Page 40 of Wrestling With Love

"I know that look, Diamond."

She hated how easily he saw through her.

She hesitated, then, voice barely above a whisper, admitted,

"What if I lose?"

Luca stepped closer, tilting her chin up, forcing her to meet his gaze.

"Then you fight again."

His thumb brushed her jaw, voice low and steady.

"But you’re not losing."

She swallowed, uncertainty flickering in her eyes. He saw it, the doubt she tried to hide, the weight of expectations pressing down on her shoulders. Luca leaned in, his voice dropping even lower.

"Come back to me, okay?"

There was power in his words, but beneath it, a hint of something raw. Something dangerously close to desperation.

Diamond raised an eyebrow, forgetting her current turmoil, a slow smirk played at her lips. A challenge danced in the swirls of her bright green eyes.

"And if I don’t?"

Luca didn’t hesitate. His grip on her chin tightened just enough to make her breath hitch.

"Then I’ll take you hard, right on that blue mat, in front of all those people."

Her pupils dilated. Heat flickered between them, thick and undeniable. But Luca didn’t move, didn’t waver.

"So don’t make me do that, Bambina."

The First Match

The stadium was buzzing with energy. Diamond tightened the straps of her gloves, forcing her breath to steady.

She wasn’t expecting them.

Lena and Vincent, sure.

But Luca’s entire family?

His mother was seated next to his father, watching with an expression that was far too soft for someone who just met her once. His sister was practically bouncing in excitement, already waving. Even Enzo gave her a nod of approval—something she did not know how to process.

"They didn’t have to come."

Luca had smirked at her when she stepped into the arena.

"They wanted to come, just get used to this Bambina. Now go and win for us.”

Her eyes glistened with unexplained emotions. She never thought of having someone supporting her in the audience. And here, there was more than one person, his whole family was here, to support her.

And this was just because of one person; Luca Ferrara.

The person she pushed but he stood still.

The person she put up her walls for but he barged in with full force.

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