Lorenzo Mancini is cold, heartless and ruthless, in the business world he's known as always being merciless and unfeeling in the boardroom. Until a chance encounter with a woman with the most mesmerizing eyes catches his attention. Aella, she's the...
I wake up still laying on top of Enzo's chest. I can't believe we fell asleep on the couch, I search for the clock on the wall and see that we've been napping for 2 hours. "Enzo wake up." I shake him awake. He sits up with me on top of him, he looks so cute with his hair all mussed up. "What's wrong Amorina?" He asked, sleep heard in his voice. "We fell asleep after you know uhhh you know what." Gosh I'm too embarrassed to say sex or make love and he knows it with the smirk he gives me. " Are you embarrassed by our lovemaking?" He questions in a teasing manner.
"No I'm not, you know I get embarrassed easily and here we are talking while we're still naked." He rises from the couch and stretches his hand towards me.
"Come, let's take a shower then after we'll visit this nice pizza shop a few blocks from here for dinner." Oohhhh, pizza does sound good, with chicken and pineapples. I grab his hand and we head to the shower.
After our shower we leave for pizza, it was only a five minute drive so it wasn't too far. We arrive in front of a beat up restaurant that has seen better days, Luigi's is the name. Enzo turns to look at me with a smile on his face. "Papà used to bring me and Luca here when we were younger, I know it's not fancy but they've got the best pizza in the state." He's all giddy like a kid in a candy store. He gets out and I wait for him to open my door because you know what happened last time, he got upset. He walks me to the entrance and we enter, the vibes I instantly feel is homey and comfortable. Now I understand why he loves this place. A rotund man emerges from the kitchen. He waddles to Enzo and grabs him for a hug.
"Little Lorenzo!, what an unexpected surprise." He beams happily at Enzo. "Hey Luigi, I thought I might stop by for a bite with my girlfriend Aella." He gestured to me and Luigi just steps towards me and kisses both my cheeks. "Nice to meet Lorenzo's woman, you know you are the first woman he has brought here." He told me. Of course I'll be the first and last.
"So what can I get you guys?" Luigi asked.
I don't have to think long, "I'll have a chicken pizza with pineapple on it please." Both their faces scrunch up in disgust.
"Amorina are you sure you want pineapple on your pizza?" Enzo asks. I stare at him like he's stupid, of course I want pineapple on my pizza I've been craving it all week. "Yes, I want pineapple Enzo, don't ask me again." I said, he gives me a look like there might be trouble when we get home. He nods to Luigi before ordering a Margherita pizza for himself.
The pizza is set upon us, my mouth salivating as soon as the smells drift to my nose. I devour my pizza in what feels like 5 minutes and Enzo isn't even halfway done. He stares at me in astonishment, don't underestimate my stomach it can consume anything.
"Wow Amorina, you've built quite an appetite." He said, like he's proud I just finished a whole pizza. I eye his pizza, wondering if he's going to finish it. "I'm going to take the rest to go." He tells me before I can ask about it. He puts his slices in a box and we head out and go home.
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It's been about 3 weeks now since I've officially moved in with Enzo, he's managed to hire a moving crew and move all my stuff to his place in just one day, what can I say he's tenacious. Mom was kinda bummed out that I wasn't going to be living with her but I promised I would visit often, don't get me started on Melanie she acted like it was the end of the world when I told her I would be moving in with Enzo. Enzo gave me his McLaren the day I moved in, I tried to decline his gift but said if I didn't take it he was going to sell it. So I accepted it, I'm just glad it's an automatic because I do not know how to drive a manual. I appreciate him but I feel like he's spoiling me too much. I'm not gonna keep the car really I'm just going to borrow it to get me from point A to point B until I make enough money to buy my own car since I let Melanie have the car we were sharing. Since Enzo's at work I decide to visit Melanie and see how she's doing. I check my phone and see I got a text from Enzo.
My Enzo Good Morning Amorina, what are you up to?
God I miss him I know it's only been 5 hours since he left for work but I miss his smell his touch his everything, I don't want to be a clingy girlfriend so I don't say anything.
I'm alright, I'm just going to go visit Melanie for a while then head back home.
Ok, just checking on you drive safe Amorina, I love you. Awww he's too sweet.
I love you too, sooo much. I replied back to his I love you.
I arrive at my old place, Gosh even though I haven't been here for 5 days I kinda miss it. I don't bother knocking since I still have the keys, as soon as I open the door I hear Melanie scream.
"Ahhhhhh!" She's sitting on the couch watching tv with bowl of popcorn. "Shit Aella, I thought I was getting robbed." She says, her eyebrows furrowed. Stuffing her face with popcorn. "Sorry, sorry it's just me. Anyways, how's my best friend doing?" I ask her, she just shrugs her shoulders, I know she's still bitter about me moving out.
"Aella I know you moved out for a reason, but couldn't you have done it in like 10 years, I miss my best friend." She finishes with a pout. I sighed knowing where this is going, "Melanie I love Enzo, he's the one, why delay the inevitable when I would've moved in with him months or years from now." She groans, knowing that I'm right. I settle on the couch beside her and see she's watching Mean Girls our favorite movie.
She turns to me and gives me a smile, and from that smile I know everything is going to be alright. "Tell me about Lorenzo, how does it feel living with him so far?" She asked. "You know I love it, me and him are so in tune to each other. We sometimes go out together to his favorite restaurants from his childhood, and he brings me roses, every time the one I have in a vase dies he replaces it with new ones. He's everything I could've imagined for myself." She looks at me dreamily. "That is the sweetest thing I've ever heard of Aella, I'm happy for you."
All of a sudden I've got a craving for Nutella and pickles. "Melanie do you have any pickles and Nutella?" I asked her, my cravings have been going haywire recently. If I don't try to satisfy them they'll bother me all week. She stares at me like she's deep in thought until her eyes widen.
"Oh my fucking god." She whisper shouts. "Aella please tell me when was your last period." I rack my brain for a date but I can't really remember, OH MY GOD! My hands settle to my stomach, am I pregnant? I stare at Melanie her eyes displaying the same fear as my own. "I can't really remember the last I had my period." I tell her, my voice monotone I must be in shock. She drags me to the bathroom and digs around in a drawer until she pulls out 3 boxes of pregnancy tests.
"Melanie, why do you have these?" She shrugs her shoulders. "What? I like to be prepared, now you young lady will stay here and pee on each and every one of these sticks." She closes the bathroom door on her way out. Shit! Am I prepared to be a mother? Is Enzo prepared to be a father? I rake my hand through my curls, God what a mess. I can imagine a little boy who looks just like him or a little girl who looks just like me. Whatever the outcome I'll be ready, if I'm pregnant this baby will be a blessing. 5 minutes later after I've done my business and peed on the tests, I breath in and out, you can do this a mantra in my head. When I flip the tests over one says pregnant, the other has a plus sign and the last one has 2 solid pink lines. Shit, I'm pregnant. Melanie bangs on the door. "Come on, what does it say?" I open the door and let her in as soon as her eyes fall on the tests they widen. "Well Aella it looks like you're seriously fucked."
