LUCA {Full Book}

54

"Entra qui!" Gav yelled as I stepped off the stairs and into the hall. "Chiudi la porta!"

He was sitting behind his desk, looking at me like I was some kid about to be fucking punished.

"Relax fratellino."

"Why are you flying across the country when we have two sisters you can talk to that live five minutes from you!"

I rested back against the doors, wanting to mouth off some shit to him, but I was too tired to front. "I can't talk to them the way I talk to Sadie."

"My wife... not Sadie. You can't talk to them the way you talk to my wife. We've talked about this shit Luca."

"You remember when you fucked up in New York, all that shit with Sadie at Giorgia's wedding? Well I fucking topped that. I'm in a bad place fratellino, give me a pass."

He pushed his laptop screen down, focusing those black eyes on me. "Sofia's worried, said she raced out of the building but you were already gone, she didn't know where you were until I just called her. You can talk to her the same way you can talk to Sadie."

"You know that's not fucking true. I'm the head of this fucking family fratellino. I have a rep to uphold and they already think I'm weak. Watching every fucking thing I do, always screaming about my heart. If they knew all this other shit they'd be repulsed so I'd rather Sad.. your wife... be repulsed and hate me than them."

"A pass, just this one time. Now since you're here, behind closed doors- talk to me about Cohen."

"He's handled now and I have insurance on the future. That's all you need to know."

"Luca..."

I turned my head, seeing the giant fucking picture of Sadie hanging next to the door. "What would you do if she got sick, really sick?"

"Whoa... why the fuck are you asking that! Did she say something?"

"No. Hypothetical." I looked back at him, he was already getting fucking worked up. "It's just a fucking question fratellino."

"Don't put that shit out into the universe!"

"What would you do?"

"Fix her." He didn't even hesitate with his answer.

"And what if it was completely out of your fucking control?"

"No such thing, I'd find some sort of control. I bought a wing at a hospital- somehow I'd fix her."

I looked back at the picture then turned my head to the other side of the door, seeing yet another fucking picture of her, this time showing off Gav's name on her finger. "Did Sadie love you first?"

"What the fuck's gotten into you?"

"Did she love you first man?" I looked back at him, watching him staring off at the wall.

"No."

"How'd you fucking handle it?"

He laughed to himself then turned back to face me. "I waited patiently, wooed her, swept her off her goddamn feet.... fuck, what do you think I fucking did- I threw a fit then fucked some sense into her."