Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

“Papa.”

She turned to face Luca when she heard his voice.

She had expected to see Luca with his father, sort of bracing herself to meet the man who hadn’t wanted her in his son’s life. What she hadn’t expected was that he’d be alone and staring directly at the man beside her.

The man with the cane.

The man she’d just spent the last few minutes chatting with.

Her breath caught as realization finally settled in.

“Oh, you’re Luca’s father.”

Nick arched one amused brow at her. “You didn’t know? Does my son not take after his old man?”

Sutton’s face flushed.

“No. I didn’t know.”

She turned fully toward him now, awkwardly rising from the bench. “I… I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to-”

Nick waved a hand easily, still seated. “Don’t be silly. You were kind, and you should never be embarrassed about being kind.”

He reached for his cane and used it to leverage himself upright. Luca stepped forward quickly, automatically steadying him with a light touch, one hand on his father’s elbow.

Nick shook his head but allowed it.

“I told her I’d had surgery. Didn’t say who I was,” Nick said, glancing toward his son. “Your woman is bossy, Luca. I would watch that.”

“She scolded you,” Luca said, shooting Sutton a teasing glance.

Nick chuckled. “She did. Little fire in her, this one.”

Sutton tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear. “You were reaching for your cane. I wasn’t going to just stand around and let you fall on your face.” She hadn’t even known Luca’s father was in the hospital. When the hell had that happened? Wait until she got Luca alone.

a smile. “That does

and it didn’t matter to you that you didn’t know me.

for her hand and took

very good to people,” he

chest at the

sorry I judged you without knowing. Or rather, I judged what I thought you were. And caused both you and Luca a great deal

at the words. She hadn’t expected this

after a heartbeat, That

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see he was

He saw her kindness

more than Luca could’ve

day. only cleared for short walks, and if I keep standing here, someone will come wagging a clipboard

take you back,” Luca

you’re acting like a good

be in shock,” Luca muttered

Luca helped his father begin making his way down the hall. She walked with them slowly, lingering as they turned toward the wing that

minute later, an older nurse at the nurse’s station spotted them and came around the corner with a wheelchair, giving Luca

to let us know, Mr.

party.”

grumbled something in Italian under his breath, but he

own. I was just

for the rest of the week,” Luca muttered as he crouched slightly to adjust the footrest beneath the

had me under control,” Nick

Sutton chuckled. “Behave yourself.”

meet

back in his room and under the nurse’s watchful eye, Luca returned to Sutton, falling into step

to her room and helped her lower onto the bed. He set her water bottle out,

visitor chair close,

Sutton whispered into the

“He’s lucky. Very. But yeah.

her head rest against the pillow, exhaustion tugging at her again. She wouldn’t say it out loud, but today

realized.