After washing and towelling each other dry, they helped each other dress up; him in a designer grey suit, and her in a long sleeved white blouse topped on a flared red skirt that he swore no woman could pull off and look as damn sexy as she looked.Sensing her fear as they climbed down the stairs, Luca assured her his mother's opinion of her hadn't changed despite how appalled she'd sounded the night before. If he knew his mother well, she was soon going to turn it into a joke. Besides, why would she be upset about them having sex when she wouldn't mind if she found out she had a grandchild tomorrow? She just hadn't liked where they'd chose to bang.As he had expected, his mother was up and had already prepared some food, sitting at the dinning table even though she made no attempt to eat as she tapped her index finger impatiently on her cover. At the clicks of their footwear, she looked up and bestowed them with a stern look that made them exchange a glance, both thinning their lips
"Mother, are you sure you aren't gonna invite the whole Rockford?" Luca questioned, staring skeptically at the three shopping carts that he, his mother and Skylar, each with one, rolled towards the sales counter. Frankly, they'd bought too many things for a party for three.His mother gave him an evasive look and shrugged. Then she engaged looks with Skylar, and they shared a conspiratorial chuckle. Luca's guts twisted, and he realized he shouldn't have trusted his mother. When it came to issues like this, the woman barely did what she was told.After issuing him the ultimatum that he wasn't going to work, his mother had pleaded with Skylar to stay with her, and his girlfriend with a telling look his way, decided that she could call in sick since she didn't have much pressing issues to tend to. Despite both his mother and Skylar knowing how to drive, the former still insisted that he chauffeur them.He'd never known that driving could be so tiring after spending six whole hours, taki
After checking to make sure his mother and Skylar had returned home, Luca took a taxi, still brooding as the last words of his latest ex employee rang incessantly inside his head.“You think she loves you? Ha! She said the same thing to Maxwell but he still caught her fucking another man... She's just a whore who's after your money, and I know she's cheating on you... You'll remember my words one day, Sir!”Lies. All lies, Luca decided, shaking the voice off. They were just the words of a bitter woman and he couldn't let it get to him so much. When he entered the house, he found Skylar, his mother and two other middle aged women he vaguely remembered but could only guess were his mother's friends chatting and laughing raucously in the living room."Hey, there's the birthday boy." His mother pointed at him proudly when he approached them.Luca snorted and wanted to clarify that his birthday was still three days away but he figured the women already knew that. He greeted them while they
The following day was a Saturday, which Luca would've loved because it always meant he and Skylar could revel in each other late into the morning. Not so today, when he found his thoughts such a chaotic mess. He tried. He really tried not to think of the text he'd read on Skykar's phone yesterday even as they had sex, but the keywords prevailed until his mind was racing with agitation. Love. 12:00. Satisfaction.12:00pm.He found himself waiting apprehensively for that time, his heart twitching and feeding his apprehension as the hours flew by excruciatingly slowly. If Skylar noticed something was a bit off about him, she didn't say much apart from ask him just once if he was okay. As for his mum, she was too caught up with preparations for his birthday that she probably didn't notice anything.Meanwhile he planned his strategy. When the time came, he would just ask Skylar to let him accompany her to wherever she was going. There was no way she would refuse if she had nothing to hid
The whole world, Skylar and Mark froze when Luca's voice echoed through the large office, then jolted right back into action a second later, giving her enough strength to finally push Mark off her. The man fell beside the couch with a sickening thud, and Skylar stood up, finally able to be breathe freely.“Oh Luca...” The relief that flooded her system that he was here wiped dry a second later when she saw the look in his eyes. The cyan orbs gleamed with hurt and disappointment and betrayal, all in one heart-stopping package.Swallowing hard, she struggled against the panic pulling at the fringes of her control, advancing towards him to touch him, to see if her touch would wipe away the disgust so emboldened on his face. He raised his hand, her cue to stop.Skylar froze, until the panic teared through her full force. “Tarzan, this is not what you are thinking.”“It isn't, huh?” His face had slipped on a mask of stoicism.“Sir, I tried to stop him but...” The woman who had escorted he
Luca thought he'd always known the meaning of betrayal. Now sitting in the taxi with the memory of Skylar and that man replaying in his mind like a video footage, he realized how wrong he'd been.His chest felt like a thousand weights were trampling on it with the sole intent of leaving him broken. God, he'd known something like this would hurt, but he'd never expected Skylar's betrayal to cut so deeply.He couldn't believe he'd missed all the signs. Of course he'd been so caught in in her that he'd lost his senses and his perception. Obviously, she'd always took him for a fool. That was the only reason she could dare to lie when he'd seen everything all so clearly.“Mister?” The snapping of a finger snapped him to reality. He turned to look at the cab driver. “I said we're already at the address you gave me.”It was then Luca realized the car had already stopped. Pulling his wallet from his pocket, he tossed some dollar notes at the man, not caring whether it was too much payment as h
Skylar breathed in the simmering steam of coffee, hoping it would help her calm her jagged nerves, but she nearly dropped the cup of hot liquid when, as she stepped into her living room, her eyes fell on the man who sat in one of her couches with his legs crossed and arms outstretched on the headrest on either side of him.She realized she'd left the door unlocked, and her heart soared at what this unexpected visit could entail: that'd he'd calmed down enough to want to listen to her explanations now.“I see you are as relaxed as ever.” He spoke, slowly lifting his eyes to her.Skylar's heart plummeted right to the ground at the bitter edge to his tone. “Luca...”“It's okay. You don't have to say anything, Skylar.” The words were calmly said, but it was the glimpse of the emotion that seemed to burn in his eyes that made her flinch. Hatred?Skylar swallowed, struggling to steady the ceramic cup in her hand as she walked towards him tentatively. “I thought you were here so that we coul
“Dude, are you sure you want another bottle? Haven't you had too much?”Luca glared at the barman, then blinked so that his somewhat hazy vision could clear. “I've only had three bottles. Besides, what's your business? You aren't paying my liquor.”The guy shook his head, seemingly in resignation and turned away from the counter. Ten seconds later, he placed Luca's fourth bottle of tequila in front of him.“Aren't you Luca Knight?” He suddenly asked as he uncapped his bottle.Luca grabbed the cold bottle, then blinked when his shoulders felt too weighted down to shrug. “Yeah, so?”“Man, you're drank shitless and you don't even have a bodyguard. A man like you should know that's dangerous.” He looked shocked. “Will you mind your fucking business? I'm just buying drinks from you. You are not my friend.” Luca bit out sharply, not caring that he was being rude.The man raised his hands, seemingly in surrender. “Fine, I was only trying to help.”He turned to attend to another person at the