Riccardo's POV. It has been four days since my wife dropped the 'L' word in her sleep. I chose to ignore it because when she woke up she didn’t so much as remember that she had said the word and I was starting to doubt if she meant it or if she was just sleep talking and saying random things. I have tried to pretend that it never happened, that she never dropped the word but I can’t seem to forget it. I get flashbacks at the most random times but mostly when I look at her and when I have my dick buried in her. It has also been four days since we heard from Antonio. I don’t know if I said that correctly but like…we haven’t heard a peep since that day, no feedback or anything. It has been so damn quiet…too quiet even and it just feels like the calm before the storm but I was getting very much prepared for that storm. “Penny for your thoughts?” Emilia said when she finally finally graced us with her presence at the dining table. I wasn’t complaining though. She looked good as always b
Emilia's POV.Aria was fast asleep when I woke up but Riccardo was nowhere to be found. I didn’t mind though, I know he has work. I moved away from the bed carefully so that I didn’t wake Aria. I felt a little bit faint when I stood up from the bed but it went away soon enough. I grabbed my phone so I could call Riley and talk to her about why I didn’t show up. Sure enough, I already had calls and text messages from her. Someone must have silenced my phone. I dialed her number and stepped out of the room to talk. She answered the call on the third ring. “Tell me you are fine.” She said the moment she answered the call. I chuckled. “I am good now, Riley.” “Oh thank goodness. I was worried sick. I thought something bad happened. I was going to show up in your house this evening if I didn’t get a text or a callback.” She said. “I am good. I think I just came down with something.” I said. “Tell me what happened.” “I haven’t been feeling too good for a while now. I was feeling a li
Emilia's POV. Aria woke up shortly after Riccardo had fed me breakfast himself. Oh yes, he sat down right beside me and patiently fed me breakfast. I tried to tell him that I was perfectly capable of feeding myself but the stubborn man wasn't having it. Aria was super excited to see that I was feeling much better and I let her believe that it was because she stayed with me and put me to sleep. She headed to her Nonno's place as soon as she confirmed that I was fine. Riccardo left for his office the moment Riley showed up and I was grateful for that. Riley and I headed up to my room and I locked the door behind me. "So...I got them. Do you want to do the test now or wait it out a bit?" I stalled. "I heard it is best to take a pregnancy test in the morning." She smirked. "I knew you would say that. That's why I got five different ones. You can take one now and take another in the morning." I rolled my eyes. "Fine. Whatever." I grabbed the tests from her and took two of them alon
Riccardo's POV. "Run a background check on every single person staying in this house and everyone that is close to Emilia. I don't want anyone left behind. Double-check to ensure that you are not missing anything." I told Enzo. The easiest way to keep Emilia safe was to probably get her out of this city and take her somewhere safer but that doesn't guarantee her safety either. Not when we don't have any idea who the spy is, not when the culprit seems to know things that are going on inside my home as he/ she stays in there with us. So yeah, the first thing I have to do is make sure all of my staff are in the clear. I always make sure to run a thorough background check on every single one of them before I hire them and I also make them sign the non-disclosure agreement and some other paperwork just to avoid situations like this but I can now see that it was to no avail. We have a traitor in that house and I plan to find the person and when I do find the person, I will make he/she su
Riccardo's POV. "Why are you sitting over there and not right beside me?" I asked Emilia. We were on our way to our date and she was seated so far away looking delicious in that little red dress of hers. "I know what you will get up to if I get too close, Ric, and I don't want you to mess up my makeup." She said. "What if I promise not to touch your face? I won't even kiss you." I said. "Riccardo..." "Okay okay. I just want to hold your hands. That's all." She remained silent for a while. I knew I had her already. "Fine." She mumbled before moving closer to me. I grabbed her hand and locked our fingers together before I placed our interlocked hands on her bare thighs. "Have I told you that you look absolutely stunning?" I asked her. She shook her head. "I don't think so." "Well you, my dearest wife, you look stunning in that little dress and I can't wait to peel it off you and have my way with you," I said. She giggled. "You are silly." She was smiling up at me with this
Emilia's POV. I had the feeling he wasn't telling me the truth. Let me rephrase that, I don't think he is lying but it also feels like he is hiding something from me."I see why you hate Jack so much," I said and he grunted in reply. "Have you seen her since then? Have you tried to talk to her?" I asked. "No. I tried to look for her once but I couldn't find her. It was like she had disappeared from the world and I didn't care much about her anymore so I didn't bother to dig too deep." He replied. "So you judged that she was cheating on you from just one picture?" I asked. His face hardened. "What are driving at, Em?" "Trust me you don't want to hear it," I said. "Try me." "I just think it is weird that you accepted that she was cheating on you from just one picture. You didn't even get to hear.." "Emilia." I shrugged. "I told you that you don't want to hear it." "It's not that. I just don't want to talk about her anymore. She is in the past now and I don't have any feelings
Riccardo's POV.I saw the glint of the gun before it went off. I moved as fast as I could and threw my weight on Emilia while pulling her to the ground immediately. I mentally thank my stars that I had yet to take off my gun and knives. I pulled them out and quickly fired two shots in the direction that the bullet came from. Emilia writhed under me trying to get out and somehow my dick managed to remain hard even though a bullet just went off. “Jesus Christ woman, fucking stay still,” I said harshly. “Aria, I need to check on Aria.” She cried. “No, you are going to stay right there until I ask you to move. Aria is safe, Raffaele will make sure of it.” I told her and miraculously, that managed to calm her down and she stopped moving. She remained silent for a while then she laughed softly. I don’t know but I think my wife might be a little bit crazy. “I love the fact that you have managed to find humor in this situation we are in,” I said. She chuckled. “How is your dick still
Emilia's POV. It has been weeks and this house has been annoyingly silent. Too quiet. Riccardo changed so much after that night. My sweet husband was gone and he somehow managed to go back to the Riccardo that I had met in New York. He didn't torture me or anything. He doesn't even stress me out. He agrees to everything I ask without question— unless it has to do with my security details. I have security details following me every fucking where. The number went from two to seven. I don't mind having them around because their presences seem to put Riccardo at ease a little bit. I miss him though. I miss him like crazy. We barely talk now. We always have breakfast together with Aria and Aria is always the one chatting and keeping the table lively. He listens to her and responds when he is supposed to, he even manages to smile at her sometimes but he has withdrawn from me, both physically and emotionally. The last time he touched me was that night, oh, he kisses me sometimes. A fleetin