Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 113

Chapter 113

“You’re seriously going to dinner with him?” Keira demanded, sprawled across Sutton’s bed while Sutton tried on her third outfit. “After everything he did to you?”

“It’s just to discuss the baby,” Sutton replied, smoothing the black wrap dress over her bump. “Plans for when he or she arrives. It’s practical.”

“Bullshit.” Keira sat up. “You’re still hot for him.”

“I am not.”

“Your face says otherwise.” Keira grinned. “Plus, you’ve changed clothes three times for this ‘practical‘ dinner.”

Sutton sighed, turning sideways to examine her reflection. The dress hugged her curves in all the right places, making her pregnant belly look elegant.

rather than cumbersome.

“It’s… well, complicated, Keira.”

“No shit.” Keira flopped back on the bed. “He called you terrible names, accused you of cheating, pushed you away. But he’s hot, and you still want to

climb him like a tree.”

“I do not!” Sutton protested, but the heat rising in her cheeks betrayed her.

“Look,” Keira said, her tone softening slightly, “I get it. He’s trying. Blair says Roman vouches for him. And at the bridal shop last week, he looked at you like you hung the moon.”

“He did not,” Sutton muttered, though she’d noticed his gaze following her.

“Whatever you say. Just be careful, okay? You’re my big sister. I don’t want to see you hurt again.”

“I know what I’m doing,” Sutton insisted, though she wasn’t entirely convinced herself.

The doorbell rang, making Sutton jump. “He’s early.”

“Of course he is.” Keira rolled her eyes.

Sutton opened the front door to find Luca standing there, looking so gorgeous it made it hard to remember why she should keep her distance. His eyes darkened as they swept over her, lingering on the way the dress hugged her curves.

“You look beautiful,” he said, his voice low.

“Thanks.” She grabbed her purse, trying to ignore the flutter in her stomach that had nothing to do with the baby. “Let’s go.”

Keira appeared behind her. “Have her home at a reasonable hour. She needs her beauty sleep.”

Luca nodded solemnly. “I’ll take good care of her.”

“You better,” Keira replied, the threat implicit. “I know where you work.”

Sutton shot her sister a warning look before stepping into the hallway.

He placed his hand at the small of her back as they walked to the elevator, the heat of his palm burning through the thin fabric of her dress. Every nerve in her body was very aware of him.

In the elevator, they stood on opposite sides, the small space suddenly feeling too intimate. Luca’s eyes never left her face.

“Where are we going?” she asked, needing to break the silence.

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a private room

agreed on somewhere public,” she said, frowning. She worried about her control somewhere

The restaurant will be full. But I thought you might be more comfortable somewhere we can talk without

the lobby. Through the glass doors, Sutton could see his

the model. Now give her a computer…

they stepped outside

Luca offered, reading her hesitation.

Sutton let Luca help her into the car. He closed her door and then got in on the

maître d‘ led them through to a small private dining room with windows

practical dinner,” Sutton observed

her, his eyes never leaving hers. “Would that be so

to say. Because I don’t trust you

picked up the menu. “Let’s just keep

waiter pouring sparkling water for Sutton and wine for Luca. When they were alone again, Luca leaned

meant what I said the other night. What you did was incredible.

was just

went above and beyond. The system

“It’s not ready yet.”

know, but after it worked so well on

see he was struggling with switching between work and the reason they were here tonight. “How good I am at Cyber10 isn’t the reason we’re here

for a moment.

“Can you blame me?”

his wine. “But I’m trying to make

with money

the table, his fingers brushing hers. “But I have

arm. She pulled back,

talk about the baby,” she said. “That’s

flickered in his eyes. “Right. Have you thought about birth

was safer territory, though still intimate in its own way. He was still coming to her appointment

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food arrived, and they ate while Sutton told him about

want to be there,” Luca said suddenly. “For

from her pasta, caught

he continued. “But I’d like to be at the hospital. To see the baby as

raw honesty in his voice made her chest tighten. “I’ll think about it.” She

him away now.

Luca ordered dessert, though Sutton protested she was

soufflé here is exceptional,” he

She rolled her eyes but didn’t argue further. When the soufflé arrived, steam rising from its perfect dome,

“Try it.”

as the rich chocolate

was watching her, his gaze heated.

out

the table, his thumb brushing the corner of

lingered, and Sutton found herself leaning into it slightly. The

he murmured, his voice

rate picked up… she wanted him, and just his voice was enough to remember how good it was

the mistake of loving you again, Luca… If it

around the table to kneel beside her

her belly,

“That’s incredible,” he whispered.

has been extra active lately. They say it’s

said softly

spring to Sutton’s eyes. This was what she’d imagined when she first learned she was pregnant –with

expression,