Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
It was him.
He was Elijah.
And just like that, everything began to make sense to Lukas. The only way the base could have been attacked today was because there was an inside man. Elijah had infiltrated his gang a long time and played it safe, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Everything began to come back to him as in a movie. The bastard was the one that Rhea had been protecting all this while. The signs were there, he just didn’t notice them. He had been blinded by feelings not to see it.
The day Rhea fainted, of course, Elijah was the only one who could have made her react that way. He never let her leave the base, it would make sense that she fainted after seeing his face that day. The asshole had dared to step into the lion’s den. He had not been afraid of coming to see his woman while being in his territory.
It was expected.
Lukas grabbed the laptop and flung it halfway across the room and no one said a word, if anything they became alert. Lukas’s breathing was ragged as he went over the memories and the possibilities of what he would have done had he known the truth.
He ran his hand through his hair, his mind working. Elijah came into his organization in the name of Aziz and deceived everyone. He even dared to use his cousin, Adele?! Lukas was boiling with anger and he needed to explode.
Everything was driving him crazy as he thought about how all of this would have gone differently had Rhea told him the truth. The bastard had been hiding right under his nose and he didn’t even know! Lukas felt stupid! Betrayed! Embarrassed! Angry!
Rhea… betrayed him!
Who knew what they had discussed that day they met? Had they discussed her escape that day? How is it that she happened to swim when the gas was deployed? Was it a coincidence or a show put on to hide her involvement? So many questions ran through his mind, making him dizzy.
But then, Rhea wouldn’t do that to him. She loved him, right? Rhea gave up on her idea of running away months ago and wouldn’t do this? Lukas didn’t know what to believe anymore. Nonetheless, it didn’t take away the fact that she brought this upon herself! If she had only told him Elijah’s identity, this wouldn’t have happened. And to think that Elijah was quite close, made Lukas angrier. They both made a fool of him!
What had she been fucking thinking?! Keeping Elijah close was like playing with fire and asking not to get burnt. Perhaps, inwardly, she had been wishing for something like this to happen, so she could finally be away from him without lifting a finger.
Lukas took a step back, cold realization dawning on him. He had been the one who loved Rhea too much. He just kept on giving and giving and giving and never receiving, hoping that one day she would love him the same way, with the same measure. But then, all he got, in the end, was heartbreak.
As usual, Instead of the rage in Lukas’s heart growing, it began to colden instead. There was a hollow and empty feeling in his chest and his heart froze as something broke inside of him.
Lukas turned to his cousin and said to him, “Let’s find that bastard,”
Victor’s brows drew together, his face painted with worry. He knew that look on Lukas and he didn’t like it one bit. If angry Lukas was dangerous, then callous Lukas was lethal. When Lukas turns off his feelings, he was no different from his father Daniel, and Victor was worried that Rhea leaving him might turn him into the monster he dreaded becoming.
Being raised by a madman called Daniel, the only thing that made Lukas any different was his emotions, it made him less psychopathic, and more human. But if he decides to turn that off, then you have it, Daniel’s perfect creature. Like father, like son.
“Where are we going?” Victor asked cautiously. He hoped that he wasn’t about to go do something stupid.
But Lukas glared at him, “Since when do you begin to question my orders.”
Victor swallowed stiffly. There you have it, the beginning of the dark days aka asshole Lukas. He better finds Rhea as soon as possible before this idiot becomes a pain in the ass.
When Victor didn’t answer his question, Lukas’s glare intensified. However, Victor still didn’t budge and when it became obvious that he was giving him the attitude, Lukas said to him,
“Better catch up then.”
And with those words, he left.
Victor joined him, albeit reluctantly, and found out in the end, that it was Aziz’s, no, Elijah’s apartment.
“Search this place thoroughly, don’t leave a stone unturned,” Lukas commanded his soldiers who all nodded and got to work.
But while they did their work, Victor simply leaned against the wall with his arms folded across his chest and watched as Lukas tossed anything in his way with the hopes of finding anything that would lead him to Elijah.
Victor wasn’t lazy, he was merely a consigliere, an advisor to Lukas, and not his lackey. So he wasn’t going to get his hands dirty doing those searches. It was time that he did his job instead.
He came over to Lukas, observing him before saying, “Holding all of that in isn’t going to help you, Lukas.”
“I never remembered asking for your help,” He retorted, going through any stuff in the room that he could get his hands on – and avoid his annoying cousin right now.
“I have known you for years now Lukas and when you’re this angry, you tend to push it out on the people closest to you.”
Lukas glanced up at him, “You would make a great therapist,” his words dripped with sarcasm.
“I wouldn’t mind having a session like this with you all day,” Victor sassed back.
Lukas opened his mouth to say something only to hear, “I find something, boss!”
The soldier ran up to him and placed a note on his palm. He looked at it, “What is…?” Then he saw who it was addressed to
[Dear Adele,
I know by the time you’re reading this, the truth is out and you already know my true identity. I am really sorry and didn’t mean to hurt you, and although my goal had been to get Rhea for my own selfish reasons, my mission’s changed and now, I must bring her home to her mother. I get that you won’t forgive me but you should know that those moments we spent together were real to me.
Yours apologetic, Aziz]
As soon as Lukas finished reading that note, a cruel smirk tugged his lips to the side and he crumbled the note with his hand.
Bastard.
You’re Safe With Me
“Do you think I should be here? I mean it’s the first time we’re meeting and I’m not sure she’d be delighted to see me?”
“I think you’d do perfectly fine,”
“But -“
“There’s no perfect time to do this but now…”
“So loud…” Rhea groaned, pulling at her hair. Her head was pounding so hard and there were so many conversations going on around her that it was bothering her. what the hell was going on? Why was everywhere noisy?
Lukas was usually not this loud. He was always careful not to wake her up. And speaking of Lukas, that voice did not sound like his…
Her eyes snapped open and Rhea jerked up from the bed, wide awake as she stared at her environment. Everything had come back to her in that instant and she could remember the incident. What is this place? Where was she? Don’t seriously tell her that she was kidnapped again?
“You’re awake?” A strange male voice said and Rhea turned around to look at him fully. Deep lines of suspicion and confusion were embedded on her face as she stared at the stranger that kind of felt familiar to her.
It was as if she had seen that face somewhere, or perhaps someone that resembled him, Rhea just couldn’t place her head around it. Even at that, Rhea didn’t lower her guard, if anything she crawled further back into the bed showing her vulnerability and the fact she doesn’t trust him.