I wake up with a beautiful smile on my face because of the good night's sleep I had. My due date is close, my stomach is so big, it's getting hard to get any good sleep these days, but I was lucky last night.
I feel Stefano's hands go around my waist as he pulls me closer to him. He doesn’t open his eyes and buries his nose in my neck.
"Morning," I say.
"Good morning, Luce del Sol. How was your night?" Stefano asks, removing his head from my neck.
"Not bad."
"That's good to hear, what time are you leaving?" He asks, using his left hand which has his wedding ring to rub my stomach.
It has been two months since Stefano and I got married, yes, got married. Stefano and I got married a month after our trip to his family's private island. He actually planned to propose during the trip, but my custom-made engagement ring wasn’t ready until
I feel the sunlight on my face, I don’t understand why but I’m sure the curtains were closed last night before I went to bed. I hear footsteps around me, I finally understand why my beautiful sleep was interrupted. I turn away from the sunlight and try to go back to sleep. That all goes out the window once I hear her voice. “Honey, I know you are awake, do yourself a favor and open your eyes,” My mom, Rosalia, says. “Good morning, Mom,” I say, peeling my eyes open and look into the same eyes as mine. They are as blue as the ocean, the prettiest eyes I have ever seen in my life. Her wavy pitch-black hair flows down to her waist against her beautiful tan skin. Her oval face holds a smile on those rosy lips of hers, which says she is happy to be disturbing me from my sleep. Like every little girl out there, I believe my mom is the most beautiful woman in the world, even though I am far from little. The only things I inherited from her are her beautiful ey
A few days have gone by since I visited Aurora. My family and I are on our way to Mr. Costanzo’s annual charity ball. I am wearing a blue A-line frock with lace on one-shoulder, the dress is embroidered with black and white and has a slit up the thigh. I matched it with a pair of diamond heart earrings, black heels, and a clutch. The car comes to a halt, we all step out of the car and walk into the hotel where the ball is being held. If I remember well, this hotel is owned by Mr. Costanzo. I’m walking hand in hand with Santiago as his date because one of his bimbos bailed on him. We walk into a ballroom filled with elite people all dressed in the finest of designer clothing. Santiago and I walk around saying “hi” to a few familiar faces, primarily to him, until Aurora pulls me away. “Are you having a nice time,” Aurora asks taking a sip of her wine. “If you refer to having a nice time as enjoying good wi
The following day I was up early, and am on my way to the Costanzo estate. I’m a little excited to be training with Aurora, it’s been ages since we did. The car comes to a halt, which means I have arrived. I pay the driver and walk into the estate. I walk inside towards the backyard, and I stop once I reach the training area. “Andrea, I am so happy you could make it,” Aurora says, walking up to me. “Me too; I can’t wait to get started,” I say. “We should start any second now,” “Alright,” I say, placing my gym bag on the floor as Stefano arrives. He walks towards where Aurora, me and a few others are standing. He looks more ravishing than last night, even in gym clothes. I can even see his face a lot better today, thanks to the sunlight, and he looks more handsome. His toned arms are showing off the tattoos all over his upper body. “Aurora, you said you have a new p
Later at night Aurora and I go out for dinner to make up for our missed lunch date. We just ordered and are waiting for our food while chatting. “What took you so long when you went to Stefano’s office. I didn’t get to ask you about it when you came back because of the pile of work I had on my plate,” Aurora says, and takes a sip of her wine. “He was on a call, I had to wait for him to finish before I could drop the documents and leave.” “Thank God, I was worried he had a problem with the work you did.” “No, he did not.” “Good, speak of the devil.” “What do you mean?” “Stefano is here,” Aurora says, raising her hand to call someone behind me. I turn around and behold; he is here. He looks a little different from a few hours ago. His tie is nowhere to be seen, and his white shirt has
I am on my way home after a long day at the office. My family and I got back from Sicily a few days ago. Once we got back, I decided to start working at my dad’s company. Helping Aurora at her office the other day reminded me how much I love my career. I finished my master’s a year ago and decided to take a break before working. I am not working for the mafia business but I am working for the one we use to deceive the government where all our money comes from. My father has a construction company. We build houses, hotels, anything, you name it, and we build it. We also have a few apartment complexes we rent out all over the United States. I park my car and walk inside the house. I take the stairs up to my room. Once I am in my room, I take off my clothes and hop into the shower. After I am done showering, I walk downstairs for dinner. I find mom and dad already seated at the dinner
An hour later, we are done with the meeting. I am back in my hotel room and there is nothing more I would love to do than to sleep right now, that goes out the window once my phone starts ringing. I check to see who is calling and find out its mom. “Hello, Mom,” I say answering the phone. “Hello Dear, how are you doing?” “Not so good; how about you.” “I am fine; what’s wrong, Dear?” She asks, sounding worried “I have been having cramps the whole day, and Stefano has not been the easiest person to work with.” “Sorry Dear and why don’t you tell me all about it at lunch.” “How, Mom, you are in Miami? How will we have lunch together?” “You will see,” she says, and I hear a knock at the door. “What do you mean, hold on a minute, Mom? Someone is at the do
Once the doors open, I don’t have enough time to prepare for whatever we have to face before the bullets start flying. “Get back!” Stefano shouts, pushing me back inside, quickly pressing the buttons of the elevator to close. “We have to find another way out of here!” “This is the only way out of here.” “You think I don’t know that” Stefano says, annoyed with me for stating the obvious, I decide to shut my mouth. “We need to make them think we are no longer in the elevator. We are going to stand by the side, make sure when the doors open; we can’t be seen. They will most likely shoot once the elevator doors open and won’t care to make sure if we are standing there or not. When they reload, that’s our opportunity to shoot them down. Do you understand?” “Yes, I do,” I say, walking to the left side of the elevator. They won’t be
A few days have gone by since I started living in Stefano’s apartment. My dad feels it’s not safe for me to travel for now. I am in the kitchen eating when Stefano walks in. “I have a party we need to attend to find out important information about who attacked us a few days ago. Do you have an evening gown?” “No, I don’t. What leads do you have so far?” “The only leads I have come from the bullets that were shot at us that night. Unfortunately, my car, was shot that night, fortunately for our investigation, I was able to get this,” he says, placing a bullet in front of me. “I have never seen this type of bullet.” I say examining the bullet. “I have, it’s a special type of bullet. The man who sells them is hosting a party tonight. I have been trying to set up a meeting with him for days now, he has avoided me. Hopefully,