Semua Bab Ex and Son Beg, But I Never Turn Back: Bab 141 - Bab 150

Willow’s POV“Can we afford this?” I asked Adonis, glancing at the menu.We were seated at a table in a new five-star steakhouse called Syndicate that had just opened up. We’d just secured a contract with a boutique store in a trendy area of the city and we’d decided to treat ourselves to a fancy dinner to celebrate. The restaurant was elegant, with white-gloved waiters and a decadent chandelier as a focal point the moment you walked in. It was one of those restaurants that didn’t even list the prices of the menu items.“Of course we can,” Adonis replied with a wave of his hand. “Don’t be silly. We deserve this. Just enjoy the food. And the company,” he winked at me.Adonis looked handsome as ever, in a navy blue suit jacket with a bright red silk tie. All around us, women in designer clothes and men in tailored suits ordered expensive drinks. The kitchen was open to the main floor, and every so often a plume of smoke rose from the kitchen and the scent of grilled steak wafted through

Luigi’s POVFrom the moment I smelled the wine, I knew. My wines were like my children. I cared about them deeply, nurtured their notes and finishes until they grew into a wine that I was proud to send out into the world.Our family estate winery in Italy was known for our reds. More specifically, we were known for our robust cherry notes that we infused with our grapes. Before I even took a sip, I recognized this wine. It was a new wine my father had been working on, and he’d been sending me samples along the way. Normally, the cherry notes in our wines were subtle, but this new wine was different. We’d managed to bring the cherry notes to the front without becoming overbearing. It had been a labour of love, creating this wine.I didn’t even need to taste it to know, but I did anyway. The robust cherry notes only confirmed what I already knew. Setting the glass down, I sighed heavily.“What do you mean that’s your wine?” Willow asked, her face earnest.“It’s not mine exactly,” I expl

Luigi’s POVI was sitting outside on my patio in the morning sun, sipping my espresso, when a call came through on my phone. Willow was still sleeping after our late night. After dinner, Adonis, Willow and I had all gone to a jazz bar for a nightcap. One nightcap had turned into three, and it was past 1:00am by the time we got home. It had been a fun night, after the little fiasco with Logan, and we’d all needed to blow off a little steam.Figuring the call was from one of my business partners, I reached for my phone stifling a yawn. My yawn was cut short when I saw that the call was from one of my private investigators in Italy.“Did you find my father?” I asked without any formalities. I had several men looking for my father, but so far, they’d come up empty-handed. He’d been at a restaurant the night he’d gone missing, but that was the last time anyone had seen him. I was far more worried than I was willing to let on, and I hadn’t told Willow about my missing father. She’d just worr

Willow’s POV“Holy shit, Will. Holy. Shit.”Adonis burst through the door, a shopping bag in his hand. His face was flushed with excitement. I was working on a new scent, and although I didn’t appreciate being interrupted, I could tell that whatever Adonis had to say was important. So I set down my vile.“Looks like you have news,” I said playfully. Adonis promptly dropped his bags and strode across the living room. “Sit,” he said, taking a seat and patting the spot beside him. “You’ll want to be sitting for this one.”I came and sat beside him, and waited for him to spill whatever news he had. In true Adonis fashion, he waited for an overly dramatic amount of time, letting the tension build.“Guess who I just got off the phone with?” he said.“Oh, um…” I started, but he cut me off.“Nevermind. You’ll never guess. Barney’s. I just got off the phone with a buyer from Barney’s. Barney’s, Willow! Can you fucking believe it?”I couldn’t. In fact, I was stunned. “As in…Barney’s the departme

Willow’s POVThe doctor suggested that we go home to get some rest but there was no way any of us were going anywhere. Not with Adonis in the ICU. So we waited it out. Luigi brought us food at some point, but none of us ate it.It was a long, grueling twenty-four hours, and I honestly don’t know how we got through it. But we did. And then, the doctor reappeared and told us that Adonis had pulled through. He was still in critical care and would be for a few more days, but they could get him out of the coma now and the doctor was confident he would make a full recovery.“It will be a long slow process,” the doctor told us. “He’ll be in the hospital for a while, but he’s going to pull through.”At those words, we all sighed heavily, relieved to hear that we weren’t going to lose Adonis after all. A few hours later, we were allowed to go in and see Adonis. The doctor braced us beforehand, warning us that Adonis was still in rough shape and groggy from coming out of the coma.Standing out