Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Luca already hated himself before he stepped into the room.

The weight in his chest had nothing to do with having to face his father and more to do with not being able to find Audrey.

Nick De Santis was seated behind the desk, a glass of something dark in his hand. Of course. Antonio, his younger brother by eight years, stood off to the side, leaned casually against the wall like he wasn’t waiting for the floor to crack open.

Luca didn’t sit.

“You wanted to speak,” Nick said, not looking at him.

Not a question. A statement.

“Yeah,” Luca said, eyeing the whiskey. “Should you be drinking that after heart surgery?”

“I only have one life, Luca, and I will live it to the fullest. If that means I will join your mamma in heaven a little sooner, then so be it.”

Luca let that settle for a moment before saying what needed saying. Before he was done, Luca was sure his father would need that drink.

“I’m not marrying her.”

There. Said it.

His father blinked slowly, like the words hadn’t landed yet. Then, very deliberately, he set the glass down.

Nick didn’t yell. Didn’t stand. Didn’t do much of anything.

Just said: “You told me you would.”

“I changed my mind.”

“No,” Nick said. “You don’t get to change your mind. That’s not how this works. You’re not some teenager throwing tantrums. You made a commitment. Marco Rossi is expecting our families to merge.”

“I don’t give a damn what Marco Rossi expects.”

That got a twitch in his father’s jaw. “Careful.”

marry someone I don’t want to

sake, since when has want had anything to do with this family? I never loved your mamma when I married her, but she became my world.

it’d blow the whole house down if he pushed hard enough. “There’s more to it. I

for you. After all the sacrifices. After building this empire–giving you every goddamn opportunity—you repay me by

me. I have my own interests and my own companies. That I built on my

feelings, Luca. This is about family. Have you fallen in love again with some unsuitable

anything about love,” Luca

Just fuck her and leave? Or have her on the side? You can’t burn it all down for a

shook his head at his father. “Mamma would have

father would not have

like he couldn’t stay quiet

this is really happening,” Antonio said, “if you’re

am,” Luca said without

Nick. “Then maybe… I could step

men looked at

arms. “You’d

measured. “I’ve known her a long time. I respect her. And I know how much this means to the

something delicate he wasn’t supposed to touch. Had his little brother been in love with Bella? Why hadn’t he said something? Luca would

desk. “It would keep things from going south

voice dropped an octave. “You’re not even going to ask why

that model. Audrey, or whatever

Luca’s body stiffened.

M

if she didn’t mean something. So let’s say she’s more than a fling–maybe you even convinced yourself it was real. But it

tight it could’ve shattered. His father had twisted his arm before surgery–what

both exhausting him. “You’re

that was

but sharp–edged. “She’s pregnant. He hadn’t meant to tell them. He wanted to find her

his words,

Nick froze mid–motion.

he

in a breath. “She’s having

Silence.

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