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.”

won’t marry someone I don’t

I never loved your mamma when I married her, but she became my world. -The same will happen for you if you give Bella

the whole house down if he pushed hard enough. “There’s more

everything I’ve done for you. After all the sacrifices. After building this empire–giving you every goddamn opportunity—you repay me

to me. I have

slow, deliberate. “Do not make this about your feelings, Luca. This is about family. Have you fallen in love again with some

said anything about love,” Luca

at him. “Then what? Just fuck her and leave? Or have her on the side? You

his father. “Mamma would have roasted your

not have dared cheat

room, Antonio shifted like

happening,” Antonio said, “if you’re actually

said without

Nick. “Then maybe… I could

looked at him

arms.

time. I respect her. And I know

the bitter laugh threatening to rise. Of course. Of fucking course. Antonio had always eyed her like she was 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 have stepped

on the desk. “It would

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

snapped. “It’s about that model.

Luca’s body stiffened.

M

wouldn’t be this spun out 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 wasn’t. If she mattered, you wouldn’t have said yes to the wedding to start

away, jaw clenched so tight it could’ve shattered. His father had twisted his arm

shook his head like they were both exhausting him.

was

cracked–quiet, but sharp–edged. “She’s pregnant. He hadn’t meant to tell them. He wanted

his words, everything

Nick froze mid–motion.

he

dragged in a breath. “She’s having my

Silence.

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