Luca’s POV I forced each forkful of food into my mouth even though I knew it was supposed to taste way better than how it was tasting at the moment, due to my sudden loss of appetite.Swallowing the food was the hard part, trying not to have come right back out was the hard part, which made me sip a little bit of water after each forkful off food. After clearing off the plate, I shoved the tray away from me and dragged the tablets towards me on the counter. I picked up the first pack and stared at with without reading a thing off it. A sudden beep suddenly vibrated from my phone which was on my side of the counter, a few feet away from me, along with the screen of the phone lightening up at the same time, signaling the incoming of a text.I dropped the pack of tablet back on the counter and picked up the phone which unlocked immediately once my face got scanned. I clicked on my iMessage and saw who the most recent text was from.My cousin, Aria.Aria and I had a weird relationship
Luca’s POV Picking up my suit jacket and phone from the counter and the chair beside the one I was sitting on, a moment ago, I draped the jacket against my shoulder as I made my way out of the empty kitchen. I paused beside the entrance of the kitchen and switched off the light before heading straight for the stairs. The pounding in my head was thankfully starting to decrease, which was why I didn’t feel a lot of pain echoing in my head as I climbed my way up the stairs that would lead me to the second floor of the house.I paused outside the door of the bedroom and waited a few minutes. A quick glance at the screen of my phone showed that the time was some minutes past twelve a.m in the morning. I pulled on the door knob and pushed the door open before letting myself in and pushing the door shut behind me. The main lights in here were turned off and only the low dim led lights were turned on, casting a shadowy look upon the quiet room. I flicked the lights on and glanced towards th
Luca’s POV And that was the last I saw of her. Father said they were no longer family and had dissuaded me from daring to go to them first.I had listened to him, despite the way a part of me suspected that my father might have been the one at fault and the cause of the fight between the two of them.Aria had reached out to me first, she had texted me when I least expected it, a few days after my father got killed and I was still finding it hard to grasp everything that has happened. We had agreed to meet up here at home and I almost didn’t recognize her when she walked through the doors.She was already a grown woman– something my mind and head found extremely hard to adapt to because I have only been imagining four years old Aria in my head throughout the years, only to be met with a very matured looking replica of the little girl I had grown to adore, years ago.We had talked a little that particular evening, the air had been tense as hell and I was little to no help towards lighte
Luca’s POV With that, I rolled out of the bed and stretched for a little while before making my way towards the bathroom. I placed my phone on the sink before the mirror and stared into it for a few seconds, the unwanted hair that was starting to grow on my face reminding me that I had promised myself I was going to trim my beard last night.I picked up my tooth brush and cleaned my teeth thoroughly before proceeding to line out my shaving necessities on the counter, in the bathroom. I sprayed a thick layer of the shaving cream over the whole edges of my jaw before starting to lightly and carefully trim the edges. The mirror on the wall has always been the perfect guide and I changed the blades and scrubbed over my light beard, knowing it was only going to trim it and render everything into a particular look without one part looking higher with the other part looking really low.Once I was done, I cleaned the shaving cream off and washed my face a couple of times before finally bur
I rose up to my full height immediately and started to type in a reply immediately. I faintly heard Matilda informing me that the coffee was ready as she placed it on the counter, a few feet away from where I was standing but I paid her no attention as I immediately sent the text I had typed down.Luca: What’s happening???On getting no reply after a minute, I sent another one over immediately.Luca: Where the fuck are you?I dragged my left fingers through my hair and turned around, heading out of the kitchen and heading towards the door leading outside immediately.I sent another text as I stepped outside the house and slammed the door close behind me.Luca: Aria? Fucking reply my texts right now.“Good morning, Mr Ricci.” Two voices echoed beside me and I glanced sideways to lock gazes with the two guarded whom I had assigned to Sofia. I nodded my head at them and alighted the small amount of stairs immediately. My driver was already thankfully waiting for me outside the car and a
My gaze hardened the moment I noticed what it was that has made him react that way– a bunch of guards in their uniform walked past our car in their uniforms, making my brains start to rack immediately. That could mean a lot of things but I wasn’t letting any detail that might end up being important, slip off my fingers.The car started to slow down after a few more minutes and Victor leaned forward towards the front of the car to ask the driver if we were already where the phone was.“Yeah, it’s probably in one of those buildings.” The driver replied before finally stopping the car and unplugging the iPad from the cord of the car and handing it back to Victor. I looked into the screen of the iPad once victor was sitting once again and noticed that the red button that has signified Aria’s phone all through our journey was kinda glowing, the shape getting bigger and wider despite the fact that it still haven’t moved from it’s particular spot.Which only signified one thing, the phone wa
Luca’s POV “I don’t know what you’re talking about, we- I haven’t seen any girl, please leave our premises immediately, you’re trespassing private property.” The dude said and I stepped forward once again, closing the distance between us until only a few feet separated us from being in each other’s private space.“Did you hear what I said clearly? I said ``get me the girl right this instant!” I repeated again, but in a really quiet voice this time. The guard took a step back like he was contemplating going back into the house which he had come out from or to stand and continue to act like he didn’t know what I was talking about.I took two more steps closer to him and watched as he shifted backwards, the movement was barely noticeable but I noticed just fine, my eyes narrowing at him.“Where is the girl?”“There’s no– umph…” The dude started to say again but gargled out something stupid when I grabbed him by the front of his jumpsuit and jerked him forward.“Where’s the girl?” I d
Sofia’s POV “Can you tell me a little about Mexico?” I said to Ryan after a few minutes and he glanced up from my phone that he was currently helping me reset some things on the– a phone which I had no idea was going to be that complex to operate.It was past two p.m in the afternoon and I had asked him this afternoon if he could help me with a few things on my phone. He had agreed immediately, sinking into the same couch I was sitting in after I had patted it on invitation, when he had wanted to remain standing while operating the phone.He had disagreed at first, and tried to argue but ended up giving in, he was sitting almost too tensely on the tip of the couch, making me wonder about this whole thing between them and Luca.Speaking of Luca, I could already feel my cheeks start to heat up, and my mouth dry up as I remembered all too vividly how he had raked his intense grey eyes over my whole body, but still not touching me.It had felt like he was brushing his finger over my