Luca’s POV When Sofia had informed me about her having a brother, it had honestly taken me by surprise, and when she had went ahead to tell me about him, I realized just how much she loved it. The bond she shared with him before they had been separated by marriage had sounded so damn intense that I felt a quite bad for her and this brother of hers.“Why didn’t you ever talk about him?” I had asked some minutes after she had finished speaking.“That’s because I thought you were not going to be alright with it, I thought –”I shushed her by pressing a kiss against her lips. “Why would you ever think that?”She shook her head a little. “I didn’t exactly think about it, it was just something that had been in my mind before I had gotten married, so it had just been there since.”She had finally responded.And because of how much I saw how she genuinely loved her brother, me being the biggest simp of Sofia right now, went ahead to ask my men to run a tab on her and to try finding ou
James’ pov I hated to admit it to myself that after I had dropped Blair off at her apartment after she had gotten discharged from the hospital, I had been unable to get her out of my head, which I wasn’t happy about.When I had informed Luca and Luca that I was going to be unable to make it to Travis’ apartment because I already had plans, of course they had both automatically assumed I did that because of some random chick which I wanted to fuck. And of course I had let them believe hat on purpose, because there was no way in hell that I’d be telling them the actual truth which was that I wasn’t going to a club that night, but was going to go pick up Blair from her apartment and take her out to dinner, like we had both agree on the day I had dropped her off at her apartment.There was just no way I could tell them that, because I wasn’t sure I understood why I was actually doing all these yet. It was most definitely not because of the money of my ruined suit and the money I h
James’ POV “Why the hell are you ordering just water?” I demanded with pursed lips.“Because that’s what I want, obviously.” She responded calmly.“That’s bullshit, I heard your stomach growl back in the car, you’re definitely hungry.” I pointed out and watched as a little color pinked up her cheeks. The freckles on her cheeks seems to come to life more here in the insides of the restaurant, giving her a radiant look, coupled with the way her green eyes gleamed brightly like two jewels.“You’re telling a lie,” She argued but the bite in her voice wasn’t as intense as usual this time and I knew that I had been right, she really was hungry, proving me right that I had been right to keep worrying about her.I ignored her and ordered for the waiter to bring different varieties of dishes, and when he had left, I had been greeted with her glare.“I’m not eating any of those.” She pointed out and I lifted an inquiring brow. “And why is that?”“Because I don’t have money
Luca’s POV It was finally a Monday morning, and as usual, it was hard to get out of the bed because of Sofia who was in it, but I ended up leaving it after kissing her head and tucking the bedsheets around her. I worked out a little that morning and was ready to leave the house in no time. Sofia had come awake at a certain point when I had been dressing up, and that was when I remembered what I had been about to tell her.When I lifted her in my arms because she always felt like it was where she belonged, with her hands around my shoulders and her legs around my waist. I was nuzzling into her throat and breathing in her sweet scent before starting to speak.“Bunny?” I mused and she let out a small sound to indicate that she was listening.“Remember when we talked about your brother?” I asked and she was pulling back to stare into my face almost immediately as she nodded her head.“Yeah, I do.” Her eyes were widened a little and it was obvious that she hadn’t expected the con
Sofia’s pov I had been brimming with excitement after Luca had informed me that Angelo was going to come see me today, and now that he was outside, it was as if I had been about to burst out of my skin from the amount of excitement that was rushing through my body.Ryan left to go get Angelo, and I stayed behind because I had started to feel a little bit emotional and wanted to get myself under control. I head towards the sitting room as the sound of the door closing shut echoed around a little, just as Ryan appeared in the entrance of the sitting room, and a fleeting moment later, Angelo arrived at his side.I had a feeling that because I had talked to Ryan about Angelo a few times which made him know just how much I loved him, was probably what made me turn on his heels and leabe, leaving Angelo and I to ourselves.My mouth parted and close a couple of times but nothing seem to be coming out, it was as if the ability to form words had now decided to desert me in this moment.
Sofia’s pov “It had been so hard for me as well, it hurt me so much thzt I couldn’t be with you anymore.” I said to him in a small voice almost immediately.“I know, Sofia… I know. If you could, you wouldn’t have left me behind.” He puffed out a harsh breath. “It was still pretty hard for me, after you left, I sank into a really depressed state, but father didn’t understand, and mother was literally of no use, as usual. I was lost in my head, and the only outlet was getting better at what I was already practicing at hand.” He shot me a glance after that, and I watched his face crumble.“Don’t cry, Sofia. It wasn’t your fault.” He urged and that was when I realized that I had been silently crying. I hastily wiped my face. “I’m sorry, I just can’t help but feel like it’s my fault.”“It isn’t so bad anymore, I spend a lot of times with my friends and they keep me sane, i get to leave the house whenever I want because you know, I’m not a girl and can take care of myself just fine,”
James’ pov After that dinner with Blair, it wasn’t a shock that I was unable to get her out big my head. After the little things we had been able to talk about, I had noted a few things about.One; there was definitely something about her that she wasn’t letting on.Two; she was definitely living a hard as hell life.Three; the way she had almost wanted to drawn in alcohol, and the response she had given, indicated that there was definitely more to her than she was letting on.And finally, I wasn’t even sure Blair was her real name.Of course, I had tried to make some researches, giving my men the assignment to look up anything they could about her. Her name brought no results that was related to her, which indicates that indeed, she had given me s fake name.I made some one on one research around where she reside at, and the people I had questioned said she never brings anyone home and had always kept to herself, but altogether she doesn’t return home every night. After that
James’ pov It was finally Saturday again, and I was already tired of trying to lie myself that I hadn’t been looking forward to today since the start of the week. When Luca had asked me to accompany him to a particular meeting, I had declined because there was no way I’d miss spending time with Blair today, and also because Luca could do well without me.As I got dressed up that evening, I briefly considered dressing casually this time, but then did I want her to stop her jabs at my suits? Absolutely not, and so I dressed in one of my numerous suits and a air of suits to match. It wasn’t long before I was leaving the house and driving towards her apartment. As I drove past a floral shop, her face came to mind and the thought of getting her a flower, but I was quick to discard the thought instantly because there was just no way I was going to do that without appearing like I was starting to be into her, and I had a feeling she was going to throw the flowers in my face without hes