Luca POV
Riley looked down at my hand around her wrist.
Then she looked at me.
“Then why are you with her?”
The question was quiet, but there was nothing soft about it.
I loosened my grip immediately.
I had stopped her because I could not let her walk away believing I wanted Bianca. I had wanted to say enough to make her understand without breaking the agreement.
Now I realized there was no safe amount of truth.
Either I told her everything or I gave her another half-answer.
The contract made the first option dangerous.
Fear made the second one easier.
“It is complicated,” I said.
Riley stared at me.
The hurt in her face became anger so quickly that I almost stepped back.
“Of course it is.”
She pulled her wrist from my hand.
“Riley.”
“No.”
She folded her arms tightly.
“Y
