Luca's POV

Love!

I scoffed even in my head, my lips twisting in a distasteful sneer. I wonder how she led herself to believe that, believe that lie. I stared down at her naked body as she had asked. My eyes traced her round, firm breasts and her pink and perky nipples before going down to her stomach, to the stitches that held her torn skin together.

Rage poured through me just seeing that again and remembering this happened to her under my roof. But I looked past, dropping my gaze on a wild ...