Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 141

Chapter 141

Her sisters and Roman had left before the fireworks. Sutton was glad Keira had been fuming mad, It was late morning by the time the hospital chief of staff left the room.

Or rather, backed out with a pale face and a panicked promise to “get to the bottom of this.” Luca hadn’t raised his voice; he hadn’t needed to. His tone had been low and cold and lethal, making sure every word landed.

“IF1 find out that even one person… nurse, administrator, janitor sold Sutton’s information to the press; not only will we sue for every fucking dollar of damages, I will make sure they never speak to anyone ever again,” he told them.

Then, when the man fumbled some excuse about patient access and systems vulnerabilities, Luca simply said “You’d better find out who leaked her story before I do. Because it’s your hospital, the cost won’t just be financial. I’ll make sure you can’t even get a job washing toilets. Do I make myself clear?”

And that was it. The door clicked shut. The chief shuffled away.

Sutton leaned back against the pillows, her cheeks still flushed with adrenaline, the whole exchange leaving a soft tremble in her chest.

She pointed at Luca, brows lifting. “Wow. That was…

Impres

terrifying, actually. Impressive. But terrifying.”

He didn’t look fazed. He came back to her bedside and gently rested his hand on hers

“I’m done letting the world strip you down to headlines,” he said. “They don’t get to define you or make shit up. If it were about me, I wouldn’t care. But this is about you and Miles.”

“Talking about our son, let’s go see him.”

“Before we do, there is something…” Luca’s expression didn’t change. He just slowly reached toward the jacket he’d left hanging on the back of the visitor chair. Pulled it off and reached into the inside pocket before tossing the jacket aside. And then, before her heart could catch up, he turned and dropped to one knee.

Right on the cold linoleum floor beside her hospital bed.

Luca De Santis – billionaire, global CEO, ruthless in a boardroom and impossible in negotiations and against a hospital chief of staff – was on one knee

in front of her.

“This time,” he said softly, “marry me because you finally believe love you. Not because of pressure… or guilt… or the baby. But because you know it’s

real now. Because you feel it.”

Sutton’s throat burned.

She didn’t hesitate.

“Yes,” she said.

“Yes. I’ll

the corners of her eyes before she could blink them away. She was overwhelmed

“I never stopped. And I’m so tired of trying to pretend I could move on without you. Try… to prove to everyone, including myself, that I didn’t need

then he opened the small velvet box

emerald cut diamond.. simple, beautiful, set

face softened in

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Chapter 141

“Where did you…7”

of your accident,” he said, voice breaking just slightly. “That same day. I was already planning to proposer Even though wanted more time. I wanted you

he had. Of course, he had been planning to. She couldn’t say she would have said yes because she

stood and gently slipped the ring onto her finger. She was surprised to see his

And it fit perfectly.

her hand, the brilliant diamond resting above the hospital ID band on her wrist,

has to be the weirdest proposal story of

“Maybe. But it’s ours.

people think? We’ve got each other, we are

official statement was given by Luca himself to

vory vent

a modest podium set up outside Lenox Hill’s

around Sutton’s waist, steadying her carefully as she stood beside him, dressed in a loose dress Blair had brought in for her to wear, and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail, still damp from her shower which she had been allowed

the room to order by taking one step

Warner… is not

He paused.

mind in my company. The heart of the virus detection program that saved Kingston just this week and

of our other

She hadn’t known that, but then they had

programmer. Designing a system that can be proactive in virus protection instead of reactive. This system in a hospital could save lives. There could never be a threat of shutdown because the software is in step with

Camera lenses clicked.

blinked bravely through the

like her. We never got to make a formal announcement of our engagement. Because hours later, she nearly died during

almost laughed. Luca was stretching the truth there. He had the ring, but she

A hush fell.