Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Now, you have the privacy to say all you want to?” Lukas gestured to his office that was devoid of human presence.
“Who said I was here to talk?” Clara said with a mischievous smirk and then in three steps, ambled over to Lukas, hitched him closer by the collar, and pressed her lips against his.
His lips were still as gentle yet firm as she remembered and when she kissed him fully, it felt good. Unlike Luther, whose lips were most times chapped, Lukas’s were smooth as if he had exfoliated the dead skins making his lips look healthier – and yummy.
If only Lukas knew what she was thinking at that moment, he could have run away with his tails in between his lips. How could his lips be yummy? Cannibal mode suspected.
However, even as she kissed him, it was unsatisfactory and it was because something was missing. The passion. Even though she kissed him, Lukas stood as still as a tree; he was unaffected. Or maybe, he was trying hard to be unaffected.
Clara missed that feeling. She remembered that day he kissed her as if she truly mattered. Almost as if he was scared of losing her – that kiss had conveyed too many messages. But then, she couldn’t see the sign of it now. Why wasn’t Lukas making a move on her when she was literally throwing herself on him? She was confused.
So she kissed him harder and even rubbed her pelvis against his to elicit a reaction but all he did was to pull her away. They broke apart at once.
Clara looked up at anywhere else but him, her chest heaving from the lack of oxygen. She then faced him, ” You know, I’m going to get your heart one day,”
“Good luck with that,” Lukas told her, straightening his shirt she had crumbled up in the process of kissing him.
Clara frowned, “Are you in love with someone else?” It suddenly crossed her mind. That had to be the reason Lukas was being indifferent to her.
Lukas halted his actions, his brows raised, “No.” was all he said. No further explanation.
“Then why?”
“Why what?”
“Why have you been cold to me? I’m trying my absolute best to win your heart?”
Lukas laughed mirthlessly, “That’s the problem, I don’t exactly have a heart,” He tried to leave but she stood in his way.
“Why do I find that hard to believe?” Clara spoke, her words almost a whisper as she looked into his eyes as if trying to search for an answer that could help her understand him.
Without warning, Lukas whirled her around and backed her into the wall, pinning both of her hands above her head. Not that she was complaining, that was extremely sexy. Thinking she finally got him in the mood, Clara anticipated his next move. She bet her expectations would be met.
“What do you want from me?” Lukas asked, his voice incredibly low and sexy.
“Everything,” She wanted to say but couldn’t find the voice to speak. Lukas was turning her on.
“Is it sex?” And as he said those words, his hands traveled into her gown and began to trail up her skin.
It wasn’t his hands that turned her on, rather the intensity in Lukas’s eyes. The boldness in them as his hands traveled further up without breaking his gaze. He was confident in himself and that alone boosted his sex appeal.
Her breath hitched and her body shivered in delight as his hand traveled close to her heat, just a little more….. He stopped.
And it came as a major disappointment when he suddenly stopped. If her hands weren’t restrained, she would have made him finish what he started.
“Or have you become bored of Luther, you’ve turned your sight on me? I didn’t know you’re that much of an attention seeker?” he said cruelly.
Whatever excitement Clara felt for Lukas vanished as soon as he said those words. At once, the adoration she had for him turned into resentment. She struggled to be free and Lukas let her be.
But as soon as her hands were free, she landed a slap on his face, “How could you?!”
Lukas saw that slap coming yet made no efforts to stop her. Maybe he did deserve that one.
“How could you think that low of me?!” She cried out, feeling wronged. She went on, feeling strong bitterness in her heart, “I even gave up the man I loved just to make this work and this is how you treat me?”
“That’s the problem. Maybe you should go back to him,”
Be With The Lesser Evil
The tension in the room was so thick that one could slice at it with a knife. Clara went rigid the instant Lukas made that statement and she blanched.
“And what’s the endgame?”
“What?” Lukas said.
“We will be with whoever we like, what happens to our kid then?”
At the mention of a kid, all colors drained from his face. Sometimes, Lukas forgets that the sole aim of marrying Clara was to get a hair that would take his place if anything were to happen to him. And now, he thought about it, he felt stupid for having made that statement.
“What kind of family are we going to present to our child, Lukas? You of all people should answer that correctly,”
And she was fucking right, he could answer better having come from a troubled one. As much as Lukas disliked Clara, he couldn’t let his child grow up in a loveless marriage. His child can’t go through the same thing he encountered.
“Even if you don’t love me, at least try to encourage the future I’m trying to build for us. Don’t make me look like a fool,” The tears Clara had been trying to hold back, finally broke free.
“I’m so tired of fighting with you,” Clara threw herself on him and hugged him tight while Lukas stood frozen like the north pole.
…..
He didn’t know what to do nor did he push Clara away as she cried on his body. This was his fault.
Clara was right, whether he liked it or not, the both of them would have to build a family together. Even if he manages to get Chloe back, he can’t just break the engagement now, the decision was above him.
Even if he and Clara eventually broke off their engagement, he would still end up in an arranged marriage. His marital life is nothing more than a pawn in the politics to promote their family or between leading clans.
The devil you knew is better than the angel you have not seen. Lukas would rather be with Clara whom he knows her tendencies already than another woman from enemy clans.
Sometimes, an arrangement like that ends up in bloodshed when the woman with an ulterior motive betrays her husband for her family. Lukas would rather be with the lesser evil, Clara.
It was not like he was going to marry for love in the first place – he doesn’t even know what that means. All that mattered to Lukas was giving his child a better family and since Clara was interested in creating one as well, he might as well give her a chance.
Moreover, it would end his obsession for Rhea – he eventually came back to the subject he was avoiding. After today’s mission goes successful, Rhea would be sent far away and he would settle down with Clara and make a family.
Rhea would no longer be here to distract him or make him do stupid things- like killing one of his own for her. He would forget all about her and the fact she ever existed, focusing on his future. Clara was not a bad choice anyway. Maybe?
“Fine, let’s give it a try,” He finally said and one should see the expression on Clara’s face when she finally lifted her head.
“W-what?” She choked, a big look of unbelief on her face. She must have heard wrong.