Loving Diane

17

Luca's Prov

My head was spinning as I replayed everything Diane told me

I gripped the steering wheel hard, my knuckles turning white

Hade, that son of a bitch had been cheating on Ella?

Why didn't I know?

Now you realise why I've been so close to your family? Because you being their son weren't with them! You've allowed the hatered for me change you.

Diane's words replay in my mind

Oh God Diane

I close my eyes and took in a deep breath

When Ella told me Diane's car had a breakdown, I don't know what had come over me

I rushed outside and saw Diane trying to restart her car, her brows were furrowed and her lips poured in displeasure

She'd always do that when ever she couldn't get something right. For a moment I'd almost forgotten the differences between us

I'd drifted back into time

"Lucas!" Diane screamed, shaking me

I slowly opened my eyes, groaning in pain

"Oh my gosh Lucas, why would you accept such a stupid dare?" Diane said her brows furrowed. Her emerald green eyes filled with tears

"I'm so sorry I should've never asked you to do such a thing. This is all my fault" Diane whispered

Slowly getting on my knees I smiled at her, "I'm fine, really" I coughed "it was just a jump from a cliff nothing big" my body aching

"You're just saying this because you're Ella's brother and I'm her friend" she replied "for gods sake you hit your chest with a rock!"

"You're not just Ella's friend Diane.." I replied back staring into her eyes

Her brows furrowed even more as she pouted her lips in confusion

Of course I'd do anything she'd ask me to do, that's why I jumped from the cliff.

While she was with a bunch of girls from college playing truth or dare I'd joined them

"Go away Lucas, it's a girls only thing" one of the girls giggled

"Oh come on there must be a dare for me" I said playfully looking at Diane

There was the same kind of playful glint in her eyes, "Yeah sure there is, jump of that cliff" Diane said as all the girls erupted in laughter

Her eyes were shining with a challenge in them

"Easy" I whistled

All the girls watched me carefully, Diane was hesitant

Surely she thought I wouldn't do such a silly thing

Hell I'd been jumping of the cliff since I was little but what I didn't know was there was a huge rock under the sea surface and I'd hit my chest hard on it when I jumped.

And when I did crash all the girls had run away, scared that I'd died

While my beautiful Diane had run down to the sea and helped me out of the water

Opening my eyes I remember how beautiful Diane looked in her black dress.

Always sophisticated and elegant.

I'd thought New York would've changed her but boy was I wrong she remained true to her roots

Not forgetting how she had matured into a gorgeous woman, she had curves in all the right places

Her face had also matured, she had high cheek bones, a prominent long oval face and lips as plump as ever

Strands of blond had fallen lose out of her bun, framing her face

Her green eyes sparkled as she took everything in

The moment our eyes had met my heart started beating faster

A heart I thought I'd buried a long time I ago

A heart I thought didn't exist

So many unspoken things were spoken just with a single eye contact

I wanted to apologise and say all the things I'd locked up in my chest but I couldn't

Not when I found out something else

Not when I found out old emails she'd exchanged with Alex

Emails telling him about dads firm and the money she needed to start her career in New York

Alex stole money from my firm and sent them to Diane

So while dad was boasting about Diane and her career on the lunch table I was fuming with anger

I'd told no one about it yet

My private investigator had sent me the emails the morning before the lunch

Which was why I decided to ride with her
I needed to tell her to back off my family and stay the fuck away from us all

I wanted to confront her about the emails but I was disgusted by her

The emails had intimate chats that I didn't want to bring up especially when she was speaking in puzzles herself

And when she finally broke the news of hade cheating on Ella I forgot about everything else

"I hate you" I'd said

Hated her for knowing this before I did

Hated her for making me into the person that I am

Hated her for how I felt about her despite what she did

Hated her for how I wanted to kiss her while all I should've done was push her away

Calming myself down I dialled Ella's number

"Lucas?" Came Ella's surprised voice

"I'm on my way to your place" was all I said before I disconnected the call

My life had been a mess since a very long time but now it was finally time to make amends