God help me. It still felt like home.
Medical staff arrived immediately for Luca.
He ignored them until one older doctor snapped sharply, “Sit down before you bleed on my shoes.”
Vanessa almost smiled.
Apparently everyone feared Luca except his physician.
I stood awkwardly near the windows while guards secured every entrance.
The baby shifted heavily again.
“You should sit,” Vanessa said quietly behind me.
I turned.
She looked immaculate despite surviving a gunfight.
Not one blonde strand out of place.
I studied her carefully.
Beautiful. Controlled. Dangerously intelligent.
“Are you in love with him?” I asked before thinking.
Her expression barely changed.
“No.”
The honesty surprised me.
“Then why are you with him?”
Vanessa glanced toward Luca across the penthouse.
“Because powerful families survive through alliances.”
Ah.
