The charm of Mr. De Luca

Mia's Tears

Mia shut the door of her house tightly. He leaned his body against the door. His heart ached with Matteo coming there. The girl could not hold back her tears. Had Matteo come a while ago, long before he had accepted Valentino's proposal, he would not have felt the same disdain as he does today.

“Mia, what's up?” francesca asked who had just come out of her room. The girl looked so worried. He immediately approached Mia, but Mia immediately wiped her tears and smiled gently. “You okay, Mia?” ask Francesca again. Mia nodded confidently.

“I just missed mom. I'm so worried about the situation,” Mia's looking for an excuse. “You've eaten, Francy?” tanyakanya. He tried to shift the theme of conversation.

Francesca smiled slightly as she nodded. “You know not if I'm not good at cooking. I just made panzanella. Incidentally in the fridge there are some ingredients, so I just wear it,” Francesca explained. The girl then took a slow breath. Francesca seemed to be thinking of something.

“Are you still hungry?” ask Mia. He tried to behave properly in front of his sister.

“No Mia. Looks like I'll just go to sleep. Tomorrow I have to go to school" Francesca replied.

"I'll graduate soon and go to college. I feel like I want to be an adult girl like you, Mia,”, Francesca said with a smile. Smile that looks different than usual.

Mia approached the girl. He then gently touched Francesca's shoulder. “You'll be an adult soon, that's for sure. I hope the more you grow up, the wiser you can be. Good night, Francy,” Mia kissed her sister's forehead affectionately, as if there were no boundaries between the two of them. Mia already considered Francesca like her own biological sister, even though they had no direct blood relation, and indeed it should have been like that. He was very concerned about his bad relationship with Daniella. But that's the truth. She could not force Daniella to act like Francesca.

After finishing her bra with Francesca, Mia then entered her room. It was called the lamp of the room until the atmosphere there became bright. Mia then sat at the end of the bed with her head down. Not long after, he then cupped his face with both palms. Mia continued her delayed crying. He did not want others to see him grieve and shed tears. He always kept it all to himself.

Matteo, who had been watching the girl since then, immediately moved from his seat. He stood by the window with a straight look on the room opposite the building. He wanted to approach the girl to wipe her tears. But everything was too difficult for him to do.

“Is Mia always like that?” matteo asked half-murmuringly.

“Yes. Almost every night I see him alone on the balcony. He used to stand there long enough,” said Coco. “To be honest, I pity to see it. I also do not know what kind of plan we have arranged, Amico,” continued Coco while gulping down his drink again.

Matteo did the same and without taking his eyes off the girl who was still crying herself inside her room. He feels confused. His feelings are raging. Matteo knows clearly that even Mia does not want her marriage. Should he go back to the girl and take her away? Matteo doesn't want Mia to fall into another man's arms.

“There's one thing I want to tell you, man,” Coco said in a serious-sounding tone, thus making Matteo distract her from Mia. The gray-eyed man looked at Coco sharply and fully inquisitively. “What is it?” ask Matteo flat.

Coco stepped near the table on the side of the bed. He put out his cigarette in the ashtray that was there. Coco also placed her empty bottle. A moment later, the man with bright brown eyes thrust out an access card he found in the room he was checking in the afternoon. Matteo looked at the card as he scrunched his forehead. “Whose card did you steal?” tanyakanya.

Coco sat on the edge of the bed with half a bow. His gaze was fixed on Matteo who was still standing by the window. “I found the card in one of the rooms in this building,”.

“Then, what's the problem?” matteo asked inexplicably.

“There is no problem with the card, the problem is the owner of the card,” explained Coco. The man then stood up and approached Matteo. He leaned his arm against the wall by the window, facing his friend who still showed a clueless look.

“A man has rented one of the rooms here. I was very surprised, because it turned out that the man was spying on your girl, Friend,” Coco explained again to make Matteo dumbfounded to hear it. Both of his eyes stared intently at the man with that charming smile.

“How does the man's features?” search Matteo. He became very interested and curious about the news that Coco had told him.

Coco was silent and remembered. He imagined the man and tried to describe him in great detail. Coco then recounted the incident on yesterday when she followed Mia who was being stalked by the stranger. Meanwhile, Matteo listened carefully. He tries to guess who the man is and what his purpose is to spy on Mia.

“At a glance, I heard the man speaking in Spanish. But I don't think he is Spanish. His face is from Latin America. You remember Rodrigo? More or less like that,” Coco said.

“Do you see any other special features of that man?” search Matteo again.

“I guess nothing stands out apart from its large high posture. It reminds me of my favorite wrestler in school,” said Coco calmly. The man then turned his gaze out the window.

“Keep out of the window!” tell Coco to pull on Matteo's arm. He brought the man close to him to be more sheltered. Matteo then gawked slightly out the window. She saw Mia standing on the balcony of her room and looking at the building she was in. “Don't till Mia sees you here,” Coco said. He hurried to turn off his room lights.

“Oh, God. I'd love to kidnap her!” Matteo was furious at himself who had behaved like a coward. He dared to challenge death to reclaim the weapon that Silvio had stolen, but he could do nothing when the girl he loved would move into the arms of another man.

“Don't act stupid, Amico! Think of plan B. A Matteo de Luca will never run out of sense to be able to achieve everything he wants. Isn't that right?” advice Coco. He did not want Matteo to lose control because it was too carried away.

“Come, Coco. Right now I can't think quietly!” matteo complained with annoyance. Time and time again he grunted in annoyance. Matteo finally decided to sit on the edge of the small bed. “You know what uncle Antonio did a few days ago?”

“What?” ask Coco curiously.

“He wants me to do my own investigation into the death of my parents,” Matteo said.

“Don't the police take care of everything?” asked Coco in surprise.

“Not anymore, buddy. The police have officially stopped the investigation, because they have found the culprit,” Matteo said lethargicly.

“It's that fast?” coco asked in surprise.

Matteo half-bent his body. He closed both palms, then put them in front of his face. The man seemed to regret something. Moments later, the man who will soon be named as the new chairman of the de Luca organization, recounts all the results of the meeting he had with his uncle, Antonio. Matteo also tells the story of one of the members of the de Luca clan, who was used as a collision so that the police immediately stopped their investigation.

“I can't believe you're silent and agree to Mr. Antonio's madness!” coco Protest. He approached Matteo and held his best friend's arms. “What happened to you, Theo?” Coco was not inexhaustible with the attitude of her best friend.

Matteo did not immediately answer. He looked confused at the time. “Entah, Friend. I was really scared then. I can't think well and I can't focus either. I really messed up,” turn Matteo while ruffling his hair.

“Exploitation!” grunts Coco. He didn't accept it and of course didn't like everything Antonio did.

“The good news is that the forensic team has managed to identify the bodies of my parents, so that I can immediately pay their last respects. After that, I will act. I swear I will punish anyone who is the brains of the tragedy that has befallen my parents,” Matteo said with full confidence.

“Do you think Vincenzo Moriarty is behind all this?” Coco looked at Matteo who at that moment seemed to think back.

“Can be. However, I also have to figure out how Vincenzo's men can infiltrate the Casa de Luca, even to be able to put a bomb so freely in my car. But I do know that security at Casa de Luca is very tight. It will not be easy for an intruder to be able to penetrate it,” Matteo said. His face was filled with a huge sense of wonder. He still did not understand it, but Matteo did not want to just guess.

“Find out also where they know if the one they planted the bomb was really your car!” coco's words made Matteo even more astonished and had to think hard.

Matteo looked at Coco with a strange highlight. The man scrunched his forehead. "Do you think there's a traitor in Casa de Luca?" ask Matteo.

"Everything could have happened, Theo. I think, from now on it's best that you be more alert and don't act in a hurry."