Luca’s POV Persona was my favorite club out of the long chains of clubs I owned.Persona was a club which was built years ago, and today, it’s one of the really booming clubs in Italy.I made my way into the club with James beside me and the bouncers situated at the entrance of the club all bowed their heads at me respectfully, scrambling around in fear as we made our way into the club.“It’s been so long.” I mused just as the loud noise from the club engulfed James and I.“I bet it has been even longer for you, compared to me, even though it’s your club.”James responded, leaning into me in order to be heard over the noise.“I don’t club that much these days.“ I mused in response just as we got to the vip section.We got in instantly and I patted the head of the bouncers’ back a little, who had instantly made his way towards me as soon as he heard that I was here.“You meant to say you don’t club at all instead, right? Because ever since you got married, that part of your life
Luca’s POV Alexa was someone whom I had consistently hooked up with for years.We spent a lot of time together during those moments and she even accompanied me to some gatherings that required me to bring a date along.Some people had definitely thought we were going to end up together, but that hadn’t been the case. It was a hookup from the start and that was all it ever was, for Alexa and I.After she had to travel to the states in order to further her studies, things automatically ended between us, and after her, I didn’t have a long term hook up partner, choosing to go through women like I do suits.It’s been up to four years since I last saw Alexa – and now, she is here right now in persona, already making her way up. I had granted her permission to come right up.I raked my fingers through my hair and threw back another mouthful of scotch, just as a light knock echoed off the door.“C’mon in.” I called out as I smoothen my hand down my suit, just as the door got pushed o
Luca’s POV What have I done?That question kept echoing around the insides of my head and ears as soon as I realized what it was that I had done.I hastily pulled away from the creamy couch here in my office, stumbling towards the bathroom and slamming the door shut.I stood before the mirror in the bathroom and took in my entire appearance, mouth twisting in disgust as I looked my reflection up and down.My suit jacket had long been discarded and a few of my shirt buttons were unbuttoned, one of the buttons was nowhere to be found. My shirt was wrinkled and untucked, and my pants were still open, hanging off my hips a little.Fuck.I cursed quietly as I raked my fingers through my hair.I had had sex with Alexa.I couldn’t believe what I had done.A low heat began to bubble in my stomach and I knew it was definitely nausea.I tore off and discarded the condom I had on, reaching for the tap to wash my hands and splash water over my face.I let out a string of curses as I thought
Luca’s POV My heart thudded further as the car drew closer to the house. Never have I felt this much guilt in my life.I wasn’t even sure if I’ve ever felt like this before. I mean, I’ve never been in a situation like this before whereby I had someone I really cared about and wouldn’t want to hurt like I do right now.How the entire thing had happened had occurred so abruptly, that I didn’t get to really process it until it had finished.A text came in from James at that moment.James; Are you going to tell her about it?I blinked at the text message. The first thing that came to mind was ‘no’.Of course I wasn’t going to tell her about it.How would I even do it? I sure as hell wouldn’t be able to stomach hurting her that way.I exhaled deeply as I typed in a response to James.Luca; Of course not. I can’t do that to her.I glanced up on noticing the car starting to slow down, pulling up in front of the apartment’s gate.After a few minutes, the car halted and the door got p
Luca’s POV I headed towards the balcony with Sofia still hoisted up in my arms, and she chatted my head off along the way. She was so bubbly and bright, completely oblivious to how conflicted and guilty I was currently feeling.As I sank into one of the seats here in the balcony with her atop me, straddling my thighs. She cupped my face in her palms right after while searching my eyes intently, teeth clamped on her bottom lip.“Luca?” She called out.I already knew she had been about to prod further into if I was doing alright or not, which was why I spoke almost immediately.“Tell me about your day, Bunny.”That did the trick. She launched into a long and veer detailed explanation about how her day had went, proving how far we’ve come and how much she was now comfortable around me.“Isn’t that cool?” She gushed out and I hummed in response even though I hadn’t known what she had been referring to because I hadn’t been paying attention to what she was saying.“I hung out with
Sofia’s pov If there was another word apart from excitement which I could use to perfectly describe how I was currently feeling right now, I’d gladly switch my name for that word at this very moment, due to how I was currently feeling.Luca had said I could expand my painting.He had finally agreed and given me the permission to do that.And because of that, I was almost bursting with excitement.I had barely been able to properly sleep last night due to how happy I had been feeling over Luca’s sudden change of heart.He had been a little bit odd last night, but it had probably been because of a new problem in his mafia which I really do not want to hear anything detailed about.When I had brought up the topic to him at dinner, I had been prepared to whine and try to get my way at all cost like Kayla had advised me to, but I had barely begun to talk about it before he had agreed to it.I had asked him if I was sure about it when we got into bed last night and he had hummed ab
Sofia’s pov I facetimed Kayla later during the day and we talked about a lot of random things while I added the finishing touches to the painting I had begun to work on today.After the call with her, I finally exited the art room and made my way into the kitchen, then to the walk-in freezer in order to get a drink.That’s where I come across Armani.I jolted when I came across him, having not been expecting to come across anyone, and also because I had almost forgotten about Armani’s existence here in the house.He grinned at me apologetically on realizing that he had startled me but I brushed his apology off and retrieved the drink I had come in here to talk.And after that, Armani fell into steps beside me and we began to make our way out of the walk-in freezer, talking about the weather and some other random things.I broke the news about me expanding my arts to him, and as expected, he was very impressed and excited for me, congratulating me earnestly and smiling warmly a
Luca’s POV In all honesty, I had began to regret agreeing to the art expansion right as soon as the words had slipped out of my mouth.Do I regret giving permission? Hell yes.I was a hundred percent sure Sofia didn’t understand ten percent of the danger she was going to be putting herself in by taking this step. It was going to be extremely dangerous, and the fact that I’d be too busy with work to always be around her in order to ensure that she doesn’t get hurt wasnt sitting right with me.If I hadn’t been drowning in guilt last night, there was no way I’d have agreed. It wasn’t even about me wanting to make her happy, because I really do want to make her happy, so far it was in my power– but then I also have to look at the pros and cons, and I definitely have to ensure that it was completely okay and safe for her own good.An image of her throwing her arms around my shoulders and thanking me over and over again last night flashed through my head for the hundredth time since