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.

smile. “That does sound

care about people, and it didn’t matter to you that you didn’t know me.

pause. Then Nick reached for her hand

people,” he said softly.

Sutton’s chest at

sorry I judged you without knowing. Or rather, I judged what I

words. She hadn’t expected this

a heartbeat, That

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could see

He saw her kindness without

more than

rebellion for one day. only cleared for short

back,” Luca offered

an eyebrow. “Now you’re acting like a

shock,”

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

spotted them and came around the corner with a wheelchair, giving Luca

buzz to let us know, Mr.

party.”

Italian under his breath, but

your own. I was just about to send

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

them for a step. “I was not alone… My future daughter–in–law had me under control,” Nick

Sutton chuckled. “Behave yourself.”

want to meet my

back in his room and under the nurse’s watchful

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

pulled the visitor chair close, turned it toward her,

whispered into the quiet: “He’ll be

voice low. “He’s lucky. Very. But yeah. He’s

her again. She wouldn’t say it out loud,

realized.