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Present. Lila. Every moment I had flashbacks from my night with Luca, my whole body got hot and sweaty. It was like I was reliving each moment and touch in real time. I stepped out of the shower, the steam still clinging to the bathroom mirrors, and wrapped myself in a towel. The chill of the evening air crept through the house as I made my way downstairs, my feet soft against the hardwood floors. I could already smell the scent of dinner wafting up the staircase something hearty and filling, probably pasta, which always reminded me of home.I was starving. I quickly put on my favorite bear pajamas and went down for dinner. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I saw him, Luca sitting at the table. His broad shoulders hunched over the plate in front of him, the only sound in the room was the occasional clink of his fork against the ceramic. His expression was neutral, and his dark hair was damp, still not quite dry from whatever he’d been doing before dinner. Him just being th
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Lila. I never wanted to be on this trip. He dragged me here and I knew he was enjoying every moment of my misery. The hum of the private jet was a low, constant annoyance in the background as I sat stiffly in my seat, arms crossed, lips pressed into a thin line. Across from me, Luca was lounging like this was some kind of vacation, his phone glued to his hand, thumbs dancing over the screen like I wasn’t even there.From time to time he would burst out laughing, all smiles. And the fact that he was having fun was literally killing me. I wanted him to be as miserable as I was. He burst out laughing, and stared daggers at his direction and our eyes met. He still seemed amused. Typical of himI stared out the window, the clouds doing little to distract me from the heat simmering under my skin. Not from the sun, but from the fact that I was stuck in a metal tube with the one person who could make my blood boil with a single sigh. And he had sighed. Loudly. Twice.“You could at least p
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Lila It had been a long day and it was barely noon. But after what happened on the plane on our way here, I needed to do something relaxing. I filled up the water tub as soon as Luca was out of the door. He had a meeting and I had atleast an hour to soak and just relax. Steam curled around the edges of the porcelain tub as I sank deeper into the water, letting the heat soothe the ache in my shoulders. The door was locked or at least, I thought it was. I had earned this moment, this sliver of peace, after the chaos of the day. My head tilted back, eyes closed, and for the first time in hours, I breathed.Then the door creaked.My eyes snapped open.“What the hell Luca?” I barked, scrambling for the edge of the tub to shield myself with the closest towel. He stood there, shameless, hand still on the knob like he had every right to be there.He looked me over like he was observing a painting he had grown bored of. “Relax, Lila. It’s nothing I haven’t seen before.” He said smugly. I b
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Lila. The room is glittering with champagne bubbles and crystal chandeliers. The gala is one of those events high profile, full of too loud laughter and rehearsed charm. And I am here. With him. I still can't believe I agreed to come though, I can't stand Luca and his arrogance. But unlike me, he was having the time of his life. He was enjoying torturing me in every way. Luca’s hand rests lightly at the small of my back, and if he notices the way I stiffen at his touch, he doesn’t let on. To the rest of the room, we probably look like the picture perfect couple. We’re dressed for it me in a floor length midnight blue gown, him in a tailored tuxedo that fits like a second skin. But underneath the fabric and faux smiles, my skin crawls. I clench my jaw as I laugh at something he just said. It’s hollow and sharp. “Try not to look like you’d rather strangle me with your clutch,” Luca murmurs, his lips close enough to brush my ear. It sends a shiver down my spine, and I hate that my
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Lila.I studied the room for a few seconds before I finally turned to Luca who was still standing beside me with a smug face. "So, why don’t you go over there and give your pitch?” I said as I plucked a salmon tart from the tray of a tuxedo clad waiter and grabbed a glass of champagne from another.“Because I don’t want to be in the crowd. I have a different plan in mind.” I slowly sipped the bubbly and sighed with pleasure.“Don’t get drunk.” Luca whispered, I huffed out a breath. “I never knew husbands were so controlling. Okay, who’s the final guy you need to impress?”A flash of calculation crossed his face."Michael Lewis. He owns a successful pastry business in Italy, and decided to try his luck in the States.. He is focused on the first bakery opening at the waterfront.”I lusted after the tray of crab cakes on my left and tried to pay attention. Luca let out a huff, grabbed two from the waiter, and slid them on the plate. “Eat.”“Right.” For once, I agreed with his order. I
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LucaLila was the most stubborn woman I had ever met in my life and every moment I thought I had her figured out, she would surprise me. It was one of the reasons I was so attracted and intrigued by her. She was not easy to read, she was a mystery. I watched her stalk across the room and cursed under my breath. Hell, I had done it again. I should have complimented her on the damn dress. She looked so good, the dress clinging to her every curve. She had her hair held up into a pony tail with curves which highlighted her long sexy neck. But nothing had prepared me for her entrance as she walked down the stairs, ready for the party.The electric blue dress dipped low in the front, clung to the edge of her shoulders, and fell down to the floor in magnificent, flowing folds of shimmering material shot with silver thread. Strappy silver sandals encased her feet, her hot pink toenails peeking out and playing hide and seek as she walked. Her hair was pinned high on her head, with corkscr
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Lila. I decided it was time to find mu husband.Besides the brief time seated beside him at dinner, we had been out of each other’s company the whole night. Humming under my breath to the strains of “I Get a Kick out of You”, I checked the room but couldn’t pick him out of the crowd. I decided to make my way down the elaborate hallway. Maybe he had gone to the bathroom.My heels clicked against polished marble. The sounds of the music faded, and i studied the paintings on the wall with pleasure, murmuring to myself when i found one I recognized. My steps carried me around the next corner into a room that looked more like a gallery, filled with shelves of old, bound books carefully displayed. I held my breath as my fingers itched to caress the binding of old leather and relish the sound of crackling as I turned the pages steeped in history.“Ah, so to get you to notice me tonight, I should turn into a book, no?”I spun around. A man stood in the doorway, his eyes filled with a mischie
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Lila. “Congratulations, Luca . Lila tells me you are newlyweds. How difficult it must be to drag yourself to a business function, no?”“Absolutely.” His head lowered. My breath hitched as his lips grazed my lobe, and his nose nuzzled my ear. My nipples grew hard and tingly. I prayed my padded bra hid the evidence of my body’s betrayal.Michael watched the gesture with barely hidden amusement. “It seems Richard thinks you are the perfect man for the job. Perhaps we can set up a meeting to go over your ideas.”“Thank you. I’ll call your secretary and arrange an appointment.” I caught the clear cut simplicity in his tone, and knew Michael noticed. Luca didn’t play certain business games, namely being too arrogant to pick up the phone himself to call for an appointment.“Very good.” Michael took my hand and placed a kiss on my palm. “It was lovely to meet you, Lila .” His Italian accent caressed my name.“I’m having a dinner party for a few close friends two weeks from tonight. Would you
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Lila. It was like I was imagining all this in my head. I had heard him word so strongly how he was not built for family life for kids. How he didn't want to be responsible for another human being for all their love. But now he was ready to do this with me, together and he seemed genuinely excited about it. About becoming a father. Luca’s hands were still on my face, warm and grounding, but my whole body was shaking. I hadn’t realized how long I’d been holding my breath until that moment.“We do it together,” he said again, like a promise, like he was reading my mind and see could see the worry, and everything I was thinking about. I nodded, because if I tried to speak, I knew I’d sob. But he knew. He could see it in my face, the way everything in me was cracked wide open and raw. His arms wrapped around me and I buried my face in his chest, letting myself finally fall into him. Not carefully. Not like I was made of glass. Just… completely. We stood there for what felt like forev
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Lila.It had been atleast twenty four hours since I Saw or heard from him. The cryptic number that had texted me was now off. Which made me think either something really bad had happened to Luca or someone was playing games on me and whichever it was, I was done. "Have you heard from Luca yet?" I asked Maria when I saw her come in. Today was on a Sunday and it was her day off, she usually came around this time to just prepare dinner for us. "What do you mean?" she asked confused. "Luca hasn't come home yet and his phone is still off. I was wondering if he had reached out to you at all." "Luca is in his room Lila." she said matter 9f factly. "What?" I asked confused and shocked at the same time as I started following her to go check that room. Why had I not thought of that? "Are you sure he is in there? When did he come back?" "Yesterday, a few minutes after you got in. 8 thought you knew." "Whaat? Of course I didn't know that. I have been worried sick I thought something bad
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Lila. The drive back home was long and tiresome, mostly because all I could think about was Luca. Was he okay? He had left so angry, and he was a self destructive kind of person. I prayed and hoped he had just gone back home. I slammed the door shut behind me, keys jingling uselessly in my hand. “Luca?” I called, voice echoing into silence. No answer. Just the hum of the fridge and the distant sound of a car passing outside. I dropped my bag on the floor and made a quick sweep of the apartment, heart picking up pace with each empty room I checked.His jacket was gone. His boots. His phone charger was missing too. That meant he took his phone, but when I tried calling again my screen lit up with the same message I’d been seeing for the last three hours.Call failed. I ended it quickly, thumb trembling. I tried again. Nothing. Again. Still nothing.“Goddammit, Luca,” I muttered, pacing the length of the living room. The clock on the wall mocked me: 11:32 PM. He should’ve been home h
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Richard. I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, but I could tell he was pissed off. I hadn't seen him that way in a long time. "Please sit down Luca, let's talk about this." i said calmly, nudging Lila to tell him to sit down."What exactly did she tell you son?" I finally asked after a few minutes of silence. We were all seated across from each other, but I appreciated the fact that Lila was present, she could help calm things down between us."She said you are the reason she never came back, you threatened her life and told her if she ever came back you will kill her." he finally said, his eyes cold, that angry vein popping on his forehead."Why would I even do that Luca, just think about it. Her leaving broke me, why would I want her to leave in the first place?""Well for starters you were in love with Lila's mom, maybe you wanted to get rid of my mother so that you two could live happily ever after. She is your biological daughter, I am not" he said angrily, his ey
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Lila"What does he mean by this Jenny? What did you say to him? Where did he go?" My legs nearly give out. I stagger to the couch, the letter fluttering in my trembling hands. The paper is warm from my grip, but his words cut through me like ice.Gone where, Luca? None of this was making an sense, I had only stepped out for a few minutes, waht could she have possibly said to him. I read faster, eyes blurring from more than just the tears building behind them. As if trying to find an hidden message behind the message. But there was no hidden message, it was just as plain as it read. I was about to get up, when I saw another note, a little hidden like he didn't want someone to find it. He had placed it below the fruit bowl, neatly folded. I picked the note, careful not to seem suspicious to Jenny who seemed unfazed by any of this. 'Lila, I couldn’t stay. I know you’ll hate me for this, and I deserve that. But after hearing her, hearing what she said, it wasn’t enough. There is mor
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Lila. We all sit down on the floor, our legs crossed facing each other, the letter in his hand. I nudge him to go ahead and open it. It's now or never. Luca’s fingers tremble as he breaks the seal on the letter. I watch his knuckles, turn white against the yellowed paper, and my heart is a fist punching inside my ribs.He doesn’t say anything. Doesn’t look at me. Just starts reading.I feel useless. Like I’m standing at the edge of a cliff watching someone I love tumble off it in slow motion and there’s nothing I can do to catch him. Nothing I can say to soften the crash.The silence is unbearable. I move closer to him. “Luca?” I say softly, His eyes scan line after line, but it’s like the words are dragging him under. His jaw is clenched so tight I swear I can hear the tension grinding in his teeth. When he finally speaks, it’s a whisper, brittle and sharp like glass underfoot.“She says she left because of him. My dad. She says... she wanted to come back. But he threatened her.”
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Luca.I wasn’t even sure how I got home. The sidewalk bent and curved like a snake, and the streetlights flared and flickered like firecrackers, and I was just stumbling through it all like I didn’t belong in the world anymore. My keys missed the lock three times before the door gave way under my weight. The house was too quiet. Like it knew something I didn’t.My head buzzed like a goddamn beehive. My stomach was a pit. Everything in me was too full, too much whiskey, too many thoughts, too many years of things I never said out loud.I didn’t mean to go to her room.I didn’t even think. My feet just carried me there. Like they remembered something I had forgotten.Lila’s door was open. That soft glow of her bedside lamp leaked into the hallway, golden and warm. She was curled up on her bed, legs folded, book in hand, glasses perched low on her nose like they always were when she got serious about something. Her eyes flicked up when I leaned against the doorframe like I was trying to
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Richard. The air suddenly becomes cold and I can tell something is definitely wrong by how Jenny is acting and so quiet. I shut the door behind the detectives and follow them into the living room like I’m in a dream. Jenny’s already sitting on the edge of the couch, hands in her lap, eyes locked on the floor like a kid caught shoplifting.“What’s going on?” I ask as I sit across from Jenny and the two detectives. The taller one, introduces himself as, Detective Harlan before he glances at his partner, then back at me.“We are looking into a cold case,” he says. “A missing person from 1999. You knew a man named Marcus Wynn?”The name hits like a slap. He was the reason me and Jenny fought so much in our marriage. "Yeah. I knew Marcus." He was Jenny’s friend. Or so she said. A musician. Used to crash on our couch sometimes in the months before she left. The kind of guy who always had a half smile and a cigarette behind his ear. After she disappeared, so did he.“Why are you asking
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Richard. The air suddenly becomes cold and I can tell something is definitely wrong by how Jenny is acting and so quiet. I shut the door behind the detectives and follow them into the living room like I’m in a dream. Jenny’s already sitting on the edge of the couch, hands in her lap, eyes locked on the floor like a kid caught shoplifting.“What’s going on?” I ask as I sit across from Jenny and the two detectives. The taller one, introduces himself as, Detective Harlan before he glances at his partner, then back at me.“We are looking into a cold case,” he says. “A missing person from 1999. You knew a man named Marcus Wynn?”The name hits like a slap. He was the reason me and Jenny fought so much in our marriage. "Yeah. I knew Marcus." He was Jenny’s friend. Or so she said. A musician. Used to crash on our couch sometimes in the months before she left. The kind of guy who always had a half smile and a cigarette behind his ear. After she disappeared, so did he.“Why are you asking
