Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 117

They stayed like that for a while. Her fingers moving through his hair. His forehead still resting against her thigh. His breath was hot on her skin. It sent a shiver down her spine. There was no way she shouldn’t be turned on. She had never come so much in her life in one encounter.

Neither of them moved.

She should’ve said something. Anything. But she was exhausted. It fogged her brain a little.

But she didn’t know where to start. She didn’t know if she even wanted to break the silence yet. It wasn’t awkward. It was… necessary.

But then he exhaled. A low, ragged breath, like he’d been holding it for a few moments.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered again, barely above a whisper.

Her hand stilled.

She looked down at him. Taking in his disheveled state.

His eyes were closed. His body still braced against her like the apology was heavy enough to knock him over. Seeing him at her feet like this was humbling.

“Why?” she asked. “Why are you sorry?” Her voice was just as quiet as his. She needed to know, to understand. This was how forgiveness starts.

Luca didn’t answer right away.

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And then he did, not with one thing, but everything. “I didn’t believe you,” he said. “I should have believed you. Trusted you.”

Her chest tightened, but she didn’t speak.

“I didn’t believe you when you said the baby was mine,” he continued, still not looking up. “I didn’t even let you finish. I just… reacted. Like a coward. L caused this pain for the both of us.”

She felt the heat creeping into her face, not from shame but from remembering how he had been that day.

Every word he’d thrown at her. The way her world had split open.

trying to trap me. I

Sutton flinched.

head finally and met her eyes. “That wasn’t fair. And I knew it. Even then. But I couldn’t stop myself. I didn’t want to deal with the idea that I couldn’t follow

she echoed,

God, I don’t. But then? Then I was scared and angry

“So you hurt me.”

a clean break,” he said. “Because I felt I needed

Sutton didn’t say anything.

another model. Pretty but temporary | didn’t need you. I didn’t really know the

sit between them. She needed it, too. “Is it always going to be like that? You following

us. I promise you.” Luca added, softer now. “I was consumed with jealousy when in that moment I

caught. But she said

far along you were. What the doctor said. Whether the baby’s

anyone else,

at her in shock.

There was a pause.

time you never

nothing more. What could he say? He really had fucked things up with her from

But I didn’t. I said awful things. I pushed you away trying to cut all ties like my father wanted. I was gutted more than I thought I would be.” He paused. “I called you

flinched again, harder this

you were like the rest of them. But you

whisper. “And then

said.

Sutton’s throat burned.

him

talking was a

pretending his emotion was real. She

voice rough again. “Not after that. Not after everything. Not the way

Sutton blinked, stunned.

“What?”