Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Ah, right!” Rhea got herself and stared ahead, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. What was wrong with her?
But then, Luca who had been staring at their cute interaction through the rearview mirror unintentionally released stifled laughter and she glared at him. Was he kidding her right now?
A small smile tugged at the corner of Lukas’s lips but he didn’t show it. Right now, he was just satisfied with their little progress.
In the end, they stopped at a café, and Rhea couldn’t help but be moved when Lukas opened the door to let her into the shop. It made her feel special. Geez, why was he being so sweet today? She tilted her head unsure, what is wrong with Lukas?
In the end, Rhea ordered a fresh strawberry yogurt cake with a sweet blend of espresso while Lukas had his usual strong cup of black coffee.
“Is that all?” Rhea couldn’t help but ask him.
“Yes,” Lukas said and took a sip just as she dug into the cake. Although he lifted his cup to his mouth, Lukas used that tactic to look at her to his heart’s content.
Eyes Filled With Emotions
What was so interesting about Rhea? Because when it comes to qualification, she wasn’t even competent enough to be by his side?
Rhea wasn’t as educated or rich or influential as Clara. So what made her so different from the other women he has been with?
But one thing was for sure, seeing that blissful look on her face as she savored that cake, he was at peace.
The past few days had not been easy for Lukas. Not only did he have to deal with his sister’s rescue problem, but some issues also came up at work. There was an altercation with a rival crime family over route rights and he had to settle that without causing more tension between them. And not to mention, the fight between them the other day.
Thankfully, Lukas was swamped with so much work that he didn’t have the time to think about it. But then, each time he returned to the base, he got reminded of that fight over and over again to the point that it nearly drove him crazy.
Lukas was not going to lie, her huge distrust of him really hurt him. Upon everything he has done for her, doesn’t he deserve at least one percent of her trust. Doesn’t she believe in him a little?
So he decided to stay away from her for the time being. When you made yourself too accessible to people, they took you for granted. Lukas knew his worth and he doesn’t deserve to be treated the way she did, not even his cousin Victor would do that.
He wanted her to feel his absence in her life and Lukas didn’t know whether it worked because he missed her sharp quibs instead. But then, here he was trying to give her a second chance. She would never trust him, that was for sure. But he needed her respect. Lukas wanted her to see him as a man.
So here he was, hoping that he was making progress.
…..
“Is it that delicious?” Lukas asked, staring at her amused. The way she ate that, just made up him want to crack up; she was so invested in it.
“Yeah, it is,” Rhea spoke with her mouth full of the creamy cake, her eyes glinting with joy. It was so good. Whoever made this cake deserved to be given an award.
Lukas rubbed his chin, thoughtfully, “Then, I should have a taste too,” He suddenly said, and snatched the spoon from her grip.
“Hey! Get your own….” She was still saying when Lukas scooped the cake and had a taste, her eyes slightly widening. She just used that spoon…
Rhea went red in the face, that was an indirect kiss. Whatever, she must be thinking nonsense. What was she, five? Ten?
So she focused on Lukas who was still savoring the taste of the cake in his mouth, asking, “How does it taste?”
“Nice.”
“Nice?” Just that? She was expecting more praises for her newfound loving cake.
However, to her surprise, Lukas took another scoop, then the third and the fourth till a quarter of her cake was gone and she was currently glaring at him.
“What are you doing?” Rhea was no longer smiling.
“Oh, sorry!” Lukas apologized when he realized he had hogged her cake and returned the spoon to her.
Rhea received it from him with a frown. This is why you shouldn’t do a favor for people, now look what happened to her cake. She was close to crying. Her sweet strawberry yogurt cake!
But the truth is that Lukas had done that on purpose. He loved seeing her annoyed face, it was quite cute actually.
Rhea continued with her cake until she felt Lukas’s intense gaze on her again and was about to ask him what was so interesting about her face when she noticed he had something on his face instead.
“You…” She called his attention and gestured, “You have icing at the corner of your lips.”
“Oh.” Lukas took the table napkin and wiped his lips but he still missed a spot.
“Still there,” Rhea told him.
Lukas followed her direction yet still missed the spot and Rhea already vexed by the small yet annoying defect, reached out and grabbed the napkin.
Then she leaned over the table and towards Lukas, using the napkin, and wiped off the icing perfectly clean. However, in the process, her thumb mistakenly brushed across his lips, and electricity passed through her body.
She stiffened and so did Lukas. The both of them stared at each other, wondering if the other felt that too.
How could his lips be so soft? It looked incredibly kissable. Oh God, what was she thinking?!
Red-faced and in a haste to return to her seat, Rhea mistakenly knocked over the coffee left in Lukas’s glass and it rolled over and wasted its content on him.
“Oh, God!” Rhea screamed as soon as Lukas jerked up from his seat, startled as the coffee soaked into his pants and stained it.
Without thinking much, Rhea grabbed as many napkins as she could and began to wipe his pants, her hands dangerously near his crotch.
And It was at the last minute that she realized what she was doing and pulled back with a squeak. God, what was wrong with her today?
“It’s okay, I’ll just take care of this in the restroom,” Lukas said, a bust of laughter threatening to break out just as a staff appeared to help him clean up.
“You just stay here and wait for me,” He warned her sternly and Rhea nodded obediently. Where could she go anyway when the others were outside watching and waiting.
As soon as Lukas left, Rhea sat down embarrassed, having attracted attention to herself. Thankfully everyone in the shop who saw what happened minded their business. This outing was a total disaster.
Rhea barely sat down when a commotion came from her side. It happened that a woman was trying to comfort her crying baby in her arms while the other older sibling threw a tantrum. The woman was distressed.
Seeing that the woman was having a hard time trying to comfort both children, Rhea decided to help out.
She told her with a kind smile, “You can give me the baby, let me help you out,”
“Oh, thank you so much. I’m so sorry for the inconvenience.” The woman said.