26: "The TALK"

Lucca

That's it, this was it the exact moment my no our future changed. I thought I had more time to prepare but it seemed like my little angel was in rush to go back out there in the dangerous world. And as possessive as I am I wasn't going to let her go back there alone, without my mark on her.

I took in a deep breath before raising my hand and knocking on the front door of my guest house which was located left side to the main house - my house. But from the front it was partially covered with giant trees.

I waited for a minute or two before I heard some shuffling sound and then the lock opening. Ms. Isa cracked the front door open slowly with a worried look on her face. It was 6:30 am and the sun was out completely but the night clouds were still covering most part of the sky making the surrounding look still a bit dim.

I scratch the back of my head and look up at her "Morning, Ms.Isa. I hope I didn't wake you up?" I say as casual look at her and realise she was up and already dressed for the day. I sighed internally with relief when she shake her head gesturing no.

"Morning Lucca." She said sounding unsure and the next second her eyes went wide. "Is Bella okay?" She asked with panic clear in her tone and concern flashing in her eyes.

"Ah.. no no everything is fine Ms.Isa. Angel is also fine, in fact she is still sleeping." I say remembering how hard it was to untangle myself from my angel hold this morning. But I knew we needed to talk in private and this was the only time I could think of.

"Then...??" She asked hesitantly her sound had was filled with uneasy and I felt bad.

"Ms.Isa is it okay if we talk inside?" I ask as I look over her shoulder silently asking permission to let me in.

"Oh god look where my manners are." She frantically says and then takes few steps back as she opens the front door completely to welcome me in "Please come in Lucca dear. I am so sorry. I was just a bit surprised to see you here so early." I softly smile "A good surprise dear." I nod politely and then enter the house.

Behind me Ms. Isa closes the door and then moves along with me. She gestures towards the couches in front of us "Lucca, why don't you sit while I get you a cup of coffee. I bet you didn't have one." Ms.Isa softly says from beside me and before I could stop here she cuts me. "The pot is already ready and it won't be any inconveniences." She says moving to the open kitchen and grab the coffee pot.

"If you don't mind Ms.Isa and thank you." I say with a smile and move across the room to take a seat on the couch that was exactly opposite to the TV.

The guest room wasn't small but wasn't big either. It was two floored house. The first floor had an open kitchen with a medium size living room and one small hallway leading to second floor. The second floor consisted of one master bedroom and one average sized room. Both with attached bathrooms. It was minimum and welcoming, something I thought was fitting with Ms.Isa's personality.

"There you go dear." Ms.Isa says as she hands me a my cup of black coffee. I thank her and wait for her to settle down with her own coffee before starting the speech that I went over thousand time in my head.

"Ms.Isa I will get straight to the point." I gently say after taking a sip of the coffee she offered me. I was never good with small talk or the polite formals of how you doing?? how's everything going?? It was so not my area. "I wanted to talk to you about what you said the other day in the kitchen," I say and notice her face drain with embarrassment. "Ms. Isa I agree with you that what I do is unorthodox but that doesn't mean I am not careful. I am the head of the Massimo mafia family and I have earned my place here." I pause for a second letting her know I get her point and her concern. But I wasn't backing down when it to my angel. I understand her worries and respect them but there is no chance on earth I would ever let my angel away from me.

"I met angel when I wasn't even looking for her. She saved me, not just my life. She saved my soul." I tell her each and single word clearly leaving no space for doubt. My angel means the world to me. I know we met under wrong circumstances. But I won't change a single thing. She was like the light in my dark world. The perfect angel for a devil like me.

After a minute of silence, we both staring at each other. It was like she was trying to read me, look deep in my eyes and find something. Because when she finds whatever she was looking for she gives me a sweet smile and then dips her face before saying "Lucca I met Bella's father when I was just in my early 20's and fell heads over heel in love with him. He was the exact bad boy that every good girl wanted. The guy she hoped she could save, change just for her. But what I didn't know was what he was capable of doing." Her sound shake and she quickly clear her throat before continuing.

"He showed me dreams that destroyed me. He took my indepences away made me depended on him for every single thing. Every. Single.Thing. Lucca." She says the last 4 words slowly letting me know exactly how weak she had been.

I notice her lower lip wobble a bit but she sucked in a deep breath before continuing."But what he never did was fight for me. He never declared his love for me, just the way you did. He never looked at me the way you look at my daughter. The way your eyes light up when she is around and how you smile when Bella smiles." She smiles as she tells me how she had noticed me googling at me girl and how love sick I was for her.

And for some reason I don't hide the smile that slips on my lips. My angel does that. She is one person that I want next to me for the rest of the life.

"That day in kitchen," Ms.Isa says after a beat and my expression sombers up "I wanted my daughter to be careful and to be sure what she was stepping in. Your world is nothing like our world. Your world is in fact not even normal." I wrinkle my forehead looking un amused at her.

"Killing people isn't normal Lucca." She deadpans me.

I huff out a small laugh at her but I quickly try to cover it. I don't want to disrespect her. Because I do agree my world id different from my angels. But we do way more than killing and it was a discussion I never want to have with her or in fact anyone as a matter of fact.

"Even with all that, deep down in my heart I knew you were the perfect man for her. The man who could keep her safe." She gently says.

I notice Ms.Isa wipes her cheek with her hand and sniffle her nose. "I know what I did was wrong but I was just scared Lucca." Her tone was pleading, letting me know she only had good intentions in her mind when she warned my angel. "I was scared maybe my daughter would have to go through the exact same pain that I went through. Maybe it was my karma that was now after my daughter's life."

I place the barely touched coffee mug on the table in front of me and move towards Ms.Isa. I get down on both of my knees in front of her and cup both her hand that was resting on her thigh. "I understand it Ms.Isa and I love that you were ready to stand up for your daughter. But I promise to you, I won't let anything happen to my angel. I would take a bullet for her." I try to reassure her as much as I can.

I love how my angel is blessed to have such an amazing mother but on the same time I want her to understand that I got it.

She smiles at me with teary eyes and then slips her hand from underneath mine and then softly pats my hand that was resting on her other had "You are a good man Lucca. I know that now and I know you will keep my daughter very happy." I wanted to laugh at her words, good man, just don't ask my enemy.

She then moves her hand and pats the side of my face in a motherly fashion.

I nod before moving back and standing straight. "Okay so now that's out of the way. Let's talk what I actually came over to talk." I say in a light tone trying to lift the mood and taking back my seat in the opposite couch from here.

She wipes her cheeks and eyes before looking at me with a questionable gaze.

"Next week is my angel's birthday." I say exhale the air out of my lungs. "Also the only week before which my angel goes back to work." I hate the idea of her working back to work more than anything but she is right. I can't keep her trapped in this huge mansion of mine, even if that is the exact thing I want to. But I need to let her live her live just the way she is.

"Oh.." Is all Ms.Isa says and I continue "And next week is when I want to make my angel officially mine." I inform Ms.Isa.

"Omg Lucca." She gasp as she places her hand over her mouth. And just like that fresh stream of tears start running down her cheeks.

I had no idea what to do so I just stared at her in panic.

Noticing my wide eyes and quick shifting of gaze Ms.Isa starts laughing in middle of her cry. "Lucca, they are happy tears." She explains and I just nod still not sure what to do.

I mean why would you cry when you are happy, I literally didn't get it.

"aaah.. so I was hoping you would give us your blessing." I say gently. It wasn't that I was here to get Ms.Isa's approval or to anything. I just wanted my angel to have her family by her side when she becomes mine. God knows she had missed all that. And I promised I would do anything to keep her happy.

"I would love to Lucca." She says sobbing loudly. "I can't believe my baby is going to get married." She says as she wipes her tears with her shirt sleeve and clears her face. Although her eyes were still teary she had a huge smile on her face.

"Thank you Ms.Isa." I say as I stand up from the couch "I just wanted to talk to you and clear the space before we moved to our next chapter." I explain her.

"Thank you so much Lucca for letting me part of this." Ms.Isa says as she stand up and takes few steps towards me. Her eyes were slightly red from crying and so was her nose. But thank god there was no more tears running down her face. Because I have no idea what to do with them.

"I know you will keep my baby girl happy and safe." She says as she looks up at me with warmth. Her love for her daughter was visible in her eyes and her tone was stable, meaning each word she said.

"I promise." I reply solemnly.

I would die before letting any harm coming to my angel.