Page 337 of Now and Forever

When his phone shrilled, he excused himself. “Hold on, Jacques is calling.” Luca got up and went to the furthest side of the room. From here, I could see his contorted expression, which was not warming me at all. Then he expressed a melancholy sigh before he sat down, I knew this was about me. “That was Callum.”

“Yeah?”

He shrugged. “He told me to get you on a helicopter and into his awaiting jet in the mainland to fly you back to London.”

Fucking lovely. “I see. Did he say anything else?”

“He did, actually. In fact, he said and I quote ‘you better make sure she’s not there when I get back. Consider this as the favor you greatly owe me’.”

How embarrassing to be booted off before I had even warmed my feet.

Well, at least I had tried being reasonable. It wasn’t as if I had really wanted to seek him out. It was Eleanor’s idea, not mine. “It was great to meet you, Luca,” I said as I slowly stood up, handing out my hand.

Luca stared at my outstretched hand a bit before those amazing emerald eyes hooked me in. “He’d kill me for this, but why don’t you stay the night? You can stay in my room.”

“Why would you do that?” I was even more curious now. Favors… now this? Huh?

His eyes twinkled, disarming me for a second before he continued again, “Life’s been boring lately, so maybe it’s time to liven it up a little, and for Kensington to react this way… it really gets me curious.”

Luca di Medici was a wicked man. Everyone knew that. I’d give my right kidney if I was wrong in my hunch that he was seriously toying with his good friend. “Are you sure I’m not imposing?” I double-checked.

“Very sure.”

A whole weekend in a yacht full of testosterone junkies; hot, sexy playboys all around… I now saw the appeal as to why the gossip rags followed these men.

I had yet to meet the other three notorious bad boys, well, two now, since the Greek was now a newly reformed man.

This was going to be a weekend to remember, without a doubt.

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