Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“And I refuse to be inconsiderate.”
Lukas saw that stubborn tick in her jaw and knew that he was not going anywhere with this argument. Sometimes, he kept on wondering if she was the boss or him.
“Fine, do whatever you want,” He added immediately, “But I’ll be the one doing the cooking.”
Rhea stopped, blinking at him in surprise, before asking, “You know how to cook?”
“Yes.”
No.
The only thing Lukas knew how to do was to boil his water and prepare his coffee. Why learn about cooking when he had enough staff that took care of his needs since birth?
Victor was the chef of the family.
In fact, the only reason Lukas learned how to make his coffee was that his cousin began to use the knowledge to gain favors from him. So he learned how to make it and ended Victor’s reign of freeloading.
“Of course, I know. How hard can it be?” Lukas boasted as if it wasn’t hard work
But twenty minutes later, Rhea was seen trying to extinguish the fireball in the frying pan while Lukas stood, covered with soot.
Who in the world burns pancakes?! Well, you’re staring at him right there. By the time Rhea was done, the kitchen was covered with smoke and she learned a valuable lesson never to let Lukas cook again. He was just not… destined for it?
“What should we do now, I burned your food?” Lukas dropped his head like a puppy who knew he did something wrong.
Rhea laughed at the gesture before ruffling his hair, saying, “Well, I’m not that hungry anymore,” not after she filled her stomach with the smoke, “So perhaps, you can go wash up, and then we could cuddle and watch some movie?”
“Cuddling and movies?” Lukas said with distaste, crunching his nose as if that was the worst idea he has ever heard, “But then, we could fuck. There are condoms, you know,” His eyes lit up naughtily at the idea.
Rhea gave him a sweet smile that deceived Lukas into thinking she accepted his offer,
“Sorry, but my Lady Vag is closed for tonight. So movie or not?”
Valeria
“How could he do this to me? How could Lukas flaunt her in public when he has never even taken me out for dinner unless you suggested it?” Clara cried out, burying her face into Daniel’s chest and rubbing snort all over his shirt.
After the embarrassing night, the first thought that came to her mind was seeking Daniel. Clara had been determined to fight her battle by herself, but she couldn’t, Lukas had gone too far and she couldn’t hold back anymore. That was why she was here spilling her guts to Daniel.
Lukas was stupid not to realize that he had a nice father. Clara hasn’t even opened up to her own mother to this level, but she bared her soul to Daniel because he was always there to listen and help her. He was the father that she lost. Clara knew that Daniel would always stand by her, no matter what she had told him. Daniel had never failed her, he would not fail her now. That woman better watch her back now.
Even though she loathed their occupation and pretended not to know what the Luciano family was capable of, Clara had a feeling that Lukas’s secret lover was in trouble now. Lukas might not love her but Daniel likes her and she was his daughter-in-law, which meant Lukas had no say in this arrangement. In one word, she was sure that the wedding would hold.
But as pleased as she was with Daniel’s impending revenge on that woman, it still didn’t brush away the feeling of embarrassment she received today and Clara pushed her face further into Daniel’s chest, crying hard and didn’t get to see the furrow on his face.
Daniel was beginning to see reasons why his son didn’t like the girl. Clara was a crybaby and no member of Luciano’s family was a loser. It was a dog-eat-dog society and all of them fought for their place in the family and through hard work, got to the position they are today.
It seems he made a bad choice of a daughter-in-law. Instead of Clara complaining to him, she should have just solved her problem herself. She could get rid of the girl and nothing would happen to her because he was her backer. For sure, Lukas would throw a tantrum but would come around in time.
Even at that, Daniel had no plans of canceling their marriage. To gain, one must lose as well. It might seem hard at first but it got easier with time and that was something Lukas hadn’t understood yet. In a position of power, some sacrifices needed to be made and Lukas was too zealous to take note of that yet.
However, it wasn’t surprising, because he too made the same choices when he was around Lukas’s age, but life happened and he matured, and he had no doubt his son would too, especially with a Valeria by his side. Fate was really messing with him.
…..
As far as Lukas married Clara, Daniel gave no fuck if he kept Rhea as a mistress. Yes, that was where she belonged, as a whore, beneath his son. He wished Natalie was up there in heaven watching it happen and knowing that she was unable to stop it from happening – ghosts can’t manipulate fate. Haha, in your face, Natalie!
It would have been better if she had a grave, perhaps he could go piss on it. But then she fell into the damn water! He hoped the sharks made good dinner out of her body because the thought that the wave carried her away and washed ashore at another location where she would be buried irked him.
The fact that her body was never found bothered Daniel over the years because he has this stupid thought that she survived, but it was impossible. Even if she hadn’t drowned, the bullet to her stomach would have done the work. He snorted inwardly, to think that she would rather die than be with him annoyed him greatly.
However, if by some miracle Natalie survived, then he would do her the favor by ending her permanently. Yeah, no resurrection, no ghosts the second time. He was unable to kill her in the past due to petty feelings, but not anymore. He has changed over the years and that was why her daughter would bear his wrath. This was the universe giving him justice for what he did to her.
Daniel would rather die than have a Valeria spawn his heir, and would have had to remind his stupid son of that while he fucked the whore, but not anymore, the girl had to go. He would have tolerated her if she knew her place but she had to intercept his plans and almost ruined her place. He would get Lukas on that altar even if it meant getting rid of her.
Her family had scorned him in the first place for being low blood and now, this was the opportunity to climb up the social ladder, a Valeria comes to ruin it? It would never happen. She had to go. The Luciano’s would no longer be just a bunch of low lives with their dirty money, their status would be upgraded and they would mingle with the true bourgeois of the society.
But that would only happen after his son and Clara were wedded. Perhaps, when he was done, he would seek the remaining Valeria’s outside the country. Was their old man still alive? If he was, Daniel bet he wouldn’t have time left when he comes to demand his daughter’s hand in marriage because If he could remember much, there was still a younger daughter. Daniel might have once loved Natalie, but all that affection was filled with hate now and he would destroy all she ever cared for.
So Daniel put up with Clara’s tantrum even if it was annoying as well. Very soon she would be Lukas’s mess to deal with, but until then, he could not spook. Thankfully, he had shown Lukas firsthand how to put a woman in her place. In no time, Clara would learn her role in this family, and who knows, she might mature as well just as Penelope did.
Dirty Little Secret
Many years back…
Regalo was dead and Natalie had never been more scared in her life than now. The man was no other than her father’s strongest opponent in the upcoming election and his death was widely broadcasted in the news. Of course, suspicion should have moved to her father based on the fact that he was the one to benefit most from his murder, but that wasn’t the case.
Apparently, Regalo was working with the Cartal and they had a fall out which resulted in his murder. It seems the Cartel had been backing him until they had the dispute that led to the loss of his life. Nonetheless, her father was under investigation as well, however, Natalie knew nothing was going to come out of it because he had immunity – he had the support of that man, Daniel.
Natalie finally understood Daniel’s business with her father, he helped him eliminate his competition and she didn’t know what to make of that. Her father was turning into somebody that she couldn’t understand anymore due to his political ambition. Just how far was he going to go? Until he won? Then what? Rhea knew for sure that there was no going back once one had a taste of darkness. It was luring, sweet, intoxicating yet dark.
She couldn’t see her father in the same light as before and what made it worse was the fact that she couldn’t talk to anyone about it. Penelope was still spooked from that accident and it was made worse now Daniel literally walked in and out of their house as if he owned it. Natalie didn’t know the deal between her papa and Daniel, but they upped security as well, filling it with Daniel’s people and making it hard for her to sneak out.
However, Natalie was not the type of person to give up and already found a loophole in their security and a form of escape. She was going to see Edward today and no one was going to stop her. Penelope was not coming with her today, she had merely accompanied her that day to ensure that Edward was not a bad person.
Her job was fulfilled and Penelope might have subtly pointed out that her boyfriend was jinxed, hinting that they might stumble upon another psychopath like Daniel on their way home. Of course, that comment didn’t sit well with Natalie, but to avoid an argument, she let her be – her loss anyway. She was the one alone in there, not her.
Natalie was standing on the wedge she had created from a bunch of stuff she had gathered around and was ready to climb over the wall. She grabbed the edge of the high wall, grateful for her tall height. She pushed herself up, grunting with the effort as she successfully pushed one leg over the edge while the other one dangled from the inside.
She swallowed a deep breath, her leg having scraped across the wall in the process but she sucked in the pain, no success comes easily. Done catching her breath, she was about to lift the other part of her body over the wall when someone said,
…..
“I didn’t know you could scale walls too, princess?”
Caught red-handed, Natalie was startled and lost her grip. Before Natalie knew what was going on, she found herself stumbling back down with a curse on her lips and hit the ground or so she imagined because Daniel caught her at the last minute.
Still reeling from the shock, Natalie didn’t say anything until her brain reminded her about the fact that she was currently wrapped in Daniel’s arms. Shit! She cursed and scrambled to get off him and unintentionally made herself aware of the strength of his arms and the pack of muscles beneath his jacket.