Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 105

Chapter 105

He stared at her, shock was written on his face. “Sutton… Wamer?”

“Yes.”

Luca came around the desk slowly, like he was afraid she would vanish or bolt like a wild animal. His eyes dropped to her stomach, lingered there, then rose back to her face. The relief in his expression was easy to see..

“You kept it,” he said, his voice thick with emotion. “The baby. You didn’t…”

“Get rid of him?” Sutton finished, a flash of anger rising. “Of course not. I told you I was keeping her.”

“He?” Luca’s eyes widened further. “It’s a boy?”

Sutton shook her head. “No, just a figure of speech… better than ‘it.“”

“Jesus Christ,” he breathed, running a hand through his hair. “All this time… I’ve been looking for you. Everywhere. And you’ve been here. Working for my

company.”

“I didn’t know it was your company until this morning. I knew about the new owner, but I didn’t know it was you,” Sutton said. “And it’s not like I’ve been hiding. I’ve been right here, using my real name.”

“Your real name,” he echoed, like the words didn’t make sense. “Not Audrey.”

“Audrey was my modeling name,” she explained. “My professional name.”

Luca moved closer, close enough that she could smell his cologne. The scent hit her with a wave of memories… his skin against hers, his breath on her neck, his hands in her hair as he pushed into her willing body… Oh god, she couldn’t start thinking of that now.

“I’ve had people searching for you,” he said. “For months. Ever since you left.” His voice cracked slightly. “I got your test. The pregnancy test. I tried to find you, but you were gone.”

Sutton swallowed hard. “I’m not sure why, unless you wanted me to sign an NDA. I think the people you hired owe you a refund.”

“And your hair…” He gestured vaguely to her head. “It’s different.”

“This is my natural color,” she said. “The platinum blonde was for modeling.” The ends still showed a lighter color, the rinse she used often fading.

looked like he was stuck in car headlights frozen unsure about which direction he should take. “So everything

name, and my hair and eye color,” Sutton said sharply. “Everything else was me. I just didn’t tell you

“But why not?”

important. You never asked.” She hadn’t meant for it to sound like an accusation… no, that was a lie, it

meant it.

asked.” His eyes dropped to her belly again. “How far along are you? I didn’t realize how pregnant you

six and a

hand twitched, like he wanted to reach out and touch her,

fine. So I have

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softly, something naked and vulnerable crossing

stretched between them, filled with all the things they hadn’t said. All the hurt. All the

to remember himself. He straightened, his face becoming more controlled.

“About what?”

gestured to her belly.

clear when you called me a slut and walked out, When you told me I was nothing but a good fuck who had nothing to offer. When you accused me of trying to trap

wrong. I know that now. I tried

“Too little, too late.”

“Sutton-”

do,” she cut him off, moving to stand. “Unless you’re firing me right now,

not firing you,” he said quickly. “Jesus, I’m not–why would

the last week making my life hell, telling me I’m deadweight, that I’m ‘distracting,”

face darkened. “Nicole

took my plant.” It sounded petty, but it had been the first

he repeated

kept on my desk. She said it wasn’t

“I’ll

that,” Sutton said

“We need to talk about this. About the baby. About what

my maternity leave, then