Chapter 145
Luca’s POV
I lifted the ss cup up, and the surprisingly cold ss pressed into my palm as I lifted it up and took a
drink from it, feeling the cold and fruity liquid rush into my mouth and throat. I didn''t have more than half
a mouthful, and I was lowering my throat after a fleeting moment. I noticed how Sofia had been staring
at me intently and how her eyes had lingered on me as I had drank from her ss, which made me
start to realize that mying home tonight had ended up being a good after all.
At thest second, before the edge of the ss cup could touch the table cloth, I lifted it up once and
led it towards Sofia’s mouth, and I didn’t miss the way her eyes had widened instantly, as soon as she
figured out what I wanted her to do.
I pressed the edge of the ss against her faintly parted lips, with her eyes although widened a little,
was still locked with mine.
“Open.” I murmured in a low voice and watched as her eyes dted, right before her lids lowered
instantly, hiding her beautiful eyes from my gaze, just as her lips fell open and more parted. I tipped the
ss and watched as the orange juice started to slide into her mouth slowly, through her parted lips.
Her eyes fluttered a little as I started to pull the ss cup away. On realizing that she still hadn''t
swallowed the drink, I murmured immediately.
“Now swallow like a good girl.”
I knew it wasn’t a trick of the light this time, even if the ones I’ve been seeing were a trick of the light,
because at the moment, I was leaning really close to her and i as soon as I had said those five words
to her, she had shivered a little, and then her throat started to move slowly, as she swallowed down the
drink.
I swore inaudibly as I pushed backwards until I was in a straight sitting position once again, and I
dragged my eyes away Sofia who honestly looked very flustered, and I hadn’t even done a thing to her.
Not that I was nning on doing something to her… yet.
This was really ying with my self control if I was going to be honest with myself, because I couldn’t
deny the fact that I honestly wanted to pull her towards me with my hand wrapped around her throat,
and kissed her in a really intoxicating way, as soon as she hadpletely swallowed down the drink,
the way I had asked her to… immediately I had asked her to.
Like a good girl.
Fuck.
I carded my fingers through my curls as I puffed out a deep breath as I dragged in another breath in,
only to puff it out back almost immediately.
My mind started to drift back towards what had happenedst night, between Sofia and I… or what had
led to what had taken ce between the two of us.
Not that something had actually happened between the both of us, but then, the whole cuddling in my
arms and sleeping in it throughout… that had been something.
I wasn’t dumb, nor was I slow. I didn’t need to think twice to figure out the fact that what had triggered
whatever it was that had woken Sofia up in the middle of night, had been very ugly when it had
happened.
I didn’t know how she was going to react if I decided to bring it up to her at the moment. It’s definitely
not like she’d immediately trust me and start telling me about whatever it was that had happened to her
instantly, just because I had been there to pull her out of it.
Knowing her, and how we rarely saw each other or had a chance to talk with each other, I was sure
she’d have preferred it if someone else had been the one to see her having that kind of nightmare,
But... oh well.
After thinking about it for some time and going through the advantages and disadvantages, I’ve
decided to not bring that particr topic up tonight, since this is like the first time we’d sit down together
and talk, and also the first time we’re eating together in our lives.
I don’t think it would be fair on either of us to bring forth that particr issue, which could automatically
soil her mood and leave her cold and moody, something I didn’t want in any way, at this very moment.
I finally stopped carding my fingers through my hair and I pulled my fingers loose from my curls as I
turned my head around and stared at Sofia. She was currently twisting some type of thing on the edges
of her skirt, an act which I find really cute to be very honest. Her hair was framing her face and her
particr pouty shape which it was usually in, each time she loses control over it, making it
automatically cken under her hold, even without her realizing it.
“Sofia?” I called out after a few moments had passed and I had been doing nothing but watching her.
Her face snapped up immediately and she blinked at me a couple of times.
“Huh?” She whispered and I resisted the urge to chuckle at the cute expression on her face.
“Do you want to go upstairs yet?” I asked and I watched as she stared at me confusingly at first, before
an unreadable expression crossed her face in the next second.
“Um, upstairs?” She whispered and I had a firm nod of my head.
She didn’t end up saying a thing again, and when I realized how flustered she was by that question, I
decided to take matters into my own hands.
I pushed myself up unto my feet with a small shake of my head, and once I was fully up on my feet, I
stretched my hand out to her, having no idea as to why I was suddenly doing this so effortlessly.
Something I’ve never ever done for a girl before to begin with, and then here I was, being all over her
and wanting to hold her hand as we walk, amongst orge stuffs, all of a sudden.
I really hoped it wouldn’t put her off, and that she wouldn’t start feeling overwhelmed because of
everything.
She thankfully barely hesitated as she ced her hand into mine as soon as she had stared at it for a
few seconds and I gently pulled her out of her seat, to avoid her from getting pulled into my chest the
way it had happened between us in the sitting room, about an hour ago.
I watched as Sofia turned her head around until she was staring at the dining table, and the tes
which we’ve eaten from, and were currently now empty, and dirty.
“Um, what about the tes? I could just–” She started to speak and I cut her off immediately she
started the second sentence of hers.
“No.” I started in a really firm but still low voice, and she swallowed the rest of her sentence up
instantly, blinking down at her feet.
The thought of her clearing off the table when it was most definitely not her job, left a heated feeling
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behind in the middle of my chest, and it wasn’t even a good feeling at all.
Again, the same thought that had crossed my mind before, slowly started to cross it once again.
Was this what she did during the times when i wasn’t home?
She clears tes and does house chores?
It seems like I was going to be having a lot of talks with Sarah, after all. I said to myself as I pulled on
Sofia’s hand until the distance between us was almostpletely closed.
“Matilda’s going to do them, leave it be.” I said to her after a few more seconds, having no idea as to
why I was suddenly exining myself to her, when I knew damn well that I didn’t have to, and that she
also wasn’t going to ever question me.
But I still went ahead and exined myself to her… probably because I wanted her to know my
reasons, and for her to not think that I was just being a grieve and rude asshole.
It wasn’t the first time that someone was going to think of me as that, even without getting close to me
one bit, and I’ve never cared about what people thought about me in a really long time.
But then suddenly, whatever Sofia thought about mattered and I didn’t even want to bring myself to
start thinking about that too much at this very moment, because I didn’t think I was ready to start
analyzing that for now.
I turned around and started to make my way out of the dining room, with my hand firmly gripping
Sofia’s small fingers in my big ones, and I felt her fall into steps beside me instantly.