Crash Into Me by Darci St. John
Author:Darci St. John [St. John, Darci]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-26T16:00:00+00:00
Next to him on the plane, Brian nudged his arm and took a swig from the beer heâd been nursing since dinner. âYouâre welcome, by the way.â
âFor?â Luca asked, motioning to his favorite flight attendant for another glass of wine because, why not?
âRedirecting the attention away from you and Mia and everything else. It was definitely a gamble, but it sure paid off in the end. In spades. Man, can she drive.â
âThat she can. I take it youâd never seen her in action before.â Luca took a sip. âSheâs, ah, something else.â
âLook, Iâm saying this as a friend, not your manager.â Brian lowered his voice. âI donât know exactly whatâs on your mind, but considering that youâre suddenly acting like a moody teenage boy with a crush on his teacher, I think I have a pretty good idea. The two of you? Donât. Between Rob dying, which I still donât think any of us has fully grasped, her especially, her new role with the team, and leaving her life in Chicago behind without expecting to, she has too many cars on the track right now withoutââ
Luca looked around to find headphones in the ears of the staff members within listening range. âMe taking her for a ride? I understand what youâre saying. I do. Trust me, I have no intention of leaving the friend lane.â This may be the most personal conversation heâd ever had with another guy. âBut being around her has stirred up ... things.â
âDo I want to ask about these things?â Brian suddenly looked as uncomfortable as Luca felt.
Luca shrugged. âThings I perhaps moved past more quickly than she did. Or maybe never dealt with at all. I donât know. Itâs hard to believe now that Rob told me to forget about her, and I did. I didnât think twice about it.â
âYou were a kid,â Brian said. âAnd that was a lot of shit to hit the fan. I mean, a lot.â
âMaybe he was testing me. To see how I felt about her?â
Brian shook his head. âAbsolutely not. First of all, that wasnât Robâs MO. He said what he wanted to say. Second, he caught you having sex with his daughter. In that moment at least, he wanted you gone. Maybe dead. Can you blame him?â
âNot at all,â Luca said. âI guess the real mystery, then, is why he wanted me back.â
âThat I canât tell you. Like I said before, he only shared that you and Mia had been involved, but it was all in the past.â
âAnd thatâs where it needs to stay,â Luca said, trying to convince himself as much as Brian. âAlso, yes, I do need to thank you. It seemed like a harebrained idea at the time, but I donât think Mia couldâve taken another couple of days of muck being dredged up.â
The negative headlines had started to fade once the press caught sight of her masterful driving. The process had sped up when Jordan failed to best her at what he considered his own game.
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