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I press a kiss to the tip of her nose. “We will be at a safehouse for now, everyone is there. Until we work out a plan and find Eva, we won’t be going home for a little while, baby.”
“But you’ll be with me, right?” Her fingers wrap around mine tightly.
“Yes, I’ll try and be there as much as I can. Once we find Eva, you and I are out of here.”
Her smile breaks out with a flash of her white teeth. “I want that.”
“Me too, baby. Me too.”
CHAPTERSEVENTY-FIVE
rosa
Luca nods to the armed guards stationed outside the house. He steps forward and stops in front of the door, his fingers on the handle. He turns and scoops me up into his arms.
“Luca!” I shout.
“I’ve dreamed of this moment, Rosa. Well, not quitethismoment. But finally having you to myself.” His strong arms hold me easily as he carries me down the hall.
I bury my face against his chest, the emotions are overwhelming.
He leads us into his bedroom and places me down on my heels. We stand there, staring into each other’s eyes. Neither of us knows quite what to say. He brushes his hands along my arm and I flinch.
His jaw clenches.
“Why didn’t you tell me it was him?” His voice is soft, but I hear the hurt there.
“He threatened to—” I can’t bring myself to say the words.
“Eva.”He lets out a long sigh.
“But he did it, anyway. He tortured and raped her, Luca.”
“The bruises?”
I watch his Adam’s apple bob. “Last night. I went looking for her—”
“Fuck,” he hisses.
“I rifled through his stuff a couple of days ago. I found an address. I thought maybe that might be where Eva was. So I went there.”
“You what?” he groans.
I sniffle and nod.
“He was there. I didn’t find her. I tried to run, but he caught me and dragged me back to the car.”
The words are rolling out of me. I need to tell him everything.
“When you came to the door, he was on the phone with Maria. He had blood all over him. He told me to make you come to the wedding. He wanted to break you, they both did.”
“You did an amazing job, Rosa. You did the right thing, you kept yourself safe. That's all that matters.”A tear slips down his cheek.
“No, Luca. I’m not all that matters. Are you okay?”
“I don’t matter, Rosa.”
I wipe the drop from his cheek. He must be breaking inside. He lost his mom, and he’s started a war for me. Yet, he thinks he let me down.
