Sofia’s POV I hated the fact that each time I thought about that, all it did was make me feel even less powerful and more broken than ever, all it does is make me shed tears uncontrollably and make me question my existence, all it does is make me feel disgusted with myself even more.A small sob slipped out of my mouth in the next second, and I pulled away from Luca with all of my strength, pushing myself away from the chair we had both been sitting on, and I made my way towards the banister on the balcony, standing before it but not pressing my body against it, and I pressed my hands against my face, covering my face from the dark night in shame as I sobbed quietly.Tears streamed down my face and my body shook with the force of my tears, and I felt more embarrassed because Luca was right there, watching me break down without any sort of control.I sobbed quietly, trying to stifle the sounds and also trying to stop my tears from pouring down at such a fast pace, but the tear
Sofia’s POV He didn’t let me continue with what I was about to say, before he was interrupting me calmly, his hand still moving up and down on my arm, from my elbow to the upper side of my shoulder.“No, it isn’t. I’m sorry I brought it up.” He started to say once again, breathing out those words and saying it with such passion, and I started to shake my head in the next second, as I sniffed back tears once again. “It’s alright,” I breathed out, my voice fracking a little, but I ignored that and decided to continue to speak. “I can talk to you about it.” I breathed out in a voice that was quiet, breathless and trembling a little.“You don’t have to speak about it if you do not want to.” Luca started to speak instantly, his grip tightening on my arm for a few seconds before finally loosening and returning back to it’s previous hold. “I want–“ I paused and sniffed back tears, breathing out a deep breath and breathing in deep into the next moment, feeling my chest start to expand
Luca’s POV I shouldn’t have brought that up.That alone was a hundred percent sure and clear to me at this point. I should’ve just let it be, like they always say it was good to let sleeping dogs lie. I regretted mentioning that particular night the moment I had mentioned it, but there was no way I could have taken those words back, even if I wanted to, like I actually wanted to.And when she bursted out into tears, with sobs that sounded very familiar, because I’ve heard her sob that way, a couple of times, and it has always managed to leave a bitter feeling behind. The first time I heard her cry was on our wedding night, when I was still contemplating on if I was supposed to fully consummate the wedding or not, and the second time had been the night where I had gotten woken up from a light sleep, due to how loud her sobs were. Listening to her cry that night, right from the middle of her nightmare, had kept such a bad feeling behind, a feeling I didn’t want to ever experienc
Luca’s POV “I mean, I didn’t tell her about what actually happened,”She paused for a moment. “But, she shut me up before I could even complete what I was saying, and started accusing me of making things up and spending way too much time in my head to be able to think up something like that.” She continued to speak in a quiet voice, her voice breaking once again and it sounded so much like she was about to burst into tears at a certain point. I blinked once, trying to fully process what it was that I had just heard.“What the fuck?” I echoed out without even thinking and as expected, I didn’t get a reply. Not even a shrug of her shoulders, or a shake of her head, nothing. “But I didn’t make a thing up, I was telling the truth, and assuming she had listened to me or even tried to listen to me and understand where it was that I was coming from, then I’d have been able to tell her about what actually happened to me…” She trailed off and fell into silence, the small sound of a sob
Luca’s POV “He finally stopped coming, and I had never been more relieved in my entire life.” She whispered these parts in a low and thin voice and it felt like something cracked inside of me at that moment. I reached forward and placed my hands on her shoulders, maneuvering her around until she was facing me. Tears were running down her cheeks and her glassy eyes were staring up at me. There were a lot of emotions running over her face at the same time and I watched as her lower lip quivered a little before she breathed out a choked sob, bursting out into more streams of tears, just as I pulled her deep into my arms, holding her tight against me instantly. She buried her face in the middle of my chest, sobbing into my shirt and squeezing right around my waist with her small fingers, as sobs wracked her body, making her body shake against my wider build.“Shh,” I breathe out after some moments, my voice sounding scratchy to my own ears and I synced in a deep breath and started
Luca’s POV What is eight years in this issue with the assaulter? It was nothing to be honest, I was going to deal with him in a way he wouldn’t ever forget. I hated men who acted like animals with a really intense passion, it was those kinds of men that went to kidnap my cousin Aria in hopes of getting their sick ways with her, and that only made me despise those kinds of people more. I breathed out a small sigh, feeling my chest tighten up with the whole feeling that was currently coming forward to assault my brains at the same time, almost to the point of me feeling almost overwhelmed. I tugged Sofia against me even more, wrapping my arm more firmly around her waist and carding my fingers through her hair, moving my fingers to the front of her face to move some part of the hair on her face, to the side of her ear. I leaned down and tugged her face upwards a little, until I was pressing my lip against the top of her head, dragging my lips softly against her forehead and puffing ou
Luca’s POV I leaned down and loosened my hold on her hair to slide it down her back, until my hand was gripping her thigh. I did the same with my other hand and once both my hands were on the same spots around her bare thighs – because she was currently in a small skirt, and I lifted her up in a single move. She was startled at first, a small sound sliding out of her lips as her hands made to grasp at my shoulders, just as I tugged her thighs around my ribs and sides, so she’d be a head higher than I was in this position, and she stared down at me with wide eyes and parted lips, her hands holding tightly to my throat. It was the first time I was completely lifting her into my arms since we got married and the only question that crossed my mind in the next moment, was the fact that why hadn’t I tried this out since all these while.She felt really small and weightless in my arms and I held her tightly against me, staring up at her and just watching her. Her eyes fluttered a
Luca’s POV “But what if Matilda or Sarah sees me up here in your arms?” She asked after a moment, and I paused in my trails to completely focus my gaze on her face. She was currently worrying her terth over her lower lip and I grinned up at her before starting to speak.“They wouldn’t mind, ok?” I said to her and watched her hesitate for a moment before nodding her head at me, her hand moving around on my shoulders to tighten around even more. I made my way down the hallway after turning around and I headed for my office here in the house.“Where are we going?” She asked after a few moments, staring around the whole place as we moved further through the hallway. I puffed out a deep breath against her throat and I deeply enjoyed the feeling of her thigh tightening around me, as a shudder ran through her body in the next second, in response to the gust of air I had blew at her bare throat. “We’re going to my office.” I said to her in tne next second as I paused before my office do