Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Mama? Angelica liked the sound of that.
“Fine then, have a nice day at work, Adele.”
“You too, have a nice day, and stay away from trouble.”
“Sure.” She said, even though it wasn’t a promise.
A Lioness For Samson
Lukas felt like a train wreck when he finally woke up. And did he forget to mention that he was also late to go see his cousin Victor in the hospital; it was nearly eleven in the morning. Hence, the first thing he did was to pick up his phone and call Rhea to know how Victor was doing. Or he tried to because she called him right at that moment.
Hello…” Lukas answered hoping that his voice didn’t betray him. He should be at the hospital by now.
“How’s Victor?” He asked in concern, hoping to God he wasn’t about to go relay bad news to his aunt, Carmine. What was he going to tell her? That her son died on a mission that he sent him? The woman understood the risk that came with their occupation, but still, it was going to be heartbreaking.
“He’s awake,” Rhea announced.
Lukas let out the breath that he had been holding in.
“Is that so?” He wanted to confirm.
“Yes,”
“Thank God,” Lukas let out a long deep sigh. So no bad news then. However, it crossed his mind that the only reason he had been able to sleep this soundly was that Rhea kept watch over Victor and so he asked her,
“Thank you for taking care of him, love. How are you doing?”
…..
“I’m fine,” Rhea said to him, and just when he was about to appreciate her for all of her efforts last night, he heard,
“I just saw your father,”
Dang!
His silence was a knee-jerk reaction as it took Lukas over a minute to digest what he just heard, and when he finally spoke a word, he asked,
“Did he hurt you?”
While other men would be excited that their father took out time to visit the woman they were interested in and get to know her, the same couldn’t be said for Lukas. He would rather his father not see Rhea till the day he died. Yeah, he didn’t want his unappreciated interruption in his relationship.
“No, he didn’t, but he mentioned something strange.”
“What?”
And just like that, Rhea narrated their entire conversation to him and Lukas pinched the space between his brows as he sighed, “It’s a long story.”
“I’m all ears.” Rhea insisted, and it wasn’t surprising. Moreover, it was a critical issue. If Daniel already found out that he lied to her and assumed that she was not pregnant, then Daniel’s next stop would be at his place. His father doesn’t appreciate people making a fool out of him.
Left with no choice he narrated the event to her, saying in the end, “He was bound to find out one way or another that I fooled him. However, he can’t know that you’re pregnant for real. Keep the news from everyone for now.”
“Fine,” Rhea said but he could sense the hesitation in her voice. Lukas knew that he was asking a lot by telling her to keep her pregnancy a secret, but this was not the time. He needed to figure out his father’s shit as well. One time, he’s against he and Rhea, and the next, he’s rushing them into a relationship. Something smells fishy.
” I want …”
“I’m sorry Lukas, but I have to go. See you later. Love you.” Rhea ended the call before he was through with his words.
Lukas exhaled loudly, she must be busy or something. He turned and nearly suffered a heart attack.
“Dude!” He called out to Samson, the lion who must have been standing at the side of his bed all this while without making a sound and staring intently at him or so he thought. Lukas glanced down at his phone and figured it out.
“Yes, it’s her.” He confirmed what he was thinking. Who said animals were not intelligent?
“However,” Lukas added in disappointment, “She’s not coming home yet.”
Samson made a rumble deep in his throat, but that didn’t stop Lukas from reaching for him, saying, “I know you miss her buddy, I miss her too.”
Lukas intended to embrace and comfort him, however, Samson turned at the last minute, swiping his tail in his face instead, and pawed away leaving a stunned Lukas in his wake.
“That proud, cocky bastard!” Lukas hissed through gritted teeth. Who even let him out of his den?
These days Samson was being so temperamental that one would think that he was having his period. What if he’s in heat season? Would he have to go find Samson a lioness that Victor would probably name Delilah? His cousin had once joked about it.
But then, Lukas wondered where he would go find a lioness that the bastard would probably knock up and deliver numerous lion cubs that would litter his compound. Not to mention that mother lionesses are much more fearsome. He didn’t have the time to go tame another creature, not to mention the cubs.
No, no, no, the thought of it brought a headache to Lukas. At the moment his problems were choking him, add a lioness to it and he would drown. Not to mention that females were too much trouble. He would have to find a way to make Rhea come down here and appease the angry lion.
A groan left Lukas’s lips the instant he tried to stand up to his feet. Rhea had not been kidding when she said he needed bed rest. His ribs hurt and the breath was knocked out of his lungs. Lukas was tempted to return to his bed, but he couldn’t, there were just so many things he had to do.
For starters, Daniel would undoubtedly come to his place to blow off some steam and play the victim in his twisted game. Then, he had Winters to deal with for running away without even calling for once plus the aftermath of yesterday’s disaster. So yeah, he was not given the option of bed rest.
Standing was impossible, the pain was piercing, hence he reached for the nightstand, albeit with difficulty, and pulled out one of the drawer, taking for the pain relievers that was given to him by the doctor last night. Lukas drank over the recommended dose by one pill, he needed a quick effect.
“Only ten minutes,” Lukas said to himself as he laid back on the bed for a short rest.
But he woke up hours later instead.
Call For BackUp
“On a scale of one to ten, how mad do you think Lukas would be at me?” Winters asked Chloe. Perhaps, it might be because the both of them were young, but they seem to get along and were close like sisters since they met.
“Well, if you’re talking about my brother….” Chloe thought over it, tapping her chin in an innocent gesture while Winters looked at her with great anticipation.
Winters was scared of Lukas, not after the way she ran off with Akim without dropping as much as a call to him. The both of them did not have the time to talk last night because he sent her away with his men after saving her ass. But the conversation was inevitable today, the both of them were going to talk and Winters wasn’t sure she was ready to face him.
If only Rhea was around, then she would take shield behind her. Sadly, Winters was on her own. Hence, one could imagine the way her face fell when Chloe, whom she put so much faith in said, “I don’t know.”
“What?!” She was wide-eyed, “What do you mean by you don’t know? I mean, you said it yourself, you know your brother the most. Just give me something, Chloe, my heart has been pounding non-stop since I woke.” She was close to grabbing her feet and begging her even though she was much older.