Loving Valentino

~Okay~

As I walk into Valentino's building, the concierge politely smiles at me, as they are more than accustomed to my presence. I smile back warmly and make my way to the elevator with Shadow's gift in one hand, and baked goodies that I picked up from my favorite bakery in the other.

As I step into the spacious elevator, another lady was already in there pressing the button to the fifteenth floor.

"Which floor?", she asked sweetly.

"Oh, um the penthouse please." 

She didn't seem taken back, but I wouldn't really know because of the designer shades covering her eyes.

I look over at her once again and notice her white fur coat with a nude Birkin hanging loosely on her arm. She was so beautiful.

She smiled in my direction as she got off on her floor and I returned the smile, waiting for the doors to close again.

As the elevator doors reopened on Valentino's floor, they revealed an excited Shadow siting impatiently with his tongue out. Looking beside him, I realized that Valentino was standing there too with the most beautiful pink and yellow tulips in his hands.

"I don't even know what to say...I really don't." 

"You don't have to say anything tesora, just come here and let me hold you." he responds immediately.

I walk over to him and set Shadow's gift down, along with the bag of baked goods and wrap my arms around him. I wrap my hands around my boyfriend.

I unwrap myself and take a good look at the flowers before taking them from his hand.

"You're too sweet to me." I tell him still in admiration.

"You deserve everything good Adelaine. Everything sweet." he plants a kiss on my forehead.

"Are these for us?" he asks looking down at the things that were previously in my hand.

"Yeah, I brought you some sweet treats from a bakery that I love, and I got Shadow a gift."

I walk inside the penthouse with the flowers while Valentino picks up the stuff with Shadow hot on our tail.

I look inside his cabinets for a vase to put the flowers in and turn around in defeat when I can't reach.

I can already feel him behind me, and next thing I know he's reaching above my head to grab the cylinder vase that I couldn't reach.

"Thank you." I mumble with my face against his chest.

"You never have to lift a finger in my presence." he says eyeing me.

I tip toe to kiss him, but Shadow cuts us off with his barking.

Valentino groans something about selling Shadow for two dollars, and I move from his hold to give Shadow the love that he deserves.

"I know you missed me big boy! I missed you even more!" I grab the gift off the counter and unboxed the shoe shaped toy. 

Shadow started barking immediately and I threw the toy across the room for him to fetch.

"You're right, he did miss me." I turn to Valentino to see him looking suspiciously at the baked goods. 

"Here do you want to try a cupcake?" I say rather than ask and take a red velvet cupcake with vanilla cream cheese frosting out of the bag. 

I hold the cupcake up to his face while his eyes glance between both me and it before he finally decides to bite a small piece. A small splotch of frosting gets on his nose, and I break into a fit of laughter.

It's so funny to see such a manly man with these huge muscles and tattoos with frosting on his face.

"What's so funny?" he asks genuinely confused.

I can't even answer him because I'm still trying to recover from my fit of laughter when he picks me and throws me over his shoulder. I laugh even harder and flail against him before eventually running out of breath.

He eventually sets me on the counter and stands in between my legs.

He doesn't say anything for a while, and I start to get nervous. 

"Why are you just staring at me?"  I ask him shyly.

"You make me hard."

"Well, you certainly have a way with words, don't you?" 

He laughs before kissing me which inevitably gets frosting on my nose too.

It's not until he sees it on my nose that he realizes what I was laughing at earlier.

"You've got to be fucking kidding." he wipes his nose off with his hands.

I begin to laugh again before he starts kissing me again.

My laughter dies down quickly, and I mesh my lips with his. Every time I kiss him, I feel like a schoolgirl with a crush. He gives me this rush and makes me feel so at peace all at the same time.

I pull apart from his warm lips to catch my breath and in no time, he's latched onto my neck. As he's attacking my neck, I just can't help to think about these big feelings that I'm having. 

Oh shit. Am I falling in love with him?

I pause for a second to analyze that thought and I guess he felt my shift in energy because he pulls away and eyes me carefully.

"Is this okay baby?" he asks giving me space.

"No yeah I um, I just, I was just thinking." 

"About?"

The fact that I might be falling in love with you. Nothing major.

I try and form words then just decide to change the subject overall.

"How was your trip to Italy? You never told me what you did." I slide off the counter smoothly and walk over to the couch.

"There was nothing much to talk about. It was just business." he answers still sounding confused.

"Okay, but what kind of business?" I keep it going.

What if I'm falling to deep into this? God what if this isn't even that serious to him.

"Why do you want to know all of a sudden? Come here so I can finish kissing you baby."

"I always want to know about your life Val." He's walking over to me now.

"What I did in Italy is irrelevant. Stop asking about it." he sounds irritated now.

"Why, I just want to know what you did?" He's now trying to pull me closer to him, but I shimmy away.

"Why aren't you letting me touch you?" He asks tightening his jaw.

"I just want to know-

"Italy is none of your business so stop asking about it. Fuck!" I'm taken back by his harsh tone and freeze in my spot.

"Look bab-

"Don't touch me." I yank my hand away from him and begin to make my way towards the door.

"Stop walking away and talk to me!"

"You are not going to yell at me like I am nothing. I don't have to take that shit and I won't!" I yell back gathering my things.

Before I can make it out of the door, he's in front of me blocking my exit.

"Move."

"No. You're not leaving here angry at me. We don't do that." he's fuming, but I refuse to meet his eyes.

"Look at me Adelaine." he sighs deeply, and I raise my watery eyes to meet his.

"Just stay and I will tell you everything you want to know. Please don't leave baby." 

I scan his face which has this expression of genuine worry and fear and let go of my keys.

"Okay."