Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Wait a minute, she narrowed her gaze at him suspiciously. Her guards were up now and Rhea couldn’t believe that she had another rival in line. As if Clara wasn’t enough, Leon too? A more powerful, handsome rival?
God, why couldn’t Lukas give her a break? Why does he attract attention from all around – even men now? It was because of his face, Rhea guessed. He was too handsome for people to handle! Perhaps, she would have him wearing masks like Elijah from now on to save her the trouble. Fighting for his love was becoming too challenging.
Does Luca know that too? Is that the reason he was keeping his distance? That betrayer! Leon was in love with Lukas and he didn’t tell her, Rhea quickly concluded.
“It’s all in the past,” Leon offered her an explanation when he saw the look she was giving him.
However, Rhea simply lifted her hand and silenced him, trying to digest all the information she just heard. No wonder, Lukas couldn’t explain their relationship to her and gave her the trust bullshit – he had a lot of explaining to do after this.
She took one long, deep breath before lifting her face to look at Leon once again, “Tell me….” Rhea gulped as if it was too hard to ask, “Did the both of you….” She brought her two fingers together to touch insinuatingly.
“Oh, God, no,” Leon answered, looking disgusted, which was a good sign, right?
“We didn’t get to that extent,” He said to her relief.
Rhea didn’t know that she was holding her breath until he said those words, “Then, what the hell happened?” She asked, annoyed.
“Well, we met at a club. To be precise, I met him at his club, and honestly, it was a mistake to think of him as gay. However, I met him at the bar alongside Victor, I didn’t know the both of them were related because they were giving off gay vibes, not to mention that Lukas was too good-looking for his own good and the gay ones tend to be too handsome,” he hinted at the stereotype surrounding gay people.
Rhea knew he was telling the truth, just as Mimi didn’t have any filter when it comes to talking shit, Victor was touchy-feely. However, that was just his personality and it was merely bad luck Leon stumbled on the scene.
“What happened next?”
“Well, what do you think I did?” Leon asked her back, picking up a glass of water and gulped it down.
Rhea could already guess he walked up to Lukas, but she needed to hear from him.
He went on, “I couldn’t give up on such an opportunity, the both of us know that your man is too damn attractive.”
A blush crept up Rhea’s cheeks when he said that while her heart swelled with pride. Her man, Lukas, was too damn attractive.
“So I walked up to him and touched him on the shoulder,”
“Oh, no,” Rhea gasped with a sense of premonition, “You didn’t?”
“Yep, I did.” Leon admitted ruefully, lifting his right hand for her to see, “He broke my middle finger before I could blink. Thankfully, he only broke it, not destroyed it. He questioned my intention and seeing the murderous intention on his face, I had to explain I was interested. God, that was the most embarrassing day of my life. “
He deserved the punishment, Rhea thought inwardly. As much as she felt sorry for Leon, he had to go and hit on the wrong person, her man, Lukas. The twisted side of her relished his punishment.
“So, how did the both of you become friends?” Rhea was curious – and suspicious as well. Lukas was wary of Clara, so why would he keep someone interested in him by his side?
“It turned out that it was his club, and when Lukas found out that I wasn’t his enemy, he took me to the hospital and treated me. And from there, we become sort of buddies, I guess.”
“Buddies, huh? That means you’re no longer interested in him, right?” Rhea asked, hopefully.
“Oh please,” Leon rolled his eyes, feeling insulted, “I lost my interest in Lukas the moment I found out that he was a pussy lover and not an asshole,” He said.
“That’s good then,” Rhea was more than happy to hear he wasn’t attracted to Lukas anymore. Imagine having to compete for Lukas with someone of his caliber, she would lose.
Leon might not be as handsome as Lukas, but he was hot. Not to mention he was rich and was friends with Lukas already. That was a big disadvantage.
She stood to her feet, “Thank you for the wonderful meal. I would love a rest now.”
But Luca was beside her the moment she pushed the chair back and Rhea stopped him, “I only want to take a nap, Luca, “
So Rhea stated, “Don’t follow me, please, my room is not that far. However, it would please me greatly if you can do me the favor of keeping my host, Leon, company. I’m retiring early which is quite rude considering he cleared up his schedule to accommodate me today, and I’m sure Leon wouldn’t mind your company, right? ” She faced her host, expectantly.
“Of course, not. I would love his company.” Leon didn’t fail and even had a pleasing smile. It seems they were on the same page here. Well, anything to keep his eyes off Lukas.
“But -” Luca protested.
“No, but,” Rhea tapped his chest and skidded down the hall happily.
Self-Preservation
“Are you going to stand there all day?” Leon said as Luca remained on the spot without making a move. After Rhea gave him the order to keep Leon company, all he did was lean against the wall and pretend he doesn’t exist.
“What’s wrong with my position?” Luca asked with a disinterested gaze. No, the frown on his face could give the impression that he hated Leon’s ass even though this was the first time they were ever meeting.
“Your mistress’ order was to keep me company, but I’m so bored that I could die,” Leon pointed out with a sigh, stabbing his cold food with his fork nonchalantly.
“The last time I checked, keeping someone company doesn’t necessarily involve talking. If you’re not satisfied with my presence alone, you can dismiss me and we both save ourselves the headache. I need a nap as well.”
“You need a nap on duty?” Leon looked at him with a teasing smile, “Lukas is going to kill you once he hears you left his woman unprotected.”
“However,” Leon added immediately, his lashes lowered before lifting his head to take in Luca from the top of his head to the sole of his feet and then back up again, appreciating his body, “You could sleep in my bed, it’s extra soft and feels like heaven and Lukas wouldn’t even know,” He hinted at something Luca clearly understood because his gaze was now staring intently on the man who was not hiding he was interested in him.
“Thank you for the tempting offer, but no,” Luca said with his jaw clenched and his gaze hardened.
“It’s a no then,” Leon nodded, looking visibly hurt by his offer as he gulped down a glass of water.
However, if there’s anything that Lucas’ learned in this profession, it was the fact that looks were deceiving. So even when he saw the hurtful expression on Leon’s face, he looked away. He has made up his mind already, he was not going for Leon even if he was hot as fuck and the attraction was pulling him along.
…..
“You hate me.” Leon pointed out, holding his gaze as he asked, “Why?” He wanted an answer.
Luca gulped, wondering why he was finding it hard to say it. However, after a few minutes of awkward silence between them, he finally said, “I don’t hate you, I only hate your personality.”
“You hate my personality, huh?” Leon mulled over his words, finding them quite amusing, “Interesting.”
“What aspect of my personality do you hate?” Leon looked really serious when he asked that, as if he would change if Luca wanted him to.
“Your numerous boyfriends,” Luca asked, “Does people’s heart seem that easy to you?” He pointed out that he has heard and read his rendezvous printed all over the tabloids for everyone and anyone to read. The papers always seem to find a new topic to talk about him every day. However, the title of “fuckboy” was bestowed on him.
“Oh, a loyal one I see,” Leon muttered, confusing Luca. He then pushed his seat back with a squeak, standing up to his feet.
“You’re scared then,” He pointed out, making Luca glare at him.
