And JJ wouldn’t be scared of her own shadow.
Chapter Eighteen
When JJ disconnected the call, Luca buriedhis top teeth in his bottom lip and stared at the computer monitor in front of him although he had no idea what was even on the screen.
He’d been biting his damn tongue for two fucking weeks now, and if he didn’t tell her the pressing information he had, it was damn possible he was gonna spring a fucking leak in his head. If it weren’t for his pain-in-the-ass sister insisting he keep his nose out of everyone else’s business, he wouldn’t be fidgeting with this ridiculous urge to blurt out the information he’d dug up.
And fine, maybe it hadn’t been his business, and he never should’ve done the deep dive on Molly Ryan that he had done. But comeon, someone had to. Hell, he’d been surprised JJ didn’t know everything about the woman, right down to her credit score. Turned out, for whatever lame-ass reason, JJ was minding her own business, claiming she didn’t want to know, despite the fact that this was the woman who’d hooked up with the man JJ was clearly in love with.
In his defense, Luca was looking out for JJ. That was theonlyreason he had done some online snooping, enough that he had a comprehensive breakdown of Molly Ryan’s entire life. What he’d found was beyond disturbing, and Baz deserved to know. But rather than tell Baz he’d been a nosy motherfucker, Luca preferred to give the info to JJ and let her do with it what she would.
“Don’t you do it.”
Luca’s gaze shot up, and it was then he noticed Holly standing in front of his desk.
“Do what?” he asked his sister, flopping back in his chair and regarding her with amusement.
“You shouldn’t have that information, and it’s not your place.”
He regarded her, flipping his ball cap around on his head and cupping it into place. “Maybe not, but Idohave it, so someone deserves to know.”
“Luca,” Holly warned.
He leaned forward and pressed a finger on the manila folder that contained what he’d printed out. He scooted it toward Holly. “Why don’tyouread it and decide for yourself who should know or not?”
Holly shook her head. “No way am I gettin’ in the middle of that,” she said in a rushed whisper.
“In the middle of what?”
Luca shot up straight in his chair when he realized JJ was looking over at them from her desk.
“Nothin’,” he said too quickly, even as Holly snatched up the manila folder.
JJ’s dark eyebrows lowered.
Luca had to admit, he’d always had a crush on JJ. She was one of the hottest women he’d ever met, but it was more than her striking good looks that had captured his attention all those years ago. He had a penchant for smart women, and ones with that dry sense of humor really did it for him. Fortunately, she’d never accepted his advances; otherwise, they wouldn’t be here now, working together. He would be the first to admit he could burn a relationship faster than anyone else. He preferred the hit-it-and-quit-it method, and since that usually happened before he could ever develop a friendship with a woman, things always went south.
So he considered himself lucky that JJ had always shunned him. He didn’t hold it against her. Like he’d said, she was a smart woman. And he was glad to call her a friend.
“What’s in that folder?” JJ asked, her gaze pinned on Holly.
“Nothin’,” Luca repeated.
“That’s a whole lotta nothin’ for one guy,” she remarked, eyebrow quirking as though she didn’t believe him.
He shrugged, not sure what to say. No way did he want to tell her that the man she loved was having a baby with a crazy woman. And that wasn’t just him being juvenile and calling Molly Ryan names.
No, the woman was certifiably crazy, and he had the documents to prove it.
“If it’s nothin’, let me see it,” she insisted, stepping toward them.
“JJ, no,” Holly said softly, then glared at Luca.
Did he feel guilty about unearthing that information? Nah. Luca didn’t feel guilty about much. However, he had no desire to hurt JJ, and he knew the information in that folder would. More accurately, the fact that he’d kept it from her would.
JJ held out her hand to Holly.
His sister glared at him again before holding it out. “Please don’t read it,” she said to JJ.
