Love & Affinities (18+)

11

ADRIANO ENZO CALVETI

He had men in Sicily for sure now. The seller of the phone definitely had a hand in the installation of the SIM card in her phone. Ronan had immediately destroyed the card into shreds when he listened to the voicemail, the same one that played in my mind on repeat.

It had been two weeks and there was no news of Arnold's return which pissed me off. What pissed me off more was the eerie silence that spread over my territory.

Knowing Alex, he would have rebelled by now unless he had some good tricks up his sleeve. However, my deals were rolling smoothly and my men had no trouble fighting off trouble either.

I looked up from my laptop to see Sofia standing opposite me behind the oak wood desk. She had difficulty coping with the sudden reappearance of Alex's existence during the first few days before I convinced her to get therapy, a rather difficult process.

Flashback ---

''Sof... as long as you have me, no one will be able to take you anywhere. We will help you get better. But, there's one thing I want to ask from you and it is for your own good''. Finally, she nodded looking at her lap.

''W-will I be able to meet mom and dad then?'' she asked.

''Yes and then I'll capture him and he will never come back. You'll have your happy ever after''. I spoke to her while referring to Alex. ''So, you'll do what I say?'' She nodded.

''Well, we want you to meet a doctor. She will help you like a friend to adjust to things better. And don't worry, either Ronan or I will be there with you'', I explained while realization set in her eyes. A slightly hurtful realization. She probably thought that we believed that she was mad and needed help like from a rehab or something. Tears filled her eyes. Oh shit.

''Does everyone think I'm crazy?! Am I not just like you?!'' she yelled leaving me in shock at her sudden outburst. She got up from the bed, breathing furiously and moved away from the both of us as we inched nearer.

Ronan tried convincing her that she was thinking wrongly but she ignored our words and spun on her heels, dashing out of the room and downstairs.

She tripped onto the rug but, before she could fall down the stairs, I grabbed her and pushed her up against the wall reaching the bottom floor.

''LISTEN TO ME!''

End of Flashback --

And God knows what else I had to do to convince her to agree to going for therapy. Hugs, back rubs, chocolates, food, movies, popcorn.

Ronan was busy handling the business since things were quite quiet now while I was at my other penthouse. We shifted from my previous apartment into one in the city the day right after we received Alex's voicemail.

But, all of my efforts were worth it. Sofia had grown healthier. Her face felt fuller with her lips puckering out and long eyelashes skimming over her cheeks when she blinked.

I wanted to worship her on my knees. Fulfill her incomplete desires and most importantly pacify her soul.

Her thin waist and wide hips showed off her beauty even more, but fueled my possessiveness to another level. Her long black hair reached just above her waist. That wasn't all, her skin felt smooth under the sun and her breasts looked fuller, and her a-

''Ad, it's time to go'', she said breaking me out of my wet daydream trance. I still wasn't ready to admit that she had already surpassed the line where we were simply friends.