Crushing on the Billionaire : Curvy girlAge gap romance by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari [Ferrari, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-19T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Luke

“She wasn’t too happy about me returning to work,” I say, looking down at my phone at Kenny’s concerned face on the screen.

I’m in the back of my car, driving through the city. The bulletproof windows and the explosive-proof exterior are enough for me, but I cringe to think of Jane in one of these vehicles, driving back to the apartment. I know she’s okay. I texted her to let her know I would be with her soon, yet the fear still exists.

“It’s just a shoulder wound,” I grunt. “Not like Christopher.”

“He’s going to be okay, Luke.”

“How can you say that?”

My old friend runs a hand through his wild hair, sighing. “Because the world can’t be that shitty.”

“Doesn’t seem like much of a reason,” I say. “Russian mob, assassination attempts… It seems to me the world is plenty shitty.”

“Tell that to your smile every time you talk about Jane.”

I look away from the camera but can’t stop my lips from changing shape. I shouldn’t be able to smile after the phone call with Sergei. Then the cops asked me if I’d be willing to wear a wire and get more dirt on Sergei as I hand over the cash. Nerves or rage should cripple me, but knowing I can return to my woman somehow pushes it all down.

“She’s magic, Kenny,” I tell him, “but I’ve got to be careful. I almost told her I loved her.”

The words come out muted and dull on purpose. I’m stifling the passion and the thunder that would erupt in me if I unleashed the genuine emotions and let out all the certainty and the need.

“That you love her?” he says.

“That’s right. As I passed out from blood loss, it felt true, too.”

“So you still feel that way?”

“I think so.”

I’m understating it to Kenny. There’s no think about it. With everything I’m capable of feeling, every single impulse inside of me, I know I love her. She belongs to me.

“I can’t think about her with anybody else, and everything she does obsesses me. The tiniest moments. A small smile.” There are far more obsessions, but I won’t talk intimately about my woman and never will unless it’s to her.

“Careful, Luke,” Kenny says. “Those feelings don’t last forever.”

I know these will, but I think better of saying it.

“They fade, and then you’re left with the real questions. Are we compatible? Does she want children? Will we work long term?”

“Yes, yes, and yes.”

“You’ve talked about children?”

“Well, no, but I know she wants them.”

“How?”

He’s right. I haven’t got a clear answer to that.

“Well, that’s two yeses,” I snap. “We’ll work long term. We’re both programmers. She’s kind, beautiful, interesting, funny, confident, and shy, and we’re compatible. Goddamn, she’s the only woman who’s ever made me feel… anything.”

“Then my advice is don’t rush in. You don’t want to scare her away. There’s no guarantee she feels the same, not so quickly.”

“Yeah,” I say, sighing. “I know that.”

I lied. I never had a crush on you.

Her voice sounds much crueler in my mind than it ever could in real life.

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