Chapter 23

Two weeks later

Sitting on the couch in Luca's office, I sigh loudly.

I am really bored.

It's been like this for two whole weeks.

That's right! Two whole weeks!

It's not like I can do anything about it. I mean, I would if I could.

I don't want to disturb Claire. She's Luca's secretary and knowing the kind of man Luca is, I'm pretty sure she's got a lot on her plate.

I lean back on the couch, resting my elbow on the armchair, and my chin on my hand staring at Luca who's sitting on his desk.

Casting a glance at me, he shuts his laptop and rises from his seat.

Let's go, Luna." He says, extending a hand towards me.

Finally!

"Okay."

I get up from my spot. Ignoring his hand, I walk towards the door.

From behind me, I hear him chuckle.

"So stubborn." He mumbles.

Stepping out of his office, I see Claire talking on the phone.

She seems busy so I just wave her bye with a smile which she returns.

Entering the elevator, Luca presses the G button and takes a step back.

Turning to him, I say, "I can't wait to go home. I'm so bored."

Typing away at his phone, he turns it off and puts it in his pocket.

He turns to me.

"We're not going home."

"We're not?" I ask.

"No. We're going out."

"Out? Where are we going?"

The elevator doors open and Luca extends his arm out, waiting for me to leave first.

I leave and he leaves after me.

"We're going wherever you want. Just name it and we'll go." His right arm snakes around my waist and he holds me close to him.

Everyone stares at us as we walk towards the entrance doors.

"Wherever I want?" I ask once we were outside.

We wait for the security guard to bring Luca's car to the front of the building.

"Yes. Wherever you want."

"How come?" I ask confused.

"Pardon?"

"Why do you want to take me out all of a sudden?"

"I've been very busy lately, you didn't receive my attention properly." He says with a smirk. "So I want to give you my full attention today to make it up to you."

"Ha, you wish." I scoff.

He laughs at my response, pulling me close by grabbing my chin and kissing my cheek.

"Not here! I don't need anyone staring even more than they already do." I say, looking around for anyone who's seen us.

"Okay, I'll do it at home then."

"No! You know that's not what I meant. Nothing's happening at home." I say rolling my eyes at him.

Getting no response, I look at him curiously to see him staring at me with unknown emotions in his eyes.

"What?" I ask.

"Nothing." He says walking towards the car the security guard brought.

He opens my door for me, and I get in.

Once he's seated in as well, we're on our way.

I think hard about where I want to go.

Suddenly, I think of a place I've always wanted to go but couldn't because I couldn't afford to lose money to it.

"I want to go to an amusement park." I tell him.

"An amusement park? How come?" He asks.

"I've never been there before."

"Never? This is your first time?" He asks shocked.

I see why he's shocked. I'm eighteen and almost every eighteen year old has been to the amusement park at least once.

"If it's your first time, that means I'm the first person you're going with, right? We're going."

"Oh my god! I'm so excited!" I squeal looking outside the window.

I feel a hand grabbing my mine and look to see Luca's hand and mine intertwined.

I can tell he's waiting for my reaction and to his surprise, I just leave it.

I'm slightly cold and his large hand is so warm, it swallows my hand. Yes, that's why.

Luca grabs our intertwined hands and brings it up to his lips, giving my knuckles a tender kiss.

Blushing, I pull away but he keeps it still in place.

45 Mins later, we arrive at the amusement park.

Luca buys us tickets and we enter.

"Don't get any ideas." He reminds me, grabbing my hand tightly.

To others, we probably looked like a couple, but in reality, I was just a prisoner.

"I won't. I just want to have fun." And that was what I was going to do today.

Ignore my situation right now. Forget that I'm a prisoner and Luca, my Kidnapper.

Maybe, just maybe, only for today, I am a happy girlfriend with a loving boyfriend, living a normal life. This is one of our usual dates and everything is good right now.

We can resume being prisoner and Kidnapper tomorrow, but I want to enjoy today.

Luca still seemed uneasy.

"Come here." I motion for him to come closer.

He lowers his head, and gaining confidence from I don't know where, I step on my tippy toes and kiss his cheek.

"Darling, what's this?" He touches his cheek, his mouth agape.

"Don't worry about today, I won't try anything." I say, butterflies dancing around in my stomach.

"Judging from the amount of times you said that before and still tried running away, I don't think I can stop worrying. Maybe if I get one more." He cheekily says, lowering his head again.

"Nope, no more." I say trying to leave but his hand has me still.

I think my kiss made him even more uneasy.

"Okay, darling, which ride do you want to go on first?" He asks looking around.

"I don't know. Maybe that one?" I point towards the roller coaster.

Luca looks concerned.

"Are you sure? This is your first time. I don't think you should go on that one." He says, pulling me away from the roller coaster.

I stand my ground.

"No, I want to go on this one." I say.

"No." He says.

"Yes."

"No."

"No." I say.

"Yes." He says and I laugh.

"Okay, let's go." I say pulling him towards the ride.

"Luna, you naughty girl."

Sitting on our seat waiting for the roller coaster to start moving, my palms start to get sweaty.

"Someone's nervous." Luca teases.

"No, I'm not." I am. Just a bit.

Luca laughs. "If you say so."

Suddenly, the ride is moving and I grip his hand tight.

"It's fine, darling, just breathe."

The ride is going faster now and I hold my breath.

"Breathe." Luca reminds me.

We're suddenly going up and I open my eyes.

I regret that.

I look down to see we are high up in the sky.

"Luca! Hold my hand!" I scream.

"I am holding your hand." He bites his bottom lip, trying to keep his laughter in.

We're very high up now.

I hold my breath again and close my eyes, waiting forever the drop.

"Breathe, Luna."

The ride drops and I'm screaming like a wild animal.

"Luca, hold me!"

"I am holding you!" Luca laughs.

My hairs flying around my face and I keep my eyes closed for the rest of the ride.

"The ride comes to a stop and Luca pulls me up. My legs are shaky and I fall, but Luca catches me.

"Are you okay?" He asks looking concerned. "I told you-"

"Let's go again!"

"What?" He looks at me like I'm crazy.

"I want to go again."

"No."

"Yes."

In the end, I won and we ended up riding the roller coaster two more times and every other single ride that existed in that amusement park.

Feeling tired, I decide to get some rest when I see an ice cream truck parked next to some other food trucks.

Luca sees me staring and walks towards the ice cream truck, pulling me with him.

"Which flavour would you like, darling?" He asks, taking his wallet out.

"Mint chocolate chip." I say looking at the options.

"1 mint chocolate chip, please." He tells the vendor.

"Coming right up." The vendor says.

"You're not getting?" I ask.

"I'm not a fan of ice cream." He says.

Crazy.

Luca pays for the ice cream, and a few seconds later, the vendor holds out the ice cream.

"For the beautiful lady." He says with a smile.

"Than-"

Luca grabs the ice cream from the vendor with a salty attitude, before I do and hands it to me himself.

"Let's go sit somewhere, my love." He says, glaring at the vendor.

The vendor coughs and turns around, pretending to clean his already clean bench top too.

Walking around, we settled on the beach which was a 5 minute walk away from the amusement park.

We both sit on the sand, the chilly wind blowing our hair.

Taking his suit jacket off, he covers me making sure my arms are properly covered.

"No, I don't n-"

"Just take it, I don't get cold." He says.

"But I-"

"If you take it off, I'll punish you right here, in public." He warns.

I stay quiet.

Feeling bad, I cuddle up next to him, laying my head on his arm, hoping my body heat keeps him warm.

He freezes and when he comes to his senses, he relaxes.

"You know, I appreciate you bringing me here today. Thank you, Luca."

"I told you once, and I'll tell you again, I'll do whatever you decide to do." He turns to me, his gaze on my lips.

Feeling self conscious, I lick my lips, thinking I've got ice cream on them.

"Luna. Stop." He softly touches the side of my face, his eyes showing desire. "Just stop."

"Stop what?"

"Stop it now." He whispers, out of breath.

Looking at my lips, he licks his own.

Slowly coming closer, he angles his face to mine.

Closing my eyes, I let him pull me closer.

When I feel his breath on my lips, that's when I realise what is happening.

"Wait!" I jump away from him.

We're both breathing heavily even though we didn't do anything.

He reaches out for my hand.

"Luna, please." He looks conflicted.

I back away.

"Luca, I can't." I shake my head.

"Understood." He says and stands up.

"Wake up early tomorrow. We're going shopping." He says not making eye contact with me.

I'm glad he changed the subject.

"Shopping?" I ask confused. I am still shocked about our almost kiss.

"We need to shop for your outfit."

"Outfit? Where am i going?"

"You are attending the charity ball with me." He says, looking at my lips one more time before walking away.