welcome home, then she must be scared of the boss more than we are. Poor girl, I pity her. How can see live under the same roof as the boss and live peacefully? She will die of heart disease or high blood pressure soon.The pressure of being with the boss for just a few minutes is enough for me to give me nightmares. Poor girl, she must suffer from them daily basis, Elijah thought sadly."I feel sorry for Emma. It's not easy to live with the boss. A small mistake from her side and he might punish her harshly. She might be sweating bullets now" Elijah voiced out loud.Lizzie snapped her face to look at Elijah with amusement."What? You think Emma is scar
After her friends are gone, Emma quickly changed out of her jeans and dressed in her sleep shorts and a t-shirt.She decided to go and check on Luca.'He was angry a little while ago' she thought.Emma slowly walked barefoot towards Luca's room. She knocked on the door, which is closed.Luca just laid down on his bed, when someone knocked on his door. Locking the door from the inside is one of the precautionary measures he takes. In his line of work, it's common to become an enemy to many people, who wants to kill him.On instinct, his palm reached under his pillow, where he keeps his gun. But then again, he moved his fingers away from the gun.'Is it Emma? Why did she come to find me so late?' Luca thought.He prefers track shorts to sleep in.He walked towards his door and opened it. Sure enough, he found Emma standing outside."Kitten?" he said attracting her attention.The hallway is dark, and she was looking behind her
The next morning, Emma woke up surrounded by a warm cocoon."Hmm" she snuggled deeper into the warmth."Good morning kitten," Luca said from beside her."Morning" she mumbled sleepily, without opening her eyes.Luca slept surprisingly well last night. He is an insomniac. He cannot sleep for more than 4 hours at a time. But last night is the first when he slept for 7 hours straight.He woke an hour ago. Usually, he would wake up and go to his home gym to work out. But today, he woke up to Emma sleeping almost on top of him. He couldn't bring himself to move her away.He knows she feels warm sleeping beside him, so he let her sleep there. She is lying upside down on top of him.Resting her head on his chest, her arms thrown carelessly on either side, her legs between his.He looked at her innocent-looking face for a long time. He wrapped his arms protectively around her.'I will stay with you
After 5 years, Luca became the most feared mafia boss in the world. After Alexi's death, everyone began to be cautious in front of him. They all know he is the one behind Alexi's death, but no one is courageous enough to point that fact out loud.Now everyone is scared to trifle with him. They are fearing for their lives. They think they might end up as Alexi, who was killed by his brother. No one understood how Luca managed to turn the brothers against each other, but he did.The end result is, Ivan killed his own brother and is now the boss of the Russian mob. Ivan did not know the full extent of Luca's involvement in his brother's death. He thinks Luca helped him. But the truth is far from it.Luca used Ivan to remove the threat called Alexi permanently. Which Ivan would never find out.Lizzie married Emanuel and Marco is dating a nice girl. Elijah found a partner, whom he met in Liquid toxin and they are happily living together now.Luca began to op
Alexi received a video message from an unknown number. He is drinking himself to oblivion. He carelessly opened the video and began to watch it. The more he watched, the more he began to get angry.It's the video of Ivan taking money from none other than Marco, Luca's underboss.Alexi threw his phone away in anger."You b*stard. You sold yourself to him? You decided to backstab your own brother? First he bought Frank and then you, my own brother? I won't leave you Luca. I will kill you. But first, let me parcel my brother's body to you. Then you would understand what I can do" Alexi said out loud in to his empty room.Just then, his room door opened and Ivan stood near the threshold.Alexi sneered looking at Ivan.Ivan immediately understood Luca is right.'He found out. If Luca didn't warn me before hand, then he would have killed me' Ivan thought."How dare you?" Alexi smashed his whiskey glass on the carpeted floor and it broke in t
Ivan dialed Luca's number after his men left his room.Luca, who is working in his pub, looked at the caller ID when he saw an incoming call."So he bought them all. Good for him" Luca thought out loud, before answering the call."Luca" when Ivan heard Luca's signature greeting, he smiled. He is getting used to Luca's I don't care attitude."It's done. I swayed them all. Now all the 25 men are under my payroll" Ivan informed Luca.Luca smirked."Good. How much time do you need to make up your mind to kill your brother?" Luca asked.Ivan is shocked to his core."I thought you would kill him," Ivan said with confusion."Tsk tsk" Luca made a pity sound."Ivan, if I kill your brother, then I will become the boss of the Russian mob. You will remain as my underboss. That's the rule we always had. If you want to become the next Boss, then you have to kill him. Not me. Whoever kills the existing boss, becomes the new boss. How did
Ivan decided to go and take Luca's money, as soon as he can. As Luca said, it's better to make as many of his brother's men to turn against his brother and work for him as possible. His brother is losing his mind and it's high time Ivan takes the charge.Alexi noticed Ivan going somewhere."Where are you going?" he asked, making Ivan stop dead in his tracks.Ivan tensed."Just going down for some air. Will be back soon" Ivan replied vaguely and walked off the floor.Alexi didn't think much about it, and he began to drink himself to oblivion.Ivan drove off to Luca's pub and there he found Marco waiting for him with a briefcase."Thank you," Ivan said after taking the briefcase and checking the cash inside the box.Unknown to him, everything was being recorded by one of their security cameras. Within five minutes after the exchange was finished, Marco received the video of Ivan taking money from him.He then dialed Luca's
Emma is glowing with happiness during breakfast.She keeps peeking at Luca every now and then.Luca is amused by her reaction."What are you doing?" he asked her with amusement.Emma blushed looking at him."Nothing" she said averting her eyes away from him and concentratrating on her plate.Luca is not having any of it."No, there is something. Tell me, why are you looking at me like that?" he insisted."I .. " she hesitated."You?" he prompted."I.." she tried again, but she is scared that he might laugh at her."Come on. You can tell me everything. Why are you hesitating all of a sudden?" he asked."I am sure you would laugh at me when I tell you" she confessed.Luca smiled at her."No, I promise. I won't laugh" he said to make her open up."I am just confirming that everything that happened last night is true and not my imagination" she confessed hesitantly.Luca's eyes became g
Alexi, when he heard that Luca met Frank in his house, he began to doubt Frank."This Frank is a scum bag. He is trying to play games with me" Alexi yelled out loud.Ivan stood there, unmoving and without responding to his brother's outburst."And for how long did Luca stay in Frank's house?" Alexi asked the made man, who was spying on Frank."Not for long. Maybe 10 to 15 minutes maximum" he replied.Alexi began to pace restlessly."Maybe we should leave NY and go to Russian" Ivan suggested.After all, Alexi is his brother and no matter how angry he is with him, he wanted to give one final chance to his brother to save himself.He can see Luca making his moves. When he finished making his final move, it's checkmate for his brother.Ivan is not understanding his brother's confidence. He doesn't know how he is planning to win over Luca in his own outfit. It's impossible.When Alexi heard his brother's suggestion, he lau
"I .. I.." she stammered with confusion.'I cannot tell him that I love him can I? What if he leaves me immediately after hearing that?' she thought.Luca can see the wheels turning in her head. He doesn't want that to happen. He wants her to admit to him that she loves him. If she starts thinking now, she will make things complicated.So he slowly started kissing her from her cheeks, bypassing her lips, down her neck and the valley between her breasts, down her stomach, and then her core.He kissed her there softly at first, and then with fever. He inserted one of his fingers and nipped her core lips, making her go crazy with pleasure.Emma pulled his head more towards her core, in an attempt to reach the heights she is craving for. Luca bit her core and increased the speed of his finger.In and out, his finger pumped until she lost to the craziness and yelled his name and climaxed."Why did you cry kitten?" he asked when her mind is
But when she saw Luca in front of her eyes, her eyes welled up with tears again.When Luca saw the tears in her eyes, his heart ached with pain."Kitten?" he said with pain.He hugged her closely to his heart.Emma couldn't control anymore, and busted out crying.The others understood that these two need privacy, so they left them alone.Luca slowly undestood the reason behind her tears.'Did I misjudged her reaction as confidence? Is she hiding her pain behind her confidence?' he thought.For the first time in his life, he regretted not coming home to her, once he found out her run in with Tasha.Emma is a gentle soul. She cannot act as bitchy and catty as the other woman in his world. That's one of her qualities he likes the most.'I should have assured her that everything is alright and she doesn't have to fear about anything' Luca thought.Her tears are evident enough that she loves him, and Tasha's words must hav
Marco didn't tell about the call Luca. He doesn't have to. Luca would have already guessed by now and he prefers Marco to deal with this kind of simple threat.It works out for both Marco and Luca well. Work burden would be less on Luca and Marco would feel the weight of responsibility, as his underboss.Back in the Vitiello mansion, Peter was looking for Emma, who didn't return until now. She took her dog for a walk a few hours ago and didn't return yet.The guards near the gates informed him that she didn't pass through the gates, which means, she is still inside the mansion premises.The Vitiello mansion and the area in the backyard are so huge, it's possible that she must have been gotten lost.Emanuel and Smithy are already searching for her, for the past half an hour. But they didn't find her yet.So Peter decided to call Marco."Peter" Marco answered with a smile in his voice.But Peter is not at all happy. He is t