Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Veins almost burst out from Lukas’s head as he gritted his teeth. That imperial neoclassical eighteen-light chandelier was from Russia’s Pavlovsk Palace, specifically from Empress Maria Feodorovna’s bedroom, and cost him Eight hundreds fifteen thousand and twenty-five dollars!
How could they do this to his precious? Lukas was close to tears.
At once, a scary look entered Lukas’s eyes, he would make sure that Victor pays for every dime that was ruined tonight. Those cost him money! Money! How could they do this to his precious mansion?
Lukas was not stingy or frugal with his resources, he was just possessive and protective of his things, especially the beautiful ones. This was why when Rhea had ruined his rooms, he was almost tempted to kill her.
But then Victor would be the one he was killing tomorrow. He knew his nature yet refused to control his wild men. Until tomorrow, an evil smirk tugged his lips to the side.
Perhaps due to the terrifying glint in his eyes, his men that were still on their feet and patrolling the area avoided Lukas and didn’t make a comment nor look twice about the sleeping Rhea in his arms. And they were quite lucky because Lukas was in the mood to bite someone’s head off.
When Lukas reached his living room, he placed Rhea gently on the bed as if he was scared to wake her up. And true to his words, he was scared that she would wake and continue crying from where she stopped especially when she sees herself in this room. The thought of those tears sent shivers down his spine, he wouldn’t want to experience that ever again.
Now what?
Lukas wondered as he stood in front of the bed staring at her sleeping figure.
He wanted his bed back.
Lukas was not used to sleeping on the couches nor were the other beds as soft as his own. It was while he was thinking of his next option that he noticed the smudges on Rhea’s body.
That stupid woman didn’t even take a bath before going to bed after throwing herself on the lawn. How could someone be this careless? Lukas began to wonder how she has lived over the years. No wonder she keeps attracting trouble wherever she goes.
Lukas sighed and then went to his bathroom where he grabbed a plastic basin, filled it with water, added a little liquid soap, and returned to the room with a towel.
He sat down, placing the bowel on the nightstand. His gaze roved over Rhea as if scanning the state of her body and deciding where to begin.
When Lukas was done with his “X-ray”, he dipped the towel into the water, wring it, and took Rhea’s hands where he began to wipe off the dirt.
He couldn’t believe that at his age and position that he was still taking care of a grown woman, even Chloe wasn’t as careless as this one.
In fact, Lukas began to wonder why he was doing this in the first place. Why should he be taking care of a grown-ass woman – who wasn’t even aware of the favors he was bestowing on her.
[AN: Well, nobody asked you to, good Samaritan. So shut up and do the task well!]
Lukas continued to grumble as he wiped off the dirt till he reached her face. He changed the waters a couple of times and now, he was using a clean one for her face.
He traced down the dirt on her nose with the towel only for a few drops of water to slip out and wanted to trail down into her mouth.
Oh no!
Lukas panicked, and with lightning speed, used his hand to smear the water across her cheeks before it even touched her mouth.
That was close, Lukas released a sigh of relief. He almost fed her dirty water in the process of doing good.
Wonderful Lukas. Good Job. He chided himself.
However, Lukas’s hand mistakenly touched her lips and electric current passed through his body.
What just happened?
Lukas wondered even as he withdrew his hand with lightning speed, placing it on his chest as if he was electrocuted and now scared for his life.
What the hell, Lukas thought as he stared hard at Rhea and would have bored a hole in her forehead with that kind of intensity, if it was possible.
What did that witch do to him now? Lukas was still thinking when she stirred. But instead of waking up, Rhea scratched her neck, muttering some incomprehensible words as if she was having a dream.
However, Lukas was not concerned with any of those because his eyes were fixed on her lips; watching the way it puckered up.
Lukas gulped, her lips were tempting.
Oh no.
He looked away at once with lightning speed.
What the hell, Lukas? What is wrong with you? Why are you so obsessed with someone else’s lips?
…..
“Get a grip of yourself!” Lukas muttered, slapping his cheeks as
If that would restart his brain and bring back his senses.
Why was he staring at her lips? He wasn’t even a pervert? No, Rhea was gradually turning him into a pervert! He was thinking of a woman’s lips while she was asleep. No, this has to stop.
At once, Lukas turned around and picked up the towel this time and wrong it so hard so that an incident like earlier wouldn’t occur.
Even as he wiped Rhea’s face, Lukas wasn’t looking at her this time – he was looking away from temptation. But he wiped her cheeks a little too hard and a whimper left Rhea’s lips.
“Sorry,” He apologized, knowing he wasn’t supposed to hurt her, not to think of waking her from her sleep.
But doing that brought him face to face with her lips again and Lukas’s heart began to pound hard. Why was she doing this to him? Lukas was close to tears.
Maybe he should just kiss her and get it over with? An evil thought came into his head.
“No, no, no,” Lukas shook his head. There was no way on earth he was taking advantage of a sleeping woman. That was the lowest he could ever go.
Yet he couldn’t erase the images of her lips from his mind. Maybe his mind was right, he just needed to kiss her and get it over with. His body must be reacting this way because he had been intimate with her and hadn’t tasted her lips. Yes, that must be it!
Just as he spanked her and was good to go – he thinks. He would kiss her and regain his sanity. And what better time to do it if not now that she was asleep. He would kiss her and she wouldn’t even know what happened while he goes back to being himself. Case closed. Everything returns to normal.
Moreover, Rhea was the one that caused this. If she hadn’t gotten dirty, he wouldn’t have cleaned her and led to this.
But as much as Lukas tried to justify his actions and pushed the blame on Rhea, it still felt sleazy.
Fine, it would be a quick kiss. He would barely place his lips on her and be done with it before the twinkle of an eye. He wouldn’t even feel a thing. Yeah, it wasn’t perverted at all, just a test.
Lukas leaned over, making sure his body was not touching or pressing down on hers for fear of being discovered. He supported himself on his arms until he was face to face with her.