Page 83 of Luca
“You should have told me that night in Vegas,” I scolded.
“You were a willing participant, Margaret,” he remarked dryly.
“Sex is one thing, Luca,” I growled. “But getting me knocked up and then not saying a goddamn thing is quite another.”
He smiled proudly. “I couldn’t be happier to have a baby girl with you.”
“You could at least apologize,” I recoiled.
“No.” Before I could say another thing, he continued, “I will never apologize for having a baby with you. She is ours. Our past. Our present. Our future. And I will never apologize for wanting you. You want the truth? The day you ran into me in Temptation was the best day of my life. The day I found you again was the day I started to breathe.”
Those words caused my heart to skip and the backs of my eyes to burn. He sounded so sincere. Then the last sentence registered.
“What do you mean you found me again?” I narrowed my eyes on him suspiciously. It was hard to understand the inner workings of Luca’s brain. “Temptation was the first time we met. And then you kept stalking me.”
Something passed his expression but he quickly masked it.
“I meant again in Vegas,” he explained. It still made no sense to me. “Don’t ask me to regret it,” he said stubbornly. My eyes lowered. I didn’t want to see that dark possessive look in his gaze. I realized I still wore my nightgown from last night. Suddenly, I felt even more naked next to him in a three-piece-suit. “Penelope and you are the best things that have ever happened to me. So no, I won’t regret it.”
I sighed. It was hard to be pissed off at him when he looked at me like that, more so when he spoke about our unborn child like that. No wonder he insisted on claiming her as his. Because she was his.
“Was it on purpose?” I asked. “Did you get me pregnant on purpose?”
The lines around his eyes deepened and I knew the answer before he opened his mouth.
“You’ve been mine for a long time, mia bella.” His voice was possessive and unapologetic. He should feign it at the minimum, I thought irritably. “Obviously, I couldn’t control whether you got pregnant or not. Nor whether the condom would break. But I made sure to increase the odds of it.”
I shook my head.
“That is so wrong,” I muttered.
His thumb rubbed back and forth across my neck, sending tingles down my spine and my body betrayed me. A visible shiver rolled down my body.
“I’m sorry I deceived you, but I’m not sorry where it got us.”
I closed my eyes. His response didn’t surprise me. My anger already melted, but I wasn’t willing to let him see it. Instead, I clung to my dignity and a fragment of my feminism. Of course, my hormones refused to cooperate but that was a separate issue.
His lips reached my ear. “Forgive me, mia bella moglie. Let me fuck you. Or at least, let me make you feel good. My balls ache for you.”
Jesus, that escalated quickly. The walls of my pussy contracted, greedy for his cock. Now that it connected my husband to my mysterious masked man, the greedy bitch wanted more of his big cock.
I took a step back. I couldn’t cave to him. At least not yet.
He must have seen something in my eyes and his expression darkened.
“I’m not letting you go,” he warned, his voice low and even. The statement lingered in the air, filling the space between us. The disturbing part was that I was relieved. Not knowing the baby's father’s identity bothered me, though I’d have never admitted it to save my life. “Penelope and you are my family, and I protect what’s mine.”
I didn’t know why I found it so hot, but I did. I swallowed hard, trying to hide the impact his words had on me.
“How many women have you had?” I asked him, changing subjects.
“Too many,” he admitted. That didn’t surprise me. After all, everyone knew his rule. One night stands only. He wasn’t labeled a playboy for nothing. “You will be my last. I haven’t touched another woman since Vegas. And I won’t. I meant my vows, Wife.”
Gosh, how was I supposed to resist that?
“I haven’t either,” I whispered. “Even those fiancés. I didn’t even kiss them.”
“I know.” Luca’s mouth curved into a wicked smile. “Because I killed them before they had a chance.”
