Not Too Late

Chapter 26

Amaya's POV

I was so exhausted and my feet hurt by now. That fool Lucas had left me alone to handle all these nosy aunties. Asking me when we'll start having babies, like who does that.

My mind wasn't on them still, when Lucas introduced me to his friend, I felt like his voice sounded familiar, I just couldn't piece it together. Just when I was about giving up on these aunties, I heard a voice walk up to me.

"Oh aunties, there you are, I've been looking all over for you guys...", I turned around to see a very pretty lady, she looked just like a model, she wore a green bodyhug gown that complimented her eyes and hugged her small baby bump, she was stunning. "...I just saw Aurora walk in and that too with a new handpiece", those words alone got them talking and moving from me to the source of the discussion.

I turned towards the lady again to see her laughing. "Sorry about that, those women can be really nosy. I'm Sofia", she extended her hand for a handshake.

"I'm Amaya", I said reciprocating her actions.

"Of course I know who you her, bride to be", she nudged me smiling which made me blush.

"How did you know how to get rid of them. Who's aurora?", I asked directing the first question to the aunties.

"Oh I've been married into this family a little longer than you have to know all about them. I'm married to one of Luca's cousins, Dante", she nudged over to a tall guy, about the same height as Luca, he was talking to another guy but from where we stood, you could tell he was really handsome. "...and aurora is Dante and Luca's aunty. Her husband died few years back leaving her and her children. Since then, it's just from one man to another and if you've not pieced it together yet, a new handpiece means a new man", ohhhh.

"Let me not bore you with all this talk now, there's a lot of drama associated with this family, you'll get used to them", I didn't know how to feel about what she just told me, was that meant the make me feel better?

"Come on, let's get something to drink", she said and led me towards where the bar was standing, I ordered wine as she ordered orange juice. "I'm so happy to finally have a girl to talk to, apart from Lia you know. I'm glad she also has someone to talk to, it gets lonely if you understand what I mean. Being an only girl and all that", I nodded my head in understanding, I was an only child after all.

"Being married to any of these brothers is hardwork, they're a hell of trouble. It's not a surprise that they're all still single. I actually thought Luca will be the last one to get married though"

I laughed, "why do you say that?"

"I mean don't blame me, have you seen the guy?, he doesn't really come off as a nice person", She laughed "but surprisingly, Lucas was my first friend when I first got married into this family. Mine was also an arranged marriage just like you and Luca's", I turned to her shocked to which she smiled. "Like I said, I and Luca are close, he doesn't exactly hide much from me. It isn't that bad though, I remember when I and Dante first got married, I hated his guts", she laughed probably having thought about the memory. "But I now, I won't trade his grumpy ass for anything."

I couldn't help but think, 'will I and Luca also have our happily ever after?' I know she said Luca and her are close and all that but for some reason I thought nothing much about it. All I saw in her eyes was brotherly love. We kept talking about everything and anything, she told me she was a model which I suspected at first and I asked her to come model for me sometime. We talked about what she was expecting and I learnt that she was just three months into her pregnancy.

"I'm glad I was able to get away from Dante, that grump has been behaving like an old Papa Bear since we first found out that I was pregnant", Even though her face said otherwise, you could see that she really loved him. We were laughing about something random she said when Luca walked up to us.