Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Keeping Secrets From Her
“Fuck!” Lukas cursed as he stood under the shower. He still hasn’t been able to calm down even after the cold water sprayed down his body. To be precise, his little brother down there was having a field day.
If only Rhea knew how much she was driving him crazy. Lukas knew how much self-control he had to summon not to fall into her trap, because the moment she touched him, an internal battle set off inside of him.
He had been tempted to do what she wanted, especially when she bit down on those pouty, sexy lips. He felt his member harden and would have promised her the world had it not been the presence of his men. They were the anchor that he held onto for his sanity.
For someone who had given him rigorous training, Lukas wondered what his father would think of him now if he saw in this “pathetic” condition – as he would call it. He was at the mercy of a woman and Daniel surely wouldn’t approve of it.
Daniel would eliminate Rhea if he got the idea that she made his son aka his legacy, weak. So Lukas couldn’t be partial and refused to give her special treatment as she wanted.
Just as he planted spies amongst his father’s men, Daniel would do the same as well. You could think of it as some sort of check and balance system except that the so-called spies are in danger when found.
Back to the issue at hand, why was his little brother so excited? Well, the promise of a lap dance. He was anticipating it. Craving it. Lukas knew undoubtedly that he was winning that match tomorrow. Rhea simply dug her grave by suggesting that.
Rhea was opening up to him and Lukas knew it was only a matter of time before she fell completely for him. He promised her that he would change her mind about him and that was already happening. Except that his body was a bit impatient.
With a groan, Lukas reached down and began to touch himself. His imagination featured Rhea doing dirty things to him aroused him and he took advantage of that to please himself.
…..
He increased his pace and in no time found his release. Satisfied for the moment, Lukas shut off the shower and ran his hand through his hair, wringing the water out of it before he wrapped himself in a thick towel.
Lukas walked into his room and dressed up in casual clothes before receiving a text message. He then headed down to his office where Victor was already seated and waiting for him, alongside the soldier he sent out on that errand.
“Did you get it?” He asked, settling down behind his desk as the soldier handed a tablet over to him and he received it.
“It wasn’t easy to retrieve this, someone was after it as well. Good thing that I was faster.” The soldier told him.
“Someone,” Lukas thought over the man’s words, rubbing his jaw thoughtfully. It seems the woman wasn’t as simple as he thought.
“You can leave,” He dismissed him and the soldier left immediately.
“So, why am I summoned here? I was busy,” Victor told him, turning around side by side playfully with the help of the swivel seat.
“Shhh,” Lukas gestured to him to keep quiet so he could concentrate on the video. He played the recording right to the moment he left for the restroom and to the moment the woman first saw Rhea, his brows drawn together in intense concentration.
Lukas focused on studying the woman’s reaction and her facial expressions. Sometimes you could tell what one’s thinking from the look on their faces. The camera couldn’t capture her eye color but that wasn’t the problem since he had seen it already.
When Lukas was done, he leaned back into the seat with a deep sigh while Victor, whose curiosity had gotten the best of him, snatched the tablet from him and watched it. But in the end, he couldn’t make sense of the video as to why Lukas was so bothered by it.
“Okay, what am I looking at here?” Victor asked, unable to stand it anymore.
Lukas told him, “I think I just found Rhea’s mother,”
“Okay… what?!” He was surprised by the news, “How? When? Where is she?”
“In the video, dumbass,”
Victor stared at the video and then back at Lukas, “Wait a minute, you think the woman in the video is her mother? How can you be so sure of that?”
Thanks to that question, Lukas spent the next minutes telling his cousin of their encounter and his instinct. And by the time he was done, Victor stared at him as if he had grown two heads,
“So just because the woman has green eyes, you think she’s Rhea’s mother? Lukas, green eyes might be rare but just because two people with the same eye color coincidentally meet at a Cafe doesn’t make them relatives.”
But Lukas disagreed, “You don’t understand, Victor. I saw the emotions play out on her face and those weren’t ordinary. There was first shock as if she couldn’t believe what she was seeing…. then recognition and then yearning.” He tried to remember what he had seen.
“Hmmm,” Victor thought over it as well. Lukas was a sensible human being and wouldn’t talk rubbish if he wasn’t sure of it. He asked, “Why didn’t she talk to her then if that was the case?”
“She left Rhea for twenty-three years. If you were the one in her shoes, would you summon the courage to do so?” Lukas wanted him to think from the woman’s perspective.
“I’m shameless, I can do anything,” Victor proudly announced, “But I guess, for normal people that’s a no,” He reasoned in the end.
“I don’t know but I can’t help but think there’s more to that woman than meets the eye,” Lukas thought, “She gives off a strange vibe.”
“You think it’s connected to the reason why she had to abandon Rhea?” Victor said.
“Maybe?” Lukas stood and said, “Nonetheless, I have what she looks like now, all I have to do now is to find her.”
“What about Rhea, would you tell her about your findings?” Victor asked him and he stiffened.
Lukas breathed, “No.”
“You’re already keeping secrets at this early stage of your relationship?” He teased him.
Lukas defended himself, “I’m not keeping any secret. We are currently running on hypothesis, I just want to be sure of my facts before I told her,”
But even as he said that, Lukas knew inwardly that it wasn’t the entire reason. But one thing was for sure, he wanted Rhea by his side whether her mother wanted it or not.
It Was Merely Infatuation
“Wow,” Eric breathed as soon as he saw Natalie emerging downstairs. His adam’s apple bobbed as he took a good look at her, “You look beautiful as always, my queen,” He did a ceremonial bow.
“Oh please,” Natalie chuckled deeply while rolling her eyes. Sometimes the man could be overly romantic.
She took a good look at him, he was dressed casually with the sleeve of his shirt rolled up his arms. Eric looked laid back – and sexy. Natalie took her eyes off him at once. She can’t entertain such useless thoughts about him. The both of them…. you know what? Forget about it.
“You look charming as usual,” Was all she said to him.
Eric stretched his hand and she placed her palm in his as he took her hand. That was Eric for you, he always found ways of treating her like a princess. Natalie wondered what she did in her past life to deserve such kindness from him.
Together, they walked outside and he led her to the Mercedes-Benz already waiting for them. Whenever she was around, he loved riding in luxury and comfort, making sure that her time was worth it.
Like the gentleman he was, Eric opened the door for her and helped her get in despite the chauffeur standing at the corner and ready to help her out.
Soon enough, they both settled down and the chauffeur took off just as he informed her, “I’m sorry but this outing of ours might take quite a lot of time, so I suggest you sleep and get a lot of rest before we got there,”
But Natalie furrowed her brows instead, “You shouldn’t have bothered if it would take this long. I can imagine the amount of stress it took you to find -“