Undressed By The Mafia God novel Chapter 276

Chapter 276: That’s Unlike You

Luca entered into the house and found Veronica coming down the stairs.

"Hey. I was just about to call you." She said. Veronica looked... normal.

Okay...he was expecting laughter, ridicule. Maybe Val didn’t say anything. Lord, small mercies. Please, small mercies.

He latched onto that hope. "The guards told me you had arrived." Luca said. He kept his hands in his pockets to avoid fidgeting, because if Veronica looked too closely, she would see it.

"Keeping tabs on me uhn?"

"Always. So...you’re here."

She descended the last few steps. Every movement felt slower. Time was stretching out just to make him suffer. His brain was still trying to calculate what Valentina had told her—if anything at all—and what version of him was currently living in Veronica’s head.

"Yeah, Val told me what you did. You think sucking up to my sis will get you in my good graces?" Vee asked finally standing in front of him.

His eyes flicked over Veronica’s face, searching for mockery. There was some amusement there, yes.

Still, he had to respond.

"Uh...Is that all I did? Sucking up to your sis?"

"Is there anything else I need to know? And how come you are agreeing to sucking up to someone. That’s unlike you." Vee said suspiciously. Her eyes narrowed just slightly as she studied him, head tilting in that way that always made Luca feel like he was being dissected.

This was going good, going great. Luca thought. He kept his expression neutral, forcing his shoulders to stay relaxed.

"It worked though. You’re here." He went with the simplest defense—redirect, deflect, don’t elaborate.

"Still doesn’t necessarily mean I forgive you."

Luca nodded slightly, he respected it. If she knew what he had done, she would break up with him on the spot. His jaw tightened as flashes of the day replayed in his head.

Jesus Christ. He could still see what he did or rather what her sister had made him do. He hadn’t had an embarrassing moment before in his entire life.

Today’s experience? Nothing could beat it anymore in his life.

"But you are here." Luca said.

"I’m here."

"Wanna watch some TV?" she asked.

"Uh...sure...sure." He answered awkwardly. Luca cleared his throat under his breath, subtly adjusting his posture. He felt off balance.

"I’ll get some popcorn. Are you sure you are alright, Luca?" She turned toward the kitchen.

"Yeah..." he couldn’t bring himself to tell her. He just couldn’t.

"Val can be a handful. I’m guessing you will not be doing this again?" she said as he followed her through the house into the kitchen. She had grown up with that chaos and learned to survive it.

You have no fucking idea, Luca thought.

"She’s manageable." He answered instead.

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