Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Perhaps God was on her side because she made it out and to her relief, Lukas had not arrived or so she thought, because she saw his figure in the distance and he was running.
“Father Lord,” Her heart skipped a beat as she bent down and covered traces of her stepping into the Meadow.
Rhea at once bent and pretended to be examining a pretty flower. Even though she looked calm and collected, her heart was pounding so hard she thought it would jump out of her chest.
She couldn’t betray her emotions else he would figure her out in one glance. Lukas was smart and cautious and her absence must have already given him the idea that she escaped. She had to be smart about this situation.
As soon as she felt his presence, Rhea looked up and feigned surprise at his sudden arrival. However, his dark gaze still made her heart skip a beat, her hands felt clammy.
You can do this, Rhea willed herself. You didn’t do anything wrong, neither can Lukas read your mind so he doesn’t know you thought of escaping.
With a smile on her face, Rhea took a step forward, “You took off all of a sudden. I couldn’t keep up with your speed and I decided to wait for your return here. And here you are,” Surprise! she added mentally.
Rhea chuckled at the end of her explanation to ease the tension his presence brought along but Lukas didn’t respond nor did his gloomy expression relax a bit and that made her uncomfortable.
The way his gaze bored into her seemed as if he was looking deep into her soul, searching for answers about her escape.
No way, she would not admit to escaping. He would have to force the answer out of her mouth if he needed it badly. For now, she would be ignorant – shamelessly ignorant.
“Lukas?” Rhea called out his name, her brows furrowed as if she was confused.
Then she sighed, “Look, if you’re angry with me that I couldn’t catch up with you, then I’m sorry. But you can’t expect me to be as nimble as you are on your feet. I brought you here to loosen up, to get some air into your head because you seem like you needed it, not for you to put me through some sort of rigorous – Ahh!”
A scream left Rhea’s lips when he suddenly came in front of her with three angry strides. The fear in her eyes was visible, what now? She did not run off in the end yet why was he looking at her like she committed a heinous crime.
“Lukas?” She called his name carefully, “What are you doing?”
Rhea swear Lukas’s mood swings were beginning to scare her. Anyway, she brought this on herself. She should have let him be even when it looked like the weight of the world was killing him. He was not worth it. It was not worth the pain.
Then his hand went to her hair and clutched a fistful of it, a startled gasp left her lips.
His hold was not as painful as she thought it would be, however, she knew he could cause her pain if he gripped a little harder and that was why she did not dare to speak. Rhea didn’t want to offend him.
However, her neck that was tilted to the side was beginning to hurt. So she said almost breathlessly, “Lukas please,” Her gaze pleading.
He looked at her with that apathetic face and before she could even guess it, his lips came down on her neck.
Oh no.
She was a good pretender, a perfect liar, and an actress. Lukas bet she didn’t even have to think twice about her excuse, it just flowed out of her mouth freely.
So he grabbed her hair, intending to show her that no one makes a fool out of him. He should show her pain. He was Lukas for Christ’s sake – yet what would mama think of him?
That thought hit Lukas like a brick to the head, what would his mother think if she saw the way he treated Rhea? She would be disappointed that was for sure.
But then, she was dead and he gave no fuck. If his mother had been so concerned about what he would turn out to be, she shouldn’t have left him. No, she shouldn’t have brought him into this world in the first place.
Then he looked into Rhea’s green eyes, those warm, cautious orbs that were curious of his plans for her. His gaze then moved to her lips, that wicked thing that poured the lies she told him.
If Rhea was going to lie to him, she should have wiped the dirt on her knees where she had probably fallen while escaping through the meadow. Lukas smirked, he was not a Mafia lord for nothing.
His gaze finally landed on her fair slender skin that had teased him all night. So he lowered his head and kissed her on the spot between her shoulder and neck.
“Lukas,” Rhea gasped his name, eyes widening from surprise and bliss.
Her frame shuddered and he forced her neck further back so he could kiss down from her jaw.
…..
She gasped from the attention he was giving her body because Lukas sure took his time. He used his tongue to trace her pulse from her jaw down to the collarbone and when he found her sweet point, he sucked there.
Rhea moaned. And froze afterward.
“No,” it turned out to be more of a whisper than a firm command. She had taken a stand that Lukas would not touch her anymore – at least without her permission.
But the male was not listening to her because he was still nipping her tender flesh and though it sent pleasant shocks to her body, she needed him to stop.
“Lukas!” Rhea pushed on his chest this time to show she was serious.
Lukas didn’t want to, he didn’t want to stop at all, but then his mother’s voice came to his head again, “Be a good boy Lukas,”
He moved away with a groan as if he just made the toughest decision. Rhea’s refusal was nothing to him, Lukas knew if he just grabbed and squeezed her ass a bit, taking her lips in a firm kiss, Rhea would forget why she was even refusing him in the first place. Yeah, he was that good with a woman’s body.
But here he was, making little sacrifices.
Rhea was honestly surprised when Lukas stopped, she was planning on putting up a fight but he made it easy for the both of them.
“What now?” He growled, their body pressed closer.
She took a step back.
“We should set some boundaries between us. I might be your prisoner but I have my rights and one of them involves you not touching me like that. We are not romantically involved nor am I one of your sluts, so you don’t get to do that! It’s against the law and my fundamental right as a human,” Rhea told him.
“Is that the reason for the whole drama?”
“What?” Rhea was confused by his question.
“That dance earlier, the ‘you don’t own me thing’ that was for me, wasn’t it? You were trying to send a message to me, weren’t you?” Lukas demanded an answer.
Lukas had an intimidating aura yet Rhea refused to be scared. If she doesn’t stand up to him, it would be late in the future.
“Yes,” She said boldly, holding his gaze, ” And I hope the message reached home,”
“Of course, it did, Crystal clear. However….” Lukas took a step forward and hooked his arm around her waist, grinding her hips against his hard-on to show her what she was doing to him.
He went on, “But someone keeps forgetting that I’m not a gentleman and I do what I like,”
Rhea bared her teeth at him, producing a hiss.