Chapter 76. Overprotective Brother

Xerina’s POV

Chrissy was by my side in an instant and she shook her head at him. “Luca, please,” she pleaded, but he didn’t even glance at her, his focus entirely on me.

I swallowed hard, my mind racing. “Luca, it’s not what you think—”

“Then what is it?” he growled, his grip tightening just slightly. “Because right now, it sounds like you’re hiding something big, and if it’s as serious as I think it is, you know I won’t let it slide.”

This. This was the exact reason why I didn’t want to tell them anything. I knew they’d react this way.

I felt trapped and I couldn’t let him go to Papa—God knows what kind of chaos that would unleash. But could I really tell him everything? No. Nope.

Chrissy placed a hand on Luca’s arm, trying to ease the tension and to my surprise he did.

Luca’s intense gaze bore into me, his eyes narrowing as if he could unravel all my secrets with a single look. He was always the one to jump to conclusions, an