Salvatore's POVI watched as Sofia slowly sat upright on the bed, my eyes remained fixed on her. “Good morning” her voice small and gentle. She didn't dare look at my eyes but anywhere else, making me almost chuckle. “Good morning to you too, Sofia. You came barging in like that—”“I'm sorry, Salvatore. I'm very sorry. I didn't know there were others in there. Enzo didn't tell me. I just wanted to ask…” she paused. I raised my brows, wondering why she stopped. “I'm sorry,” her head bowed. My eyes narrowed as I continued to stare at her. “What are you sorry for?” I asked her, and she blinked, without looking at me, she said, “For everything”Moving closer to sit beside her on the bed, I asked,“What's everything, Sofia? The kiss?” She snapped her eyes up to look at me,“Or for avoiding me for three days? Or is it for barging into my office like that? Or was it for…” She squeezed her eyes shut, ready to receive more questions,“For coming into the gathering of men dressed in this
Salvatore's POVI watched as Sofia tried to arrange her short nightwear, then brush her hair with her hand before she went to open the door in a hurry for Enzo. Her face was still flushed and if I were Enzo, I would know something had been going on in here. But Enzo is a little boy, he wouldn't suspect a thing.“Are you alright?” He asked Sofia the moment he stepped into the room.“Huh, me?” She asked, pointing at herself and Enzo bobbed his head. “Yes. You look red. Are you sick?” I tried not to laugh, which she quickly retort,“That's not true” “It is. Daddy, look at her face. Doesn't she look red?” He asked me and I looked up at her. If I tease her, she'll run into that bathroom, and I didn't want that now. Especially when we need to talk about this particular kiss we had just had. She did apologize for the first one, what about the second? Are both a mistake?“She has been crying” I replied, making Sofia snap her eyes at me while Enzo at Sofia. “You were crying? Why?” He ask
Sofia's POV I've not been able to stop bitting my lower lip and touching my lips since Salvatore left. This time, I was in my right senses to know that he had kissed me himself. And he didn't seem to regret it. My heart had never pounded so loud and fast for a man as he did with Salvatore today. I felt like a little teenager again. I just can't stop smiling.I've been in the bathroom for a long time and Enzo continued to complain from my room.“Sofia!” He yelled again for the umpteenth times.“I'll be out now, Enzo,” I said as I forced myself to stand up from the bathtub“You've said that more than a hundred times already” and I giggled at Enzo's frustrated voice. He should blame his father. The man was driving me into a world I don't even realize I've gotten into until Enzo's voice pulls me out.This time, I tried to focus, not giving attention to my thoughts of how Salvatore's hand danced on my skin. My thighs, very close to my… God, Sofia! Stop thinking! I exclaimed mentally.Th
Sofia's POVIt's been a week since Salvatore left, and I'm a bit worried because he hasn't called or texted yet. I pray and hope he was alright. Enzo and I were sitting waiting for breakfast so early in the morning. Vacation was over and Enzo had to resume school. That's what's making this so worrisome, Salvatore promised Enzo he would be back before school resumed, but here we are. Enzo had a sad expression on, and I wasn't feeling any better. Since Salvatore left, it was either I slept in Enzo's room or he slept in mine. We try to be as positive as possible. Sometimes I don't know I space out until he calls my attention, and he does the same sometimes too.Madam Cassie dropped our food in front of us,“Here you go. Eat enough. Today is the first day of school again” she tells Enzo who forced a smile at her, but we could all tell he wasn't happy.Madam Cassie looked at me and I shrugged. I'm even more worried because since I came to this house, Enzo had been on school holiday. Now,
Sofia's POVI released breaths I didn't know I've been holding after the car moved where I had seen Alessandro. I refused to raise my head to look at the scenery any longer. What I had seen was enough. When I got home, I made my way to my room. I needed to speak with Salvatore, I needed to be sure he was alright. Again and again, I tried his phone, but it still wasn't going through. Panic enveloped me as I wondered what the hell had happened to him that he wasn't picking up his calls. My eyes turned glassy as I thought of the worst. With shaky knees, I walked over to the bed and sat on it.Not being comfortable there, I crept to the ground and sat there with my arms around my raised knees. “Salvatore…” I murmured as tears fall down my eyes. I've been the one telling Enzo to be strong, but if something happens to Salvatore, I wonder if I'll be strong. What do I tell Enzo? Why did Salvatore have to go for some silly mission that could take his life? I know he wasn't going sightseei
Sofia's POVNana held me by the hand as we walked past an exit I never knew was ever in this house. “Nana, how did you know about this place?” She held my mouth closed. “Shhhh” she shut me up as she continued to pull me out of the exit silently. We appeared at the back of the mansion. I have never been to this part of the Mansion before. I followed Nana until she opened the gate that, I thought, was locked. She had the keys, again I wanted to ask how she got it but paused when I heard the sound of a car.Was that Salvatore? It has to be. Who else would drive in?“Nana, I think Salvatore is back”“That's not true,” Nana said to me, but I was adamant about seeing who it was that had come into Salvatore's mansion“Let me go and see for myself,” I told Nana, but her grip tightened around me.“You can't leave now that we've gotten here” she argued and I replied immediately, “What if that's Salvatore? Why should we leave if the person we are going to search for is already here?” I asked
Sofia's POVOn our way, I kept smiling as I thought of Enzo's reaction. He would be so happy to see his father back, he has hoped and cried too much. Salvatore came down, and I followed when I noticed we've gotten to Enzo's school. There, he made a call. “Aren't we going in?” I asked him.“No, they'll come out” he said to me, making me remember that two guards had actually stayed behind this morning when I came to drop Enzo at school. It didn't take long, Enzo was coming out with a straight face. His bag was held by one of the guards, and he walked down like he cared less about anything. A true Salvatore. Not until he saw his father, though. His eyes twinkled, and a wide grin broke out on his face. Before I knew it, Enzo was running down happily. The last time I saw this genuine smile on his face was thebday before his father left for his business, as he called it.Enzo jumped on Salvatore, who was quick to pick him up in his arms. The man must have missed his son so much too beca
Salvatore's POVAll this time, while we were under attack, all I could think of at that moment was Sofia and Enzo. I wished I had set some things right before leaving, like telling Sofia how I felt, but on second thought, how can I convert my enemy's wife?I noticed Enzo and Sofia had become so close, it made me wonder what exactly happened while I was gone. They spoke freely like best friends, and I wonder the stunt Sofia is going to pull just to get Enzo friends in school.I'm not surprised he doesn't have a single friend, I never had one, too. Especially when my father made it so difficult for me to have one. I'm not hard on Enzo, not like my father was to me.We were at the dining table having dinner. Sofia and Enzo kept discussing something I'm not so sure about. From time to time, Enzo tells me a funny story of what happened while I was away.I'm glad he