Riley POV
By the time I reached the mansion, I was soaked completely.
Rainwater ran down my hair, my dress clung to my skin, and my shoes made small wet sounds against the floor as I entered through the front door. The walk had not calmed me the way I hoped it would. If anything, every step had given me more time to replay Luca’s words, especially the cruel ones he regretted and the honest ones he had almost taken back.
You are a problem because you make me forget every reason I should keep my distance.
The sentence had followed me through the rain.
So had his silence when I asked why he was afraid to see me differently.
I knew he felt something. I was no longer foolish enough to believe otherwise. Men did not spend one hundred thousand dollars because they were casually concerned. T
