Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“It’s your payment in full, not even a cent missing,” Charles assured him.
Daniel nodded his head, then closed the briefcase, before leaning back into his seat, rubbing his lower jaw, and lost in his thoughts.
“What is it?” Charles caught Daniel’s expression, and he looked bothered “By chance, did I miss out on something in our agreement?” He thought it was his fault.
“Nope,” Daniel sat up, “Everything is complete just as he agreed. However, I want to make you a deal this time.”
Charles’ eyes twitched, taken aback by his words.
“What is it?” He readjusted in his seat, intrigued. As a businessman and a politician, he could sense opportunities calling.
“What if I told you that there is a way out for the both of us? You don’t need to pay me and we would have a strong relationship as well?” Daniel baited him.
Charles narrowed his gaze at him, he wasn’t born yesterday and knew there’s always a catch in sweet deals like this one.
“What do you have in mind?” He still needed to hear him out.
“I want your daughter, Natalie. Let’s join our houses through marriage, Charles,” Daniel dropped his intention, grinning at him like it was a brilliant plan.
Blood drained from Charles’ face, having not expected that of all things.
“No,” He didn’t even know when the words left his mouth. The man was greatly shocked by the offer.
“No?” Daniel’s expression fell, that was not the response he was expecting from the man.
“No, you can’t have my daughter. She was not and would never be part of this deal,” Charles said firmly.
He might be a shrewd businessman and politician, but he loved his family as well. All of his endeavors were for his family to have a comfortable life and future.
Daniel laughed wryly, covering his face before glancing up at the man. He leaned closer to the desk and set to convince him,
“I don’t think you understand what I’m offering here, Charles. If I marry your daughter? If our family is joined through marriage? Whether it be the senate position….” and to entice him the more, he added, “or even the presidential position? The Luciano Clan would support you till you reach your maximum potential.”
Daniel studied him while squeaking and from the way his throat bobbed, he knew the man was greatly tempted. He had to push him more.
“Moreover, your daughter and I have been seeing each other for a while now, ” Daniel confessed and Charles stood up to his feet, his eyes wide with disbelief.
However, something happened, they heard a noise right outside the door and both men knew at once that someone was there. Somebody has been listening in on their conversation.
Daniel set to move, but he had not taken up to two steps when the door burst open and a furious Victoria walked in, heading straight towards Daniel.
“Victoria -“
Daniel was still saying when the woman landed a slap right at his face and his face whipped to the side from the impact.
“You have been seeing my daughter behind my back?!” The woman raged.
So she was the one spying on them.
However, Daniel calmly told her, “I understand you are angry and I shouldn’t have dated your daughter without your-” She didn’t let him finish.
“In your dreams, young man!” Victoria shouted at his face and Charles tried to intervene.
“Victoria, let’s all calm -“
“Shut up, your asshole!” She silenced him with her furious gaze, “You want to sell off your daughter to fulfill your political ambition as well? I can’t believe I married a man like you!”
Charles’ expression hardened at his wife’s accusation, “I never said I’m giving Natalie to him,” He defended himself, not that his wife was listening.
Victoria turned to face Daniel and fired at him,
“Who do you think you are? I might have turned a blind eye to your business with my husband, but not one that entails my child, and Natalie deserves better! She deserves princes to bow at her feet and the best life has to offer and you can’t afford that, can you?! What would people think of my daughter? Married to a criminal?!” There was pure disgust in her tone, one that Daniel hasn’t seen even while they got along in the past and it was all directed at him.
Victoria looked at him as if he was filthy and said, “I am not going to sit still and watch a nobody, a gangster try and ruin my daughter’s life for all that you’re worth. “
[Bonus chapter]The Both Of Us Forever
Perhaps, she shouldn’t have told her mother the truth, but by the time Penelope texted her that Daniel wanted them to get married, she lost it.
How could Daniel think of such a thing without discussing it with her? Does she want to get married to Daniel?
Of course, not!
Women were still underrated at this age and Natalie’s dream was to become a doctor, not Daniel’s wife. She wanted to make history with her discoveries and make progress in the health sector. She wanted to make life easier for humankind.
But then, Daniel could never understand because he was a selfish bastard. He only wanted her for himself and never once asked what she wanted. He doesn’t know her likes and dislikes because he never asks and just assumes.
However, it all has to come to an end. She was not going to marry him. They had different views and ambitions. Sure, opposites attract, but until Daniel supported her ambition instead of suppressing her, they would never attract.
With anger boiling in her veins, Natalie stomped over to her mother in the living room and told her the truth concisely. Honestly, Natalie thought that she got her temper from her father, but that was only because she had never seen her mother angry.
Her mother hardly got angry, no, she never got angry and she could finally see why. Because as soon as she told her mother of Daniel’s plan of getting them married, Natalie could have sworn that the woman’s eyes become fiery orbs like that of a furious dragon – except her iris wasn’t slited
She barreled down in the direction of the study room, startling Penelope in the middle of her spy work. She watched her nervous friend try to come up with an excuse for her action, but her mother was not in the mood for one and faced both men in the room.
…..
The words that left her mother’s mouth were unkind and shaming and Natalie felt for Daniel at that moment. Perhaps, there could have been a better way of settling than this chaos. Natalie hated violence because it resulted in bloodshed and bloodshed led to death. Her duty was revival, not ruination.
By the time her mother was done with her verbal explosion, Daniel was as pale as a corpse and her father had to hold her off from engaging him in a fight.
Natalie didn’t need to be told what to do, she moved and grabbed Daniel’s hand, pulling him out of there. She was guilty, but so was him. Perhaps, this would break all ties between them – it was a blessing in disguise.
It wasn’t until they were outside that Daniel was able to rouse from his thoughts and Natalie pulled away from him, a gesture he very much noticed and was displeased with.
“You should have told me,” Natalie faced him, “Marriage huh? This is the twenty-first century for crying out loud, I had a right to know!”
“Would you have agreed if you knew?” Daniel asked her, challengingly, “Would you have agreed to marry a nobody like me? A gangster?” He spat out every word her mother had used on him viciously.