Betrothed To The Mafia Lord

Chapter 110

Sofia’s POV

As I was about to take another sip from the steaming cup of next to tasteless coffee, I heard footsteps

echoing behind me, from the entrance of the kitchen and I turned my head around slightly in order to Text © by N0ve/lDrama.Org.

see what was happening behind me, with my cup of coffee still clutched in my hands.

My eyes landed on Matilda almost immediately and I flashed her a tiny smile before turning back

around and lifting my cup up to my lips to drag in smother tiny sip, scrunching my face up once again

and forcing down the hot liquid down my throat. It was really heatic force down my throat and I was

seriously starting to imagine how people prefer this, over the mixture of coffee mixed with milk, cream

and sugar.

“Good morning, Mrs Ricci.” Matilda said to me as she made her way towards my side of the counter to

pause beside me, with her elbows placed on tne top of tbe counter, beside where my phone was,

exactly beside my left elbow.

She focused a really bright smile my way as soon as I turned around to stare into her face. I couldn’t

help it, my cheeks shifted a little to bring forth a smile which was almost mirroring hers, although it

wasn’t as bright nor wild compared to Matilda’s own.

“How are you, Matilda?” I said to her and watched as she pressed her hand against the top of her

forehead before allowing her eyes to slide close for a few seconds, before it opened once again and

locked with mine almost immediately.

“I am alright. Doing as great as always.” Matilda replied before moving a little from side to side before

starting to speak. “How are you as well?” She asked and I placed my cup of coffee on the table, beside

my phone as I made to reply to what I had been asked, moments ago.

“I’m excited, to be honest.” I said to her and watched as she inched closer to me as if we were

exchanging some kind of scarred secret between ourselves. She started to speak after a few seconds.

“It’s because of tne whole painting thing which you’re supposed to start this morning, right?” Matilda

inquired and I nodded my head once while trying to hold back the smile that was threatening to break

out on my face, as soon as Matilda was done speaking.

“I am excited for you as well, I can’t wait to watch you work and see you bring life into blank pages,

boards and walls… I just know it would be so amazing and mind blowing to watch.” Matilda gushed out

and I felt my smile which had still been trying to peak out, completely dried up after a few seconds.

“Um, Matilda?” I started to say after about a minute, not wanting her to get the wrong impression of

what I was about to start doing and wanting her to know what was actually happening, to avoid her

unknowingly raising her hopes up, only to feel so much dissatisfaction and disappointment as soon as

she watch me draw for the first time.

“Huh?” She replied almost immediately and I started to speak as well, in the next moment.

“You do know that I haven’t exactly drawn a thing before, right?” I started to say and watched as a lol of

confusion crossed her face for a few seconds before she raised her eyes up until she was staring into

my eyes after a moment.

“Oh, you haven’t?” Matilda echoed out and I shook my head immediately in reply to what she had

asked, placing my hands on the top of the cup of coffee, and dragging my hands over the side of the

hot cup, feeling tbe heat of tbe hot liquid burn into my palms.

“Oh, well I had thought you’ve been doing it right since you’ve still been back at home, and so I had

automatically thought that you just wanted to continue what you’ve been doing at home, here – since

it’s been over a week since you got married.

“Oh, no no. I can’t draw back at home, father wouldn’t ever dream of letting me.” I said to Matilda in

reply before I could even think about what I was about to say.

Matilda remained quiet after that and I bit on my lips as I watched as she stared into nothing for a little

while before glancing towards me once again.

“Well, it’s a good thing the master allowed you to do it then.” Matilda finally said and I remained quiet

after that, not knowing how to continue the conversation anymore.

And so I pressed my palms against different spots on the cup, liking how the heat of tbe cup licked over

my opened palms after some time of it being plastered against it.

I watched as Matilda leaned forward to stare into my cup, and she drew back almost instantly to stare

into my face.

“You’re taking your coffee black?” She asked and I huffed out a breath and shifted in my seat before

tugging my hands off the sides of tne cup before placing my hands on the top of my skirt, before

starting to reply to her.

“I hate blank coffee so much, but I couldn’t reach tbe top of those cupboards where the milk, sugar and

the rest were located in.” I said to her and watched as she started to shake her head almost

immediately.

“No, no. It’s not all located up there, there are some still located in one of the lower cupboards in that

part of tbe counter, because I am also not that tall as well, and neither is Sarah.” Matilda said to me and

I nodded my head, trailing my eyes over where her finger was pointed at, and noting where the said

cupboard was located at.

I still felt like taking another cup of actual coffee once again, but decided against it because I wasn’t in

the mood anymore, like I was, this morning when I had made my way into the kitchen.

“Thank you. I’d end up pouring this cup of coffee down the drain, and then I’d not bother making

another cup of coffee today anymore, I’d just get a cup of coffee tomorrow.”

“I could make you another cup of coffee if you still care for a cup, it would be ready almost

immediately.” Matilda said almost immediately like I had a feeling she would, staring up at me and

nodding his head slowly.

“No, don’t bother about it. Thank you.”