Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 92

Sutton stood in front of the mirror, making a few last–minute touches to her platinum blonde hair and makeup. She still hadn’t taken out the bright green contact lenses from her earlier photo shoot. They masked the true blue of her eyes.

Luca had called from the airport to let her know he was on his way. She hadn’t seen him in five weeks. Five long weeks. She hadn’t realized just how much she’d missed him until she heard his voice. This had been the longest they’d ever been apart.

He’d sounded tired… but that had never stopped him from coming straight to see her before. Whenever he returned from a trip, he always came to her first. He’d take her in his arms, devour her with a hunger that defied words. They rarely made it to the bedroom.

Sutton glanced down at the pregnancy test on the vanity, the two pink lines still boldly visible. She didn’t know why she’d kept it. Her doctor had already confirmed the result, but maybe part of her needed the reminder. Her life was about to change in a major way. There was no thought of getting rid of the baby. It was a part of the man she loved.

They had never talked about a future. Their passion had always burned too hot to leave room for questions. And yet, he’d been with her longer than he’d ever been with anyone else.

Maybe she was crazy for falling for him. Luca De Santis was known across Europe as a billionaire playboy. He didn’t do commitment. He didn’t do permanence. What would he say when she told him?

She’d found out she was pregnant just two days after he left for Italy. The timing hadn’t made sense at first… she’d had her period before he left, but the doctor had explained that some women still bleed in early pregnancy. Nothing to worry about, he’d said. And now, at three months pregnant, she still hadn’t told Luca.

He had been away for five weeks. She couldn’t do it over the phone. So she’d waited… agonizing day after agonizing day for him to come back so she could tell him to his face.

Would he think she’d done it on purpose? After all, he’d left the responsibility of birth control to her. Pregnancy hadn’t been on the cards for either of them. But she’d missed two pills when she was sick with a stomach virus. That’s all it had taken. Some women struggled to fall pregnant. For her, it had taken one stomach bug—and that was it.

still–flat stomach. She ran a hand over it–over

she loved him. She’d tried not to

vanish.

pushed back on was her job. Luca had asked her to travel with him a few times, but she always said no. She had her own career, her own commitments. Her sisters had needed her to make a good living. But now Blair and Keira were both working. They didn’t need her to carry that responsibility

Laura’s coattails, of using the family name to get ahead in

the model. Not Sutton Warner, the nerdy computer girl from the USA. She’d meant to tell him eventually, but the right moment never came. He’d never said he loved her. He wanted her, yes… but anything deeper? So the longer she had been Audrey to him,

been crazy to fall for him. They lived entirely in the now.

was pregnant, and everything was about to change. Whether their relationship survived or not would depend on Luca. A relationship? Who was

had always been low–key. She hadn’t wanted it to get back to anyone back home, and Luca never pushed to

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had meant something.

sound of a key turning in the lock pulled her out of her thoughts. Her heart jumped. She snatched the test off the counter and stuffed

inside and dropped his briefcase, she launched herself into his arms

him hard, needing the comfort