Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Your sister? I don’t understand?” Rhea breathed. This position is really not the best for a conversation. So she added, “And maybe if you can sit back down…. we can err…. have a nicer discussion. I can hear you out better….” She suggested, hopefully.
But that escalated the whole issue because Lukas shifted and now knelt in between her thighs. She had no choice but to lean back, not that there was much space. Thankfully, she was wearing shorts and not the nightgown she decided on earlier else this would have been much more awkward.
Seems like drunk Lukas wasn’t exactly the best at negotiation because his gray eyes darkened and narrowed as he asked, “Are you chasing me off?”
“Of course, not,” your highness, Rhea bit back the sarcasm. This was the first time she was dealing with a drunk Lukas and didn’t want to put herself in a precarious situation. She simply tried not to look at that chiseled chest staring back at him. Peekaboo.
“Perhaps, you should continue with the conversation on how your sister has to do with your marriage,” Rhea wanted to know the details. Who knows? It might come in handy in the future.
“My father, he took her. If I don’t marry Clara, he will kill her.” Lukas confessed and her blood ran cold. Rhea had a hard time trying to process that news.
“Y-your father would kill his own daughter to make his son marry….” This was one great dysfunctional family.
“She’s not his daughter but my sister!” Lukas was enraged at the fact she dared to call Chloe that man’s daughter. That man doesn’t deserve Chloe at all.
Rhea gulped, she really didn’t know how to handle this situation. His mood right now was uncertain.
“My mother adopted her, that man doesn’t acknowledge her as his. She’s not less than a stranger to him.” He explained.
Well, that makes sense. But even as annoying as Lukas was, he still released information. Perhaps, she can take advantage of his drunkenness and know more about his progress in finding Elijah.
No, Rhea, that’s a bad idea. She thought about it. Elijah’s name alone sets him off. He might really kill her if she tried that. So Rhea decided to respect herself and take whatever he gives her.
“So he’s threatening you with her life?” She asked him.
“Yes. I have to bring her back, Rhea.” Lukas said and surprisingly got off her.
Okay…? What now? She was already becoming wary of him.
That was not the end of the drama because Lukas took off his shoes and before Rhea could predict what he was up to, he laid his head on her lap and stretched out his long legs on the armrest.
“Oh.” That was all Rhea said, unable to refuse him.
“I’m tired, allow me to rest for a while,” Lukas said just before he made himself comfortable and shut his eyes.
Dude, you could easily sleep on the sofa! Rhea scolded him in her mind. In the end, she still let him be and before long, the soft rising and falling of his chest told her that Lukas was asleep.
For a Mafia Lord, he sure trusted her too much. Wasn’t he scared that she’d stab him in his sleep or did he look down on her too much?
Rhea sighed. She looked at him, brushing away a blonde lock from his forehead. She admired his features, “Such a waste of a handsome face.” She muttered and went on with her job as a watchwoman. This has got to be the most entertaining night ever.
Dance With Fire
Adele was on the training grounds with the recruit when her phone rang. Because she was distracted, she didn’t look at the number and picked it up immediately.
“Hello?”
“You?!”
That single voice made Adele’s brows furrow and she looked down at the screen only to see that it was no one but her sister, Cindy.
“How did you get my number?” Adele asked, knowing she blocked them all the last time and purchased a new sim.
“Is that the problem right now?!” Cindy was ill-mannered as usual.
“What’s the problem then?” Adele asked, even though she had an idea of what was the problem.
“Where is Aziz? What did you do to him? I have been calling all day and he hasn’t been picking up!”
Of course, he hasn’t been picking up because she has his phone with her. The moment they stepped into the boot camp, all means of communication with the outside world were disconnected. Here, all the recruits were to focus on training – and this was her opportunity to figure out who Elijah was among them. If Lukas was right, his cover would definitely be blown here.
…..
“Sorry, but I’m kind of busy at the moment,” Adele said and without as much as a second thought, ended the call instantly.
Knowing her sister’s personality, Adele switched off her phone; Cindy would call incessantly. Done with that, Adele focused on the men swimming back to the finish line.
Lukas said Elijah was a master at disguise and had an uncanny ability to use realistic masks to hide his identity. Unfortunately, no matter how authentic a mask was, it cannot stand being that long in that water without coming off or showing a flaw. Elijah was as good as caught this time if he still has his mask on.
Aziz was the first to step out of the water and Adele was not even surprised by that. The guy has shown his fighting prowess and skills compared to the others. If there was anyone she would suspect as Elijah, that would be him but she didn’t want to make baseless assumptions because of his ability.
Once in a while, they still stumble upon talented newbies, so she was probably overthinking things. Adele has looked into his background and it wasn’t that special except that he went abroad for a few years and returned not long ago to join the Luciano crime family.
His father was a judo instructor which explains his talent in fighting while his mother sold liquor to the locals. He went abroad to live with his brother for a few years and Adele has already sent people to verify that information. Although backgrounds are checked before initiation, Adele wanted to be sure.
With Elijah around the corner, he could manipulate any information he wanted and infiltrate the gang. She couldn’t make any mistakes now Lukas handed this important assignment to her. Adele couldn’t disappoint him.
Other soldiers with Adele helped her in putting things into order but she was the head here. So each rescuits upon reaching the finish line instantly runs over and gets in line in front of her.
“Aziz, first as usual, is there anything you’re not good at?” She asked him.
“Yes.”
Her brows arched in curiosity, “What is it?”
“Failing”
“Oh. Quite a confidence you got there.” Adele said, her eyes raking over his body, searching for anything out of places like a piece of falling fake flesh or something. She found nothing.
She then stepped closer to him and trailed her hand down his chest, “Quite some muscles you got there.” She flirted with him before shifting her attention back to the others who arrived one after the other and falling in line behind Aziz.
The moment Adele left, a smirk formed at the corners of Elijah’s lips. Was she kidding him? He knew what Adele was doing? Searching to see if he had any artificial skin on him?
If he had on fake skin, it would have fallen into the water during the competition and Adele would find out the minor difference in his body since he was bare from his chest upward. The woman had an eye for minimal details, unfortunately, so did he. He can not be caught until he has fulfilled his mission here.
Adele continued her careful examination of the bodies of the other recruits and so far came up with nothing. She sighed, could it be that Lukas was wrong? Elijah wasn’t here? No, she can’t give up.
By the time she was through, Adele went back to the front and announced, “You should go back and rest. Food would be served to you.”