Chapter 122
Arielle woke up in Luciano’s arms for the first time in a while, it took her a moment to recur what had happened the previous day and she smiled at the memory of what happened, she tried to get up but couldn’t move because she was trapped in his arms and he wasn’t letting go, she gave up and just lay there with him, remembering everything that had happened the night before, it felt so good to be back with him, felt amazing to know she wasn’t alone anymore and that he loves him just as much as she loved him and been away from her hurt him just as much as it had hurt her for being away from him, she was no prophet but she knew from here on, their love would only grow stronger and nothing can separate them.
The fact that Lily had been the reason that they finally make up was something, the woman might not know but her corny ways just brought them back together and now they were back to being a team and they will definitely win against Lily no matter what she plans, Arielle knew it in her heart and she believes they will win no matter what.
“What is my baby thinking about so deeply?”
Arielle heard Luciano’s morning voice and looked at him. She missed hearing that voice so much, the voice that always gave her butterflies in the stomach, she still felt those butterflies.
“Nothing, just thinking of how best to punish you again,”
She joked and saw his facial expression change, he loosened the hold on her and she realized it was much too early to joke like that, he literally looked so scared right now.
“I am joking Luciano, I have no intentions of punishing you again, don’t look at me like that, I love you,”
She reassured him and smiled when his expression turned to one of relief, he was really scared of losing her. She made a mental note not to make such jokes again.
“That scared me for a moment,”
He let out, holding his chest.
“You don’t have to be scared, we are good now, and I am the boss, and you love me, and you have to support everything I do,”
She let out.
“Of course, I support everything that makes you happy, yes, you are my boss. I love you so much,”
He beamed. She couldn’t resist cupping his face and dropping a lingering kiss on his lip.
“I love you too,”
She grinned.
“I feel like I am having a long dream and I might wake up from it and be sad, this feels too good to be real, feels so good for you to be r___. Ouch! Why did you do that”
He yelped.
“That’s to tell you that this is not a dream,”
she responded feeling proud of herself as she watched him rub the spot where she had pinched him.
“That’s painful, I am going to cry,”
He let out and for a moment she couldn’t tell if he was joking or serious, either way, it was hilarious and she just burst out laughing.
“You try crying and I will have you on video record and play the video on major billboards, let’s see how people would react when they find out the supposed big bad mafia leader is a crybaby,”
She made fun of him and he pouted, another new.
“Who are you and what did you do to Luciano Siegel?”
Arielle asked.
“I ate him up and got out, nice to meet you, I am the cool and loving side, we are both head over heels in love with you but he was too much of a chicken so I ate him up,”
He babbled. Arielle smiled. The man before her was the same man she fell in love with, the sweet loving Luciano and the big bad mafia boss were one and the same person and she loves him so much, her heart swelled with pride knowing he loves her just as much.
“I love you, both of you because you are one and the same person and I will never trade you for anyone else, you own me Luciano, I belong to you, spirit, soul, and body,”
She confessed.
“And you own me too, I belong to you and you are the most important person in my life, I never want to let you go,”
He responded, he rolled up and pulled her on top of him so that she was straddling him, he wrapped his arms around her waist and they both stared at each other lovingly.
“I love you,”
He whispered.
“I love you more,”
She responded and giggled when he tickled her, he pulled her face to him and kissed her tenderly on the lips.
They were still kissing when they heard a phone ring, at first, Arielle thought it was his phone but then she realized it was her phone and she didn’t want to pick up because she knew who it was that was calling even without checking, Luciano sat up and she did too.
“Are you not going to take your call?”
He asked and she shook her head no, she didn’t want to hear that woman threatening her so early in the morning and ruining her mood.
“I can’t, it is Lily that is calling,”
She informed reaching out for her phone and showing it to him to prove her point.
“Don’t ignore, take the call and put it on speaker,”
Luciano encouraged. Arielle hesitated for a moment but he nodded encouragingly, so she finally did, she rolled her eyes when Lily’s voice came over the phone, she grew tired of hearing the older woman’s voice and wanted her gone from their life.
“What do you want from me now Lily? I told you not to fucking call me again!”
Arielle let out feeling livid with rage.
“If you just do as a say, bitch, I won’t have to keep calling you, you are the one putting yourself through stress because of a man who has no respect for you or regard for you, stop acting so dumb, and do as I say, who knows, I might even be generous enough to reward you,”
Lily spoke, the trash coming out of her mouth was shocking to Luciano and Arielle could tell because his expression was hard and it was obvious he was angry. Arielle on the other hand wasn’t so shocked because Lily has said worse shits to her over the last few weeks.
“I will never do as you say, you are just wasting your time,”
Arielle let out and made to end the call but Luciano stopped her. She trusted him and let go, just sat there and listened to Lily threaten her even more.
“My wife will not be doing what you want Lily, if you want to speak from now on, you will have to answer to me,”
Luciano spoke up. She heard Lily curse at the sound of Luciano’s voice, she was not expecting to hear his voice and it was so obvious.
“You guys made up? She is fucking you again? That bitch never learns, losing morals and common sense over a dick,”
Lily yelled out. Arielle could hear the pain in her voice, it was kind of funny.
“Don’t you dare speak about my woman like that, I won’t let you off, don’t you dare call this line again to try and gaslight her into doing shits for you, trust me, you don’t know what I am capable of,”
Luciano said and the line went dead, she actually hung up while he was still talking, and they both looked at each other, before Luciano took the phone and dropped it on the bedside, he laid back down and pulled her to him.
“From now on, I will handle your phone, you can do without your phone until I resolve this right? If not, I can get you another one,”
Luciano instructed her. She really had nothing she was using the phone for anyway and having it with her always makes her anxious.
“I don’t need a new phone, you can keep it,”
She responded resting her head on his chest.
“Good. I know you won’t want to hear this but I gave instructions to some of my men to keep watch of your parents until everything is cleared out.”
He revealed and she looked up to him in gratitude.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
“I appreciate it, I don’t hate my parents and also want them safe, thank you for looking out for them,”
“Of course, anything for you sweetheart,”
He responded and kissed her on the forehead.
“You don’t have to work today? Why are you still in bed?”
She jokingly mocked.
“Don’t remind me, I am just going to pretend I don’t have work to do and stay in bed with you, I don’t want to leave you.”
He lamented.
“I won’t stop you. I like having you all to myself,”
She added as his hold on her tightened.