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 told myself that’s what women like

Sutton flinched.

stop myself. I didn’t want to deal with the idea that I couldn’t follow my father’s wishes if what you said was true. If your pregnancy was real, I could’ve ruined my

she echoed,

“I don’t think that now. I swear to God, I don’t. But then? Then I was scared and angry and… looking for someone to blame.

“So you hurt me.”

set you free… I said some hurtful things because I needed a clean break,” he said. “Because I felt I needed to do as my

Sutton didn’t say anything.

were just another model. Pretty but

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

Luca added, softer now. “I was consumed

breath caught. But she

far along you were.

anyone else,

in shock. “You were

There was a pause.

first time

say? He really had fucked things up with her from

stayed. I should’ve asked questions. I should’ve listened. But I didn’t. I said awful things. I pushed you away trying to cut all ties like my father wanted. I was

flinched again, harder

rest of them. But you have never been like other women. You

a whisper. “And then you

said. “Knowing

Sutton’s throat burned.

But she couldn’t tell him she didn’t love him because she did. She wasn’t sure

talking was

his emotion was real. She had

to touch you just now,” Luca said, voice rough again. “Not

Sutton blinked, stunned.

“What?”