Luca’s POV “C’mon. We’ve known for over twenty years, James.” I started to say before throwing my hand out a little before I continued. “Of course I can read most of your facial expressions.”“But I still can’t read yours perfectly on most days, man.” He started to say in a low whine and I rolled my eyes at him as a small laugh left my lips at that. “I guess I am way better at hiding my emotions, now isn’t that right?” I mumbled in a low voice and James agreed immediately, nodding his head along what he started to say almost immediately. “You have no idea, man. You’re as emotionless as a stone on most days and your emotions barely cross your face.”“That’s one of tne reasons why you’re widely feared.” James continued to inform me and the whole explanation managed to warm my heart and make me feel more achieved as a mafia lord. It was good knowing that all the amount of time I had spent trying to get a hang of being in complete and total control of my own emotions, her obviously cam
Luca’s POV “Huh?” He asked and I shook my head immediately and placed my hand on his shoulder. He was almost as tall as I was and not as short as the bodyguard of Ivan and his cousin, so it wasn’t all that comfortable for me to place my hand on there, but I left it there anyways.“Nothing, man.” I said to him before nodding my head towards the side of the house.“Let’s go inside.”“What about your little wife? Sofia right?” He started to ask and I felt everything pause in my head at the mention of her name, because in the very next second, different images of her face and those blue eyes of hers were flooding every corner of my head and mind, all at once.“She wouldn’t mind, don’t worry about her.” I said to him, hoping she’d have fallen asleep already, because I obviously hadn’t thought about how it was going to be between the both of us and James in the same room, when I had suggested James come home with me.He nodded his head at me before wrinkling his nose a little and rolling
Luca’s POV “Where did the whole bunch of paintings which were on this side of the wall go?” He asked in a low voice, confusion evident on the facial expression he was currently pointing at me. I shifted my weight from foot to foot and glanced up into the roof, dragging in a deep breath and puffing it out loudly out of my lungs, my hands moving up to start to unbutton the first three buttons of my shirt in tne next second, as I slowly lowered my head and stared back at James who was still obviously still waiting for a reply from me.“I took them all off.” I said to him and ran my fingers through my hair after a few seconds, feelimg the urge to take off my suit jacket as well as my inner shirt, suddenly everywhere was feeling really stuffy and like I really needed to drag in more deep and refreshing breaths into my lungs.“Oh, you did?” He asked after afew moments of him watching me quietly. I nodded my head at him in reply and turned away from him, starting to make my way forward, to
Luca’s POV “Because I am always so damn busy, it’s so hard and stressful having to work every damn day, only to unlock your phone and get flooded with thousands of messages and notifications all at once, from different apps.” I informed him with the scowl still intact on my face and watched as the perplexed facial expression on his face started to melt away in the next second.“Oh.” James murmured after a few seconds and I shrugged my shoulders while still staring at him. He finally threw one of his hands up and started to speak again. “Well, notwithstanding that,” He breathed out but I ignored him and started to make my way deeper into the house, fully aware that he had fallen into steps behind me after a fleeting moment. We passed the sitting room and I peaked my head into it, and not finding anyone in it. I continued to make my way deeper into the house and stopped at the entrance of the kitchen and peaked my head into it through the door.Sarah and Matilda were currently the on
Luca’s POV “Is that alright with you, Luca?” Sarah started to ask, pointing her hand behind her and I knew she was referring to James. I nodded my head immediately, glancing up at James and back at Sarah’s face.“Of course, he needs it, that was why I invited him over, and also because I wanted to feed him here tonight.” I informed her and watched as her face lit up a little as my words sank into her head.“He’s staying for dinner? That’s just perfect… I have to get Matilda to…” I watched as she started to speak while also speaking to herself at the same time, she trailed off at the last sentence and glanced up at me after a few seconds.“Er, Mr Ricci?” She breathed out and I lifted my eyebrows up at her in acknowledgment. “Is there anything you’d want us to prepare? Something special?” She started to asked and I shook my head instantly.“No, there isn’t anything, I’m not picky, anything would be fine. Although, I’m not sure about James.” I referred the last part of the sentence to
“Took you long enough,” James started to mused loudly as soon as I pulled the door open and started to make my way inside the sitting room. I snorted a little as I pushed the door closed behind me and made sure it was locked before I started to make my way into the sitting room. James, who was currently sitting on one or the three seater couches and I headed over to where he was sitting and sank into the free spot beside him.The guns which were still in my pants were starting to dig into my thighs way too intensely and it made me stand up after a few moments of me sitting down, in order to get the weapons off my body.James watched as I started to shrug out of suit jacket right before I tugged my already loosened tie off my shoulder and discarded both pieces of material into Ynr space beside me. I reached for the top of my pants and tugged the first gun out, leaning forward and placing the weapon down on the table before I started to tug out the second gun out of my pants as well, pla
“I am not kind hearted, James.” I started to say as a small chuckle slipped out of my mouth, right before I continued. “And you know It. We both know I am nothing close to being kind hearted.”I watched as James breathed out a laugh before staring at me like he couldn’t believe what he was hearing coming out from my mouth. He started to speak about a minute had passed. “Did you say you’re not kind hearted?”He asked and the thin line around my lips got more intense as I turned my head around to watch him once again, hating how I knew that he had a point without even trying to think, deep down in my heart. “I am not.” I said to him and watched as he started to laugh once again before calming down and reaching out to place a hand around my shoulder, a gesture which made me turn my head around him to glare pointedly at him until he pulled his hand away from my shoulder while laughing a little.“But if we’re being honest with yourself, you do know you’re kind hearted compared to a lo
Luca’s POV “That’s crazy, man.” I said to James and watched as he shrugged his shoulders before starting to speak. “You should have been used to all these already, at least that’s what I thought… because it wasn’t like you just became popular overnight, you’ve been popular for a while now, since years ago.” James mused audibly and I lifted my fingers to push my hair out of my face before starting to reply to him.“Believe me, there’s no getting used to this shit, it would all overwhelm you every damn time.” I started to say and leaned forward to place my elbows on my thighs before continuing after a few seconds. “You’re also popular on the internet, how do you handle your whole notifications?” I demanded, because it seemed like he was such a pro when it comes to this whole thing.“Are you fucking kidding me man? Do you know how freaking popular you are?” James breathed out with a light laugh and shook his head before starting to speak once again, before I could even start to