Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“As you wanted, a week ago, Lukas made an impromptu trip, I couldn’t find much about that since everything was kept under wrap. However, I kept my ears close to the ground and I stumbled upon something, Your woman would be making a trip to Daniel’s place. “
“Daniel?” he tried to remember where he had that name.
“Lukas’s father,”
At the mention of that name, Elijah’s blood ran cold. Even if he doesn’t remember Daniel as a cruel underlord when he was still in power from his previous research, he knew him as the man who ruined aunt Natalie.
It wasn’t hard to know about aunt Natalie’s history when Eric was hovering around her like an annoying mosquito. Well, he didn’t know the details much except that Daniel can never find his aunt Natalie – the man ruined her life or so he heard. Seems he and Lukas were bound to be enemies then.
However, why was Lukas bringing Rhea to his father’s place? Was this some sort of punishment for what he did? With each pain he inflicted on his people, Lukas would return them on Rhea, is that it? That kind of torture was not lost to him and that was the reason Elijah never wanted to get involved with any woman. He had a soft spot for them and would never intentionally bring harm to them – especially the one he loves.
“Where are you going?!” Jason growled when he took a step forward.
Elijah shot him a hard look, his body tensed, “I need to rescue her.”
“Are you stupid?!” Jason scolded him sternly, “You would be killed on sight, not to mention that you haven’t even healed from your injury.”
“I’m good at handling myself,” Elijah sneered and tried to take another step forward when Jason reached out and grabbed that injured arm, his face slightly distorting from the pain.
“Don’t make me tie you up just to make sure you don’t land your stupid ass in danger. It’s only a fool that would take on both Lukas’s and Daniel’s men!” He tried to talk sense into him, but the boy was a stubborn ass.
“I’m smart. I’ll figure something out!”
“Elijah!” Jason growled a warning, his patience already at the edge of his wit, “It’s enough that I’m in cahoot with you in this crazy crusade of yours, you can only imagine what your brother would do to me if anything happens to you!”
Elijah groaned, running his hand through his hair and yanked tight. This was frustrating, he shouldn’t have let this drag on for this long, what had he been thinking?
” You shouldn’t think the worst, “Jason tried to comfort him,” Daniel wouldn’t be around nor Lukas from what I know. Which is why I told you everything is strange, the reason Rhea would be breaking into Daniel’s place,”
Elijah was able to relax a bit, but it didn’t mean he was calm. Whether Daniel was there or not, it didn’t mean he wasn’t concerned for Rhea’s safety.
“It’s probably a deal,”
“What?” Jason glanced up at him.
“She probably struck some sort of deal with Lukas. I know Rhea, she would never keep quiet for this long,”
And that had been the reason he fell for her in the first place. Her strong will and ferocity was unlike something he had ever seen. Rhea had probably grown tired of waiting for him to come to save her like some princess in damsel and must be making her own way.
He respected her the more – and of course, was more guilty. He promised to protect her and instead get sidetracked because of his damn pride. He was regretting all of it now.
“I still need to get to her.”
“Elijah!”
“She might need my help in there and who knows, there might be some opening and I might be able to rescue her and then we can leave this fucking place and act!” He argued.
But Jason shook his head, “No, it’s too risky and I know you -” The man was still saying when the door rang and both men turned, their gaze connecting instantly.
“You never told me you were expecting a guest,” Jason spoke, already searching for an escape route.
“Hopefully, that unexpected guest didn’t track you down here,” Elijah said, looking around to search for anything that would incriminate him as Elijah. There was nothing.
“I can’t go down,” Jason informed him, peering through the window, “Suspicious movement down there, Luciano’s people. I’ve seen them around quite a lot.”
Elijah breathed, his brows furrowed, “You think they found out?”
Jason cocked his gun, “Only one way to find out.” he tilted his head in the direction of the door.
Being Domestic
Elijah’s movements were taut and precise as he headed to the door. Looking through the peephole, he discovered that nobody was there, however, he hadn’t mistaken the bell that rang moments ago. So his finger curled around the trigger, not really pulling, but there, just in case.
And then, in one swift motion, he unlocked the door, kicking it far open and waiting for his opponent to strike first, but all he saw was someone standing up immediately and his gun was already aimed at his, no, her… head?
“Adele?” His eyes expressed shock and then, he lowered his weapon, exhaling loudly through his nose. He had been seconds away from blasting her head off.
“Geez, that was scary,” Adele pointed out his unexpected “welcome”. She stared at him suspiciously, wondering why he was all tensed up and Elijah upon sensing that, offered an explanation immediately.
“You never told me you were coming, so when I looked and didn’t see anybody, I thought that it was, you know…” He hinted at their common enemy, Elijah aka him. This game was no longer funny, it was beginning to get real and he has no idea how it would end anymore.
“Oh,” Adele understood. It didn’t cross her mind that he was struggling because of that incident. He must be traumatized and it was all because of her.
However, she pushed the guilty thoughts to the back of her mind instantly. Aziz worked for them now and must know that incidents like this one would be a normal occurrence.
Moreover, she had high expectations of him and he shouldn’t ruin that by showing weakness. Adele went back to being the strong woman she was; there was no place for unnecessary emotion.
“I’m sorry for frightening you unintentionally. You must have not seen me through the peephole earlier because I bent to retrieve one of my stuff that fell,” She offered him an explanation and that was when Elijah looked down to discover both shopping bags on her sides.
…..
He lifted his head, looking at her questioningly,” What is this? “
“I presumed that you haven’t been able to do much with your injured arm but I see that you’re much better than I thought.”
“Yeah, I heal quite quickly,” Elijah said, hoping that she took that as a cue to leave. Although it was disrespectful, right now, he had Jason probably hiding somewhere in the house, not to mention that he needed to rescue Rhea. He couldn’t afford to waste more time than he didn’t have. He needed to think, plan and of course, suit up for action. And all of them needed time.
“I see,” Adele nodded, “But that doesn’t mean I won’t return the favor,” She said, already stepping into the house before he could stop her.
Elijah groaned inwardly, this was going to be much more difficult than he thought. Hence, he only looked left and right and when he came up with nothing, he shut his door and went after her. After all, who knows where Jason was hiding.
“Nice house you have here,” Adele said, placing the bag on that table before taking off the gloves she had been wearing. She said, “As payment for saving my life, I decided to do something I have never done before,”
“Which is?” Elijah asked, having a bad feeling about this. He stood in the room awkwardly while trying to sense where Jason was. He said there were Luciano people outside, so he couldn’t risk leaving through the window.
“I decided to be domestic,” Adele winked at him.
And that, my dear, is a nightmare, Elijah knew he was going to regret this and it happened as he feared.