"When I had just came here, whilst being scared, I was kind of happy too, that I will have a family, people who will love me, but sadly nothing was same after all."
"The mother that was supposed to be a loving one, was a toxic step mother, and the father, he couldn't even pretend to want his own kids."
He patiently listened to me, letting out all the problems I had in my life, in this life and the one before I came in this world.
When I wanted a family I was deprived of it, and after I had finally accepted my fate, life played me so bad that it gave me one, when I no longer felt the need of it.
"To be honest, I...had a similar life like yours. My mother, she was the sister of an important Italian mafia's sister, and she was murdered by her family because she had ran away with my father, and later they killed my father."
"All the assets, I was going to get from my father, my uncle stole them, and for 15 years, I lived like a slave in my own home, his kids, used to get the type of clothes a prince would wear...and I? I used to wear, rags that even homeless people won't wear."
He snickered at his own self.
I was taken back with his confession.
Even though, life was tough for the main characters of the novel, somehow the extras that were not even present in the actual novel had it even harder.
Involuntarily I got up from my place and hugged him, wrapping my arms around him tightly, trying to ease him, ease the pain that has been living inside of him for years.
He didn't say a word further, just wrapped his arms around me, tightening his hold on me too.
"I don't know how I fell for you... I had seen the real Laurel many times, but never did I ever look at her wih any feelings, and then when you came here with Kalix, I fell for you instantly, at first I couldn't understand why? But now that I do... I'm really glad that I felll for you... I'm really happy... I love you... I love you Sarah."
I love youSarah.
His confession had left me frozen, Sarah?
Tears brimmed my eyes, not because I was sad, but because I was happy, finally someone had accepted me the way I was.
Didn't look at me differently.
He broke the hug, looking into my eyes.
"Is it too late to tell you that I can no longer live without you?
I chuckled at his words.
"No, it's the perfect time, because I think I can also cannot live without you."
I wiped the tears from my cheeks.
"Now I know, how you helped Cecily with her birth and did something unexpected and almost impossible!"
"What do you mean?"
I had no idea what he was talking about.
"You didn't know? Cecily had been stressed her whole pregnancy, because of which the doctor had said that she would have a surgery instead of normal delivery, and even in the operation there might be only 50% chance of either of them surviving."
"And when you assisted her delivery, both her, and her daughter were perfectly fine."
I was feeling another kind of happiness, like I had done something big. His words were like another kind of motivation, that gave me a unique type of positivity.
It was big thing, it was really a big thing.
It wasn't a normal thing for me, ever.
In the real world, I had handled difficult cases, but never this, because if the doctors had said that a patient can only give birth by C-section then it is a C-section, but I had her give birth normally.
I was feeling over the moon, and couldn't conceal it, the smile on my lips was evident.
And so was the brightness on my face.
Luca put his hand inside his coat that he had given me, taking out a picture and handed it over to me.
"Here, I had taken it when you ran away after that hooded person."
I grabbed the photograph, staring at it.
I was smiling in it, shopping at a mall, it was a gift for a junior doctor..
Who had became a mother.
Baby clothes.
"Even though it's hard to believe that you are not Laurel but Sarah, but I'm getting a hand of it, your inner beauty is enough to help me with it."
Flirt!
I snorted at him.
"Tell me honestly, do you talk like this with every other girl you see?"
"Talk like what?"
"Flirting?"
Narrowing his eyes at me he brought his face slightly closer to me.
"What do you take me for? A thug? A womaniser?"
"No but I do know that you are a handsome man, with quite much of wealth on his side, and who has been single for many years of his life."
He scoffed.
"That's definitely not enough for a reason to declare me a womaniser!"
"Who said I called you? I asked you!"
"Your tone meant something else."
"Did it? I don't know?"
I shrugged, acting as if I had no idea what he was talking about.
He smiled at me.
"I can't even say anything to you, I don't want to hurt you!"
I gave him a sheepish grin making him chuckle.
We were just talking when the doorbell rang, I was about to stand up, when Luca motioned me to remain on my place.
I was sitting in the living room, in front of the door, so I could see who was coming in.
I took one glance at the door and the other at the mess on the table.
Shit -
I quickly wrapped up all the stuff and kept them in my room, till I came back Kalix was sitting on the couch.
Glaring at Luca.
"Why is he still here?" He asked me.
"I asked him to stay, I wasn't feeling okay, and you weren't back so that's why, Luca you...can go now, Kalix is here now!"
Luca gave me nod.
"Okay I'm going now, and yeah, Fiammetta, if you do need help with your job, give me a call okay?"
He said and sneakily gave me a flying kiss when Kalix was not looking at him, and left the apartment with his coat drapped on his left arm.
Leaving me frozen.
"Literally Fiammetta?"
Kalix asked looking at me with disgust, maybe he was cringed out.
"So?"
I asked, sitting next to him.
"It's weird."
"You are saying that because you don't have a girlfriend yet, when you will have one, you won't even care if you are in public or Infront of your sister and will be using more cringe nicknames for her!"
"Did the party end up well?" I changed the topic.
"Yeah, everything went well thankfully, how are you now? Any better?"
"I'm much better than before."
"That's good." He smiled at me.
For a few seconds an awkward silence had filled the room.
"So? Are you perhaps ready to be...his... partner?"
His question was hesitant and slow.
"Yes...more than ever, I don't think I have been ready for anything more."
"That's good, but are you sure you are going to live your best with him, I know he is a good man, takes care of you, but don't you think you should take sometime before coming up to a proper and final decision."
"What are you getting at?" Instead of looking at him, I was now glaring at him, who was he to tell me to process things?
"Look, I don't think he can keep you happy, he may be a good man, but–"
"Enough Kalix! The day when Ayla was born, you left me alone after humiliating me, leaving me a wreck, go and ask Luca in what kind of condition I was in, go ask him, how he handled me, he didn't say a word, didn't ask me a single question...and later on kept helping me."
"You tell me, if in future you fall for a girl, but her brother who you might know says the same things to that girl about you, how would you feel? Luca held me when I wasn't myself, and I am more than sure that he can keep me happy to."
"So please, let this be our last time fighting over me being in a relationship with Luca, good night."
Within an instant, my mood was spoiled, I could've expected anything but this.
I walked straight to the bedroom and locked the door behind me.
Changed my partywear, removed my makeup.
Other than the make-up remover, my tears were also doing quite a job, in helping me cleaning my face.
Staring at my reflection in the mirror, I was breaking apart, this wasn't my life to live, it was someone else's.