Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Upon that question, Beatrice lost all smiles on her face and that reaction didn’t go unnoticed by Rhea who frowned, wondering what she said wrong.
“Are you alright? You don’t look too well?”
“No, I’m good,” Beatrice covered her reaction with a smile immediately.
“Are you sure? For a moment there, you seemed like you saw a ghost,” Rhea studied her intently, having a feeling that the topic was a sensitive one.
Beatrice wiped her face at once, saying apologetically, “I’m sorry, Rhea but that question of yours can only be answered by Lukas. You can ask me anything else that doesn’t relate to his parents,”
“But that’s the only thing I’m interested in…” Rhea muttered, thinking over her words.
“What are the both of you gossiping about?” Lukas finally returned and both women broke apart at once.
Beatrice cleared her throat, “I’ll be leaving you two to enjoy your meal,” she turned to Rhea, “Nice to meet you, child, I hope we meet a lot,”
The woman was offering to spend more time together, Rhea realized. It was not her idea of her freedom but if that would save her from boredom, then so be it.
“Sure,” Rhea accepted the offer. It was better to give Lukas the illusion that she was getting settled here and then take him unaware when he least expects it than proving stubborn and making him strengthen his defenses the more.
Beatrice smiled kindly at her and left, giving both of them the privacy she didn’t need. Rhea felt more secure with more company than being all alone with Lukas. He unsettled her for strange reasons.
“She’s a nice woman, the both of you would get along fine,” Lukas said to her after a moment of silence.
“Why?” Rhea scoffed, “So you could use her to spy on me?”
But Lukas laughed at her – the way an adult would do to a child they find silly.
“Trust me, Rhea,” He said seriously, holding her gaze, “I know all there is about you. And the ones I’m yet to know? I have many ways of finding them out,”
Rhea gulped, he sounded scary right now yet heat couldn’t help but creep up her face. She took her eyes away from his smoldering gray eyes that were beginning to melt her from the inside.
“Whatever,” Rhea retorted nonchalantly while making a mental note never to look him in the eyes for too long. This is crazy.
A tense silence fell over them once more as they ate until Rhea said, “Aren’t you curious?”
“About what?”
“What Beatrice and I had been discussing before your arrival?” She gave him a daring look.
“No,”
“What?” Rhea was stunned.
Lukas gestured to his face, “You were probably discussing me, so I’m not bothered,” he winked at her.
“What the…” Rhea couldn’t believe what she just heard. How could someone’s ego be this inflated? Unbelievable.
“If you want to know more about me, love, I suggest you ask directly. I have a more vivid description than that old nanny can offer,” Lukas was smug.
“Is that so?” Rhea smirked, putting down her spoon knowing that this was the opportunity she has been waiting for.
Lukas was so carried away by the moment that he didn’t notice the menace in Rhea’s tone and the glint in her eyes.
“Yes,” He stated proudly, gesturing with his hand to her, “Ask whatever you want,”
Since they were sitting diagonally opposite each other, Rhea propped up her chin on the table and faced him fully, asking with a raised brow, “What about your parents then?”
At once Lukas stiffened, the expression dying off his face while Rhea smirked villainously. Just as she expected.
Lukas’s expression looked so chilling like he was going to murder her but in a matter of seconds it relaxed, yet, the tension didn’t leave his body.
“Why?” He asked rigidly, “Why my parents?”
“Who knows?” Rhea tilted her head unsure, “Since I’m beginning to know you, why don’t I start from there?”
“Rhea…” There was a warning edge to his voice because whatever she said next would determine her death or survival.
But she answered fiercely, “You did a background check on me and as you said earlier, you know everything about me. What’s the harm in knowing everything about you as well?”
Although her tone was harsh and taunting, Lukas was able to sense her curiosity and so he calmly answered, “My mother is late and I’m estranged from my father. “
“Lucky you,” She said to him and Lukas couldn’t tell if this was one of her sarcasm because if it was, it has crossed the line and he was prepared to rebuke her when she added, “At least you got to know your mother and you have a father to alienate,”
He stopped.
There was yearning in her tone and he remembered she was an orphan. Well not anymore, since her mother has just been found to be alive.
Lukas was just about to say something when someone stormed into the dining room and he looked up to discover that it was his cousin Victor.
An angry Victor.
Kidnapping Turned Him On
Rhea has met a lot of people, but not one that could eat like a Buffalo. Not that she has seen a buffalo eat before but you get the concept.
She finally understood why there was a lot of food on the table because with Victor joining them, there was currently little to nothing left.
“You should slow…” Lukas didn’t get to finish the rest of his statement because Victor lifted his head and glared at him so fiercely that if his eyes were bullets, thousands of it would have been lodged in Lukas’s chest by now.
Rhea observed the hostility between both cousins, it seems they had a fight. This was interesting – this place wasn’t as boring as she thought.
Whatever was bothering Victor must be quite intense because he scoffed down the food as if an apocalypse would happen in the next minute and he was hoarding energy.
“Seriously,” Lukas couldn’t take it anymore, “You’re going to die from food -“
“Go to hell!” Victor screamed at him, bits of food escaping from his mouth and let’s just say that Rhea who was beside Victor would never look at him the same way again.
“Don’t tell me what to do, it’s my shity business!” Victor screamed at his cousin’s, startling Rhea. Not to talk of Lukas who took the brunt.