Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Mimi and her team looked at the woman in front of them with no clue who she was and their gazes were filled with questions. What does she want from them?
Clara stopped and stared at them as well, checking for the face she had seen earlier but she was nowhere to be found and that left her confused.
She was sure to have seen Lukas’s mistress among them or had she mistaken? After all, she had been thinking of that woman a little too much these days, and come to think of it, why would she even be here?
It sounded outrageous.
“Do you need anything, Ma’m?” Grace was the one who asked her. Judging from the lady’s ostentatious dressing and the necklace on her neck plus her gracious countenance, she could tell that the lady must be rich or something. Not to mention that she was walking freely with no soldier harassing her.
“No, nothing!” Clara woke up from her stupid thoughts, “I must have been mistaken or something? Go on ahead, don’t mind.” She turned and left immediately, red in the face.
That was very embarrassing. What had she even been thinking? Lukas’s woman coming here for what? She must be out of her mind or something?! No, Clara knew she had to get that fucking woman out of her mind before she lost it!
“Jade!” Miriam called Rhea from her hiding spot not long after Clara left, “What are you doing there?” She looked at her weirdly.
“Oh, this!” Rhea stepped away from the pillar she stood behind, and then touched it, “I was simply admiring it,” She lied.
“Are you kidding me right now?” Miriam gave her an incredulous look. One of them was almost and the other was admiring a wall – probably losing her mind after her friend was harassed, she thought.
“Come on, let’s go!” Miriam went ahead to pull her and they quickly went after the others that had left already.
The truth is that Rhea had not been admiring any wall. No, she had bumped into Clara in the passageway, which was quite a shocker. What was Clara doing here as well? It was as if their plans were turned upside down and if she had gone with the original script, they would be doomed by now.
However, as soon as the shock wore off, she knew Clara caught a glimpse of her. So call it instinct or something, she knew the girl would come after her and as soon as they reached the foyer, she quickly hid behind one of the massive pillars and narrowly escaped that witch catching her.
Yeah, it was a narrow escape and she couldn’t wait to get out of this place because there was only so much her poor heart could handle. She couldn’t wait to be alone with Mimi so she could properly take care of her friend. All those acting and the emotions must have taken a toll on her and she looked exhausted.
The cleaning crew didn’t take their equipment because all that mattered was getting out of here before the assholes thought of something else to torment their life. They would probably send their things back to them at the end of the day. For now, they had to return to the company and report what happened.
They all got into the car and Rhea sat beside Mimi this time, making sure her head rested on her shoulder. She was never using her friend as bait to catch the bad guys again. She feared how to explain what happened to Victor because he was sure to go bananas.
They drove off and it wasn’t after they successfully left the place that Rhea was able to finally breathe. If Lukas’s base had been a prison, then this place was definitely an evil fortress.
Done Playing With Her
“Lukas!”
He turned only for Clara to run into his arms out of nowhere, stunning him as she hugged him tightly. Lukas had been tense since earlier when he found out one of the cleaners was assaulted and he thought it was Rhea.
Hence, when Clara hugged her, he only tensed up the more and stood awkwardly. But Clara didn’t care and held him tighter. After her useless imagination where she thought she saw Lukas’s mistress here, Clara was uneasy and was afraid to lose him, so she wanted to feel him. To confirm that he was here and real – that she hadn’t lost to that woman.
Daniel chuckled upon seeing the situation, “We haven’t left for a long time and you miss him already. Young people and their excessive energy, the both of you must take advantage of that now you have the time and youth. Life runs faster than you think,” He hinted that they should have lots of sex now they were younger.
Lukas shut his eyes, trying to rein in the anger and frustration. The last place he needed to be was here and Clara touching him was beginning to upset him. He needed to see Rhea and confirm that she was unharmed – and as well, understand what went on here.
From what he saw so far, Rhea looked fine, but he needed to confirm that she was truly without injuries. That damned Sébastien hit Mimi, what if the asshole hit her as well and she was hiding it? If only Lukas knew that Rhea was well except for her damaged pride – Sébastien groped her.
With them out of here, Lukas knew Victor was already on it – he would guide them back to the base. But until he had Rhea in his arms, he would not be comfortable.
She stepped back, then looked at him, “Are you all right?”
“What?” He glowered at her. What was she up to now?
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“You look a bit pale, are you worried about something? Or is something bothering you? You’re clearly worried. ” She inquired further, brushing off his rudeness.
“What do you think? I’m thinking of how much of a hassle it would be to plan another family dinner when we have just a week to plan our wedding ceremony? Perhaps, father should simply speak to your mother when he’s recovered from his illness while we focus on making the wedding arrangement?” Lukas suggested innocently when in reality, there was a hidden agenda behind those words.
And Clara must have figured out his objective as well because she suddenly looked nervous and laughed awkwardly, “What do you mean by visiting my mother all by himself? It’s a family dinner after all and we should all be together,” she signaled Lukas to support her but he pretended not to have noticed her signs even when she was pinching him tight.
Clara’s face turned dark immediately, he was breaking out of their agreement!
“If that’s the case, I’ll handle that myself,” Daniel said unsuspectingly, not even noticing the tension between his son and his daughter-in-law because they both covered it up with a smile.
“Since that’s all and I’ve confirmed that you’re not dead, we’d be taking our leave then,” Lukas said, wrapping his arm around Clara’s waist and giving off a sense of intimacy when in reality he was simply warning her from saying or doing something stupid.
Lukas added, “Moreover, I’m sure you want a word with your men and their education,” He rubbed salt in Daniel’s wound, having the last laugh in this encounter.
“Goodbye father,” Lukas said and without even waiting for Clara to say a proper goodbye, he dragged her along.
His grip was iron around her and Clara couldn’t break away as much as she wanted to. It wasn’t until they successfully made it outside that she broke free and then with an aggrieved roar, she pushed him hard on the chest.
“You bastard! You broke our agreement!” Clara was so filled with anger that she pushed him once more but Lukas didn’t react and let her take out all of her frustration on him. No, it annoyed her most that he didn’t even stumble back, he was firm on his feet.
“You failed me! You of all people know my mother wants to break off the engagement and you did what? Set things in motion? You plan for him to go visit my mother unprepared so they could do what? Annul the engagement?!” She was furious.
“What do you think?” Lukas laughed crudely.
“You bastard!” Clara reached out and slapped Lukas across the face. There was not even an ounce of fear in her eyes, after all, what’s the worst that he could do to her? Moreover, they were still at his father’s place, he wouldn’t dare.
But then, Lukas proved to her that he could pretty much do anything he wanted when he reached out and grabbed her hair, yanking her closer and tilting her head up while she moaned in pain.
He then let go of her hair and gripped her jaw and her eyes teared up. He was hurting her. Lukas was hurting her.
“Now, this is the way we are going to play this little game of yours from now on,” Lukas instructed her, “You are going to obediently get into that car with me and I would drive you to whenever I seem fit before you get off because there’s no way in hell I’m driving your royal ass home .” He chuckled as if the thought itself was ridiculous.
“After that, you would get home and be a good girl, Clara. It’s up to you to decide to tell your mother if you want to end this bad idea of a marriage or go ahead with this version of hell we’re about to enter.”
He dragged his thumb across her face with a smile on his face – the smile of assurance that he usually gave his victims before he ended their life.
“No tricks there darling, like calling on my daddy and snitching on me like an unfaithful partner, after all, I did keep my own end of the bargain with your mother around. It’s your fault for not telling me that the gesture extended to my father as well.” He claimed.
Clara whimpered, he was lying. But she didn’t dare to say that out loud.
“So, are we good to go?” He asked her, hoping for a positive answer.
But there was a look of defiance from Clara and it wasn’t until Lukas intensified his grip on her jaw and another round of tears slipped from her eyes, that she finally gave in by nodding her head. Her eyes were shut close in pain, this was the first time that Lukas hurt her physically.