Love & Business: Part III

Unspoken Rules

Sophia's POV

Hunter and I sat in Mr. Santoro's office, waiting for his arrival.

"Are you sure you're okay?" I asked Hunter as I handed him a tissue from my bag.

Ever since I became a mom, I've always come prepared.

He grabbed the paper from me and blew his nose.

"I'm fine," he sighed.

I looked at him. He didn't look fine. His face was red, he had droopy eyelids and looked tired.

I subconsciously touch his forehead to feel his temperature.

"Hunter, you're burning up."

He looked at me with a sort of longing in his eyes.

"I'm here!" Mr. Santoro's voice echoed through the hollowed halls as he barged into the room.

Hunter immediately pulled my hand down from his forehead before giving Mr. Santoro a handshake.

I huffed before I did the same.

"By any chance, are any of you Italian?"

I shook my head. "No, but our fathers are."

"Really? From where?"

"Hunter's father is from Rome and mine is from Naples."

"Ahh, I see. You both have that Italian look."

Mr. Santoro put his hands on his hips. "What brings you two here, again?"

Suddenly, Hunter pulled me closer to his side and handed Mr. Santoro the business plan.

A smile popped on his face and he put on his glasses to see.

"This may take a while so sit. If everything is good, then I'll have a contract drawn up."

We nodded before taking a seat.

The office was awfully quiet. Mr. Santoro was reading every word in that plan and Hunter looked like he was fighting for his life.

"You can go back to the hotel and I can take care of this," I whispered to him.

He shook his head as he skimmed through a catalog.

I sighed before going on my phone and going through a few Instagram posts.

Blaze started calling me and I immediately declined. He called five more times before I eventually walked out of the office to answer.

S: Baby, mommy is in a meeting.

B: Where is daddy?

S: He's in the meeting too.

B: I want to talk to you and daddy!

S: I'll call you when we're done.

B: Please mommy. I miss you. Can you send a picture with you and daddy?

S: Fine.

I quickly ended the call before walking back in.

When I sat down, Hunter looked at me.

"Everything okay?"

"Blaze is just being Blaze."

He laughed.

"What does he want this time?"

"He's saying he wants me to send a picture of us."

"So?"

I looked at him confused. He quickly grabbed my phone, took a selfie with us, and sent it.

"See? No biggie," he said before returning to the catalogue.