What's Love Without A Second Chance

Settling in was not much of a hassle. Malik had outdone himself with the apartment and Arya's room was one of a kind. He made it all so much easier. He was such a blessing. "Thank you so much. I love it here," I sighed as I plopped into my new comfy couch. "I love Arya's room too, you really outdid yourself on that one."He grinned, "I told you to leave it to me." "I'm glad I did." I smiled back. He pulled me up and held me in his arms and nuzzled my cheeks. I took a step back when I realized he was about to kiss me. "Malik..." I called out knowingly. We had talked about this."She's asleep." He pointed out, referring to my daughter."I know but she could wake up anytime soon.""She's three, she would not even understand what's going on." He insisted."Kids of these days?" I scoffed. "Don't be silly," I said and walked into the kitchen to see if I could whip up something for both of us."I already ordered. Thought you'd be too tired to cook." He announced as he followed me closely.

"You have a visitor ma'am."That was the first thing I heard the moment I walked into the office that morning."Who is it?" I asked."Um he's what we call a VIP client." Chloe said in an exaggerated whisper."Okay." I said and let her take Arya.I walked into my office and was met with the whiff of a very familiar cologne. I paused. No way. It couldn't be.He turned away from the floor to ceiling window and faced me. "Hello Olive," I stood there, frozen, nervous, entranced by the sight of him.Girl, snap out of it! I yelled in my head. My face held a composed smile as I said, "Mr Giovanni. What are you doing here?"He smirked, "Formal are we?"I said nothing to him as I walked over to my desk, watching as he in turn walked to the chair in front of me."Miss Moretti, you look amazing." He complimented me."I know." Came my clipped response.He chuckled. My heart lurched. I had not heard that deep dark chuckle in so long."It's been a while." He said."Yes it has. What are you doing

The wedding reception went by in a whorl. There was eating, drinking, a little bit of dancing. All this was because we had a long table where everyone dined and wined. My greatest surprise was the fact that we had to leave as soon as dinner was over. I had no idea where we were going but my luggage was soon hoisted and taken into the vehicle that would lead us to God knows where.I hugged my brother and Nonna so tight as I waved at the others whom I barely knew as we left. Xander had been grumpy all day so it was in my best interest to avoid asking him questions. We boarded his private jet and according to the pilot we were heading for Los Angeles. That was when I remembered that he actually lived in America and not in Italy with his Nonna. So I was moving to another country entirely without any form of preparedness. I sure did a great job at being oblivious. I dozed off as soon as the plane ascended, only to wake up a couple of hours later and see him on his laptop, doing a video

~2022~I sat in my office pondering on the last time I got to see Olive. She looked different and even sounded so. Realizing that she was now a successful businesswoman left me with a feeling of pride and admiration. When I looked at my current fiancee, I could not say the same. I reminisced on when we first got married and how I was crazy enough to hire my ex wife as my personal assistant.~2018~It was a few weeks after the wedding. Tasha had to leave for a job outside LA that morning and I was upset. Why did she not want to understand that I could take care of all her needs and there really was no need for her to do all that work? If she had listened we would have been married and I would not have a stranger living in my house tagged my wife.Looking at Olive got me pissed. Like what was she doing in my house? Why did my Nonna have to force me into this? All she had to do was give me a little time to sort things out with Tasha but no she went ahead to plan a wedding with a girl I

"What are you thinking about?" Tasha asked on the ride home after dinner."Nothing much, just work." I answered halfheartedly."When did she come back?"I decided to feign ignorance, "Who?""Olive of course. Who else?""I don't know," I shrugged casually."Hmm," she sighed."Is there something wrong?""No, not at all. That's your first time of seeing her right?""Yeah it is. Had no idea she was back in town." I lied. "I hope we don't cross paths again," she said, pushing herself into my arms."Yeah," I said in a whisper even though I knew that I was going to make sure that the exact opposite was the case. I knew it had been years since our separation but there was something that kept pulling me to Olive. When I could not find her months after the divorce, I gave up my search but every now and then she came to mind and seeing her for the first time in four years at that event made me feel like we had some unfinished business. My instincts were right.~~My eyes met the little blue on