Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
As soon as her mother let out those words, Clara pushed away from her body as if she had been electrocuted. She stared at her mother intensely as if seeing her for the first time. Diana might as well have grown a horn with that kind of stare.
“What do you mean by that?” Clara was having a hard time comprehending what she just heard.
“I want to cancel the marriage promise between you and Marel. You deserve someone better, Clara,”
“No!” She said sternly.
“Clara?”
“No, no, no, mother. You can’t do this to me too!” She shifted away from her mother, getting up on her feet.
“What do you mean by that?” Diana asked her daughter, standing up as well. She knew this wasn’t going to be easy considering her deal with Daniel, but to think that her own daughter was the one rejecting the suggestion nearly broke her.
Diana was trying to liberate her daughter from this mistake before it was too late and there was no going back, but the fool wasn’t even seeing the bigger picture. No, this was her mistake, it was all her fault. In her quest to preserve their lives, she has jeopardized her daughter’s happiness and she needed to correct that.
“Why now?!” Clara screamed at her, “Why do you have to do this now that I have come this far? Do you even know what, no, who I threw away to come to this point?” She referred to Luther, her ex-lover.
Clara was sure that at this point even if she went back to Luther, he wouldn’t accept her back. It has been weeks since they broke up, not that she wanted back in his arms anyway.
You see, the thing is that when you associate with top-notch people like Lukas, you’d discover that other males fell in comparison to him. In one word, Clara couldn’t picture herself spending the rest of her life with any other man but Lukas.
“I know, it’s my fault!” Diana admitted, “I should have spent more time with you as your mother and given you a listening ear than randomly deciding what was best for you. It is my fault, I take the blame. But Clara, there’s still time and you can avoid this miserable fate that awaits you!” She told her anxiously.
“It’s not a miserable fate!” Clara went on the defensive, “You told me yourself, you were in a loveless marriage with father and yet, you made it work somewhere!” She reminded her.
“That only worked because your father respected me!” Diana yelled back, finally losing her calm composure. She pointed to the entrance, “This Lukas, he has no respect for you and that is even deadlier than not being loved at all!”
A tense silence stretched between the mother and daughter after that outburst. The both of them looked each other dead in the eyes, their breath thick and heavy. Their chest heaved with emotion.
Clara suddenly laughed sarcastically,
“Respect? Don’t worry about that, I’d earn the respect in no time and Lukas would treat me better like you always wanted. You say a miserable fate awaits me, but I’ll tell you mother, even in my misery, I’ll be the one to carve my path. You were the one to start this in the first place, see to it that you finish it, because I’m not giving up now.” She told her and took her leave.
Her feet were suddenly rooted to the ground and no speech could come out of Diana’s mouth until her daughter passed her by and she turned, shouting her name, “Clara? Clara! Come back here this instant, Clara!”
But the young lady ignored her and didn’t even glance over her shoulder in her direction until she reached her room.
Once in her room, Clara went straight to her drawer and pulled out another phone which she powered on instantly. Perks of being rich was that you could have as many phones as possible – especially for her who had a bad habit of destroying them.
As soon as the phone was functional, the first thought that came to her mind was to call Daniel. He was the only one that listened to her and was capable of putting Lukas in order. Also, she remembered the way Lukas had reacted when she brought up the issue of his red-haired mistress.
It was obvious that Lukas wanted her hidden away from his father’s sight. Clara was a bitch and she knew that, else she wouldn’t have made a lot of lives miserable. What if she made Lukas’s life a little miserable?
Clara was confident in her acting skills and knew if she cried to Daniel about the redhead, he would grant her request immediately.
Who knows what he would do to her? Kill and make her body disappear from the surface of the earth? Clara was sure of that, after all, wasn’t that what the Luciano family did for a living?
A sinister smile crossed Clara’s lips when she thought of that scenario and she tried to imagine what Lukas’s face would look like if that were to happen. Would he still carry his pride with him or would he crumble down like a child and cry for his loss? That would be quite a sight – a sight she would love to watch.
She found her soon would-be father-in-law’s number and her long and slim finger hovered near the call button. All she needed was a tab and the call would go through, however, Clara changed her mind at the last minute.
Why should Daniel keep fighting her battle for her? She was an Alberta, only cowards hide behind the shadows of others. Moreover, it’s not like this was the first time she tried to make Lukas miserable.
Take What’s His
“His name is David Smith, age thirty-five, and is currently separated from his wife. They both have a daughter, six years of age and I’m sure he wouldn’t love to lose her.” Victor summarized before he handed the report to Lukas.
He took the report and leaned back in his seat, going through the information they had gotten on the owner of the cleaning company.
“The daughter -?”
“Adele is retrieving her as we speak,” Victor informed his cousin who nodded in approval.
Honesty, Lukas was not a huge fan of kidnapping kids but he had to get the job done. You see human beings were annoying, resilient, and stubborn, and men like David Smith would need a little convincing.
He doubted the man had many things he was attached to except his business and family. And while he could screw with his business to get him to agree to the deal he had in mind, that would need time. Unfortunately, time wasn’t on his side and he had just two days to make this work.
So yeah, he was a bit mad at the moment. When you have your sister and the stubborn woman he fell for on the line, you would go the extra mile to make sure they’re safe.
Honestly, Lukas doesn’t even understand why he was entertaining this crazy idea. He could easily refuse Rhea from going on this dangerous mission, notwithstanding she won the deal. After all, there was always one possible loophole he could exploit and deny her victory.
Moreover, she had won through tricks. That wasn’t even considered a victory. In a face-to-face confrontation, the enemy wouldn’t wait around for her to dance. But then, distraction was a strong weapon and Rhea seemed to be good at it.
…..
So, he would be killing Rhea if he denied her that. Rhea was a Phoenix with her wings on fire that needed to be spread abroad for people to behold her beauty. But that was the problem, he didn’t need other people to see her beauty lest they plan to convert her.
Rhea was his and his alone and God help him if another rival other than Elijah shows up, he would blast his head off and ridden them with bullets. They don’t get to take what’s his.
“We’d set off -” Lukas was just about to say when his phone rang, interrupting him. He looked down at his phone, trying to see who had interrupted him only to see that it was Clara calling.
The risk of this mission had put Lukas in a sour mood, however, the moment he saw that call, his face disfigured immediately. It was enough that he had a lot on his plate and the bimbo is trying to bother him?
Lukas didn’t even think twice before putting the phone on silent and keeping it far away from him else the beeping and lighting of the screen distracts him. He did not doubt that Clara had no good reason for calling him.
Who knows what trick or blackmail she has up her sleeve. Sadly, he was too busy to play her games at the moment. Saving his sister and Rhea from untimely death was his priority, others could come later.
Victor who witnessed the whole action didn’t say anything, already having an inkling of who that was. Aside from that, Lukas’s business was his to solve and he had no business to butt in – except of course it involved him and the people he loved.
“We would leave low-key,” Lukas informed him, drawing his attention back to the present, “And although we would leave together, you’re not coming with him.”
“You would use me to create a diversion,” Victor figured out.
Lukas looked at him, “We can’t let that old man find out else everything would be for nothing. Moreover, this would be a chance to pluck out the weed I might have missed out on the last time,” He hinted that he would purge the spies amongst his soldiers.
“Remind me never to be your enemy,” Victor was fascinated at how his cousin’s mind worked. But he added almost immediately, “And your father’s as well.” He was scared of the two of them.
But then, while father and son were cruel, Lukas had a bit of humanity inside of him. His cousin was some sort of fixer, he was sure of leaving compensation behind when he wrecks havoc. But Daniels drags everything down to the bottom of the sea. However, in the end, Lukas was still his father’s son and no one knows when the humanity inside of him would be extinguished.