Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“I should have known you all were having fun without me,” Hannah turned her phone and teased them with the picture.
Mimi, Victor, and Roger, all there stared at each other, communicating secretly, her mother can’t know the truth about the Luciano family, yet. They all came to an agreement wordlessly.
“Sorry, Hannah, I would bond with you now,” Victor said, walking over to the woman and hooked his arm around her.
“Selfie time!” He hollered, positioning the camera so they both could be captured well.
Victor took tons of pictures with the woman not just in the hunting room, but all around the house. According to him, they needed to make a whole lot of memories so he wouldn’t be missed when he leaves the next day and as well, prove to his mother that he has bonded with his wife’s family.
Well, Hannah realized late that she was on a date with the Tasmanian Devil because, by the time they were done, she was so tired that Mimi had to be the one to escort her back to her room.
“Jesus, that boy has a lot of energy, I can already imagine your unborn son would be a handful,” Hannah chuckled at the thought.
“Why a boy? I love girls,” Mimi pouted.
“When you see a dominant gene, you’d know. It’s a boy.” The woman assured her.
“It’s not.”
“It is. Trust your mother.”
Seeing that she couldn’t argue with her, Mimi let her have the last word. There was no proof of what she said anyway and she honestly doesn’t care about the baby’s gender. Her child is loved and that’s all.
It was late already, so her mother could sleep right away. It was a good thing Victor tired her out, so the both of them could spend time together before going to bed.
“Goodnight mom,” Mimi kissed her on the forehead after tucking her in.
“Goodnight, my little Miracle,” She pecked her back and Mimi smiled at her calling her full name.
Hannah added, “Tell your father he should leave my wonderful son-in-law alone and come to bed right away.”
“Aye, captain,” She saluted her and left to relay the message.
However, when Mimi came down, the both of them were busy discussing business and Victor was giving her father pointers. Mimi had always hated her father’s business talks because it was boring as well and made her dizzy especially when they involved numbers, but watching Victor talk made it kind of interesting. So she just leaned against the wall, watching them, who was she kidding?
She was watching Victor.
Mimi noted his features; his thick brows and how they arched whenever he made a point; his gray eyes that glinted with the topic at hand; that pointed nose and finally his lips, the sexy shape of it, and how they moved whenever he talked.
Well, he was a fine wine, and perhaps, spending the rest of her life with him wouldn’t be so bad.
“Dad, mom, wants you upstairs,” Mimi intentionally interrupted them.
“Oh, I didn’t know,” Roger didn’t think much and stood to his feet.
Mimi watched as they said a few more words and he finally left.
Amen!
With everyone gone, Mimi strutted over to Victor sexily. Standing in front of him, she announced, “It’s bedtime.”
Victor smirked knowingly,
“Do you want me to warm your bed, Madam?”
[Bonus Chapter] The Meeting Was A Disaster
“Where is she?!” Lukas stormed into the room like a beast, he was panting hard as if he ran a marathon which was actually the truth since he had wolfed out right after the message from Luca. His eyes roamed the room restlessly until they landed on a figure on the bed with Luca by her side.
“Rhea,” Lukas walked straight to her with Luca moving out of the way, making room for him. Right now, Lukas was like a time bomb. He was anxious because of Rhea that even a small mistake could set him off – and Luca doesn’t want to be that person.
“Lukas…” Rhea breathed, trying to sit up but Lukas didn’t let her move. More blood can flow to your brain if she laid down, moving around was not advisable.
“What happened to you, love?” He queried, clasping her cheeks. Lukas’s eyes were still wide with fear as he scanned her body, checking for injuries that he couldn’t find.
No one can understand the apprehension that gripped him when he heard Rhea fainted. He thought something really bad had happened to her and that was the last time he would see her.
But you know what scared him the most, the fact that Rhea might have left him this way. His last memory of her would be the both of them fighting and that killed him inside more than anything.
The guilt.
During those minutes, that guilt ate him from the inside out. They ate him alive and he blamed himself for what happened. On his way here, all Lukas kept hoping was that she would be alive. If she just held on to life, then he would change everything. He wouldn’t be fucking mad at her anymore. If Rhea wanted him to be spare alive, then so be it.
He just wanted her to stay alive.
…..
Lukas realized during those moments that Rhea was his life and he really couldn’t go on without her. She lit up his world and it was nothing without her. It was dead. Empty. Cold.
His father advised him never to fall in love. Daniel claimed love made him weak, that it was a weakness. But he was wrong. Love is poison. A poison that starts harmlessly and slowly until it infects every bit of your body. It seeps into your bones till it’s deeply ingrained inside of you and it kills you over and over again, yet you can’t die.
It’s a sweet death.
“I just felt a little sick,” Rhea explained to him, her voice weak.
Lukas turned to Luca with a fierce look, “She was perfectly fine when I left her in your care, what happened, Luca?” He accused him.
Luca in question breathed shakily, “I honestly don’t know sire.”
Lukas’s eyes narrowed, his body tight with fury, “What do you mean you don’t know?” His voice was dangerously low.
Luca didn’t answer and only looked at Rhea and then at Aziz whom Lukas just discovered was in the room with him. His priority had been on Rhea earlier, no one else.
“Lukas…”Rhea touched his arms, trying to get his attention. But he was far from listening.
“I asked you a question and it demands an answer. “
Unable to stand the tension anymore, Luca opened up to him, “Rhea mistakenly ruined her coat, I left to get her another one to keep the cold, but even I returned, that was when it happened and Aziz was by her side when she lost consciousness.”