Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
He scratched the back of his head as he explained to her, “I wasn’t supposed to do this now, it was meant to be later this week and in an ostentatious manner. I would propose to you in front of both of our families with romantic gestures and all. However, I don’t know what came over me and I just thought the moment was right and both of us are even on our knees” He hinted that he should be the only one kneeling.
Mimi chuckled, she didn’t realize she too was on her knees. It definitely wasn’t the usual way of proposing.
“You know what…” Victor shook his head, “Perhaps, I should leave this for later that day -“
Was he fucking kidding her?
“Oh please, give me that!” Mimi quickly snatched the ring just when he was about to place it back in the box. The ring was going nowhere except on her finger.
Mimi examined the ring on her finger and it was really beautiful with a single diamond stone. That ring must have cost a ton and Mimi didn’t need a God in heaven to tell her that the diamond was authentic.
“I’m marrying you, Victor. You’re all mine. It’s the both of us forever, till death does us apart.” Mimi told him seriously.
If it wasn’t for the love she had for him, then she was marrying him for the sake of the diamond. It was so pretty that she wanted to cry.
Victor was dumbfounded. He didn’t know that she was in a hurry to marry him. Well, he was not complaining. Filled with nothing but genuine happiness, he took her face in her hand and kissed her fully on the lips.
“We should go tell your parents the good news, they would be over the moon, ” He said.
But she shook her head, “Perhaps later, they already knew this was going to happen anyway. However, I have better news,”
“What news?”
“A way to get Rhea and Lukas together,”
Someone Hired A Mercenary
He pretended that he was okay but Lukas knew deep down that he wasn’t okay at all. There was this hollow feeling inside of his chest that reminded him every day that something was missing from his life.
However, Lukas was too stubborn. She was the one that ruined the perfect relationship that they could have had, had she not been keeping secrets from him. So why must he be the one to make a move? Because he’s the man? Why must he suffer with her?
Lukas banged his hand on the steering out of frustration and that was when he saw it.
“Oh shit!” He cursed, swerving to the side, missing by just inches as the car behind him slammed into the highway’s light pole and he was able to escape without a scratch.
He was under attack, and Lukas recognized it a little too late. He had been so distracted by the thoughts of Rhea that he didn’t realize that he had been trailed for a while, probably right after he dropped Victor off.
Lukas didn’t stop driving however he took one look at the car that crashed into the pole and a chill traveled down his back. He wouldn’t have survived that. Whoever that was, he had intended to ram into him so hard enough that he would crash into the pole. Sadly, Lukas made a last-minute plan and he ended up in his place.
It wasn’t even up to a minute and a bullet hit the rear windshield and Lukas for once was grateful to have taken the bulletproof car. Thanks to the meeting today, he considered all safety procedures, and who knew that it would benefit him later?
He was being pursued by another car and the shooter was in it. Shit! Lukas cursed in his mind. It would have been a lot easier if Victor was here with him. At least, he would have driven while he shot down those mother fucking bastards.
However, who was after him? Lukas raked his brains for his enemies. It couldn’t be Eric because killing him would not solve their conflict, but rather escalate the whole thing. Moreover, Eric didn’t seem like the kind of person that attacks his rivals in the back. He looked honorable.
…..
Another bullet to his windshield roused Lukas to reality and he pulled free the gun hidden in the roof of the car. He tried to shoot at them but the bastards were too smart and drove behind him so he shot at nothing. This was going to be a tough night, Lukas groaned in frustration.
But then he was not dying tonight and Lukas stepped on it. If he can’t beat them, he would outrun them. The bastards, seeing that he was trying to get away, stepped on it too. However, it was really infuriating because each time Lukas shot at them, they would hide behind him, using his own car as a shield. It was almost as if they were taunting him and Lukas was getting really angry.
They wouldn’t overtake him and only kept trailing behind him, trying to bring down his rear windshield. And Lukas didn’t need a prophet to tell him that he was a goner once that back glass shattered into pieces. Fine, since they didn’t want to show themselves, he would force them out instead.
Lukas suddenly slammed on the break while at high speed, his tires leaving skid marks on the road surface, and reversed before they could retaliate. And the reverse was the case because it was now Lukas pursuing them because they couldn’t turn on time and had to drive backwardly now.
Amateurs, Lukas snorted. They must have gotten cocky after firing a few bullets at him. He could feel them panicking as the driver shouted at the shooter to finish him off because he couldn’t drive like this forever. They could not turn now, not without Lukas ramming into them and ending their pathetic lives.
However, leave it to Lukas to increase his speed and drove at them so that it seemed as if he was going to crash into them. But he swerved at the last minute and lowered his car window in a highly calculated move.
In that swift moment he drove past them, Lukas pumped out two bullets, the first one hitting the shooter before the driver. Their car then slammed into the road divider and jumped into the other side of the road before bursting into flames.
And as for Lukas, his car began to veer out of control, but he held on tight onto the steering wheel. His teeth were gritted together as he tried to control the movement of the car and after a while, it halted to a stop.
Lukas stayed inside the car, panting heavily. That was close. He almost died today. It took him a few seconds to realize that. With the adrenaline having left his body, his hands began to shake. But then he was used to a near-death situation like this and was able to calm down.
The only thought in Lukas’s head was how Rhea would have reacted to his death. Would she mourn for him and regret ever betraying him? Or would she think of it as good riddance? Nonetheless, Lukas knew that he didn’t want to die like this, not without making up with her.
And thus, it took a near-death situation to make Lukas decide his mind. However, he had some business to settle before that. Lukas started the car and drove off to the scene of the first accident. The driver was dead, the impact having claimed his life at the spot.
Lukas wore gloves before touching the car and the driver. The police and reporters would have a field day tomorrow if whoever sent them didn’t clean this up. If that was the case, Lukas didn’t want to be implicated.
He checked the man’s body carefully and finally found something. A tattoo. Except that the man didn’t belong to a gang, he was a mercenary. Did someone hire a mercenary after him?
Your Eyes Are Pretty
“How did this happen?” Victor queried as soon as he came into his cousin’s office.
Just as Lukas promised him, he sent a car back for him, but with a little alteration to the plan. He sent security. The moment Victor saw the soldiers, he knew at once that something was wrong. Something has happened for Lukas to send them to protect him.
“I was attacked,” Lukas answered.
He was lying on the couch with a cold pack pressed to the side of his face. Lukas had not exactly emerged from the accident unharmed, he had a swollen bump on his face when he hit his head on the steering wheel in the process of trying to control his car that had earlier spiraled out of control.
Lukas also suffered bruises on various sides of his body from the hot chase. But then, aside from the throbbing headache and body pain, he was good.
“Exactly, what happened?” Victor asked, coming to sit beside him and taking the cold pack from him. He took care of the bump instead.
“I was being trailed, and only realized it at the last minute. I managed to escape though, and Voilà! Here I am, alive and kicking while they aren’t.” Lukas declared.
“Yeah, with ‘managed’ being the word.” Victor reminded him that he had a narrow escape.
“It would never happen again, my head is back in the game now especially after knowing someone hired assassins after me,”
…..
Victor, who had been rubbing the cold pack on his face, paused at once, “Did you just say assassins?”
“Mercenaries.” He said, “I saw the tattoo branded on one of them. The other two were toast. And you should have seen me in action, Victor, it was so badass. One moment I was being chased and the next, I reversed and they ended up being chased -“