"I have to see Cassidy," she said finally, the decision forming as she spoke it, her posture straightening, resolve settling in her expression.
"The hell you will!" Luca fired back instantly.
"Excuse me?" she said.
"You heard me," Luca said, stepping closer, his eyes locked onto hers. "You are not going anywhere near him."
"And why exactly not?" she challenged.
"Because I said so," he shot back.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Vee snapped back, her patience finally snapping under the weight of everything he wasn't saying.
"I'm not letting you anywhere near him."
"You're not letting me?" she repeated. "You're not letting me?! Who the hell do you think you are?!" she demanded, her eyes blazing.
"There you go again!" Luca shot back, his own temper flaring instantly. "Setting off for no reason."
"No reason?" she echoed. "You're trying to control where I go and who I talk to!"
"I cannot let you walk into enemy territory!" he fired back.
Vee threw her hands up. "It's Cassidy!"
