Chapter 282

Luca’s POV

“Ohhh… I never thought of it that way.” He ended up admitting after some time and I gave a small nod of my head at him, because I kind of already figured that out. After some time had passed, I decided to continue to speak.

“I don’t want you to still hold any guilt from back then, ok? It’s of no use. You were gaslighted a whole lot by father and I want you to let go of everywhere, ok?”

I reached out and took his hand in mine, feeling his warm palm fit into mine– although it didn’t fit like the way it usually fit when we were both younger, but my hand was still able to envelop his hand and I closed my fingers around his and stared into his eyes before continuing.

“And I know I’ve never told you this before, but I’m proud of you.”

I watched as he averted his gaze at first and when he lifted his face back up, his eyes were somehow a little shade of red.

“Stop, don’t say that…”

“What shouldn’t I say? That I’m proud of you? I’m actually proud of you, like really proud of yo