Chapter 45

Lia pov.

I stepped out of the house and went into Luca's car. Immediately I closed the car and his intoxicating smell hit my nostrils.

"How is he?" I asked buckling my seat belt.

"He's okay" he said "Same old" he added. I could feel his eyes on me.

Immediately he was sure that I had toked in my seat belt and he started driving. Uncomfortable silence filled the air, his shoulders tightened and his lips formed into a tight line which was unusual for Luca considering the fact that he was always carefree when he was driving.

Come to think about it, he was driving slowly instead of the usual Luca who drove about the normal speed limit.

I placed my hands on top of his hands that were on the gear "Are you okay?" I asked.

He nodded his eyes still focused on the road "Why?" He asked.

I shrugged "you seem quiet. Is everything alright?"

He tilted his head to my side and back to the road.

"I am fine. It just..is just that Merlin called me Dad today" he explained.

I sat up right trying to process whatever he just said "what?" I asked.

He nodded "Surprising right"he said as he made a u-turn on the road.

I cleared my throat "What did you say?" I asked with a low voice. Please don't tell me he broke his heart.

"I played along. He said Benedicta said I was his dad, and you were with me. Said you should visit more often so that he misses you" he said.

I knew my boy missed me and I missed him too, much more than I can explain. But spending time with him was a big risk I was not about to take, not after what just happened.

"Well just for further preference when you visit him let him know that I am not his dad"he said with a sharp voice.

I furrow my eyes. Why did he respond with such a tone? Was he angry? Did I do something to anger him? And why was he so bent on making me point it out to Merlin that he was not his dad?.

"Okay, but I think he will know that as time goes on" I said.

"No need for him to discover it. Just let him know that I am not his dad. I don't want him mixing me up with Dean. I don't want any of Dean's property" he retorted harshly.

Pain bottled in my chest. Was I a fool for trusting him and why was he being a two tongued person? He acts like he likes me,kisses me and he even almost had sex with me and just some minutes ago he was playing all Mr hero.

"He's my child Luca" I said, trying to pacify whatever anger was breeding within me.

He looked at me ,this time with a glare "Doesn't matter" he shrugged and focused on the road back.

"Have I done something?"

"Like what lia?" He asked even though he replied with a sharp glare he still called my name a little softer.

"I don't know. Anything that would make you treat me this way!"I shouted, my voice trembling with pain.

"I haven't touched you or treated you badly, I was just staring at you," he replied nonchalantly, cutting my heart deeply.

"Yes but you know you don't have to touch me to hurt me. Your words are doing just fine. You have saved my son, risked your life for me and even almost had your true identity exposed and almost had sex with me, in fact you touched me!" I shouted as tears filled my eyes why the hell was he doing this.

"I would have risked my life for my maid as long as I get her on my bed whenever I want. And plus maybe you grew up in a toxic environment. Gentlemen are normally nice to people, especially girls. Put that at the back of your mind the next time you mistake kindness for lust or love"he said nonchalantly.

Tick silence filled the car as I watched him break my heart. He has given me reason countless times to not trust him. I was right,lexie was true, he was bad and selfish.

"So you were just playing with my feelings all this while?" I asked.

He chuckled and licked his pink lips "Surprised right? You are surprised that you are not the only one who know how to play with people fucking emotions?" He shouted at me, his eyes darkened with anger.

"What do you mean? Are you trying to call me a player or trying to accuse me of being manipulative because you are the definition of a manipulative person. You act like you care while you don't!''I screamed on top of my voice.

"So you do not think you are not being manipulative?''he asked with an eerie quiet tone.

"Yes!" I screamed I was really done with him and his two faced personality.

"How about Finn? You never told me he was going or that he usually visits your room. Have you ever stopped for once to think of how I will feel when I discover that you still reassured Finn that you were going to leave with him then a few minutes later you kiss me!" He shouted at me with a shaky voice. His vein throbbed from his forehead.

How did he find out? How did he know about Finn's secret visit?

"I was about to tell you" I implored in a pleading voice.

He quickly diverted the car to the side of the road, almost hitting the wall beside us. "When ? When were you going to tell me? When you were leaving with him for a day?"he asked.

"Just now. I promise you I told Lexie about it that I was going to tell you" I begged. His tone was scaring me a whole lot.

He glared at me then unblocked his seat belt and turned around to open my door. I watched him with wide eyes.

"Get out," he ordered.

"What?" I asked. He can't be doing this.

"I said get.out!" I remained in the car. He couldn't drop me on the road in the middle of nowhere.

He grabbed my hands and pulled me out. He looked at me, his eyes softened for a while before it darkened again. He pulled out his wallet and dropped some money into it.

"It is either me or him when you are done picking, inform me till then goodbye. I am not a toy you play with because you need some masculine support or a masculine presence for you and your son!"he shouted and closed the door and drove off. Leaving me in the middle of nowhere with money and no cab in sight.