Chapter 375


    Luca’s POV


    I held the door open for Sofia and then I slid into the seat after her. It was a little bit past the time which


    we were supposed to have already been on the way to the location for the arts exhibition.


    I had left home early this morning, not just because there were somest minutes preparations to get in


    ces, and it was definitely not because I wanted to be away from her to avoid sinking further into


    guilt… it was because I had went to construct a quick sweep around the location and to station my men


    in different areas for utmost protection.


    I could already tell that one of my stupid, dumb enough enemies was definitely going to want to try


    something stupid today, and I was going to teach them a big lesson for that.


    I nced at Sofia who was in a simple looking hoodie and a small red skirt. She was going to get


    dressed at the venue, another reason why I should definitely have arrived home earlier than I had done


    some time ago.


    There was so much I wanted to do right now.


    For one, I wanted to do nothing but to take her in my arms and just hug her to myself, because each


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    time I hug her, it always makes me feel so much better.


    I couldn’t bring myself to do that right now, like I hadn’t been able to bring myself to do since the night


    with Alexa had happened.


    A small scowl was on Sofia’s face, and she was sitting at the far end of the car seat, leaving a lot of


    gap between us, a stark constract to how it used to be between us in cars, whereby I’d have her atop


    me in an instant and reducing her to a moaning mess before she could gather her thoughts.


    There was already a shift in our dynamic, and it was undoubtedly my fault.


    How I was going to go about fixing it without hurting her further, waspletely beyond me.


    I nced out the window after a little while, willing the day to move faster than it was currently doing.


    After some time, the car was pulling into the venue.


    It was a location situated at the mouth of Italy, almost an hour drive from our house. I had instantly


    bought the entire ce after Sofia had decided to settle on this one as soon as she had seen it in


    person.


    After today, this was going to be her arts disy center and people were going to being from


    everywhere to see her work. I didn’t want her to have to share this arena with anyone, I wanted to have


    I held the car door open for her and helped her out. Her fingers were sort and small in my hand, I really


    do miss holding her hand whenever I wanted like I once used to.


    Our gazes locked once, she had a Louis Vuitton bag hanging off her left shoulder which I assumed


    contains her outfit for the day. She bit on her bottom lip as she stared at our hands and then back at my


    face.


    My throat felt dry, I didn’t know what to say.


    I should let go of her hand, but I really didn’t want to.


    “Are you excited?” I finally found myself asking and surprise filled her face as she slowly nodded at me


    in response.


    “Thank you so much for this. I haven’t really gotten the chance to thank you in the past few days, but I


    really am grateful for this.” Her eyes were wide as she spoke and I instantly shook my head.


    “You don’t need to thank me, bunny.” I murmured in response, and then my thumb which had been


    absent mindedly stroking a spot on her knuckle froze up as soon as I realized what I had referred to her


    as.


    Her eyes also widened a fraction, and then I wanted as she shook her head twice, making the weight in


    my chest get impossibly heavier.


    “Don’t.” She said, and then she gently tugged her hand from my grip.


    My tongue felt heavy in my mouth and I wanted to do nothing than to drop at her feet and confess to


    her in that moment while gripping her waist, but of course I did none of that and pocketed my hands


    instead.


    “I’ll be heading in right now, my manager wants to discuss something with me.” She mumbled and I


    nodded once, watching as she took one long nce at me before walking past me, towards the


    entrance of the venue which had been transformed into an art house in a single day.


    I made my way towards where my men were already filling out and settling in different spots, throwing


    a quick nce at the watch on my wrist, wondering where the hell james was. He was supposed to be


    here since morning today, but had called me to inform me that he was going to bete because


    something hade up unexpectedly.


    I spotted Travising towards me after a few minutes. He gestured at the venue with a tilt of his


    head.


    “My over enthusiastic wife is already in there with yours.”


    Ka was an over energetic person, hopefully she’d be able to help keep Sofia’s mood really high


    today, I thought to myself, feeling thankful for Ka’s overly bright personality for once.


    About thirty minutester, people started to turn up, pouring into the venue in groups and it wasn’t long


    before everywhere got filled up.


    James showed up some time after that, looking like he didn’t get any sleep throughout the night, and I


    told him just that but he onlyughed it off and then picked up from where I had been at, barking orders


    here and there.


    About thirty minutester, the ce had beenpletely filled up. A lot of people were not from around


    here, proving that people had actually traveled for this. Care of different brands and worth all parked in


    every spot avable in and out of the widely spacedpound.


    Sometimeter, when the exhibition started. I stayed outside the venue, where it would be easy to


    observe everywhere from.


    When I finally made my way into the venue, my jaw clenched and my hands tightened in my pants,


    experiencing the biggest shock of today on seeing no one but Alexa in the congregation.