Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“Fine,” Rhea said and Lukas breathed in, the tension leaving his body as he thought that she submitted to his decision. However, she huffed, “Enjoy your party then,” She added flatly, “without me.”
With the anger coiling inside of her, Rhea turned to leave only for Lukas to grab her arm and pulled her to his side.
“Let me go!” Rhea struggled against him only for Lukas to tip her chin up and silenced her with a kiss.
No, she can’t fall under his spell. Since she didn’t agree to his command, Rhea bet he was trying to seduce her into accepting his will. She can’t let that happen. So she fought hard against him, but that only made Lukas kiss her brutally, exerting his masculine dominance on her.
Lukas kissed her senselessly till every form of resistance left her body and she was moaning, clinging to him, and craving for more as her body hummed with desire. If this was Stockholm syndrome, then Rhea was a goner because Lukas was now branded deep in her soul and she wasn’t sure that she could function without him.
They parted when they couldn’t deny their need for air anymore and Lukas looked at her with eyes dark with desire she shivered. His lips were swollen with smudged lipstick and Rhea bet she wasn’t any better off.
Lukas reached out and rubbed his thumb across her lower lip and a tingle swept through her body. She looked at him with her lustful eyes just as he lowered his lips to whisper into her ears.
“Fine, you would keep the dress but would not leave my side till the end of the party. And God helps me, Mio Caro. My darling. If any man as much as sends any wrong look your way, I would pluck out his eyes, and that one would be on you.”
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Note: There’s an illustration of Lukas’s shirt in the comment box.
Lost To The Music
Rhea shivered at the ferocity in those words and she wondered if she was doing the right thing by being stubborn about this. She didn’t want anyone to get their eyes destroyed all because they stared at her lustfully, she had a feeling that Lukas was not joking about his threat. May God help her tonight.
Lukas traced the curve of her naked back and she tried not to be too aware of him. Together, they both left for the party that was already in full swing by the time they arrived. She should have known that Mimi and Victor together were never a good combination because they both were occupied with the attendees. It was nighttime and the clearing was decorated with strings of light that illuminated their paths. Keys of drinks were being dragged in and a stage was set up with a Dj playing numbers that got people – she had no idea about – dancing to the rhythm.
Rhea’s jaw almost dropped to the ground, how was this even possible? She thought the base was closed off to strangers? She then looked at Lukas to see that he had that tick in his jaw that told her he was about to explode, yet for some reason, he was handling it pretty well?
“How did -” Rhea had lots of questions.
“Victor. ” Was the one word Lukas said, his body on alert while scanning his environment as if expecting an enemy to pop out of nowhere.
“What happens on occasions like this?” Rhea was curious and inwardly amazed at his cousin’s handwork at the same time – not that she would say that out to the fuming Lukas. How could he organize all of this in a short time? And wait a minute, was that a celebrity she saw hanging over there?
“What do you think happens? He has fun and I clean up his mess, making sure no scum sneaks in and cause trouble.” Lukas still grumbled under his breath instead of planning how to take advantage of tonight’s fun, “I shouldn’t have been stupid enough to hand this over to him.”
It wasn’t surprising but Rhea had a feeling that Lukas’s idea of fun was to gather his men and throw a small party for her like that one which Victor made more fun by inviting her to do a pole dance. After all, everyone knew Victor was the fun one out of both cousins. Nonetheless, that didn’t make her like Lukas less, her boyfriend was fun in his way and she preferred his thoughtfulness to Victor’s spontaneity.
Well, on the bright side, she was thankful that Victor and Mimi gave up on the idea of calling strippers else all hell would have been let loose with her possessive boyfriend around. He wouldn’t let her other men watch her lustfully, what happens then when she…. No, she wouldn’t think of that bloodbath.
…..
As if the universe was teasing her, one of the guests stared her way while bringing his drink to his lips and Lukas seemed to notice that because his body stiffened. Whether he stared at her lustfully or not, Rhea couldn’t tell because she turned instantly and grabbed onto Lukas tight before he wolfed out on the poor man. This was stupid.
“Come, let’s dance,” Rhea decided to distract him. Right now, Lukas looked out of place with his serious and sour expression among the crowd of merry partiers.
However, Lukas shot her a look of disdain as if she just suggested an abomination.
“Oh please,” Rhea rolled her eyes and began to drag him to the assumed dance floor since it had people crowded there and they were lost to the music. Since Victor and Mimi were nowhere to be found, they must be having their own version of fun somewhere – if they weren’t already way ahead of them. Thus, she can’t be left out.
“Rhea…” Lukas groaned, ‘This is going to be a disaster, she could see the words written all over his face, but Rhea was not giving up on this one.
“Just have a bit of fun for once in your lifetime, Lukas,” Rhea told him, already bobbing to the music while Lukas stood there awkwardly, sticking out like a sore thumb.
With an exasperated sigh, Lukas was about to leave when Rhea held onto his hand and gave him that puppy eye that he couldn’t resist.
“Please,” She pouted her lips and before Lukas could even say a word, Rhea was already dancing around him. She gyrated against his body, taking hold of his hands and placing it on his chest while the other rested on her waist as she pressed her body closer.
Those moves did the tricks because his body slowly woke to the music. Rhea was an experienced dancer hence she guided him with ease, and Lukas ended up being a fast learner. He pressed his body closer and she moved her hips against his pelvis, grinding against him. The rhythm pulsed with heavy bass and Rhea felt the vibration down to her very bones as she and Lukas moved to the beat.
For someone who saw dancing to be embarrassing, there was a smile on his face as he danced with her from behind. They were both so lost in the music that nothing mattered until they heard a shutter sound go off and they turned to see Victor and Mimi grinning at them with a knowing look.
At once, Lukas stopped dancing and went rigid when he realized what was going on while Victor burst into laughter.
“Oh my God! I can’t believe what I’m seeing, Rhea does bring out the best in you. Nonetheless, I’m going to save that recording and show that to your grandchildren!” He laughed boisterously, spilling the drink in his hand.
With a growl, Lukas lunged at him, intending to take the phone from him and delete that recording, “Give me that!”
However, Victor was faster on his feet and already dodged Lukas before he could snatch it from him. Hence they started a dog and cat chase while the ladies were left to fend for themselves.
His Heart Shattered
An opportunity came for Elijah in the form of an invitation. Although it came late minute, it was a party held at Lukas’s place but he would be dammed not to attend. He was not going to rescue Rhea, however, he needed to see the man that Rhea had chosen over him – and there was a part of him that wanted to see her as well even though he was full of anger, regret, and resentment.
Was she happy with Lukas? He hoped not, that was the only way he would feel peaceful – that she made a horrible choice. Elijah hoped that coming there would reveal everything to him and he would come to discover that it was all a misunderstanding.
That Rhea had no choice but to love Lukas because he threatening her. He prayed that her heart was still with him and everything else was a mere pretense. She was merely pretending to love Lukas to save her head, he hoped for that.
And then, he would whisk her out of there. It was too risky and he could lose his life, but he would do everything in his power to get her away from Lukas. He’s the reason she’s involved with that Luciano scum in the first place, hence, if Rhea would prove him wrong about the conception he has about her and Lukas, then he would right everything.
Adele had an idea of the party yet wasn’t going to attend – and he was grateful for that. Although the girl was beginning to lay down her defenses around him, she was still smart and a Luciano who wanted him dead. Elijah still had to be careful not to give away his identity. He had to conform to the character of Aziz and right now, Aziz wanted to party and as well catch a glimpse of the infamous young leader of the Luciano clan. Adele didn’t find it suspicious and let him be.
They were close to something concerning Peter’s case. The asshole has scheduled a mail to his address three weeks after his own death and it was a list of numbers. Adele assumed it was his phone they had no idea about and probably couldn’t find in the search because he got rid of it. Why would Peter leave this kind of clue then, they had no idea but Adele had this hypothesis that he did this intentionally.
The man must have sensed he would not be able to make it after betraying Lukas and didn’t want to die alone. In one word, whoever sponsored him must be among those numbers and they just had to go through it one after the other. Perhaps Peter should have made the search easier on them if he wanted to drag his accomplice down to hell with him. Nonetheless, it was better than nothing.
Hence, without Adele to watch and suspect his movements, Aziz contacted his former teammates, and lucky him, they were attending the party as well. In one word, he found the right people to mingle with so he does not stick out like a sore thumb because God knows he wasn’t going there to party.
“Yo, Aziz!” John, the huge man was glad to see him, bumping knuckles with him before pulling him into a bro hug. If it wasn’t that he was on a mission, he wouldn’t mind making friends with this man. Unfortunately, friends weren’t on his list, moreover, he would be their enemy once they found out who he was.
…..
“John!” Elijah pulled back from the hug only to see that he wasn’t alone. The man came with some of their other teammates and he recognized Josie from among them, the one he had beaten black and blue during the competition at the torture camp. Well, bygones were bygones, right?
The both of them shook hands before Elijah focused on the other teammates, exchanging compliments. His role play at the moment was Aziz and had to mingle, unlike Elijah that had to go incognito.
“You look so different now that you’re with the top bosses,”
Aziz heard the envy in the guy’s tone, apparently, he was the only one that had made such progress among his colleagues. He only laughed it off, engaging in conversations with them before their ride arrived and they all boarded the car.