James’ pov It was finally Saturday again, and I was already tired of trying to lie myself that I hadn’t been looking forward to today since the start of the week. When Luca had asked me to accompany him to a particular meeting, I had declined because there was no way I’d miss spending time with Blair today, and also because Luca could do well without me.As I got dressed up that evening, I briefly considered dressing casually this time, but then did I want her to stop her jabs at my suits? Absolutely not, and so I dressed in one of my numerous suits and a air of suits to match. It wasn’t long before I was leaving the house and driving towards her apartment. As I drove past a floral shop, her face came to mind and the thought of getting her a flower, but I was quick to discard the thought instantly because there was just no way I was going to do that without appearing like I was starting to be into her, and I had a feeling she was going to throw the flowers in my face without hes
Sofia’s pov Drawing was now something that comes really easy for me, it wasn’t something that I had to think about long before I finally figure out. When I had showed Angelo some of my paintings, I had felt such a huge feeling of pride sweep up inside of him at the blatant shock on his face. As expected, he was shocked that Luca had allowed me to paint, because of course, his image of Luca was a big, bad monster.After I had talked to Luca about expanding my paintings, he had went ahead to tell me that there was a lot of disadvantages to it, and after he had listed them, I realized that he had indeed been right after all.When I had mentioned making my own money as one of the reasons as to why I wanted to work, Luca had stared at me silently at first before he had began to speak.“What do you need to make money for?” He had asked and I had let out a splutter, because I wasn’t sure of what to say to that, I hadn’t even thought of that to begin with.“You don’t need to earn your
Sofia’s pov I blinked up at Ryan in confusion. His grip on my wrist was firm, and he was standing very close to me that he’d have done on a normal day, hence my confusion.My mouth parted and moved, but nothing came forth at first, and to my confusion, Ryan took a slow step towards me, making me feel almost closed in.His other hand came into my line of sight and I watched as he reached out, aiming for my face. Before I could do anything, his thumb was brushing against my hairline, and after a few fleeting seconds, it came off with paint stained on it.“You’ve got paint up here as well.” He said while waving the paint stained finger in my face. I blinked at it while my brain reeled, it took a few seconds for my brain to finally register what he had said.“Oh.” I mumbled as he nodded his hand once again.I glanced down at my wrist which was still engulfed by his hand, and in a fleeting moment, his grip loosened from my wrist as he took a step backwards, creating a little distance
Luca’s POV “Did you or did you not lend a huge sum of money from the boss?” I watched as Luffy, the head of the questioning team demanded in an icy voice while vigorously shaking the man in his grip.Romeo. That was his name. Romeo Satori.When he had come to me, begging for some money in order to prevent his business from going bankrupt, after my men had investigated and found out that he had been telling the truth, I had done what a mafia lord was supposed to do to his underbosses in need – I agreed to lend him the money, and he agreed to pay back the money with added interest.“Fucking answer me, you dimwit.” Luffy growled as he delivered a punch on Romeo’s jaw.Romeo let out a sob after that.“Yes, yes, I did.”“And then, you thought running away was the next best option to carry out after you were unable to return the money as agreed?” Luffy demanded and I watched as Romen quaked in fear. Tears were pouring down his face and he was trembling, while throwing glances at me
Luca’s POV Persona was my favorite club out of the long chains of clubs I owned.Persona was a club which was built years ago, and today, it’s one of the really booming clubs in Italy.I made my way into the club with James beside me and the bouncers situated at the entrance of the club all bowed their heads at me respectfully, scrambling around in fear as we made our way into the club.“It’s been so long.” I mused just as the loud noise from the club engulfed James and I.“I bet it has been even longer for you, compared to me, even though it’s your club.”James responded, leaning into me in order to be heard over the noise.“I don’t club that much these days.“ I mused in response just as we got to the vip section.We got in instantly and I patted the head of the bouncers’ back a little, who had instantly made his way towards me as soon as he heard that I was here.“You meant to say you don’t club at all instead, right? Because ever since you got married, that part of your life
Luca’s POV Alexa was someone whom I had consistently hooked up with for years.We spent a lot of time together during those moments and she even accompanied me to some gatherings that required me to bring a date along.Some people had definitely thought we were going to end up together, but that hadn’t been the case. It was a hookup from the start and that was all it ever was, for Alexa and I.After she had to travel to the states in order to further her studies, things automatically ended between us, and after her, I didn’t have a long term hook up partner, choosing to go through women like I do suits.It’s been up to four years since I last saw Alexa – and now, she is here right now in persona, already making her way up. I had granted her permission to come right up.I raked my fingers through my hair and threw back another mouthful of scotch, just as a light knock echoed off the door.“C’mon in.” I called out as I smoothen my hand down my suit, just as the door got pushed o
Luca’s POV What have I done?That question kept echoing around the insides of my head and ears as soon as I realized what it was that I had done.I hastily pulled away from the creamy couch here in my office, stumbling towards the bathroom and slamming the door shut.I stood before the mirror in the bathroom and took in my entire appearance, mouth twisting in disgust as I looked my reflection up and down.My suit jacket had long been discarded and a few of my shirt buttons were unbuttoned, one of the buttons was nowhere to be found. My shirt was wrinkled and untucked, and my pants were still open, hanging off my hips a little.Fuck.I cursed quietly as I raked my fingers through my hair.I had had sex with Alexa.I couldn’t believe what I had done.A low heat began to bubble in my stomach and I knew it was definitely nausea.I tore off and discarded the condom I had on, reaching for the tap to wash my hands and splash water over my face.I let out a string of curses as I thought
Luca’s POV My heart thudded further as the car drew closer to the house. Never have I felt this much guilt in my life.I wasn’t even sure if I’ve ever felt like this before. I mean, I’ve never been in a situation like this before whereby I had someone I really cared about and wouldn’t want to hurt like I do right now.How the entire thing had happened had occurred so abruptly, that I didn’t get to really process it until it had finished.A text came in from James at that moment.James; Are you going to tell her about it?I blinked at the text message. The first thing that came to mind was ‘no’.Of course I wasn’t going to tell her about it.How would I even do it? I sure as hell wouldn’t be able to stomach hurting her that way.I exhaled deeply as I typed in a response to James.Luca; Of course not. I can’t do that to her.I glanced up on noticing the car starting to slow down, pulling up in front of the apartment’s gate.After a few minutes, the car halted and the door got p