Betrothed To The Mafia Lord novel Chapter 284

Luca’s POV

“Uh wow, you kept these all these while…” ArmanI started to speak really quietly, shock and awe tingling the edge of his voice and I allowed my eyes to slide close for a few seconds.

“Yeah, I did.” I whispered in response after a few moments.

“Why? They were not even that good, and I remember father wanting to throw them out one morning when he caught me drawing instead of working out my aiming skills– but you took them and hid them somewhere safe, and… and, I kind of forgot about it.” I watched as he lifted one of his hands to graze the painting of a dog who had a ball inside of his mouth, I could remember him telling me about how he wanted a dog so bad, but couldn’t get one because father hated dogs so much and felt like it was going to make Armani get more soft.

“Because it reminded me of you so much, that was why I put them all up. You’ve always wanted to put them up while you were drawing and painting them, after all.” I said to him and breathed out a small laugh at the end of the sentence.

“You know, I finally ended up getting a dog.” He informed me after a few moments just as he turned around to stare at me.

“Oh wow. Really? That’s so cool.” I said to him, and I meant every word. I watched as he nodded his head, a small smile blooming on his face.

“Yeah, some years ago. His name’s Bruno, and he has a wife and some pups now.” He grinned a little as soon as he was done with his sentence.

“That’s crazy. So, you have a family of dogs now?” I teased a little and watched as he rolled his eyes a little before shrugging his shoulders a little.

“Yeah, I guess?”

We talked about some of the other paintings a little and started to make our way to the kitchen together this time, side by side.

“The house seems new and unfamiliar, I don’t remember most of these areas the way I used to do.” Armani muttered beneath his breath after a few moments.

“That’s probably because it’s been really long since you stepped foot here, and probably also because of the amount of renovations the house went through.” I explained to him after a couple of moments and watched as he nodded his head a little without saying a thing.

We finally arrived at the entrance of the kitchen and I glanced at him to see him staring into the kitchen intently, through the slightly ajar door, and I breathed out a small chuckle.

“Push the door open and check for yourself if she’s in there.” I said to him after a couple of moments and watched as he turned his head around to stare at me.

“I’ll do that right, will you be going in with me?” He finally spoke up and I found myself rolling my eyes a little.

“Of course I will.” I said to him without missing a beat, even though a part of me wanted to do nothing more than to go search for Sofia at this very moment, because I wanted to do nothing more than to take her into my arms and hug her tightly while breathing her familiar scent into my lungs… but that was going to have to wait, because I needed to do this with Armani, and because Armani was still like a stranger here and would still need me to show him to everywhere.

I stood behind him and watched as he pushed the kitchen door until it got completely open, and the quiet chatter than had been drifting out of the previously ajar door slowly come to a standstill, and I watched as both women who were working beside each other slowly turned around to stare at the doorway, automatically landing their gazes on Armani and I. I heard Armani take in a deep breath before expelling it on a low sigh, just as Sarah’s face slowly twisted at first, and her eyes were widening really slowly like everything was all playing out in slow motion.