Sofia’s pov Once again, before I could begin to climb up the stairs, Luca stopped me with his hand on my wrist, stopping me from moving an inch forward.And after that, I refused to turn back around back to stare at him, because I didn’t want him to see that this entire thing was getting to me this way.I didn’t want him to see the tears already starting to gather in my eyes. I didn’t want him to see how weak I was, and kinda pathetic.But, he kept tugging me around until I gave in and turned around, eyes plastered to the ground. I didn’t see his hand come around until I felt his hand move beneath my chin really lightly to tip my face over until I was staring up at him.I hastily tried to blink my eyes in order to hide the tears, but that was a wrong move because it only made the tears roll down my cheeks really slowly.The shock that took over Luca’s face almost immediately was almost comical.“Why are you crying?” He asked, voice quiet as he reached up to thumb one of the teardrop
Luca’s pov This night had taken an entire different turn than I had anticipated, to my utmost shock. I thought to myself as I sank into the chair in my office. That had been where I had ran into because I couldn’t bring myself to go up to the bedroom along with Sofia.Not only have I managed to make things even worse between us, I’ve managed to hurt her so much in the process.If I had continue to kiss her and touch her like I usually do, then I’d have been feeling guilty that I was touching her intimately with the same hands I had used to touch another woman.Never have I felt this much conflicted in my entire life, and Lola’s sudden, unexpected arrival to my club tonight, had only made things so much worse for me tonight.I had promised myself that I was going to give her a toast tonight and try to make her feel really good about herself, and to offer her emotional support which I knew damn well that I should have shown her throughout the whole of today. I had told mysel
James’ pov I was currently heading back home from the club. The streets was still filled to the brim and there was unfortunately some traffic as well, which is quite expected since today is a Saturday.Unsurprisingly, my head was filled up with so much thoughts of Blair.In all honesty, I hadn’t wanted to leave her all by herself in my large ass house, but there was nothing I could do. I couldn’t bring her with me to Sofia’s art exhibition this morning, because she was literally going through so much at the moment, it was obvious that the last thing she’d want now is to go somewhere filled with crowds.When I had woken up this morning, I had first gone to check in on her. After witnessing her sobbing in the midnight before I had comforted her until she fell asleep. She had been wide awake when I got there that morning, and the shattered look in her eyes had literally made my heart crumble in that moment.It was the exact reason as to why I had arrived late at the art exhibiti
James’ pov I was burning up with rage.Not just because these stupid guys had thought it was wide enough to try to catch me off guard this way. I was more annoyed about this being such a bad timing. I was looking forward to going home to Blair, and now this was happening.Fucking hell.I glanced out the rearview mirror once again and saw the guys on the mother bike staring to pull even closer to my car. The one riding the bike was very fast, and the one behind him who was shooting the gun at my car, had a mask over his head. They both do.I wonder why they haven’t shoot at my tires. That’s the first thing they’re supposed to do if they wanted to catch me so bad, unless perhaps they hope I’d come in with some accident while trying to outrun them.Just how dumb can these people get?It seems like people have began to underestimate me too much cause what the hell is this.I slowly pulled to a stop while reaching for the guns beneath my suit jackets, taking off the safety instantly
James’ pov I made sure the water was in a warm temperature before running the napkin beneath it, and then I existed the bathroom in the guest room which Blair was currently occupying. I walked over to the spot at the foot of her bed which was still huddled in, and then I crouched beside her.She glanced at me without saving a thing, and then she slowly averted her gaze. She thankfully wasn’t crying any longer but she was as silent as a night, and I didn’t like it.I gently held her chin as I dabbed her face, cleaning off the tearstreaks on her cheeks. Her eyes were red and her cheeks were flushed, but that didn’t her look less beautiful than she usually does – instead, they made her appear cute and soft as hell.I returned the napkin and fetched her a cup of water, which she only took a sip from.I puffed out a long exhale as I sank back into the spot beside her, but I made sure there was some space left between us this time, because I wasn’t sure she’d appreciate me crow
James’ pov We didn’t continue to talk after that, and once again, the silence that stretched out between us wasn’t an awkward or uncomfortable one.I told her I’d be back soon and went to check my phone which I left on my bed in my haste to go check in on Blair after I had arrived home and had taken a shower.There was a few notifications from my private number, some were from Luca, which I opened immediately.Luca; Things has somehow gotten even worse between my wife and I.I checked the time that message had been sent, realizing that it had been sent almost an hour ago. He must have probably thought I was banging some chick, which is definitely why he had refrained from calling me after not getting a response to that text, and the other couple of texts he had sent to me.Luca; I feel like a really bad person. Like a really terrible husband.Luca; I don’t even know what to do man. I’m going crazy at this point.I let out an exhale as I read through those texts while slowly s
James’ pov The next morning wasn’t all that awkward.It really wasn’t.As soon as I woke up, I let out a small yawn and carefully sat up. My back cracked as I stretched my arms around side by side for a few moments. It didn’t take long for the last images from last night to begin to flood my head, and I let out a small sigh as I glanced sideway at a peacefully sleeping Blair.Her body would definitely be hurting this morning as soon as she wakes up. I thought to myself as I let out another yawn.After she had fallen asleep against me last night, I had carried on with watching the horror movie on my own, but I genuinely hadn’t been paying much attention to it, seeing as all that was in my mind throughout those minutes, was no one but Blair.After some time, in which I had made sure Blair had fallen asleep really deeply against me, I finally decided to move.I moved us over, maneuvering her lithe body around before carefully laying her on the rug at the foot of the couch. I
James’ pov Once we were done with our breakfast, I declined her offers to clear the table and did it myself, loading the dishes into the dishwasher at once and cleaning everywhere up.As I worked, Blair refused to leave the kitchen, choosing to lean against the other side of the counter. Once I was had washed and dried my hand, I carefully made my way towards her. She was in one of my shirts, a different one from the one she had slept in. Its still surprising to me that she had agreed to use my shirts without arguments, which is very much unlike her.I stopped a few inches away from her and let out a small breath when she glance up at me. She didn’t have to look really high to meet my eyes because she wasn’t that short, and I liked that about her.I drew closer to her, guaging her reaction and trying to find out if she’d try to back or run away, but she did none of that, which made me continue to draw closer to her until only a little gap prevented us from touching each other