Betrothed To The Mafia Lord novel Chapter 163

Sofia’s POV

I pushed my hair out from my face and reached forward to pick up my glass of wine from the table before me to take a sip from it. It had been brought to me by one of the guard’s and I had declined all the drinks offered from lots of waiters and waitresses, because Luca had asked me to, for my own sake, because apparently it might have gotten spiked or poisoned without my own knowledge. I placed the drink back on the table before turning my head around to glance around once again, like I’ve been doing for over twenty minutes, ever since Luca had said he had to go speak to someone and won’t take long to come back to me.

I sucked in a deep breath and puffed it out, dragging my eyes off a few people’s faces who had been staring pointedly at me. The table which was assigned to Luca and I was in the front of the whole place, and it was obvious for the highly respected ones, which had automatically made this particular table in the center of the whole place. I squirmed a little, and then I lifted my gaze to focus on a few spots before me, when the noise in the crowd had increased a little, because the newly wedded couple were about to cut their first cake together as a couple.

The newly wedded wife was all smiles and grins and I watched as the love was literally radiating off her whole body in waves, and I knew that I was the complete opposite of what she currently was on my own wedding day.

I could remember Luca coming to stand beside me as we both cut the cake, with our faces blank and our bodies standing stiffly against each other’s. I watched as they both cut the cake together and everyone applauded loudly as soon as they were done.

I pushed my hair away from my face and stared down at my thighs, as soon as I noticed the videographer pointing his camera directly into my face, completely catching me off guard.

After a few seconds had passed, I threw my eyes around a little, trying to see if I’d be able to sight where he was at the moment. I was starting to feel really bored and restless at this point, but my mind was convincing me that if I’d be able to settle my eyes over him, that I’d be a little bit more settled down. After still not catching a glimpse of him, I picked up my phone and checked the time, it was currently almost ten p.m in the night, and surprisingly, even with how bored I was feeling at the moment, I wasn’t feeling sleepy one bit.

I was suddenly wishing Ryan had come with us here tonight, at least I’d have been rest assured that I wouldn’t be bored for a moment, because I’d spend every moment here talking with him.

Ryan and I had gotten even closer as the day went gy and the conversation flowed way more easily than it usually does before. He also stays by and just rest against one part or the wall in my painting room, whenever I’d be painting.

I had been insecure at first, about the thought of someone watching me paint, when I was just learning and was still going to be making a lot of messy drawings, but after a couple of hours of drawing with him just quietly observing in the background without saying a thing, I had learnt to grow to get used to his presence behind me, and to also get comfortable with it as well.

My painting journey officially started a couple of days ago, and if I was going to be honest with myself, I wasn’t all that good with it, but at least, I could speak about the fact that I had improved a little with my painting which I did today, compared to the one that I did on my first day.

I pushed my hair out my face and picked up my drink to sip a little of the cold liquid, it felt a little hot at the back of my throat, which was a sigh that there was a little bit of alcohol in it, but then the wine was really fruity and tastes really good, and I savored each drop as it slide down my throat each time.

I shifted on my seat a little and was about to check what the time says on my phone at the moment, when I noticed a dark shadow fall over my head, and I glanced up instantly, with my heart slamming hard against my chest, and my eyes landed on the face of a girl which looked really stunning and… excited?

Before I could even begin to gather my thoughts, the girl moved a little on my feet in a bouncing motion, and she was gushing out in the next second. “Oh my gosh, hi!!”

I blinked at her confusingly, but I felt my lips start to stretch out in a smile, even though I had no idea I’d who she was, or what it was that she was currently doing here– her extremely contagious smile on her face was enough to trigger my own smile, and I felt the one on my face stretch out even more.

“Uh, hello?” I started to say and I breathed out a small laugh that sounded a little bit awkward in my ear, right before I continued.

“I’m sorry, I have no idea of who you are.” I ended up saying, the smile on my face starting to melt away after a fleeting moment, but the curiosity and skepticism was still very obvious on my face.

“Oh, I’m so sorry about that. I’m Kayla and it’s really wonderful to meet you, to finally meet you in person.” The girl whose skin was literally gleaming at the moment gushed out earnestly almost immediately, and I blinked at her a couple of times, because if what she had just said was supposed to trigger a memory in my head, then it had failed woefully because my head was currently blank.

“Um…” I started to say but this gorgeous looking girl – Kayla, cut into what I was about to say smoothly.

“I saw a lot of your wedding pictures online and I think you’re really stunning, even more stunning in person, and I decided to stop by to say hello.” The lady continued and that was when it all started to dawn on me.