Betrothed To The Mafia Lord

Chapter 181

Luca’s POV

I leaned down and loosened my hold on her hair to slide it down her back, until my hand was gripping

her thigh. I did the same with my other hand and once both my hands were on the same spots around

her bare thighs – because she was currently in a small skirt, and I lifted her up in a single move.

She was startled at first, a small sound sliding out of her lips as her hands made to grasp at my

shoulders, just as I tugged her thighs around my ribs and sides, so she’d be a head higher than I was

in this position, and she stared down at me with wide eyes and parted lips, her hands holding tightly to Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

my throat.

It was the first time I was completely lifting her into my arms since we got married and the only question

that crossed my mind in the next moment, was the fact that why hadn’t I tried this out since all these

while.

She felt really small and weightless in my arms and I held her tightly against me, staring up at her and

just watching her. Her eyes fluttered a little and her hands moved a little on my shoulders, and I knew

she was finding it really unusual to be the one to be staring down at me, and not the other way round.

“Look at you being all taller than I am,” I started to say in a small voice, feeling my mouth start to tug at

yhe corners and I watched as a small shade of red start to make its way into her cheeks, just as she

tightened her hold around my neck. There were still traces of tears on her cheeks and I wanted to do

nothing but to kiss those traces away.

“Are you alright?” I asked in a low voice and watched as she slid her tongue over her lower lip, and just

stared at me without saying a thing. After a few more moments, she shook her head really slowly

before starting to speak. “I am.” She replied in a low voice, mouth barely moving. I knew she wasn’t

alright like she had claimed, but at least she wasn’t currently crying like she had been doing before.

“Thank you.” She mumbled in a low voice, setting sat me and moving her fingers slowly through the

hair which gathered at the lower part of my hair. It was the first time she was running her fingers

through my hair and although it wasn’t a really good moment seeing as what has happened before

we’ve gotten into this position, it didn’t change the fact that it feels nice to have her fingers move

through my hair. I squinted up at her in confusion before starting to speak.

“Huh? Thank you for what?” I asked slowly and watched as she flushed in embarrassment for a

moment before starting to speak.

“For listening to me tonight, and for just being this way.” She continued to speak and I felt that part of

my heart that had been beating really fast, stern to pimp and thump really hard against my chest,

making me pull her even tighter against me, holstering get upwards even more.

“What way?” I asked in a low voice, staring up at her and I watched as she started to worry her teeth

over her lower lip for a few seconds before starting to speak.

“Um, just this way, this whole way you act, and how you always treat me right.” She whispered the last

word and wouldn’t meet my eyes after that, and I breathed out a small chuckle which made my body

shake a little. I tightened my hold around her once again before starting to speak.

“Bunny?” I called out in a low voice after a fleeting second, and she hesitated for a few seconds before

turning her head towards my direction to stare down at me, and her lower lip was trapped in between

her teeth.

“I’d always treat you right, do you know that?” I started to say and watched as she shook her head in

reply after a moment, and I breathed out a small chuckle at that.

“Well, now you do. I’d always treat you right.” I continued to say, saying those words to her and

meaning it because there was no way in hell that I was going to treat her in a way that wasn’t right.

“You always know the right things to say.” She admitted in a low voice and I felt pleased as her words

sanked deep into my chest.

“Would you give me a kiss now?” I asked after a few minutes had passed and we’ve both fallen into a

comfortable sheen of silence, with her still holstered high up in my arms. I watched as she blinked

down at me in a startled way at first, and then she started to worry her teeth over her lower lip once

again.

“You didn’t give me a kiss when I got back from work tonight, remember.” I continued to speak after a

few moments had passed. I was doing this particular thing just because I didn’t want her to start to

think about what it was that she had just told me about. After knowing the actual reason behind her

nightmare, there was a high chance that she had been currently thinking about it before I had

interrupted her thoughts with the whole talk about a kiss.

“I did give you a kiss.” She breathed out and I narrowed my eyes at her playfully, and I was pleased

when she breathed out a small laugh at that, and her fingers had never ceased their featherlight

movement in the lower part of my hair in a way that was making me start to feel a little sleepy.

“That wasn’t a kiss, I want a real kiss.” I said to her in the next second and watched as she rolled her

eyes a little. I waited, staring up at her and pursing my lips a little. She loosened her hold on my neck

and shoulders, and I missed her fingers in my hair almost immediately. She brought her hands around

and cupped my face in her small hands, and her cold hands pressed into my cheeks, reminding me

about the fact that she was still cold, even though she was still currently being covered with the help of

my jacket.

She leaned down and pressed her lips against mine lightly, and I grinned up at her when she pulled

away after a few seconds. She flushed red in embarrassment as soon as our eyes locked, and she

leaned forward to wrap her hand around my shoulders once again, burying her face into my left

shoulder.

I hugged her towards me even more, and I started to turn around in the same spot.

“You hungry, bunny?” I asked and I felt her head move on my shoulders in a gesture that signified that

she was indeed hungry, which I was pleased about because I wanted her to eat something tonight,

after seeing how much she had stressed herself out the night. I started to make my way towards the

entrance leading in and out or the balcony. I made my way past the entrance and pushed it shut behind

me, pausing to turn the key in it until it was perfectly locked, and then I started to walk through the

hallway on the top floor.

“Are you going to put me down?” Sofia’s voice penetrated through my thoughts and I stared up at her in

the next moment, I had no idea she had Lifted her head off my shoulder and was staring down at me. I

shook my head up at her as I started to slowly and carefully climb down the staircase.

“No, I’m not.” I replied to her and started to make my way down the stairs, and I faintly heard her

whisper a quiet ‘oh’ in reply. I turned my head up to face her once I had successfully climbed down the

whole stairs before starting to speak.

“Why? Do you want me to put you down?” I asked in a teasing voice after a moment, pausing in my

steps to completely focus my gaze and attention on her.

I watched as she started to bite on her lower lip in the next second, before starting to shake her head,

just as her hands tightened around my shoulders even more.

“That’s a good thing then, because I don’t want to put you down either.” I said to her and grinned up at

her. The bright lights here in the house were luminating her up even more, and I could fully see her

face this time, since the bright light was making it so much easier. Her eyes were red rimmed and her

there was still traces of tears visible on her cheeks, making me decide to go somewhere else firstly,

before making my way to the dining room, where either Matilda or Sarah could see her, and I don’t

want any of them to see her with her face looking this way.