Page 88 of Sweet Deception

Gio chuckles, shaking his head.

He finishes addressing my cut when Luca barges into the room. "Angel? Are you okay?" He kneels by my side and gently grabs my face between his hands.

"I'm okay. It's not as bad as it looks." I place my hand over his on my face and smile my reassurance.

Luca snaps his gaze to Gio with narrowed eyes. "How did this happen?"

"It's not his fault. I ran into the door." I try to explain, but Luca's still glaring at Gio. And because it all hits me, I burst out laughing. When I think about it, the entire scene was hilarious. From finding Gio the way I did to Luca storming in here as if I'm on my deathbed.

Luca frowns, and lets go of my face.

"You broke her." Luca glares at Gio, which has me laughing harder.

Gio shakes his head, winking at me before turning back to Luca. "Did Rafael call you?"

"Yes, he said Kylie walked into the club, so I rushed out of my meeting to get here. What the hell is going on?"

I finally snap out of it and glare at Luca. "Why would you rush here just because I walked into the club? And how does Rafael know?"

Luca turns back to me, and his eyes soften. "Angel, I have cameras everywhere."

"Oh." Then I remember what I walked into. I turn to Gio, disgusted. "Ew! You did that in here knowing it was being recorded?"

"Don't look at me like that. She knows we have cameras in here." He's trying to stifle his own laughter.

"Angel, why are you here?" Luca cups my jaw to bring my gaze back to his.

"Joseph said you instructed him to drop me off here." I shrug.

Luca and Gio look at each other as if they're communicating silently before turning back to me.

I already know the answer by their reactions, but ask anyway."You didn't tell Joseph?"

"No, but I'll find out what's going on." Luca pulls his cell out of his breast pocket and calls Joseph. "Why did you drop Kylie off at The Blue Velvet?"

Luca frowns, then snaps his gaze to Gio. "Something's off. Keep that message. I may want to look at it. Yes. She's safe. I'll talk to you later." Luca ends the call, and shifts to Gio. "He said you texted him the instructions."

"Bullshit." Gio feels for his back pocket but then moves to search the desk. "I don't know where my phone is."

"Fuck. Let me call it. Maybe it's on the floor, considering what you were doing earlier." Luca pulls out his phone again and calls Gio's phone.

Our heads turn as the buzzing comes from the couch. Gio moves to lift a cushion and finds his phone as if someone stuffed it down there.

Gio turns to Luca, jaw clenched. "I set this phone on your desk when Lisa came in."

"Did you leave her here alone?" Luca growls.

"No, but she came in here earlier to ask me a question. I pinned her to the edge of the desk to feel her up and then sent her on her way so I could finish the reports. She came back in later and that's when I took her on your couch."

"Call Rafael. Have him review the video feed to see if she takes it. I'm going to run Kylie home and then I'll be back and we'll take care of this." Luca takes my hand and pulls me from the chair. "Is your head okay? Do I need to carry you?"

"No. It's really just a scratch. I'll be fine."

I don't know what's going on, but now is not the time to ask as I follow Luca out of the office. When we get to the main part of the club, I glance at the bartender and he avoids facing us as we leave. I still can't figure out why he would do that. He's gotta know that Luca will demand answers. As we walk out the door, I glance to the other side of the room and find Lisa watching us with narrowed eyes.

I knew that girl was trouble.

Chapter thirty-six

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