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 want

anything to do with this family? I never loved your mamma when I married her,

down if he pushed hard enough.

you. After all the sacrifices. After building this empire–giving you every goddamn opportunity—you repay me by blowing up the only alliance that

more to you than it ever did to me. I have my own interests and my own companies. That

slow, deliberate. “Do not make this about your feelings, Luca. This is about

anything about

stared at him. “Then what? Just fuck her and leave? Or have her on the side? You can’t burn it all

at his father. “Mamma would

have dared cheat on

room, Antonio shifted like he

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

Luca said without hesitation.

Nick. “Then maybe… I could step

looked at

folded his arms. “You’d marry

I respect her. And I know how much this means to the

touch. Had his little brother been in love with Bella? Why hadn’t he said something? Luca would have stepped aside.

the desk. “It would keep

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

know,” Nick snapped. “It’s about that

Luca’s body stiffened.

M

“You think I didn’t keep tabs on you, Luca? You 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

shattered. His father had twisted his arm before surgery–what was he

like they were both exhausting him. “You’re

that was the

hadn’t meant to

at his

Nick froze mid–motion.

like he hadn’t heard

dragged in a breath. “She’s having my

Silence.

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