Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“No,” Lukas disagreed with him, “I didn’t lose my way, rather Rhea made me feel alive and that is something you would never know because you’re a sadistic psychopath that no woman is capable of running, not even your wife!”
Bam!
A fist met Lukas in the face and he groaned. However, it didn’t deter him, instead, he snarled and punched Daniel to his shock and war broke out. As his father, added to the fact that Lukas had always taken his beatings like a good kid, it shocked Daniel that Lukas dared to retaliate and he knew that it was because of that girl, Rhea, Natalie’s seed.
Even when dead, Natalie was determined to not only ruin his life, but his son’s as well through her daughter this time. But that wasn’t going to happen, not on his watch. If only Daniel knew that Lukas had merely reached his breaking point and he couldn’t take his shit anymore. Lukas was provoked now because he dared to lay a hand on Rhea.
Lukas had taken his father’s abuses that he usually called, “lessons” lying down, but not anymore. No one would dare to lay a hand on Rhea, he would protect her to the end. Not even his father would be able to separate them.
Thanks to the fight, soldiers from both sides rushed to separate their leaders from killing each other. But the fight was quite intense that by the time they were separated, Lukas and Daniel had injured each other seriously.
Lukas had a black eye and some bruises on the corner of his face while Daniel was bleeding from the nose, busted lips, and swollen cheeks. At the wedding tomorrow, they will be quite a sight to their quest.
“You are a big disgrace, Lukas! If only you weren’t one, I would have made a person out of your younger brother than you, a failure!” He said.
“Sure, sure, make a legacy out of the imbecile you bred!” Lukas sassed back. Today marks the end of him giving in to Daniel. If he wanted a war, then a war he would get!
I’m Not Going Anywhere
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What she feared the most finally happened, Rhea didn’t know how to feel anymore. She was currently seated in Lukas’s bedroom which was deemed the safest with a large number of soldiers guarding the entrance and Luca in the other room with Samson. The windows and doors were tightly sealed so that not even an ant could come in, not to talk of Daniel’s people coming in to murder her.
It still felt like a dream to Rhea honestly, one moment she had been having the time of her life and the next, chaos descended. Even at that, Rhea was not stunned by the violence, but rather by the ultimatum, Lukas had to marry Clara. Even thinking about that, made her stomach churn and she wanted to throw up.
Rhea sank her nails into the bedsheet because the thought of Lukas marrying Clara brought out the masochist in her. And to think the wedding day was tomorrow, Rhea wanted to find Clara wherever she was and stab her numerous times with a knife till she died – till there was nothing left of her for Lukas to marry. Then Daniel wouldn’t threaten him anymore to marry the bitch – and she would go to jail for murder.
God, she had to remove the violent thoughts out of her head, Rhea reasoned as she wiped off the tears that slipped down her cheeks. She didn’t mean to cry, but the thinking of Lukas marrying Clara made her feel suffocated inside. She felt like dying. She had her doubts from the beginning, but Lukas assured her that it was not going to happen.
But then, Lukas told her that she was the woman that he was going to spend the rest of his life with and they would have many children. Although Rhea opposed the idea of having a large family, at that moment, if having a large family would stop Lukas from marrying Clara tomorrow, then she would do it.
Wait a minute, wasn’t their suspicion that she was pregnant? Rhea looked down at her still flat tummy. What if they told Daniel that she was pregnant, would that stop the wedding….? She remembered Daniel’s words instantly, he wouldn’t accept the child.
But that should stop the wedding, right? It would buy them enough time to do what exactly? What if she predicted wrongly and wasn’t pregnant? Not only did she stop the wedding, but she deceived Daniel as well and would bear his greater wrath. Maybe, she would discuss that idea with Lukas when he returns? Rhea was desperate to do something and hated to feel helpless. God, when did she even become this pathetic?
Devastated, Rhea bent and buried her face in her lap. She was scared. She was scared of losing Lukas. She was scared of being lonely. Maybe, if he does end up marrying Clara, she could stay by his side as his mistress, it was better than nothing, right? Rhea gave in even though she had been against the idea from the very beginning.
…..
She let her face remain that way, afraid to lift her head and face reality. Her world was crashing down and Rhea was feeling devastated and overwhelmed. There wasn’t even enough time for her and Lukas to spend more time together before saying goodbye to what they had together.
Rhea was aggrieved, why was the universe against her? Why must this happen? Unlike Clara, she and Lukas had something real, why must she say goodbye to that? Why was life always unfair to her? Rhea was so lost in her thoughts that she didn’t even notice someone come in until he was lifting her face and she smelled his familiar cologne.
Lukas’s scent made realization set in and Rhea burst into tears. She pushed her face into his chest and cried hard for what she stood to lose If Lukas married Clara tomorrow. He would no longer belong to her. Lukas would no longer be her man. She wouldn’t get to hold him, kiss him.
Even if Rhea does end up as his mistress, she was not the woman Lukas would take to a formal occasion. She was not the woman he would proudly introduce to people as his legal wife. She would not bear his children and would only be his second option. She would be the woman people talked about with disrespect and disdain. As his mistress, she would be kept away. She would not be seen and would always be a second-hand member of that household.
“Shh, it’s alright. Nothing would happen. I’m not going anywhere,” Lukas murmured into her ears but that made her cry the more because she couldn’t trust those promises anymore when the trust was staring her in the face.
Rhea didn’t want to say goodbye yet because it could mean forever. She began to regret those moments she fought with him and should have made beautiful memories instead. But then, people usually never know what they have until they’re close to losing it. Why did it hurt so much? She felt like dying.
“Rhea,” Lukas called her, but when she kept on sobbing, he pulled her back and that was when her gaze fell on the bad bruise around his eyes and her lips trembled. What the hell? That black eye hadn’t been there until he went after his father.
Rhea cupped his face, her hands trembling as she gently traced the injury, “He did this to you, didn’t you?” Her gaze was fierce and she dared him to lie to her.
“He wasn’t spared either,” Lukas told her.
“Good,” Rhea nodded, her jaw clamped tightly. She valued older people but Daniel was a bastard, and she would kick him in the groin if she had the opportunity.
“Listen to me, Rhea,” Lukas told her, cupping her cheeks as well, but there was determination in his gaze as he said, “I’m not marrying anybody but you. I would find a way out of this, do you understand?”
Rhea nodded even though she knew inwardly that there wasn’t a way out of this. There was no more time to find a solution.
Strange New Feelings
“You can’t catch me!” chorused the triplets as they darted out of Winter’s reach each time she came close to catching any of them.
By the stars! Winters groaned with annoyance. They have been playing blind man’s buff for over an hour. That was not all, ever since she failed Elsa’s test, the twins have subjected her to one game or the other and she was fucking tired.
First, Elsa had dragged her to their room and there, she became their test subject as they applied makeup on her face and laughed each time they made a horrible mistake. By the time they were done, Winters looked like a mime and the triplets spent a good time laughing over her before taking funny pictures of her and with them together.
To be honest, even the phones the kids used were more expensive than hers, Reina and Niklaus sure cherished their kids and for that alone, they got her respect. Reina hit her as a good person because If she could treasure her kids this well, there was no doubt Chloe would be treated well too. They just had to find her and they would think about the rest later.
Thanks to the kid’s selfish games, Winters came to discover that Ella has dreams of being a fashion designer when she grows up, and guess who ended up being her mannequin for today? It was her! Winters couldn’t even begin to count the numerous times the pin dug into her body and drew blood. But nobody noticed because the fabric was red and the color of her blood merged with it.
As an amateur “fashion designer”, Ella stabbed and probed Winters till she was sure that she would faint from blood loss. The worst part? She couldn’t even tell if the kid did that on purpose or not because Ella looked so passionate wrapping the fabric around her and holding them with the pins as depicted on her designs hanging on the wall. In one word, the kids were problematic and it was no wonder nobody in the city wanted to nanny them.
Now, she was on their large lawn, playing blindfolded with them, and was as tired as hell. Had Winters known, she would have insisted on finding Chloe while Mimi dealt with these devils. She was tired; her feet hurt and she was tasty; she needed water. But this was a mission, she can’t mess it up for Mimi and had to endure until she was done.
“Watch out!”
Winters didn’t even have the time to comprehend that warning because her world swirled and before she knew it, she was falling after bumping into something, or someone judging from the strong arm that quickly wrapped around her waist, steadying her.
…..
“Whoah,” A deep baritone chuckled, catching her.
Brows slowly furrowed, Winters was curious as to who was holding her because that was clearly a male. Hence, she tugged off her blindfold only to stop breathing.
It was indeed a “whoa” because she was staring at the most handsome man she had ever laid her eyes on and Winters forgot how to breathe. Since that incident in her past that traumatized her, men had never appealed to her and at a point, she was beginning to think that she was lesbian until now.
He had the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen, it was captivating and serene and she wanted to stare at them all day. His blonde hair that touched down his nape looked even silkier than hers and she was tempted to run her hands through it and test out the smooth and pleasant sensation.
His eyebrows were thick with long lashes that made her jealous and then his lips…. his lips… it was too kissable and Winters had to establish a great deal of self-control so as not to lunge at him and kiss the hell out of him and label herself the title of pervert.
His arms around her waist were strong and steady. Winters actually shivered as his hand traveled down her spine before he pulled away, and she moaned at the loss of contact. She wanted him to hold her forever. Heck! Where was that silly thought coming from?
“Sorry,” The handsome man jerked away from her as if he was electrocuted. Winters didn’t have the time to think about that reaction because they heard a scream from behind them.