Undeniably Claimed

Chapter 23: Touches and Kisses

"Mr. Sanford, your 3:00 o'clock has arrived."

Luca looked up to find Sophia looking at him with a gentle smile. He stood up straightening his jacket out before walking up to her. He leaned down to peck her lips. It has been three days since the event in the hospital. Today was their first day back in the office. Yesterday they met doctors to establish the steps for treatment. Luca said he would be with her every step of the way so he was. He sat in the room discussing exactly what she had and how they would go forward to treat it. 

She seemed to understand everything while Luca gripped her hand trying to take in everything they were saying. It was not something he had much knowledge on but the things that stood out was how extensive this was. She would be starting chemotherapy in a weeks time. She would be going once every three weeks for 6 total treatments. They advised during that time they would be hunting down for a match for a bone marrow transplant. Once the surgery is complete, she would then go through radiation for a month straight every day. 

Pulling back he looked her in those deep emeralds, "Let's go Tesoro."

She nodded her head turning as he placed his hand at the small of her back as they walked side by side to the conference room. Sophia opened the door for him which he scowled at but she just grinned back at him. He had to hold back the eye roll at her cheekiness as he enter the meeting. Mark was already present and stood to shake his and Sophia's hands. They all exchanged hands with the other business partners in the room. There were two men and one woman. As they took their seats, Sophia walked around making sure each person had a glass of water before taking her seat next to Luca. 

The meeting went well and the woman at the end pulled Sophia over to the side. Luca raised a brow but held back and watched as the woman smiled at his tesoro. She leaned in saying something quietly that made Sophia laugh before turning to look back at him. His curiosity was peaked but he waited until he saw the woman hand over a card to Sophia before walking over. His arm automatically going around her waist. The business woman smiled at the gesture before telling Sophia she would be in touch leaving afterwards. 

"Tesoro, what was that?"

He said lowly in her ear as they both stared at the closing door. Sophia grinned up at him practically bouncing on her toes. "Luca, she wanted to hire me-"

"You work here." He said sternly looking down at her. She stopped bouncing and pouted at him. His eyes zooming in on the lips before going back to her eyes. 

"Would you let me finish?" She huffed crossing her arms. Luca's arms coming around to encircle her securely. His lips going to her neck to kiss it tenderly. 

"I'm sorry love. She wanted to hire you for what?"

"She recognized me from my photos online. She wanted to hire me to take photos for her online site."

"As a photographer?" Luca asked earning a beam smile with a head nod. "Congratulations love but how did she recognize you?"

"Some of my online work has me featured by it. She must have seen them."

"Maybe..." He said replaying how the woman was looking at his tesoro. His thoughts are stopped as she cups his cheek making his eyes lock with hers. 

"What is it Luca?"

"I didn't like the way she was looking at you." 

Sophia's eyes go wide before she begins laughing shaking her head at him. "You could not possibly mean what I think you're implying!"

"She was checking you out tesoro." He said as his arms tightened. The look on Sophia's face showed how much she didn't believe it. "What is hard to believe that someone could be attracted to you?"