RYAN’S POV [HIS FIRST POV EVER] As I stood still while watching Sofia scramble backwards, something akin to satisfaction settled in the middle of my chest. I regarded the tremble that wracked through her small body when her back hit the wall behind her. As I inched closer to her, she held a small, trembling hand out and frantically shook her head. “D- don’t come closer.” She whispered shakily, and I’d be pretending if I claimed to not have felt a sharp stab in my soul. I never wanted her to be scared of me. All I wanted was to finally have all to myself, safe and all mine. Her being scared of me was definitely not a part of the plan.“You don’t have to be scared of me, Sofia. You know I’d never hurt you, right?” I asked, softening my voice the way I knew worked in calming her in most situations. Although right now, it didn’t seem like it was working seeing as she only grew more worked up.“You killed him.” She whispered, eyes wide from fear and hands trembling against her thighs. I
Luca’s pov “Stop the fucking car.” I growled out as soon as I instantly sat up straighter. My eyes were still wide as I scanned my gaze over the texts staring back at me. It showed at the lower side of the texts that they had come in about twenty minutes ago.“Fuck.” I cursed as I proceeded to dail Sofia’s number. It went straight into voicemail, prompting me into cursing again as I pushed the door of the car open and stepped out of it. It hasn’t even occurred to me to cheek my phone while I had been talking with a few men from the mafia. The phone has been silenced which was why I hadn’t gotten any notification when she had been spamming me those messages. As I glanced through the messages once again, worry clogged up a part of my brain as I tried to figure out what could have gone wrong.Ryan & Ethan were also unreachable, which prooved that something had definitely gone wrong with them, something really bad.I dailed James' number next; hands pulling on my hair as I waited for hi
Sofia’s pov “Why aren’t you eating?” As the question washed over me, I couldn’t stop myself from flinching. Weakly lifting my head up till I was staring at Ryan, I hesitated for a moment before speaking.“I’m not hungry, thank you.” I whispered and then I glanced away to stare at a spot on the wall which I’ve been staring at for days.It’s been two days since I got kidnapped by Ryan, and so far, it didn’t seem like I was gonna get rescued anytime soon. The sound of him coming close to me made me pull my legs closer to my chest and wrap my arms tightly around myself, as if that was enough to protect myself from him. He crouched at the side of the bed once he got close and I hastily averted my gaze before it could meet his. His hand shot out and prevented that form completely happening, leaving me to stare into his ones. A pair of eyes which I once used to find comfort in, but now, it did nothing but scare and repulse me to the core.He cleared his throat and his fingers stro
Sofia’s pov It was obvious now that Ryan is definitely more than a bodyguard. How he had managed to fool even Luca is still weird to me. With that thought in mind, I felt my chest start to expand from the thought of Luca and I tried to imagine what he’s currently doing, and now he’s faring in my absence. With a sigh, I shoved the covers off my body and slid out the bed, stretching a little to get the knots out of my joints. It’s almost three full days since I’ve been kidnapped and somehow, I had a feeling a lot of people is already aware of it.Ryan leaves the house every here and there, and I wondered if he’s still working beside Luca right now like the bodyguard Luca knows him as, if he’s currently pretending to not know where I am and is joining in searching for me with the rest of Luca team meanwhile he had kidnapped and locked away in here.That thought made anger bubble in my stomach but I knew there was nothing I could do to help my situation. Ryan had said I was lite
Luca’s pov “Why is it taking this long to schedule a meeting with the bastard?” I growled in an exasperated sigh while my hand tugged on my hair. “That’s because you know how pompous the underground lords are. They must have all heard what has happened, and they know why you wanna see them, hence why they’re being difficult seeing as you never tried reaching out to them until right now.” James explained, voice coming out steadily. I heaved tiredly and sank into a seat, feeling tired as ever.“I never want to have shit to do with them. I’m only trying to get in touch because I need their help, that’s all.” I let out, voice muffled due to my hands dragging over my face.The mafia lords who run the underground are quite different from those who run things on the front line. The ones underground are powerful when it comes to intels, illegal tr@fficking, amongst other things. They always have intels whenever Someone’s in need of it, depending on who’s asking, which is the only reason why
Luca’s pov My head was still reeling from disbelief as I entered the house and shut the door behind me. James had felt as flabbergasted as myself the moment I relayed the most important of the dinner to him. I pulled off my time as soon as I entered the room, and then I splashed some water on my face. The past few days has felt like pure torture to me. When Sofia had left the house from anger, at least I had known where she had been throughout those moments. This time felt complete, it kept feeling like I was gonna stop breathing after a few moments due to how restless I was. After the drink I chugged in at dinner, I didn’t feel like drinking any more tonight any longer.After changing, I alighted the stairs and was heading towards my office when Armani arrived from the kitchen with a drink in his hand. It didn’t look like he had been getting enough sleep from how swollen his eyes looked. We stared at each other silently till he closed the distance between us and tugged me into a hu
Sofia’s povT/W Noncon • Violence • Proceed With Caution As each sob rattled out of my body, every inch of me trembled from fear and pain. I tightened my arms around myself even though I know it wouldn’t make any difference.“Why are you making this hard for yourself for no reason?” Ryan asked, voice softened and ladened with so much concern, if I hadn’t known better, I’d have fallen for it.“I’m so sorry.” I whispered for the hundredth time, head throbbing from how much I had been screaming and crying.After Ryan had caught me trying to escape, he hadn’t done a thing to me, which had shocked me to the core. He had laid me in the bed and kissed me Goodnight before existing the room, and I had stayed wide awake from fear until the next morning. He treated me with so much care, never bringing up the fact that I attempted to excspe from him for a moment, and that left me tense throughout the day, because I’ve witnessed just how bad he could get. Unexpectedly, that night, he h
Sofia’s pov I could barely drag in a deep breath without my chest rattling from pain. It must have been over three days with me not getting a wink of sleep. Somehow, I still found myself wondering how tears are still able to slide out of my eyes. It felt like I had cried out every damn teardrop in me, but still, the tears still kept on falling.My wrist hurt from the amount of hours it spent being tied up, and every inch of my body felt like it was on fire from too much pain. “Luca is such a bastard, such an undeserving one which I can’t wait to put a bullet into.” Ryan had muttered with so much venom while littering kissed the bruises over my arms.As he kept going on and on, I wondered how he had managed to hide the fact that he hated Luca for over a year while diligently following all his orders.“Did you know that at first, I wanted to take your life?” He asked one night out of nowhere, jolting me out of the sleep I had begun to fall into. It felt like he had brought that topic