The charm of Mr. De Luca

Guardami, Bella

That night, Mia walked alone down the small alley she used to walk through. Just got back from the store. It just so happened that he went home alone, because Mr. Gio had to go home early. As usual, Magdalene's health deteriorated. The woman even has to be hospitalized.

As if she had no fear at all, Mia continued to step between the tall buildings flanking the small alley towards her house, with the dim lighting of the outboard lights.

Mia always felt something else every time she went through that alley. A small alley that holds sweet memories for her. A memory that will either reoccur or not, because at that time Mia saw a sturdy man who stood in his way at the end of the alley.

Mia stunned. He looked at the man in the black coat who was now stepping towards him. Slowly, Mia moved back and then fixated. He knows the smell of that body. Mia was unable to take her gaze away from the man who was none other than Matteo.

“Theo? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Brescia with your amazing girls?” satirize Mia with a slightly slender tone. He moved back as Matteo continued to approach him.

“I purposely came here to see you. Can't it be? Oh, I forgot if you were going to get married soon,” replied Matteo with a disappointed tone that he covered through his gallant attitude.

“Yes, I'm getting married soon. Apparently I'm so famous that the news can get to your ears,” quipped Mia again with her cynical smile. Mia did not know where Matteo had heard the news about her wedding plans. Anyway, he doesn't care about that.

Matteo stared intently at the girl. While Mia prefers to turn her gaze in the other direction. He did not want to fight the eyes of the man who had made him fall into a feeling of love without reply. However, even though Mia was being indifferent to him, Matteo still had not taken her eyes off that beautiful face that still was and would always attract her attention. Matteo moves closer and closer, so Mia has to go back.

“Why, Mia? Why are you staying away?” matteo asked still with a sharp gaze that kept raining down on Mia, thus making the girl feel uneasy. He did not answer Matteo's question.

“Sway! Leave me alone!” hardik Mia firmly. The look on his face showed how much he was withstanding the immense anger towards the man.

Despite being annoyed by Mia's attitude, Matteo still tried to hold back his anger. However, Matteo was not a patient Valentino. He cannot control the sense that has raged in recent days, from the time Coco told him that Mia would marry Valentino. Matteo immediately pulled Mia's arm, until the girl approached. After that, Matteo leaned his slender body against the wall of one of the buildings there.

Mia intends to avoid. However, Matteo immediately put his arms on Mia's left and right sides. Matteo's gaze still hasn't changed. His heavy breathing continues to hunt and warm up in Mia's face. The girl chose to turn her face away.

“Tell me honestly! Are you sure of your decision?” matteo's voice sounded so heavy with a very deep emphasis. Mia knew that the man was holding back his great anger, which Matteo probably didn't want to vent to him. “My answer, Mia!” press Matteo firmly. He felt irritated because Mia seemed to play cat-kissing with him.

“Why should I tell you? You're not who I am! You're just a coward that doesn't deserve to be around me!” reject Mia firmly.

Hearing Mia's stern words, Matteo's anger grew. However, he still continued to try to hold it. “Listen to me, Mia! Think again, lest you regret your decision!” 

“Why should I regret it? There is nothing wrong with my decision, because I will marry the man who loves me sincerely. I don't need a man who doesn't even dare to confess his own feelings just because of an ego. Why do you have to come here and see me again? You think by meeting you, hearing all of your words earlier then I will undo my intentions? No, Theo! You are wrong!” Mia pushed Matteo's body backwards. It gave him room to escape. Mia passed from there. However, Matteo quickly grabbed his hand again. Matteo gripped Mia's wrist tightly, even as the girl grimaced in pain. “You hurt me, Theo!” ringis Mia's.

Matteo paid no heed to the ringisan Mia showed. His heart was so hot, especially since he was unable to vent his anger. Matteo only showed his stifled emotions through his sharp gaze.

“Say once again, Mia! Tell me if you're pretending right now!” emphatically Matteo with a fairly high tone of speech. He continued to look at Mia who chose not to return his gaze. “Guardami, Bella!”( Look at me, beautiful!) matteo's voice again sounded calm after a while.

Mia could only be silent. He turned his gaze to Matteo despite his hesitation. Not long after, Mia turned her face back. In reality he did not dare to do what Matteo had asked of him. Mia's attitude made Matteo confident. He knew that what Mia said was not in accordance with his heart.

“Ti conosco, Mia,” (I know you, Mia) Matteo said in half a whisper. However, Mia did not respond to him. “Do not force yourself to something you do not like, because it will be very painful for you,” continued Matteo still with the same tone of speech.

“You don't know how hard it is when it comes to fighting your own feelings. It felt a lot more painful, compared to when you took a bullet out of my arm without drugs,” Matteo said. All of her words had made Mia's wrath become erratic. Mia again could not understand the character of the man before her.

“E mi hai fatto tanto male, Theo,” (And you have hurt me so much, Theo) Mia replied as she kept her face away from Matteo. “I feel so stupid. I was so insulted by you,” Mia said again. Without tears on the corners of her lips.

“I think I've become someone special to you. I thought that if I had managed to find a Martian figure in a human form, because even though it was difficult and had to take a long journey, I still tried to find it. But it turns out I was wrong. My biggest mistake was that I didn't prepare myself to be disappointed, so when I had to accept it. I was too surprised and ...” Mia lowered her face in a doldrums.

“That's another lie you offered to avenge all my sincerity, Theo. I don't want to think about it anymore,” Mia wiped her tears. He intends to continue his steps. But Matteo managed to prevent it. The man came back to his track.

“Do you love her, Mia? That's all I want to know,” urged Matteo while blocking Mia's arm quite tight. Mia is back grimacing. Matteo's handrails are so strong and hard on both arms.

“My arm hurts, Theo,” ringis Mia.

Matteo. He removed his hand from Mia's arm. Mia then crossed her arms around her chest and rubbed her two painful arms. His eyes are still glazed.

“It's hard to force a man to love a woman he doesn't want. However, this does not apply to a woman. I can force myself to have that love present for Valentino, and I don't have to regret my decision either!” obviously Mia. After that, he rushed to his house. His slender body disappeared behind the door.

Matteo was still glued for a while. Tightness and relief mixed into one. It's hard when she has to face reality because Mia has absolutely no intention of canceling her wedding plans. Relieved, because Mia apparently does not love Valentino, at least for now.

Matteo then turned his gaze on the building that Coco occupied. Without thinking for a long time, he rushed to get there to meet a friend who he had not met for a few days.

There were many things Matteo wanted to talk about with the curly-haired man. Matteo also needs a conversation partner, and Coco is the right person to be able to make a place to share. Coco is a very experienced man, when it comes to problems with women.

Matteo sits on a wooden chair by the window, where Coco used to watch over Mia. The man's gaze was fixed on the room where he placed a feeling that he could no longer take. The feeling that he thought would be the end of his story with a girl named Mia, but it has become a strap that pulls him even tighter to get back at the girl.

"What does he usually do, man?" ask Matteo flat.

Coco handed Matteo a bottle of water. He stood up, leaning his arm against the wall by the window. Thin smoke billows from a cigarette that he is smoking. "You'll know for a moment too" replied Coco following Matteo's gaze.