Sofia’s pov
I was currently dusting my shoes in our walk in closet when Luca emerged in the doorway. He leaned against it with his hands deep in his pockets as he commented on how he hated that I have to stress to do something as simple as dusting my own shoes.
“Are you sure you really do not want us to hire another househelp?” Luca wondered as he walked towards me and I rolled my eyes as I halted for a moment.
Luca has suggested we hire another househelp a handful of times, and each time he brings it up, I’m always quick to refuse the suggestion, because I don’t think I’d be comfortable with a complete stranger coming into our house just yet.
And a huge part of me still misses Sarah and still hopes she’d recover completely and be able to resume back here, but I knew that was most likely nothing but wistful thoughts.
“I am. It’s no big deal for me to do something as simple as this.” I reminded him as I waved the brush I was working on, for emphasis. The slight movement made dust suddenly permeate the air and I let out a little cough, causing Luca to frown.
“See what I’m saying? This is bad for your health, I don’t like it.” He sighed but I only rolled my eyes, because he’s being nothing but ridiculous right now.
“It’s just dust, it can’t harm me.” I pointed out as I turned back around to resume my task. A moment later, Luca’s arm bracketed my middle and I felt a giggle bubble out of my chest when he nuzzled the side of my throat.
His bare arms felt hot against my body, and the feeling of his entire body blanketing mine like this right now made a familiar, satisfied feeling to settle in the pits of my stomach.
One of Luca’s hands began to slide beneath my shirt, which was my cue to get away from him to avoid getting sidetracked, something which Luca was best at making me do.
His arms tightened around me as soon as he realized I was about to get away and I let out another giggle when he bit the side of my throat while nuzzling my collarbone once again.
“Going somewhere?” He murmured against the skin of my throat, hand sliding higher underneath to shirt to cup my bare boobs. My mouth fell open and a silent gasp fell out when he rolled my nipple between two of his fingers.
“Are you trying to distract me on purpose?” I demanded after a few moments in disbelief, and when he remained silent, which was response enough, a small laugh bubbled from my throat as I rolled my eyes.
“Perhaps I am, because I don’t want you dusting some shoes.” He murmured as he tracked the edge of my ear with his tongue.
“Stop being dramatic.” I muttered and when I tried to get out of his grip this time, he released me at once while speaking.
“Speaking of distractions, you’ve completely distracted me from the main reason as to why I came to find you in the first place.” He murmured on a chuckle and I perked up in curiosity.
“Oh? What’s that? Did you want to tell me something?”
“I definitely wanted to.” He responded as he tugged me towards him with his hands around my waist and his face buried in my throat.
“We’d be having a visitor.” He murmured and I almost didn’t catch his words because the feeling of him sucking marks into the side of my throat had begun to distract me.
I let out a surprised gasp with my hands buried in his hair in order to tug his head away.
“What? A visitor?!” I found myself demanding and Luca hummed against my throat.
“Yeah, tonight.”
“Tonight?!” I screeched in disbelief over being given little to no notice about said visitor’s arrival.
Luca thankfully pulled away from my throat this time, but his hands still continued to dance around my waist.
“Relax, bunny. It’s just James.” He murmured and I felt my mind relax in an instant and a smile broke out on my face as I spoke.
“Oh, James?! I’ve missed hanging around him. James isn’t some sort of stranger so I guess there’s no need for any kind of stress.”
“Exactly.” Luca agreed and he leaned down to continue nuzzling my throat but stopped midway to add.
“Also, he’s coming with a guest.”
I blinked in shock.
“James? A guest… like some sort of partner?” I asked and Luca hummed, tugging me against him more firmly and kissing the side of my throat.
“That’s shocking. Does he like somebody?” I found myself breathing out on a soft sigh as Luca’s hands slid down my ass to palm them slowly.
“Believe me, it was more shocking to me.” Luca murmured in response as he bit on my collarbone, making me let out a small mewl.
“Okay, so I- I have to go get some things ready, like the food and…” I was still speaking when a sharp slap landed on my left asscheek, eliciting a startled gasp from my throat as I blinked up at him while the feeling of his big hands kneading my cheeks made my legs wobble.
“The cook will take care of those.” He responded moments later, and when I still tried to argue, he hushed me with a kiss and abruptly hoisted me up, and my head spinned deliciously.
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Not wanting to overdress and also not wanting to underdress left me feel extremely conflicted over what to dress up in. As usual, Luca was no help cause he saw no need as to why I felt like I needed to go all out in order to impress James’ said guest.
But I wasn’t trying to look right in the required way just to impress the woman, but because I do want to look good for myself in the presence of another woman, without doing too much or not doing enough.
I ended up settling on wearing a peach colored dress that was flared from the waist to the middle of my thighs. It left my cleavage exposed in a modest and sexy way. The dress had just one arm, from a long string of tiny white pearls, which went all the way to form different designs on the top part of the dress.
The outfit was classy, casual and definitely not over the top, which is perfect.
When I climbed down the stairs, I realized that James and his guest were just arriving. I instantly went to stand beside Luca so we could welcome them In together, but when my eyes settled on James’ guest, a surprised gasp burst out of my throat.