Page 42

Chapter forty-one

Luca

A s we exit the room, I see the wide eyes of my family all huddled in the hallway, realizing they’ve been caught eavesdropping. Even our instructors, Cassandra and Christian, have joined them. They each shift their gazes, turning away from us.

Dante rubs at the back of his neck, looking up at the ceiling as if that’s going to convince anyone he wasn’t listening with the rest of them.

“You guys really are the nosiest people on the planet.” I chuckle, walking past Kas as he whispers to me with a laugh.

“You are so fucked, my friend,” he says, patting my shoulder.

As I look over at Samara, pushing her way back into the larger studio space with her curls framing her face, I realize he isn’t wrong.

I can’t be sure what possessed me to offer to go on a family vacation with her besides the fact that this strong woman just looked beaten to hell, and it crushed a piece of me.

I have no idea how we’re going to make it through four days of being in each other’s vicinity without her trying to kill me, but I’ll have fun doing it and I’m determined to make it as enjoyable for the both of us as possible. I can’t take the offer back now, and truthfully, I don’t think I want to.