Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Definitely, not you though,” Lukas disapproved Rhea from going and that pissed her off instantly.
“Are you for real?” He can’t continue keeping her here, all because he loved her and wanted her away from danger.
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But Lukas said to her, “Listen to me, Rhea, I’m not trying to cage you, but Reina is not stupid. She loves her children and would definitely do a background check on them and if she found out that you’re related somehow to me, I don’t want to think about what she would do.”
“I think Lukas is right on that one and remember, unlike the last time, Lukas can’t break into that place to rescue you.” Victor supported him.
“You know, you could still do this the easy way by simply meeting up with Niklaus,” Rhea said to him.
Lukas sighed with a deep breath, “Rhea, we’ve talked about that already and I told you what my father did and -“
“I know, Lukas, but it’s been years already,” She argued, “And who knows, Niklaus might have forgiven and forgotten it already and he’s merely waiting for a brave Luciano, probably not your father, but you, to extend an olive branch.”
“Nice idea, but we are not working with a hypothesis,” Lukas said, irritation beginning to show on his face.
“But Lukas -“
“Enough!” He snapped at her unintentionally and her features hardened. Oh no. He has done it again, wonderful.
“Fine. Suit yourself then, my lord,” Rhea answered coldly, her words dripping with sarcasm as she turned to leave.
“Rhea,” Lukas grabbed onto her arm but she pulled free and stormed away, leaving him to wallow in regret.
Lukas felt the telltale of a headache brewing and pinched the bridge of his nose. No one told him a relationship was this hard? It would have been much easier if she just obeyed his command? Yeah, you want a woman without an opinion, Lukas? Even his consciousness was beginning to taut him.
It wasn’t until he noticed the awkward silence in the room that Lukas found out that everyone had paused on his behalf.
“Go ahead, please,” He told them while Victor, his henchman, shook his head in sympathy. Yeah, cousin, he was way over his head in this relationship.
Winters said, “Since Rhea has been ruled out of the picture, I’m guessing it’s just Mimi and I applying for the position of nanny then.” She surmised and saw no disagreement in their expression.
But Mimi was the first to raise her hand in question, “So from what I learned so far, the Spencer’s quite an influential family, and I’m sure many other women want that position of nanny unless you got the news exclusively of course. Even at that, what is the probability we are going to be chosen? I mean, do I need to add any special skill to my CV?” She wanted to be sure.
“I said earlier that luck must be shining on us because Reina’s children are notoriously known in the city for their pranks and they are even called the daredevils. That is why their mother is finding a nanny who is not afraid of losing her life in the process. Good for us, we are desperate enough to be their nanny. ” Winters summarized.
“Are they really that bad?” Victor asked, concerned for Mimi. Kids or not, he would start a war with the Spencers if anything happened to his girlfriend.
“Well…” Winters said, going through her phone, “From the reports so far, no nanny has lost their life and in the kid’s most extreme prank so far, a nanny ended up losing her hair in the process…” She paused, then muttered under her breath as she went through the photos of the unlucky nanny, “Geez, I love my hair.”
“Maybe, we should wear a wig?” Mimi suggested.
“Yeah, great idea. That would make us look less suspicious.” Winters said
“Reina knows her kids, she would probably understand.”
“No one is losing their hair or their life,” Lukas spoke up after a long time, “The plan is to find if my sister resides in that house and get her the fuck out of there. Once you both confirm she’s there, you don’t need to stay to the end of it and can just use the excuse of the kid’s pranks to get out of there. It’s not a long-term job. “
“And if she indeed resides there, what’s next? You break into the place?” Winters knew that was not a great idea.
“We’d figure it out, that’s for sure.”
“What if I talk to your sister once I find her, try to convince her to leave with us or something?” Mimi suggested.
“She would never leave with you,” Lukas told her with conviction, “I taught her never to trust anyone but me.”
Mimi Wanted Options
Rhea was fuming in the backyard’s vegetable garden. There were a lot of gardens here anyway thanks to the large land mass, Lukas even has a vineyard, the one she ran through the night she danced at Victor’s party, hoping to escape him weeks ago, although the escape was an epic failure.
So she choose the smaller garden where there would be less company, although she had a feeling Luca was watching her somewhere. At first, it had been creepy having the male follow her everywhere, but she had gotten used to his presence and he wasn’t a bad company anyway. However, watching her from the shadows was still weird.
Rhea squatted down in front of the small raised tomato garden bed, about four-by-four feet. She imagined the unripe tomato as Lukas’s head and ranted to it, transferring all of her aggression to the imaginary Lukas. It was a habit she learned from Mimi and at the moment, it suited her mood.
“Stupid male!” Rhea hit the top of the tomato with the small stick she had in hand, “Why can’t you ever listen to me for once?! Or is it that hard listening to a woman’s idea,” She rolled her eyes towards heaven.
If people thought toxic feminism was prevalent in society, then they haven’t met the underworld where women are meant to keep quiet, subservient, and submissive in the midst of male aggression and domination. It was annoying, and that was why Rhea never wanted to be with Lukas in the first place, she had to give up everything she loved and dreamed to be, just to be by his side.
As his lover, she was meant to support Lukas’s ambitions, but what about hers? Instead, the little contribution she makes to Lukas’s “ambition” was rejected and thrown away as if it didn’t matter – as if it was stupid and unappreciated! Fine, she would stand by the sideline this time and watch his plan fail. Rhea hopes he doesn’t come crying to her when he finds out in the end that her plan was the best.
“You egoistic jerk! Does your damn pride matter to you more than a clear plan! Or you think I would be there to kiss your booboo when you fail?” She huffed, “In your dreams!” Her smile was wicked this time, “I’ll make sure that you suffer and go down on your knees begging me for forgiveness this time!” She decided.
“Does that make you feel better?”
Somebody said from behind and Rhea turned around immediately only to see that it was Victor and she released a sigh, someone has infiltrated her sanctuary. She turned back without saying a word to him; Victor was not welcomed here.
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Victor came up and squatted down as well beside her before staring at the bruised tomato in the middle and raised a questioning brow, amusement tugging at the corner of his lips,
“Is that Lukas?”
Rhea looked at him in surprise, “How did you know?”
“Mimi,” He smiled.
“Oh.” Rhea nodded. Of course, Victor was dating Mimi and it was expected that he noticed all of her quirks already.
She turned to him with brows drawn, her interrogative mode on, “What are your plans for my friend? I know you, Victor and I know my friend, Mimi and I hope the both of you aren’t into casual dating because I swear to God, if you dare to hurt my friend, Lukas’s cousin or not, I’ll rip you apart and make sure there’s isn’t a trace of your bone left after I’m done with – “
“Whoah, whoah, calm down, alpha queen,” Victor chuckled at her sudden aggressiveness. Of course, it was admirable the extent she would go for her friend. But then, if he was an enemy, Victor already knew Mimi was her trigger.
Rhea took a deep breath, calming her nerves before confessing, “Mimi is the only family I have left. Just the same way, Lukas is putting everything on the line for his sister, I would do the same for Mimi.”
“I know and I can assure you that there’s no need to go to the extent of ripping my bones apart till there’s not even the bone left..” He winced at the gory imagination.
Victor opened his mouth to say something but words failed him, instead, he ran his hand through his hair while Rhea stared at him in confusion.