Chapter 39

“Your mother and I worried about you after you told us the truth about you and Chris Pretty.”

“Tavistock,” Luca corrected on autopilot, and Dad rolled his eyes.

“Whatever. My point is, we were worried how you were going to cope with other people finding out. And he’s a nice lad, your boyfriend, but he’s not the best at keeping a lid on things, is he?”

Luca snorted. “Ye-eah, no.” That was how they got caught in the first place, Tav being shitty at secret-keeping.

“But I’m proud of how you’ve handled yourself. And if this Jack kid takes more than a good smack in the gob to see off, you let your family know. Despite yesterday’s scene, you do have our support. Antonio could use the practice—he’s gonna need it when that little lady grows up and the boys start noticing her.”

“Not if she inherits Antonio’s ugly mug.”

Dad snorted and smirked wickedly, and Luca grinned.