|| VALENTINA's POV ||
" You...you are back..."
I couldn't control my tears anymore. It was an overwhelming feeling as if my heart had just returned to my body. Last night was dreadful for me. I never ever spent such a hard night in my entire life. It was like the clock wasn't moving any longer. Each time, I looked down at him, I wanted to hear his voice again. Now that, he was fully awake, I couldn't register my thoughts for a moment.
He knitted his brows together, still sounding bossy,
" You didn't answer my question, Valentina."
I chuckled through my tears, finally dashed over to hold him in my arms. I mumbled, burying my head into his neck,
" You are an asshole! I was worried for you!"
He held me tight in his arms, replied with a sigh,
" I am sorry...Did you wait this long?"
I sniffed before nodding my head tentatively. I had no restraints to admit that I was damn worried for him. After spending his arms for a while, he pushed me away slightly, raised my chin up to ask again,
" I will ask again, Valentina. Are you willing to be my official girlfriend? There's only one condition that you can't leave me."
I chuckled at his bossy side. Gosh..he looked so handsome even when he was sick. Pecking on his lips lightly, I brought his hand over my stomach to promise,
" We aren't going anywhere from you, Lorenzo. Not anymore!!"
His eyes shone brightly after my words. Without holding back, he dragged my face closer to pull into a big kiss. I let out groan at his rough and unexpected kiss, secretly blaming myself for being too emotional in front of this man because he was just impossible. Our kiss lasted longer than I expected. Until I was out of breath, he kissed me hard and murmured against my lips meaningfully,
" Damn you, Valentina! You are going to pay to make me wait this long."
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A week later......
" Bitch!! You are finally here!!", Emily burped on her alcohol with a smile, pulling me into her warm hug. I let out a laugh to see how she had become drunk already. Lorenzo was recuperating at home. Well,it was me who forced him to stay in bed because the man was a complete workaholic.
Emily called me today to meet her in the bar. She just broke up with her boyfriend and was heartbroken. She wanted me to accompany her today. Although I didn't want to leave Lorenzo's side, Lorenzo said that it would be rude if I ditched my friend for him. Lastly, he came up with the idea of sending me to one of his bars so that his people could monitor us all the time.
I chuckled before grabbing the juice and sat beside her leisurely. It wasn't her first breakup anyways. Whenever any man broke her heart, she would come to tell that all the men were the same. It was just a regular story of her life.
Emily stumbled on her words, looking disdainfully at the line of moving bodies,
" I am so jealous of you, Val. You got.. such a doting man..Why does no one love me the way I want?"
I smiled at her sadly, patting her back. Emily also had a horrible past like me. Her parents abandoned her to a welfare house and went overseas to live their own lives. Since her childhood, she always thought that she wasn't worthy of love. Her number of Breakups only broke her further. Today, she sounded sentimental and weak which made me doubt whether she loved this guy for real or not. Before I could dig more into her thoughts, both of us heard an amusing voice,
" Well..May I join the pretty ladies if you don't mind?"