Luca’s POV If guilt could kill, I’m sure I’d have been six foot under at this point.Never have I felt this level of guilt in my life before, and I knew I was only making things worse by pulling away from Sofia.But, it wasn’t like I could control myself to no longer feel disgusted with myself any longer each time I was around her.This was such a foreign feeling for me. Never have I known that I’d ever be in this kind of situation, caused by no one but myself.With my hands still stroking Sofia’s upper arm right now, it felt like that had rendered some sort of peace over me. When I had finally get to hug her some time ago, it felt like that single thing had put a stop to the uproar of emotions that had been going up in my head throughout the whole of today.When Alexa had called me some days ago back at the office and I had Informed her not to call me any longer, she called me again and I blocked her from reaching me without even hesitating. Each day, I had barely been able t
Luca’s POV I felt like I had gone back in time in a way, since I was doing what I used to before– before Sofia and I had gotten emotionally and physically closer.I was currently hovering over her, watching her as she sleeps.She looked so peaceful right now, with her mouth slightly parted go puff out air every few seconds. The sight made my chest ache.After Sofia fell asleep in the music, I continued to play the piano, because it brought me peace in a way.There was once a time where the piano was one of my outlet, although that changed when Armani left for Los Angeles.More like I sent him to Los Angeles.The fact that my father had somehow found the time to make sure Armani and I learnt how to play a few music instruments amidst the entire Mafia trailing while growing up was crazy to me, but father made it work out in a way, and it did work out.He had claimed he wanted us to master those things, as well as multiple languages in order to be like some sort of jack of all trad
James’ pov I drove as fast as I could, cursing the city’s traffic beneath my breath while at it.I loosened my tie and exhaled deeply as I slowed to a halt in accordance to the traffic light.I had already planned myself today.I had planned to head over to Blair’s as soon as we round up the mafia’s meeting tonight. I just hadn’t anticipated that the meeting was going to take this long.That wasn’t the reason why I was currently running late. It’s because I had stayed in with Luca even after the meeting had been over.I couldn’t help it.I was worried about my best friend.Ever since the deed which he did with Alexa, he sort of slowly spiraled into some sort of down casted and depressed head state. It didn’t help that he had been loyal to his wife since he began to feel something for her, that was what made him feel really bad with himself.I guess I do understand him in a way. But I couldn’t help but still be lost about how he was feeling. Perhaps it was because I’ve never
James’ pov “So, can you tell me about yourself?” I asked after shooting her a quick look. It was hard for me to keep my eyes off her, but I was trying to not let myself be too obvious.It’s usually extremely hard for me to keep my eyes off her on a normal day, and now that she was dressed up than what I was used to seeing, was making my thoughts all jumbled up in my head.I already expected the scoff before it spilled past her delectable looking lips.“Why are you so curious about me?” She demanded, and for the hundredth time, I also asked myself that question in my head, and unfortunately, I’ve been unable to get a response to that question since.“I have no idea, I just am.” I responded honestly but she snort that left her mouth next proved that she didn’t believe me.“Well, stop being curious about me, I won’t tell you shit.”“Are you from around here?” I continued.She pursed her lips and refused to answer that. I didn’t know what to make of her response, so I decided to drop
James’ pov I have a whole lot of questions.I couldn’t help but feel confused and lost, I wasn’t sure of what it was that had actually happened. One moment, we were both entering the restaurant and had been able to head over to their table, only for everything to turn around in the blink of an eye.I shot a quick glance at Blair and felt something shift inside of me. Something was definitely terribly wrong.Blair was hunched over and sobbing into her palm, the sobs were hard enough to wrack through her entire body, and the sound made my inside twist in a very bad way.Because I was already sure that she wasn’t going to appreciate me trying to touch her in order to comfort her, I stuck to driving her back home and keeping silent.I had a lot of things to ask. I was now curious about a lot of things, but I couldn’t bring myself to ask her any of the questions in my head right now, seeing as she was literally falling apart.The fact that I hadn’t even cared about the fact that the
Blair’s pov I had been looking forward to the dinner with James since the last one, even though I’d never admit it out loud. Perhaps, it was the because of the constant loneliness that I’m always getting engulfed in, but then I knew deep down that, that wasn’t the only reason.But, one thing I couldn’t deny, was the fact that I was very lonely.I was currently seated in the passenger seat while he drove towards where I’d assume was his house.When he had requested I come home with him, I had only declined half heartedly, while being really relived deep down, because I really didn’t want to be alone right now, and being in James’ presence always leave me in some sort of emotions that I cannot really describe yet.I glanced at him just as he threw me a quick look. He smiled at me reassuringly and reached out to take my hand in his, while his other hand controlled the steering wheel effortlessly.I felt my stomach flip as his large hand enveloped mine, and a small shiver slide ov
Sofia’s pov Today was finally Sunday.The day of the art exhibition.Was I nervous? Absolutely.I flew out of the bed and hastily grabbed my phone. It was some minutes past seven in the morning, leaving me with over five hours before the exhibition is supposed to hold.The bed was empty as expected, even though I was sure Luca hasn’t left the house.He never goes anywhere on most Sundays, and before things had suddenly changed between us, Luca would stay in bed with me and keep me there with him with cuddles. But, I wasn’t surprised to meet the bed empty this morning, I couldn’t even remember the last time I woke up to see him beside him, while his arms would be around me.I splashed water over my face in the bathroom in briefly wondered about what could actually be the main problem between us.I knew that communication was the greatest key between couples, and had tried a few times to get him to speak to me about what was wrong. I gave up after a few trials when he’d only apolo
Luca’s POV I held the door open for Sofia and then I slid into the seat after her. It was a little bit past the time which we were supposed to have already been on the way to the location for the arts exhibition.I had left home early this morning, not just because there were some last minutes preparations to get in places, and it was definitely not because I wanted to be away from her to avoid sinking further into guilt… it was because I had went to construct a quick sweep around the location and to station my men in different areas for utmost protection.I could already tell that one of my stupid, dumb enough enemies was definitely going to want to try something stupid today, and I was going to teach them a big lesson for that.I glanced at Sofia who was in a simple looking hoodie and a small flared skirt. She was going to get dressed at the venue, another reason why I should definitely have arrived home earlier than I had done some time ago.There was so much I wanted to do right