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“Oh, you didn’t have to do that, Lorenzo, but we appreciate it,” Lucy says, looking around the foyer.
My parents bought this old estate a few months ago. They wanted us to own some property in Italy, rather than always having to use the various family-owned residences. Personally, I would have built a new, state-of-the-art vacation home. This one is old and seems like it’s one strong wind storm away from falling down.
“Okay, since you’re here, how about a tour?” Lucy asks me.
“Ah, sure.” I glance from her to Kyla, who is doing a great job of looking everywhere but at me.
“Oh, this is Cassie, Kyla’s friend.” Lucy introduces me to the girl who doesn’t seem to have an issue with staring right at me.
“Nice to meet you,” I say to Cassie. Kyla still won’t look at me. Okay, that’s fine. “Here, let me show you all around.” I guide the McKinleys through the house, pointing out various rooms and important features. “Enzo and I will be using the pool house on and off over the next few weeks too,” I tell Lucy at the end of the tour.
“Oh, that’s good. It’ll be nice to have you around. We can catch up properly,” she says.
“Sure.” I nod my agreement, then turn to Dominic. “Mr. McKinley, Pops said to tell you to help yourself to any of the bottom-shelf liquor,” I tell him, pointing to the fully stocked bar.
Dominic heads in that direction. “Lorenzo, get your phone out,” he tells me. I draw my phone from my pocket, watching as Dominic grabs a bottle of whiskey from the top shelf. “Take a picture of this and send it to your father. Tell him I said thanks.” He then proceeds to pour himself a very large glass.
“Dominic, really? This isn’t our house,” Lucy groans.
“Dad, you’re embarrassing me,” Kyla huffs, covering her face with her hands.
“Okay, say cheese. He’s going to hate this.” I laugh while snapping a photo of Dominic drinking the good stuff. I send it to my father, and the little read notification comes up almost instantly. “Oh, he saw it. I’d expect a visit from him in about thirty minutes,” I tell Dominic.
“Oh my god, stop encouraging his craziness, Lorenzo,” Kyla says.
My head snaps in her direction. Tilting it to one side, I glare at her. I might want to capture those pouty fucking lips in mine, but I also still want to wrap my hands around her neck and squeeze. “Kyla, if our fathers want to engage in a war, then who are we to get between their fun?” I ask her.
“You would think war is fun.” She rolls her eyes and walks out of the kitchen, where we are presently standing after I ended the tour a few moments ago.
“Well, it sure as fuck ain’t boring,” I yell after her. Then look to her mother. “Sorry,” I apologize for my momentary outburst.
Kyla just brings the worst out of me. I have a hard time controlling my impulses whenever she’s in the same room, something I both love and hate about that girl.
Lucy smiles wide at me. “Don’t be.”
“Okay, I’ll leave you all to get settled in. Let the staff know if you need anything, or call me,” I tell them.
“Will do. Thanks again, Lorenzo,” Lucy says.
I walk out to my car, not expecting to find Kyla leaning against it, her arms crossed and her jaw set tight. I parked on the side of the house, out of view of the main entrance. So how did she even know it was here?
“Kyla?” I question.
“Lorenzo,” she replies.
I look around. There’s no one in sight. I step forward, caging her body between me and the car. “Where’s your boyfriend?”
“What boyfriend?” she asks, her eyebrows drawn down in apparent confusion.
“The one you told me about via fucking text. The same one you said you were bringing to Italy.”
Kyla smirks. “I said I was bringing my new BF. As in,best friend. But it’s cute that you were jealous. You know, if I did bring a boyfriend, it wouldn’t be any of your business,” she tells me.
“That’s where you’re wrong. It would be entirely my business. You made it my business when you gave yourself to me,” I remind her.
“I gave you my virginity, not my entire person,” she counters.
“You are mine, Kyla. You don’t want to test the lengths I’m prepared to go to in order to make sure you stay that way.”
