Chapter 17

I applied my last bit of makeup and took a good look at myself in the mirror. I guess I look decent. I don't know but today I woke up feeling like I wanted to dress up. Or maybe I wanted to dress up for Luca. This is so not right.

I stood up from my seat and straightened out my yellow sundress. I raked my fingers through my now curled hair and took one last look at the mirror before leaving the room.

I wondered around the house looking for Luca. I walked past the kitchen and got a glimpse of Luca standing there. He was wearing a suit. I didn't realise how much I missed him wearing a suit. He can never fail to impress me or anyone actually. But if he's wearing a suit, that means one thing.

"Good morning. Are you going to work today?"

He turned around and placed his cup on the counter.

"Good morning darling, I'm sorry but I have to today. I missed a couple of days off and things haven't been going right back at the company  so I have to go and fix things." His said, his eyes raking my body. "And might I say darling you look beautiful today." He walked towards me and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me close to him where I could smell his cologne. I put my hands on his chest to leave some room between us.

"Thank you." I said thinking that dressing up was a waste of time because he's going to work and won't come until 8 and by then I'll probably be asleep.

He must've noticed my change of tone. He let out a sigh and put my chin up.

"I'm sorry darling, I'll make sure everything's fine and I'll do extra work so that I can take the time off the next few days to be with you." What am I doing? Why am I showing him that I want him to be with me?

"I'm not upset about you leaving. I'm just worried to be alone again because I'm literally in the middle of nowhere." I said making an excuse and laughing softly to show him I don't care.

His face showed that he didn't buy it. "It's safe out here. You don't have to worry about anything. Before you know it, I'll be back."

"Okay." I said following him to the front door. I stood in the doorway watching him leave only for him to stop and turn back around.

"I forgot something." He said.

"Wh-"

His lips met my cheek and lingered there for a while.

"I love you." He said and left to go in his car but not before blowing me a kiss. Oh this man. I waved goodbye and closed the door. I turned around and leaned on the door. What am I going to do in this big house? I'll just watch a movie. That's all I've been doing these days. I suddenly heard a click and looked out the window to see Luca smiling, waving a bunch of keys at me. Shit. I didn't realise the door was unlocked. Too late now Sherlock. He locked it. I shook my head smiling and went to start watching my movie.

I decided on a movie called white chicks. I've never watched it before but it looks good. I made myself comfortable on the couch and began watching the movie.

Halfway through the movie, I got hungry. I grabbed the remote and paused the movie getting up to go to the kitchen to fix something for myself. I thought about the future and wondered what was going to happen? Would I be successful in escaping? A loud sound interrupted my thoughts, which sounded like a door breaking. What the hell was that?

I stopped and quickly hid behind the counter. I know for sure it's not Luca cause he already has the keys for the house so there's no need for him to break something to get in. I could hear my heart beat pounding and my hands were shaking. I tried to breathe quietly and struggled to remain calm. Someone's here and that's not a good thing. Only one type of person would break things to get inside the house and that's a thief.

What am I going to do? How am I going to get out of here? I don't have a phone to call Luca and Luca won't be back by eight.

I heard shuffling in the living room and stood up to go back to the theatre room because there's nothing there for the thief to steal other than the huge tv but they wouldn't be able to carry it cause of how big and heavy it is. I tip toed towards the doorway of the living room as quietly as I could and peeked in to see a masked man going through everything he set his eyes on and tipping everything over once he's done checking them. I looked at the now broken front door on the ground. So that's how he got in? How did he manage to break it down? I need to get past him to go to the theatre room but how am I going to do that? Should I go outside instead now that there's a way out.

After tipping and breaking nearly everything in the living room, he made his way upstairs. I'm guessing he's going to check the rooms. This was my chance to hide. I decided to go outside but heard him coming downstairs so I ran as fast as I could to the theatre room cause if I ran outside, he would've seen me for sure.

I got in the room and closed the door slowly so it wouldn't make a sound. Breathe Luna breathe. I looked at the tv and quickly turned it off so that it wouldn't look like anyone was in the house. I went and hid behind one of the couches. I'm going to be here for a long time because this house is huge and the thief knows that someone this rich has lots of goodies hiding in here.

A long time went past and all I heard was things breaking. Poor Luca. All of his expensive things are getting broken by this stupid thief. Things went quiet and I heard him walking towards the theatre room. Please don't walk in here, please don't walk in here. I heard the door of the theatre room open and held my breath. I heard cupboards opening and then heard a loud smash. I covered my mouth to stop me from screaming and prayed he wouldn't come check behind the couch. My prayers were answered because I heard him leaving the room.

Luca, please come home soon.

About a few hours later, I heard silence. I think the thief left. But I'm too scared to check. I decided that I was just going to hide here until Luca comes home.

A few more long, tiring hours later, I heard the sound of a car entering the driveway. I think that's Luca but I still didn't move from my spot.

I heard my name being called out repeatedly and it sounded like Lucas voice. I got up and slowly checked the hallway. It was empty but there were broken pieces of glass, broken portraits everywhere, even the couches were turned over.

"Luna?!"

I heard my name being called out again and was sure this time it was Luca.

"Luca!"

I ran to the living room as fast as I could but there was no sign of Luca. I swear I heard him.

"Luca?! Where are you?!" I yelled out.

"Luna!" I looked up and saw Luca standing on the staircase. I've never been so happy to see him. I ran to him and jumped in his arms. I put my hands around his waist tightly and put my head on his chest. I began to cry and released all the emotions I was holding in.

"It's okay darling. Everything's going to be alright." He reassured me.

I couldn't stop crying. "I was so scared." I managed to say.

"Shhh. I'm here now. No ones going to hurt you."

I stopped crying. I felt so safe in his arms. He put his chin on my head.

"I thought something happened to you." He said. "What happened?" He asked and moved his head back to look at me.

"A man came in the house and broke down the door. He was looking through everything and broke everything." His eyes widened.

"Are you hurt? Did he hurt you?" He asked and turned me around, checking for any injuries.

"No he didn't. I quickly hid and waited for you to come home. He didn't see me." I told him.

"But how did someone manage to find this house?" He asked.

"Maybe they followed you here when you came the last time."

"Maybe. I'll check the camera and see how he got in and how he got here. If I can get his plate number, maybe I could find him."

"Don't leave me here alone again. Please. I don't think I can stay here alone ever again." I said.

He wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly. "Don't worry darling. I'll never leave you again alone here. It's not safe here anymore. That man already knows this place." He looked around at all the broken furniture. "And we can't stay here tonight also. Pack your bags darling, we're going to move back to the city."

My eyes widened and I couldn't believe what he was saying.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yes. I decided it's not safe to keep you in the middle of nowhere plus this house is hours away from the city. I won't be able to be comfortable thinking you're not safe. So go on, pack your bags."

"Okay." I began walking up the stairs but got scared. "Luca?" I called out from upstairs.

"Yes, darling." He replied.

"Can you come with me to pack my bags?"

I heard him chuckle. "Of course." He came up the stairs and held my hand. "We'll pack your bags first and then you can come to my room and stay there until I pack mine."

"Okay." I said.

An hour later, our suitcases were packed and were put in the car. I looked back at the house. Believe it or not, I'm going to miss this place.

"Come on, Luna."

I turned around and got in the car. Luca got in after closing my door and got in his seat.

"Did you book a hotel?" I asked.

"No, we're going to be living in one of my penthouses from now on. You'll be safe there." He replied. "You should get some sleep. It's already late and we're going to reach there in a couple of hours."

"Okay." I put my head back and closed my eyes.

I can't believe I'm going to be living in the city again.