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His eyes raked over my body, and a smirk appeared on his lips. “Even if they are used goods.”
If his cruel rejection of my cooking when he walked in was a hammer pounding at my heart. Those last words were the final blow that shattered them.
To think that I woke up this morning ready tell him that I loved him. That thought had come out of the blue, and I was stupid enough to think that he actually cared about me. I was so stupid, so stupid to believe every one of his lies. A boat ride, some Chinese food, and then a couple of night in his penthouse, and I was ready to believe that he actually gave a shit about me.
I had been duped again. All because of the last name I carried, the fucking father who had ruined my life.
Lucas shook his head, as if he couldn’t believe that I had fallen for this. “Did you really think that I cared about you?”
I stumbled back as if he had slapped me. I almost wished he had. At least that would hurt less.
“Shut up,” I hurled back at him. “Why are you telling me all of this?” I asked, when what I wanted to ask was:why are you breaking my heart?
A cold smile crossed his lips. “Because I am a fucking monster, Leda! You of all people should understand that.”
He wasn’t wrong. Most of the Dons didn’t care about anything but their business, how much money they could bring in, and who they could take over in the process. I had seen my father do just that repeatedly.
I thought Lucas would be different. Until now.
“You say that,” I forced out, perilously close to tears. “But I’ve seen your actions, Lucas. You’re not a monster! Not to me.”
He growled and moved away, and grabbed the glass.
“Well then you’re wrong!”
I couldn’t fight back the tears anymore. My vision blurred and I took a shuddering breath.
“Then why am I still fucking you every night? Why do you even bother putting me in your bed, Lucas? Tell me why you kiss me, why you hold me!” I stopped there, not wanting to divulge to him that I thought he was falling in love with me.
Had I been wrong about him all along? It didn’t feel like Lucas had been putting on an act at all.
When his cold eyes met mine, I knew he could see the tears streaming down my cheeks. I hated to show him that weakness, but he was ripping my heart apart and making me wonder what I had gotten myself into in the first place.
“I don’t think you are cold-hearted,” I continued. “I’ve seen the worst of the worst, Lucas, and you aren’t it. Please. Please don’t do this.”
Lucas pushed away from the bar suddenly, and I found myself backing up as he advanced on me, his face hard as stone. No matter what I did, what I said, it wasn’t getting through to him, and for the first time since meeting Lucas, I felt real fear race through my veins.
I wasn’t stupid. I knew what he was capable of. I just never thought it would be something I would see.
His eyes were soulless, devoid of emotion, and I swallowed.
“What are you going to do to me?” I challenged, refusing to back down. “Hit me? Choke me? Isn’t that what you Dons do? Push your weight around and wait for the rest of us to bend to your will?”
Lucas paused, and for the first time, I saw his jaw clench, the barest hint of emotion that he had shown from the very second he had walked into his penthouse tonight and decided to give me the third degree.
I had done nothing to deserve any of this, and I was tired of being a doormat to all things Mafia, my father and Lucas included.
“Get out.” I sobbed, not bothering to wipe away the tears on my cheeks. “Just get out!”
I was about half a second away from losing it.
“It’s my fucking house!” he yelled, and reached for me.
I cringed as his hand hovered around my throat, and knew that I had pushed him too far.
What did it matter anyway? He had already told me that he didn’t care about me, and the moment he turned me out on the street, I would just get picked up by some other Don trying to make a name for himself. I was never going to have the life I wanted or see my nephew, my brother, or anyone else ever again.
Lucas shook his head and dropped his hand. “No, this isn’t worth it.”
