Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Why is Miss Rhea staring at me that way?” He smirked mockingly, “You told me not to touch you and I obeyed just that. However, you touch and kiss me whenever you want to and I respond to that and you look at me with horrified eyes?”
“That is not -” Rhea tried to explain but he didn’t let her finish.
“Just because I told you I liked you and you took advantage of that to behave however you want, forgetting that just like beauty fades….” He lifted her gaze while saying, “Feelings fade as well.”
Rhea gulped, was Lukas trying to say that he no longer had feelings for her. God, did she push him too far? What has she done?
Lukas went on to say, “Miss Rhea has a habit of blowing hot and cold at the same time and I’m tired of playing those games. You can forget about the feelings I harbored for you, from now on it won’t get in the way of my duties. Moreover, I’m about to become a married man, my thoughts should be concentrated on my bride, shouldn’t they?”
Rhea couldn’t explain it but it felt like someone was piercing her heart with a knife when Lukas said those words. What was happening to her?
“You should leave now, it’s inappropriate for you and me to be alone in a room together. After all, you’re just a guest, and would be treated the same way a guest should. I would not be in the way of your happiness, anymore. Bad guys don’t need to associate with angels, they’re just beyond our reach. “
Unable to defend herself, Rhea simply left. She couldn’t comprehend what was going on any longer. But why does she feel like she was about to lose something valuable? Or someone?
Lukas Let Her Leave The Base
Two days went by in a blur and Rhea was beginning to lose it. It was as if nothing made sense anymore and most of all, the guilt was killing her. Her head was just so full of thoughts .
Okay, fine, she admits it, she missed Lukas! She missed their fight and his overbearing presence. She hardly catches a glimpse of him nowadays and Beatrice wouldn’t reveal anything about his movement, not to talk of his men.
Was he with that fiancée of his, Rhea bet? After all, he told her that he would focus on his future bride from now on. Well, hurrah! Shouldn’t she be happy about that, after all, when Lukas loses interest in her, he’d have to let her go – or kill her.
No, He wasn’t capable of that, Rhea told herself. Even if he doesn’t get Elijah or his weapons, he would let go of her for old time’s sake, right? After all, he did have feelings for her.
Sigh…..
Rhea hated being kept in the dark. Was Lukas still going on with his plans of getting his sister out or had he succumbed to his father’s demand of marrying that woman? If only he would agree to her request, she would help him avoid that fate – and not because she was jealous or something.
And did she forget to mention that Mimi had not shown up at the base since their fight. Her best friend must be really mad at her. Unfortunately, Rhea didn’t have a phone to use and contact her neither would her pride allow her to ask Victor about her.
Why should she ask a total stranger about the well-being of her own friend? Moreover, isn’t he the same person who helped kidnap and use Mimi as a form of leverage over her? What charm did he use on Mimi that she was crazy enough to have sex with him? Rhea couldn’t forgive him easily.
However, she couldn’t hold onto the grudge for far too long either. She missed her best friend; missed her company. The day had never been so boring since that day they fought. There was nobody to interest her anymore.
…..
But then, an idea hit Rhea suddenly. If Mohammed doesn’t want to go to the mountain, the mountain would come to him. Since Lukas has been avoiding him, she’d make him seek her out then.
Rhea was in the living room with her arms folded around her chest when she suddenly stood up, alerting Luca that was seated beside her.
“What is it?” he asked.
Ever since Luca started his job as her bodyguard, he became a fly she couldn’t get rid of. Even when he wasn’t close to her, he was somewhere watching and monitoring her actions – she could feel his eyes on her. And though it was annoying at times, she had to admit it was less lonely with him around her these past two hard days.
Rhea didn’t reply to him and simply stomped over to one of the men at the entrance carrying a weapon and said, “I need you to relay a message to your boss,”
The man didn’t say a word but tipped his head to the side which was a sign for her to go on. From his response, Lukas must have given them the order to listen to every of her needs.
“Tell Lukas that I need to see my friend Mimi and apologize for the way I treated her. And if he suggests that I use a phone, tell him that this matter cannot be solved with a phone call only and needs to be said face to face. And if he says, he would have her brought here, then tell him to forget I ever asked for this favor in the first place,” Rhea said to him, having thought of all possibilities.
She knew her friend, Mimi, forcing her to come here would only aggravate the whole Issue. If she still wanted their friendship to continue, she – Rhea – would have to prove it by taking the risk. Their relationship wasn’t just friendship, it’s a sisterhood that was forged out of trials and memories. She can’t lose it now.
At the same time, Rhea had an ulterior motive for suggesting this. She knew Lukas like the back of her hand, he would never let her out of here because he doesn’t trust her and knows she would escape at any slightest given opportunity.
Moreover, Lukas has this irrational fear that Elijah was waiting for the opening to snatch her away. Being out in the open would give Elijah the chance which is why Lukas doesn’t let her leave the base.
Thanks to that, Lukas would reject her proposal right away which would give her the impetus to throw a tantrum like in the past. When she does that, Lukas would have no choice but to show his face.
Was she that desperate to see Lukas? Yes, she was. She hated this silent treatment. Rhea didn’t know anyone here but him and had gotten used to his presence already. Without him here, she was like a foreigner in a strange land.
Done with her agenda, Rhea went back to her seat while the guard pulled out his phone and left, probably to inform Lukas of her demands.
“I have not known you for long but I see the word, trouble, written all over your face,” Luca commented as soon as she sat back down.
“Try being in my shoes,” She said.
“I’m in your shoes, already,”
“What?” Rhea gave him a confused look.
“You forget that I have to watch you all day long, meaning, when you’re bored, I’m bored as well. I pity you and myself. That’s two times the load. ” Luca described his situation.
“Don’t worry, you won’t be for long,” Rhea muttered as soon she saw the soldier return with the answer to her errand.
She sat upright when the soldier stood in front of her to deliver the message, saying, “The boss agrees,”
Rhea smirked knowingly, “Sure, I knew he was never going to – what?!” She misheard the answer due to her overconfidence that Lukas wouldn’t agree to her request.
Her face was full of confusion as she asked the soldier, “You mean to tell me that Lukas agreed to let me go see Mimi? To leave this place?”
That was impossible. The Lukas she knew would never do that. What was going on here?
Lose Lukas Soon Enough
Of course, she should have known that Lukas had already set certain precautions in place before letting her out of here.
Right now, Rhea was being led in the direction of the car she was to leave with and she was wearing a baseball cap. According to Lukas, she needed to hide her identity to not draw attention considering she was about to return to her old neighborhood – and her uncle’s place as well.
He doesn’t want anyone recognizing her and causing unnecessary trouble. Not that Lukas couldn’t handle but knowing Rhea, she could take advantage of that to plot her escape.
Rhea was close to reaching the car when the soldier from earlier said, “You should also remember….” and she had no choice but to stop and hear what he had to say.
“Boss said I should tell you not to try anything stupid else Mimi’s parents would have to bear the consequences. You wouldn’t want anything happening to their business, right?” he threatened her.
Rhea swallowed deeply, her eyes slightly widening. So because Victor has his eyes on Mimi, Lukas wouldn’t use her anymore to save his cousin’s face. However, her parent’s business was expandable? Lukas was a great strategist.
Rhea knew if anything happened to their business, Mimi would blame her for that notwithstanding how tight their friendship was. She couldn’t let something like that happen. In the end, Lukas still has a tight leash on her.