Betrothed To The Mafia Lord

Chapter 50

Luca’s POV

I sighted Williams just as I lifted my head up from its bent posture as he was just stepping out of the

elevator and glancing around the whole hallways, his eyes lingering on everywhere all at once–

probably in search of me.

I watched as he finally decided to allow his eyes to travel further down the hallway, which was when he

noticed me. Our eyes locked for a fleeting moment when he was looking everywhere at once. He

paused in his tracks and dragged his eyes back to mind on recognition and was already starting to

make his way towards me immediately, down the hallway.

He paused a few feet away from me and stared down at me– because I was still sitting in the chair I

had decided to sit in while waiting for Aria to be done with her surgery. He was in a plaid shirt and a

dark pair of jeans, appearing way more casual than I’d ever imagine him to ever pull off.

“Hello Luca.” He said after a little while and I nodded my head once at him before uttering a quiet,

“Williams.”

He took a few steps backwards until he was leaning against the wall on that side of the hallway. I

watched as he allowed his head to roll and drop back against the wall just as he shoved his hands

deep into his pockets.

The last time I could remember when I had seen him last, had to be on the day I officially got into the

mafia. Everyone had been present that day, including his fathers and two more brothers of his. Aria had

been absent because women were not allowed into something like that seeing as it is a private topic

the male gender alone.

There, a tattoo got drawn on the skin of the left hand side, of my elbow upwards, around my bicep area

— in the presence of everyone. The ones who had openly objected when the committee for that day

had asked the whole crowd if they would like to object to my coronation – had been ordered to exit the

premises immediately, by my father, because he had still been alive then.

Williams along with his father and his male siblings had all shown up on that day as well, probably

because they were undoubtedly hoping a ton of people would choose the fact that Williams should be

the new mafia lord instead of me. But things didn’t turn out that way and everybody was a little bit too

eager to declare me as the new future mafia lord on that fateful day.

“How is she now?” He asked quietly from his spot against the wall and I breathed out a slow sigh,

feeling my chest expand with the pressure of me letting the breath slip into my lungs and out of it ever

so slowly, prolonging the drag of each breath and making it last really long.

“Still in surgery.” I replied in a quiet voice, my voice sounding almost scratchy to my own ears. I ran my

fingers through my hair, feeling the texture of the curls dig into my palm in a way that tells me that my

hair was currently in an absolute mess.

“Fuck.” He cursed quietly, throwing his head back against the wall the same way I had done after being

informed of the kind of situation she was in.

It was currently some minutes to eight p.m and my head was full of pounding at this point. I knew it

takes a lot to weaken me, but I was low on food, water and rest at this particular moment, leaving my

system and body vulnerable to a lot of things at this very moment.

The doctor who had seen to me and explained all what I need to know about the surgery started to

come back out, towards the hallway, where he had passed through while leading my cousin away to

surgery, along with some nurses and other doctors.

I got to my feet the moment he got close to where I was sitting and I felt my insides tangle and squeeze

tight against each other before dropping deep into my stomach. He finally got to where I was standing

and inserted his hands into his too-big coat and grimaced visibly, his shoulders pulled high against his

ear for a few seconds before relaxing and lowering into its normal posture, a few moments later.

“How is she?” I demanded a few moments later when it felt like the silence between us was starting to Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

get heavier as the seconds slowly went by.

Williams, who had been leaning against the wall of the hospital, pushed off his spot there and closed

the small distance between him and the other side of the doctor.

“She’s doing fine. The surgery was a success.” The doctor finally announced and there was no way I

could stop the relieved, loud sigh that escaped my lips the moment his words sank into my head,

sending a huge rush of relief into my head and through my veins.

“Thank fuck.” I whispered beneath my breath and panted hard a couple more times before finally trying

to put my breathing under control.

“Hello doctor. I am Williams.” Williams started to say from the other side of the doctor and the both of

us turned towards him and settled our eyes on him at the same time.

“Williams Ricci. Aria’s older brother.” He continued a few moments later and I almost snorted at that

particular moment.

The doctor stared at him quietly before turning back to me and taking a long look at me.

“Oh, hello Mr Williams.” He finally said as he turned back to Williams and offered him a handshake

which Williams accepted immediately.

“How’s my sister doing please?” He asked and the doctor brushed his hands lightly against his large

coat before digging them into the two pockets available on both sides of his coat.

“She’s responding to treatments just fine for now, since she got here. Which is a really good sign.” The

doctor paused and turned towards me before continuing, “Her body system is really strong for being

able to fight off the complete effect for that long. The researches we carried out on her said the

substances had been injected into her veins for over three hours. That’s a really long time when it

comes to those drugs and how they work.

“Is she going to be alright?” Williams pressed on once again but the doctor remained quiet, another

small grimace making its way unto his face once again.

“Should I be having this conversation with him?” The doctor glanced up at me and asked the question. I

didn’t need to glance up at Willows to see the scowl already on his face and the way he was staring at

the doctor in an unbelievable manner like he couldn’t believe the guts or the doctor– I could feel his

deep gaze digging a hole into my head just fine.

“Yes. But not the really sensitive details.” I replied to the doctor's question after a few long seconds of

the three of us standing in silence. A few people walked around the hallway but didn’t care if they heard

a little bit of our conversation since I sure as hell wasn’t saying anything that is supposed to be kept a

secret.

“What do you mean by ‘yes, but not the really sensitive details’? I am her brother for God's sake.”

Willow cursed out loudly and I glanced up at him to see him glaring daggers at me from his current

position of his standing a few feet away from the wall he had been leaning against, like I had done after

I had gotten here as well.

“Yes, you might be her brother.” I started to say to Williams, before continuing almost immediately. “But

that doesn’t mean she’d want to share every particular detail about her with you, which was why she

contacted me in the first place. Please respect that.”

Williams only scowled darkly at me for a few seconds before breaking eye contact with me and

focusing his whole gaze on the doctor this time.

“Once we’re done with her tonight, we’d confirm it tomorrow if she would be needing a heart surgery.”

The doctor started to say again and out of nowhere, a huge and heavy lump started to grow at the back

of my throat. My throat was parched and dried up, which made me trying to swallow the lump which

had suddenly lodged itself in the depths of my throat, really hard and uncomfortable.

“It ended up affecting her heart as well?” I asked the doctor quietly, feeling more drained and tired than

I have been feeling for almost an hour since I sat down to wait for Aria to be brought out from surgery.

“I am afraid so, but we’re not completely sure yet until after we perform some more tests on her once

her system is already rested enough for it to be able to go through another stress.”

To think I was thinking after rescuing her, everything was going to be perfectly alright, not knowing that

Aria was already in grave danger throughout the time I used in speaking with Ivan and his brother.

Jokes on me because Aria was currently going through something risky, extremely strenuous and

something she most definitely didn’t deserve.

All she did was to defend herself against a stupid excuse of a man, that’s all.

And now, she has to pay for it this way.

Sometimes, life just gets way too complicated for me to even try breaking down or figuring out.

Like right now.

“You can leave now, or whenever you want to. She’s still in an unconscious state and won’t be awake

throughout the whole of tonight for her brain to heal.” The doctor started to say again and nodded my

head numbly along with all what he was saying, my hands laying still against my sides.

“You can go take a look at her through the glass walls if you want to. She’s on the floor above this, third

room on the left hand side.” The doctor proposed and bid us a good night before leaving our side and

going down the hall, into his office.

I inserted my hands deep into my suit pants pockets and puffed out a deep breath before glancing up

at Williams who was leaning against the wall, his right foot tapping away lightly against the wall where

his sole was resting against.

“I’ll be heading home now.” I said to him and he nodded his head before pushing himself off the wall

and robbing his palms against each other as he glanced from side to side of the hallway.

“Are you going up to go see her before you leave?” He asked after a little while and I shook my head

once, immediately the question left his lips. He blinked once, staring at me confusingly.

“I cannot stomach seeing her again tonight, in the situation she’s currently in. I’ll come again tomorrow

morning.” I paused and dragged my fingers through my hair before continuing, “Do have a good night,

Ricci.

“You too, Ricci.”

*******

The car pulled into my compound and I groaned quietly beneath my breath, feeling the pounding in my

head go up a few notches. I alighted the car the moment my driver pulled the door open for me and bid

him, along with the guards a good night before making my way towards the house and slowly letting

myself in with the aid of my keys. I had already seen Sofia’s two guards right outside the house door

and I had dismissed them at that moment. I was home already, they weren’t needed anymore for the

night.

My eyes blacked out a little for a few seconds just as I was about to push the house main door quietly

shut and my hands slipped forward without me seeing, and pushing the house door harshly close that it

echoed loudly, making me wince as my head pounded and vibrated in response to the loud, jarring

noise.

Once my eyes started to clear, I carefully made my way into the house, my legs vibrating a little due to

how tired I was feeling.

I paused outside the opened doorway of the sitting room and inserted my head into the room on

hearing low noises from it drifting outside the room from it, a sound which was foreign from the living

room because it was barely used by anyone in the house since I could remember. Everyone had a

television in their respective bedrooms so I didn't expect anybody to stay down here, watching this one.

My eyes locked with Sofia’s the very second after I had inserted my head in through the doorway and I

watched as she widened a little in shock. The only thing I allowed my eyes to notice was the way her

hair framed her face and how the white skirt she had on this morning had ridden upwards on the couch,

revealing more skin than it had done this morning.

I turned around and exited the doorway, breaking eye contact with her immediately and making my way

deeper into the house while trying not to fall on my face due to how tired and drained out I was feeling.