Laura Conti's POV
Lucca's friend from Denmark, Mr. Noah Vork was the CEO for one of the most prestigious jewelry company that was based in Copenhagen, Denmark. I was shocked to learn that he congratulates on our engagement and how he would tease Lucca for keeping me away from the world.
Lucca was no help either, he always kept me by his side and whenever I went, he followed even to the restroom. thankfully, he just stands outside the stall and waited for me. Seriously, he was just like a missing puppy that followed its master everywhere. Whenever I thought about it, it made me laugh as I imagined Lucca as a puppy.
"What are you laughing at, dolcezza?" He said as I just realized what we were doing right now, dancing at the salon music.
"Nothing, just remember something funny," I said as he twisted me around and pulled me back into his arms. I can feel his body heat radiated at me and his cologne filled my nostrils. I was drunk, literally for him.
"want to get out of here?" He asked me as we were swaying our hips together.
"now, now. Don't be rude toward your friend. He has put a lot of effort into this party" I whispered at him. He scoffed at me as I just told him something crazy.
"you think that he puts that much effort for me?" He said, amused at me.
"Yeah, why not? He's your friend," I said innocently.
"Well, for one, he is a playboy and second, he did not do anything for anyone, only for himself," he said as he twirled me around.
"Oh," was the only answer that I can blurt out.
"Oh Ms. Conti, you have a lot to learn," he said before he puts his forehead onto mine.
I was smiling like a fool as I remembered last week's party at Lucca's friend. I was with Lucca at a wedding planner office of cake testing and wine choosing. I was happy like an idiot that I was not aware that Lucca was nudging me on the elbow.
"Mi amore," he whispered into my ears before putting his hand on my lap. I jerked up at the touch before my knees kicked the table.
"what? Sorry," was I could murmur when I completely embarrassed myself in front of the most exclusive and elite wedding planner in Italy, Mr. Antonio Romano.
"it's okay, honey. I know all about the wedding jitters," he said softly as he was acting so happy and delighted to see Lucca in the first place. His face felt down when he saw me next to Lucca.
"Okay, so we all set about the cake and the wine. We will have a black forest and New York Cheesecake. As for the wine, I wanted Bordeaux and Chardonnay, imported from France," Lucca said as he put down the menu and took my hand afterward.
"of course, an excellent choice, your excellency," he said before taking the menu.
"Now, for the dress. This was please, madam," Antonio said as he pulled me out of my seat and pushed me toward a fitting room. I was greeted with some of his staff that we're organizing the dresses. There were lots of variety in various shades of white. I was not looking for something fancy but knowing Aunty Sofia, I might as well broke Lucca down. Not that I care about his money, that guy could freaking build a new Italy.
"Now, let's see what we are working with," Antonio said to his staff. He circled me like a predator.
"Take off your clothes," he instructed. I did not quite sure that what I hear.
"Sorry, can you repeat that?" I said as I might have misheard it.
"I said take off your clothes. Dio! How can his excellency choose you to be his bride I don't even want to know," he said before went to choose some dresses. I was still cautious when I wanted to take off but I did it anyway before he yelled at me again. He put me into trying some variety of the dress until one particular stuck his eyes on me. He gasped as well as his staff.
"Magnifico! This is the one!" He said before he told his staff to do some fitting to the dress that I was wearing. His staff made some adjustments before he told me to take it off and put back on my clothes.
I noticed that he was unfazed at me as I was half-naked in front of him. We went out of the dressing room and I saw Lucca was doing some works on his phone. When he saw me coming, he stood up and thanked Antonio for the perfect job. Antonio just smiled sheepishly before batting his eyelashes at him. Lucca was unfazed before dragging me out of the building as the car was stopping in front of the foyer. Lucca opened the door and ushered me in. I murmured thanks before he gets in as well.
we went in silence as the driver was making his way toward an unfamiliar road. I was looking outside the window when I looked at Lucca.
"where are we going?" I said to him.
"you'll see," he said before we road in silence again. After a while, the driver came to a stop and Lucca went outside the car. We were at the airport hangar but a different one from before. I went outside as well when Lucca did not get my door. I got off the car and saw that Lucca was talking with someone. Lucia! What was she doing here? I thought as I walked toward Lucca to stand by his side.
"Mi amore, you came to get me," she said as she was about to kiss Lucca, he stopped her at arm's length.
"Lucia, my mum is not here. You can't stop pretending that we were closed. I am getting married next week," he said as he turned my head to see me was walking toward him.
"I know you already meet but I want you to meet Laura Conti, my beautiful bride," Lucca said as he pulled me closer to him by my waist.
"Nice to meet you, again," I said as I held out my hand at Lucia. She just looked at it and went away from us.
"well, so much for the hospitality," I said as I caressed his arm. I looked at Lucca and he was distressed.
"What is it?" I asked him. He sighed before looking at me.
"Lucia, I know that I need to tell you this thing but she will stay with us for a couple of weeks," Lucca said as he looked at me with all seriousness.
"you're kidding, right? Tell me you just joking," I said as I released my hold on him. He just went silent. I scoffed before I went toward the car again and just get in without waiting for Lucca. I watched him rubbed his face before helping Lucia to get her suitcases and luggage. She had a lot even though she just around for a week. Wait, why do I even care about her with Lucca? Because you love Lucca and you hate sharing with anyone, my dark side was talking to me.
I pushed that thought away as I wanted nothing to do with Lucca Giovanni but apparently, I will be Mrs. Giovanni next week. I thought about what Nathan said before the party. I looked up the address of this Leonardo Ricci in Venice and who was he. He was a business magnate that deals in a telecom company and he was a very good looking person. I looked at the destination and how I would go there. Then, I searched about the place that Nathan also said about my father was seen during the night before his death. It was an abandoned warehouse and I wanted to investigate it.
I saw Lucia and Lucca were talking outside the window and a pang of jealousy was glowering inside my heart. I was fuming with anger. Okay, since you don't care about me anymore, might as well check this out, I thought as I looked at the phone before locking it as Lucca get inside the car and Lucia in another car.
"Let's roll," he said toward the driver as I was planning to get out of here as soon as we were at the penthouse.