They got back to the hotel pretty late and Iris was dead tired yet the only thing she could think about was how Luca kept acting the entire night. After the episode with his partner he had not left her side but that wasn’t what lingered in her mind as she stood in the room, trying to undress.It was the little touches, the whispers and the caresses from Luca that made her unstable. She couldn’t get the gentle way he held her around her waist even though they were sitting close to each other out of her head.“Are you having difficulties with that?” Luca’s voice came from the door and she turned around, startled to see Luca leaning against her door, watching her with hooded eyes that made her shiver involuntarily.She had been lost in thoughts about the night that she didn’t hear when her door opened and since her hand was laying idle on her small button on her neck to take off her clothes, he must have assumed it was because she was having difficulties.“No. It’s just a button…” She st
Iris looked at the girl confused. She didn't want to believe what she just heard but the terrified expression on her face told Iris she heard well but she still asked. “What did you just say?” Iris said, approaching the frantic girl and letting the dress she had picked earlier fall to the ground.“Your husband, Mr Luca. He is beating up a male staff. He is going to kill him if you don’t help us stop him. Please, Mrs Rutherford, you have to come with me. No one can stop him but you.” The lady cried out.“What? Luca?” Iris couldn’t process the girl’s words properly. She had seen Luca angry. Hell, she had been on the receiving end of his anger. It was a familiar place she knew like the back of her hand but never had she seen him put his hands on someone no matter the extent of his anger.“Are you sure it’s my husband? You haven't mistaken him for someone else?” She asked again to be sure even though she knew there was no way Luca would be mistaken for someone else. She was still in shoc
Luca immediately let go of his wife as they entered the penthouse and headed straight to his room, but she stopped him by holding onto the helm of his shirt. The incident that happened still pissed him and he needed to wash off the blood on his fist and maybe try to cool off in the shower before he ended up venting out on someone else.He got angry a lot, but he could count the number of times he was angry enough to result in physical violence. He wanted to say that he didn’t know what had come over him, but he did.It was the woman who was holding on to his shirt and looking at him with those vulnerable eyes. He had lost it when she cried in his arms, sounding so miserable that he could not stand another second to see her cry. He didn’t know when he had become fiercely protective of her. She had wormed her way into his heart and created a space for herself while he stayed unknowing. His fists clenched, and the anger roared to life once again as he remembered how lost and broken she
Iris knew it was Luca without having to turn. Her body hummed with excitement and it was enough sign that her husband was the one in the room and no one else but he made her worried when he remained quiet.“Luca?” She asked again and made to turn but he pulled her to him and prevented her from turning to face him by using his hands to hold her shoulders in place.Her breath hitched when his hands slowly caressed her naked back before he zipped the dress. He did it so slowly, with his hands brushing over her skin as they moved. Her skin tingled under his touch.“Done” Luca whispered a second later and she turned to face him with a red face. “I like the dress on you” Luca said with a smirk. He leaned down to place a kiss on her cheeks and left the dressing room before she could say anything.Iris tried a couple more clothes before deciding on three more dresses she would like to buy. When she took them out, Luca told the attendant to wrap them up and place them in his car and they were
Iris reached her room, her heart racing and her whole body shivering. She could still feel Luca’s touch all over her body like his hands were on her. The way he looked at her while they danced had set her on fire and she needed a shower to quench the fire in between her legs.She wasn’t supposed to feel this way after a dance but Luca had become more dangerous for her body and mind. All she could think about was him and he wasn’t helping with the way he constantly touched her and now he added kisses to the equation.She knew she should turn him down or turn her head to the side whenever he leaned down for a kiss but her traitorous body yearned for every touch it could get from the man.She rushed to the shower and lowered herself to the bath tub, pulling her legs to her chest so she was hugging her knees. She was drained and could not stop thinking about him. She wanted him to keep those eyes on her all night. Eyes that made her feel like she was the most special woman in that room a
Iris woke up the next morning still wrapped around Luca. Their limbs were so entangled that she didn’t know where she started and where Luca ended. She snuck up a glance at him and saw that he was still asleep so she used that opportunity to get a close look at him. It was the first time she would see him this close.His usually perfect hair fell over his face almost hiding his closed eyes as he slept but she wished he could open his eyes so she could stare into them. He looked so peaceful as he slept that she didn’t want to disturb him so she was trying to remain as still as possible.She was nervous about what would happen when Luca woke up. The first time they had sex, Luca had left before she was awake and had warned her that it was a mistake but this time she was awake first and she didn’t think she would be able to stomach another rejection.She considered leaving the bed before he woke up but she was too comfortable in his arms. She didn’t know when she would experience somethi
“James, arrange for Iris’s things to be moved to my room. She’ll be staying with me from now on” Luca announced as soon as they arrived home, startling not only Iris but the entire household who stood gaping at him like he had grown two heads.“Right away, sir” James replied with a nod, the only one not outwardly affected by Luca’s declaration.“What?” Berta and Iris said at the same time. The woman was just as startled as Iris. She kept glancing between the both of them. She could sense the change in the way they acted towards each other and she was happy.“Loren, let’s go and pack the young miss belongings. Get the maids, it’s going to be a lot of work” She mused and dragged a giddy Loren with her.“Luca? What’s all this? We didn’t discuss me moving into your room?” She turned to him with wide eyes after they were alone. She couldn’t say she didn’t hope for this but it was still surreal how Luca seemed to have changed overnight.Throughout the flight and even on the car ride back to
Helen desperately tried to call Jace back but he didn’t pick up the call. She knew he was probably messing with her but the way he ended the call was too taunting for her to just let it slide. She cursed under her breath and frantically reached for her laptop to search for the next available flight to London.Luckily, there was one available to leave in an hour so he quickly dumped things she thought she would need and was hurrying out of the house.“Helen?” Her father’s deep and unhappy voice floated to her and she halted with wide eyes and turned to the living room where he sat with a scowl on his face.Ever since she almost messed up the deal with the Rutherfords, he always found one thing to complain about her which was not the case before and it was all Iris's fault and she was going to ruin her.She groaned mentally when she saw her mother was also in the living room. Her mother stood up and began to walk towards her to question her since her eyes stayed on the box she was dragg