Chapter 133

*Adrian's POV*

*It had been good. Everything was cool.*

*After mentioning my intention of stepping aside, my men were surprised, unsurprisingly, with many wondering and questioning what it would be like to not have me around æt the mansion so much again.*

*It was a major shift for me personally and to be honest, I missed the Mafia life.*

*If I was asked personally and without any iota of reservations, I missed the Mafia life. I missed the adrenaline rush it gave.*

*This life that I lived with Mia, although peaceful and calm did not have any of those, but I was not willing to give up quality time with my favorite persons in the world for the bustle of the Mafia.*

*I made sure to get as involved as I could. There was nothing else to do, anyways.*

*Christian still called me from time to time for some sort of advice, counsel.*

*I had handed everything over to him and it was a great workload for him. I could only hope for him to become stronger and more resilient through it all.*

*He had been the one to close up the deal with Ricardo. Ricardo, after he learnt of my early retirement did not seem to understand my reason as well as other people that heard about it. I did not expect them to, I only wished for them to respect my decision and leave me alone.*

*Well, not really leave me alone. I still liked that Christian called me from time to time. It gave me an avenue to try to relive the life.*

*Mia seemed to reduce the hawk eyes she gave me. She knew I was willing to make this work out and I was doing my best to not let her down. I could not.*

*She seemed happy. Too happy. And I was not going to put an end to that.*

*The loneliness that came with my decision was great. The lack of action almost tore me down. But, I knew I had something greater, something more to cherish and so I stayed back.*

*I did not want to break my promise. At least not anytime soon.*

*Watching the baby bump get bigger each passing week was a blessing. It was one of my favourite things to do right now.*

*Whenever I got calls from the mansion, I would always go outside to take the calls. If Mia suspected anything, she never did confront me.*

*Christian always filled me in on what was happening in my absence, even if I did not ask. He knew I missed there, irrespective of whether I would like to admit it or not.*

*He told me how he was able to convince Ricardo he could handle the job and how he did not fail to meet the latter’s demand.*

*The defeat of Alexei made it a lot more easy for him to navigate. I encouraged him, not forgetting to let him know not to relax, just because Alexei was no longer in the picture.*

*He needed to get ready. The villain position was never empty for so long.*

*I always made sure not to leave the house for too long on account of these calls. Too much time on them were not healthy for what I was trying to build with Mia.*

*“Adrian!” I had heard her call one time. I turned to look at her and the look she gave showed that she, somehow did not approve of the activitiy I was engaged in.*

*“One second.” I said back.*

*“Is that the lady?” Christian asked. He had heard her over the phone. How could he not? She was pretty loud.*

*“Yes “ I let out a quiet laugh.*

*“Well, you had better go to reply. She seems scary with that shout. I should check n stuff here. This was a nice talk.” He said. I could the smile in the way he spoke.*

*I knew he was happy for me and for Mia too.*

*I ended the call, before making my way to the house.*

*Her bump was bigger now and she looked fuller, more sexy and more enticing and without even trying too.*

*She was mixing dough on the table top.*

*She liked doing this and she continued regardless of how many times I have said for her to not stress herself.*

*I made my way to her, taking her hands in mine and moving forward to kiss her. She responded and soon it was a full on make out session.*

*We both stopped almost at the same time to get air and we resumed. She laughed on my lips, saying, “I am all covered up in flour. And, I did not call you here for you to kiss me.”*

*“Ouch? I am hurt by that, Mia. Now you are going to pay for hurting me.” I said in a sinister tone.*

*“As for the flour, we can both get dirty together.”*

*Her eyes widened, before she dipped her hand into flour storage container. Taking a handful, she threw it at me. The powder spread in the air and then it was on.*

*We went on and hard at it, throwing handfuls after handfuls of flour at each other till it was almost exhausted.*

*Then, we went on, continuing our make out session, before proceeding to the shower to get cleaned up.*

*We made out there and I made sure to give her a nice scrub, making sure she enjoyed the shower, even though the temperature was a little bit above what I normally would go for.*

*At the end of the day, this was what I always strived for and I was willing to forsake everything else to keep this.*

*I looked into her eyes and I could see the love that she had for me in them. She seemed to trust me more now, more than ever.*

*How awesome was that? Who knew having someone this close to you could make your thinking and reasoning change so much?*

*I did not want her to stop looking at me that way and I resolved within me, that this was the best decision ever.*