The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 195

Chapter 195

CHARLOTTE-

Luca got out first and opened my door.

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Francesca Vescari, his mother, was already on the steps. Cream dress. Jewelry that caught the fight.

She was a stunning lady to look at.

She pulled him into a hug that looked perfect from a distance and lasted one second too short up close. Over his shoulder her eyes found me.

Kind, if kindness could also measure you. I could almost hear the words she was shouting at me in her

head.

Massimo, his father, stood behind her. Hands in his pockets. He seemed like he was trying his best not to mention the family business again. But it would come. It always did. Luca couldn’t get away from that conversation. Neither could Marco.

“Congratulations,” he said. “It’s good you finally came to check on your family. I thought a funeral would have to bring you back home.”

Luca’s smile did not reach his eyes. “We’re here. That’s all that matters. Right?”

Before his father could respond, the rest of his siblings rushed out the door. And there were many of them. Massimo didn’t give his wife a rest, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was pregnant again.

Giulia first, twenty-four, she kissed both my cheeks and then shoved Luca’s shoulder. “You win in Monaco and you still look like you need a good haircut. Come here. I told you that I’m the best at cutting it.”

“It’s true. You are. But it doesn’t matter, the ladies like me either way.”

“I didn’t ask you that.” She hugged him anyway and mumbled, “Proud of you, idiot.”

Dante came down the steps in a team cap, grinning. He looked happy to see his brother.

“Last lap. You took down Shaw. I watched it four times. You looked like a beast out there. You surprised everyone with that comeback.”

“I am good at what I do.”

Elisa hugged Luca properly, quiet and sweet, both arms around him. “I screamed at the television when you won. Papa told me to sit down. I did not sit down. I screamed louder. You always have my support big brother.”

Rico shouted from the doorway at sixteen, already moving. “Did you really pass Shaw or did they edit it for the highlights.”

“I passed him you fool.” Luca said as she slapped him on his back. “I’m just that good. Maybe you could be like me-”

“Do not encourage him in that nonsense.” His mother scolded him.

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Nonsense? Did they not realize how successful their son was?

oha said you looked like you were going to crash.”

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Sofia, fifteen, from the ràil, missing nothing: “I said he looked like he wanted to. Anyway, congratulations. You should have brought the trophy home.”

Alessia came last.

Eighteen in three days. The eighth of June. The whole reason we had come here today. She hit Luca hard enough to rock him, laughing into his shirt.

“You actually came.”

“I said I would.”

“You say a lot of things.” She peeked around him at me. “Hi, Charlotte.”

“Hi. Happy almost birthday.”

“Marco’s late,” Giulia announced, already bored of the explanation. “He had things to see about. He’ll land on the actual day. Typical. He loves being late to everything.”

No Marco until her actual birthday. I wondered if he was actually busy or used that as an excuse to not have to spend too much time around his parents.

Rico slung an arm around Luca’s neck. “Are you staying in your old room, I was actually thinking of breaking down the wall and joining it to mine.”

“I voted storage room,” Dante said. “We can’t seem to decide just yet. Maybe you can help us.”

“Do not touch my room,” Luca said, and for a second the smile was real. “I have good memories in there.”

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