Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Eric picked his daughter in his arms saying, “She looks cute while blushing, doesn’t she, Rose?” He teased her.
Rose turned to her, “Look, Aunt Natalie, daddy thinks you’re cute….” She turned to her father,” Does that mean you are going to marry aunt Natalie?”
Bam!
Immediately, there was an awkward silence in the room, and both couples looked at each other with no clue how to handle that one. Seeing they have no choice but to give the girl some sort of response, Eric cleared his throat and asked his daughter carefully, “What makes you say that, Rose?”
Rose pouted her cute lips, “Well, my classmate Jonah says his father married his mother because he thought she was cute and now you said aunt Natalie is cute, does that mean you would marry her and give me lots of cute babies?” she said proudly.
Natalie choked on her saliva, what does she mean by cute babies? Just what are children learning these days? When she was Rose’s age, she didn’t know stuff like that. Damn, this world was truly coming to an end.
“Rose,” Eric called his daughter’s name in a tone that told Natalie that he too wasn’t in support of that kid called Jonah. He asked her, “Did you get a little boyfriend without me knowing?”
“No ooh?” She drawled her response only to meet her father’s intense stare and pulsed her lips, “Maybe…?”
But Eric wasn’t harsh on her, if anything he played smart on her by saying, “So would you break up with your little boyfriend if I married Aunt Natalie and gave you cute siblings?”
At once, Rose’s eyes widened as if that was the best news she had ever heard.
“Of course!” She screamed, nearly jumping in his arms, and thankfully, Eric had a firm grip on her else she would have fallen to the ground.
However, Natalie was confused with the games Eric was playing since they were already engaged and she was wearing the ring as proof. She was lucky Rose had not seen it else the young girl would question her endlessly about it. But then her heart was filled with joy when Rose celebrated,
“I’m going to have two mummies!”
It seems she had been worrying over nothing after all.
“Now, time to propose,” Eric said, putting the girl down, but adding to Natalie’s confusion. What proposal again? However, when she saw Eric wink at her, she hid her hand behind her back tactically. If this was the best way to inform his daughter about their marriage, then so be it.
“Now, it’s time to hear from your aunt Natalie, If she would marry me. Would you marry me, Natalie?” Eric asked her knowingly.
Rose moved her gaze from her father Natalie, intertwining her hands together as she pleaded with her, “Please, please, please, marry my poor father and be my mommy instead of my friend, aunt Natalie. That way, you would belong to me, alone?” She gave her the puppy eyes.
But Natalie lifted her head cockily and asked, “What would your father do for me if I marry him?”
Eric grinned at her, “All my money would be yours.”
Natalie rolled her eyes, “That’s not enough.”
“I’ll cook for you.”
“Cute, but that only touched my left heart,” She teased him.
Rose inputted, “We would have fun together as a family!” She began to count with her fingers, “We would go to outings together, the amusement park, you would take me to my school and I’ll introduce you as my second momma, and my friends would be jealous of me for having two of them!”
Natalie laughed, knowing without a doubt, that the girl has won her over. So she said, “Fine, I’ll marry your father.”
“Yeah!” Rose’s scream was so loud that they winced inwardly. She was so loud their ears felt like busting.
“And now, for the final moment!” Eric said, coming in front of Natalie and blocking his daughter’s view as he made a few trick moves with his hands, “Abracadabra!”
He lifted Natalie’s hand and a ring appeared, and the girl squealed joyfully!
“I’m going to have a baby brother soon!” Rose jumped up and down in celebration while Natalie smiled sadly. She was already in her menopause and wasn’t sure she was fertile enough to give birth. However, she would try, she owed that to the little girl.
However, Eric was unbothered whether Natalie was able to give birth or not, he loved her nonetheless. Rose was enough for him. All that mattered to him was making sure his little girl ended whatever childish relationship she had going on with that little burger called Jonah else the fish in the Bible won’t be the only thing swallowing him soon.
They could be friends, sure, but there was no way his daughter Rose was having a boyfriend until she was twenty-five. Any testosterone-infested male brave enough to dare him would have him to face.
The vendetta was personal
Elijah was on the floor doing push-ups, sweat coating his fair skin and his body trying to buckle under the pressure but he refused to give up until he broke his usual record. Lately, he has been working out like a mad man trying to push his body to the limit so he could be in his best form and at the same time distract himself.
When he wasn’t working alongside Adele, he was at home where he would be tormented with the thoughts of Rhea. He had seen her faint that night and that had gored him deeply. He never wanted to hurt her, that hasn’t been his intention, he merely wanted to feed her hope, and remind her that he hadn’t given up on her so she would snap out of whatever delusion she had with Lukas, but it seems she couldn’t take it. She seriously hasn’t fallen for that bastard, right?
God, no.
Anyone else, but Lukas. Elijah hated his guts and he was already putting his plans into action. For now, he wanted an invitation to Lukas’s place, and the only way he could get that was to find Peter’s sponsor. Elijah knew how stuff like that worked. If they could solve the case, Lukas would be grateful for their help and would invite them – he and Adele – to his place to thank both of them. He has been contributing a lot to the gang and he knew Lukas was curious about him already. Through that opportunity, Elijah planned to see Rhea and figure out how to get her out of there.
He already handed a copy of the list to Jason to help him, if there was anyone good at finding information, it was him. If only Peter had made things easier by giving them the precise number, but then he wanted to torture their life a little bit. Of course, the man was vengeful, else he wouldn’t have mailed that list to his place two weeks after his death. He sensed Lukas would end his life and didn’t want to die alone – he was bringing his sponsor down with him.
With his plans intact, Elijah felt more at peace. Whether Rhea loved Lukas or not – he didn’t believe that – he promised to get her out of this country and would do just that. Lukas didn’t deserve her and was merely using her. She would understand that soon.
Daniel, his father, was no good, hence Elijah didn’t expect much from Lukas himself and didn’t believe he was truly in love with Rhea. Men like him made innocent and naive girls feel special, only to dumb them in the end after breaking them. Such a fate would not await his Rhea, she was far too special for that, which is why he would save her from that monster, Lukas.
His phone suddenly rang, interrupting him and Elijah had to give up on his push-up at the one hundred and eighty-two count. His muscles ached, but he pushed up to his feet and picked up his phone from where he had dropped it only for his brows to furrow when he saw the contact flashing on his screen.
It was Cindy.
…..
Didn’t Adele say that she would give up on him after the drama last time? Elijah sighed, he didn’t ask for any of this. However, the girl could still be useful in his plan in the future, so he needed her on his side.
“Hello?” He answered.
“I’m at your place, open up.” She said and ended the call abruptly.
Elijah was dumbfounded, did that kid just hang up on him? He clenched his jaw, that was a huge disrespect to someone of his caliber. Fine, she should stay outside for all he wanted, perhaps, learn a bit of respect that way.
So Elijah headed to his bathroom and washed up, returning to his living room dressed in nothing but his dark gray sweatpants. He plopped down on the sofa intending to catch a short nap before continuing his job at the Luciano’s only for his phone to light up with a text.
[I’m still waiting outside ~ Love, Cindy]
Elijah released a string of curses, couldn’t she give him a break? Fine, he would see what she wanted. Hence, he strode over to the door and peeping through the hole, saw that she was indeed outside and flung the door open. But before he could say a word, Cindy threw herself into his arms, bawling her eyes out.
“Aziz!” She cried out, placing her chin on his shoulder and he was unable to do anything except standing there awkwardly.
What happened? Elijah wondered, knowing that something must have occurred for Cindy to be this emotional and sought him out for comfort. However, he got distracted and that was his mistake.