Luca’s POV I walked out of the hospital room and closed the door quietly behind me, the ever distracting facial expression of Sofia when I had informed her that I was leaving, and the look she had worn throughout the small conversation that occurred between us before the doctor came in, was still brightly imprinted on the front of my mind. I inserted my hands deep into my pants pockets and glanced at the roof of the hallway of the hospital, directly staring into the security cameras located on the four corners of the roof.I got into one of the empty elevators and sighed silently when someone placed his foot in between the doors, stopping it from sliding close, and it slid back open after a fleeting seconds to reveal the face of someone I’d rather not see at the moment.“Good day, Luca.”“What are you doing here, Richie?” I sighed out in a voice void of any emotion a few minutes after he had made his way into the elevator to stand on the other side of the elevator, keeping a wide
Luca’s POV “I gave it to Sofia.”James eyed me from the corners of his eyes and remained silent for a while longer before turning his face around to look me properly in the eye.“You gave your suit jacket to your wife?” He inquired, sounding almost shocked and confused… even I was starting to rethink that particular gesture of mine now that it was starting to sink in.“Yes, I did.” I replied and turned away from him, staring straight at the dark glass demarcation with half lidded eyes.“Why?”“She was feeling cold, so I decided to give it to her.” I explained, having no idea why it slowly started to feel like I was defending myself for what I did.“That’s a very intriguing information.” James mused in a throaty voice and I absentmindedly scrubbed my right hand over the material of my suit pants.“Oh, shut up.” I drawled out and James barked out a small laugh.“What? Did I say anything?” James demanded as he picked up his phone from on top of his pants when it started to vibrate agai
Luca’s POV “Which reminds me, I met Richie today, at the hospital.”The car finally came to a stop and I breathed out a sope and long sigh as I lifted my head from the car’s head rest and turned my head around for a few seconds before proceeding to quickly dig my fingers into my left shoulder cord which felt stiff and cramped up as fuck.“The fuck was he doing there, he spoke to you?”“Yeah. We rode the same elevator down and as I was leaving, he informed me that he needed my help with something.” The car door got pulled open by the guard and I stepped out of the car with my phone deep in my pocket once again. I didn’t shove my hands into my pocket this time and instead allowed it to drop on my sides as James came to stand beside me, his suit jacket completely unbuttoned, and his undershirt first few buttons currently undone.
Luca’s POV Taking another huge gulp of the vodka and letting the chilled liquid to slide down my throat and into my lungs, I placed the bottle on the counter once again and reached for the knife and chopping board on the other side of the counter before laying it on the table along with the knife. And then I began to slice the sausages into small dices but not into too tiny shapes. Once I was done, I scraped it all into a small bowl and pushed it aside before rinsing the red peppers with warm water and proceeded to chop them into extremely tiny pieces, and scraped it all into a smaller plate once I was done.The water was already boiled and so I opened the lid and inserted the two noodles into the steaming water, adding a few seasons and covering it to start boiling once again.I reached for my bottle of vodka and chugged in two mouthfuls before fishing around in one of the cupboards for onions.
Luca’s POV Why was she even still feeling pain?Weren’t the doctors supposed to have taken care off all these?She moved again in her sleep and I winced as she moved her injured arm once again, sending another pang of pain through her body and resulting in the scrunched up facial expression getting more prominent and defined on her face.I watched as her eyelids fluttered once before her face eased into a relaxed expression, right before it fluttered again and finally slid open after two more flutters. I watched as her sleepy lidded eyes blinked open and I watched for a second longer, marking her last facial expression in my head right as I allowed my eyes to slide shut as if I was already fast asleep.I didn’t hear any other sound that would signal that she was either trying to get out of the bed to probably go the bathroom, but nothing sou
Luca’s POV “What happened to him? He showed up with fight wounds?” James asked and I made my way towards the car and opened it immediately before sliding in and starting the car.“Worse. He was floating on molly and some other shits.” I replied to him and glanced sideways as the bodyguard who usually rides with us in the first car tugged the door open and slid into the passenger’s seat.“Jesus. This early?”“I can fucking relate, man.” I replied as I started to slowly ease the car out of where it was parked.I ended the call with james after exchanging a few more with me and dropped the phone into the console as I drove the car towards the gates which slide open after a few seconds of me waiting behind it and I drove out of the compound immediately, easing into the busy roads and navigating thr
Luca’s POV My mafia was one of the most respected of the Italy and I wouldn’t want that to change, to avoid us falling to the bottom drastically.“So, how are we going to do it?”“That’s the thing! We’re going to observe and observe as if the prices of the first set of diamonds showcased were all way too expensive. We’ll only come in when it’s at the very last diamond and then, we’ll drop a higher price. If the person that was about to receive the diamond before we come in decides to up his price, we’d up ours with millions immediately, and on and on until the person gives up and the diamond would finally be handed over to us.” James started to say and I nodded my head in understanding as he went on and on until he arrived at the last part.“Wait. When we finally get the diamond, what’s goi
Luca’s POV I alighted the car the moment one of the guards who had ridden in the other car pulled open the door for me on noticing that I was about to leave the car. James got down from the vehicle as well and we both stood at the side of the car while quickly scanning our eyes over the whole premises.I beckoned the three guards forward and they stood around James and I in the next second.“You’re going in there with us.” I pointed to the guard in the middle and watched as he nodded briskly, his hands folded behind his back.“The rest of you are to stand beside the two cars the way every other guard is doing, huh?” I continued and they both nodded their heads in understanding.“Be alert and do not leave your various spots for any reason.” I paused and stared pointedly at the two guards I was referring to. “If you notice anything strange and weird going on here during the auction, give me a text, and a call if I don’t reply to the text immediately. Got it?” I brushed my hair backwar