Marked For Crime Royalty| Book One | ✓

29 - What a Love Life

Time Jump - A week later

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Teresa and Adriano just pulled into the penthouse. Out of the blue, Adriano said he wanted to go back, but she thought Luciano did considering he didn't try to stop them, though he wasn't home.

It's been a week since she spoke to Ricco and they weren't sure when he would come around, and it's also been a week since she spoke to Luciano.

Every time he saw her, it seemed like he didn't want to, so she didn't bother him. She didn't like the avoidance. She barely slept correctly and she may have cried herself to sleep for four days straight, but at least Adriano was there to comfort her. They've gotten quite used to sleeping in the same bed.

She got out of the car with a sizable cage that held a barking Rolo. He was eight weeks old so they scheduled for him to get his first shots.

Walking into the house, it felt a little weird, a little foreign but it didn't matter. At least she weren't alone. Adriano locked the door, setting her bags down. "Home sweet home huh?" He chuckled and kissed her forehead, taking off his jacket.

She smiled, if there was anybody that cared most, it was Adriano.

Walking into the empty room down the hall, she opened Rolo's cage and set it down, letting him run out and get a feel of the house. Adriano moved the boxed, unbuilt play pen inside that they would be building today. Because Rollo was still a baby puppy, she didn't want him running around the entire house, because it was so big, and he could get lost easily. The playpen was big enough for her and Adriano to sit in and play with Rolo. Then they were going to set one up in the backyard, by the pool so he can run around there without getting lost as well.

She planned on making her yoga room or gym, but she found out that Luciano never did order the stuff. And she wasn't mad about it.

"Is that all?" She asked Adriano and he nodded. In unbagging everything, which was a light. She did initiate the playpen, but because she was lost Adriano took over. She did the little things like put the food and bowls in the kitchen and put his bed inside her room on the floor. Unfortunately her bed was too high for him to jump up and he wouldn't be able to until he was around 4 months old.

She also laid potty pads near his bed and area until he was trained. They were going to put some in the kitchen and in the playroom. Adriano was going to get Rolo's name engraved in a gold ID tag. Adriano was really helpful and a part of her hated that.

He was too considerate to comfort her over another guy when he had feelings for her.

She found Rolo, picking him up and sat him in the play room with them, closing the door so he wouldn't wander around. When she did set him down, he ran straight for Adriano making her pout and him laugh.

"Wow. You chose him over me?" She slapped his face playfully and softly and he turned around, the more she slapped him he tried biting her hand.

"So I want to talk to you about something" She initiated the conversation, throwing a toy and Rolo ran after it. Adriano nodded, reading the manual.

"Yeah? What is it?" He questioned.

"Well I know this past week you've been comforting me and sleeping with me-"

He sat the paper down, sighing. "Teresa-"

"Shh! I just wanted to say thank you." He chuckled, returning backing to the paper.

"No need"

Rolo came back and Adriano snatched the toy from him, shaking it side to side, Rolo trying to get it. "I also wanted to ask were you okay? Mentally?" She said and he chuckled pretending to throw the toy causing Rolo to run and he looked up, confused. " What do you mean?"