My Ex's Dad: A Steamy Standalone Instalove Romance by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari [Ferrari, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Lorena

We find a cute Italian place on the corner of a picturesque street, an hour and thirty minutes outside of the city. It’s the sort of place I can imagine moving to one day, with Lukas and our growing family, walking down the wide Main Street with our baby cradled to my chest.

Lukas has his hand on the small of my back as we enter the restaurant. It’s cozy in here, with landscape paintings on the walls and soft lamps shining over the tables. The hostess leads us to a table in the corner, the restaurant is mostly empty except for an elderly couple and a man reading the newspaper.

I can’t help but smile when Lukas pulls my chair out for me, tucking it in behind me.

“Your waiter will be over shortly,” the hostess says. “In the meantime, would you like anything to drink?”

“I’ll just take an orange soda, please,” I say.

Lukas nods. “Sounds good to me. Two of those, please.”

The hostess leaves us and Lukas smirks over at me. He looks as handsome as always.

“I can’t believe I’m on a date with Lukas Landon.”

He chuckles. “You say that like I’m a celebrity.”

“Well, you were, once upon a time.”

He shrugs. “I had some minor fame from my boxing career, it’s true, but I was never a superstar. Honestly, I preferred it that way. I was able to make some decent cash without giving away my privacy.”

“Do you miss it?” I ask.

He shakes his head. “No, honestly. I loved boxing when I was a teenager and a younger man, but I’m happy I got out when I did. People said I was crazy for retiring at thirty, but I was already feeling the effects of all those punches to the head. So I got out, used my money to start a business, and here we are.”

I smile. “Here we are. But I didn’t say it because you’re a celebrity.”

I close my mouth once the words escape me. I didn’t plan on saying that.

The waiter gives me a good reason to keep my mouth firmly shut as he places our drinks down. After Lukas says we’ll need a few minutes to look over the menus, he turns to me, his stark eyes feeling like they’re pinning me in place.

“So how did you mean it, eh?”

I grab my glass and take a long sip of my soda, placing it down with a shaky smile. “Hmm, delicious.”

His smirk widens as he leans forward. “Why do I feel like there’s something you’re not telling me?”

“It’s nothing, really.”

I wish my cheeks would stop betraying me, as a fierce blush lights them up.

“Okay, if you say so.” He leans back and watches me, with that captivating smirk on his face, seeing through my lie with ease. “But if you want to tell me…”

“It’s not a big deal.” My words come out in a rush, almost tripping over each other. “But basically, in high school, I guess you could say I had a bit of a crush on you.

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