Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Seeing the murderous look on Lukas’s face, Leon knew that he had crossed the line this time and knew to back down.
“It was just a joke,” He explained.
“Don’t try such an expensive joke on me again especially when it involves my woman, or else I might forget we’re allies,” Lukas passed the warning across and Leon nodded in understanding.
“Come on then, let me show you to her room,” Leon said, standing to his feet and banishing the remaining pain by sheer will. He has offended Lukas and he had to make up for it. But on the bright side, he just bought enough time for Luca.
Lukas didn’t say anything and followed him, the silence between them was tense. Not long after, they arrived at the room and Leon released a small breath when he saw Luca standing at the door.
He made it.
Lukas stopped before him, “Where were you when I sent a text of my arrival?”
Luca straightened up, “Nature calls,” was the quick answer he gave Lukas.
Honestly, he never thought that Lukas would come to pick Rhea himself which was why he let himself loose in the first place. Luca thought he would bring Rhea home instead; he had everything under control until Lukas arrived.
Lukas didn’t say anything and was about to pass through when he stopped suddenly and Lucas’ heart stopped with him. His features were puckered up as he sniffed close to Luca and Leon held his breath the entire time.
Lukas stopped with a thoughtful look on his face and for a moment there, Luca swore that he had caught him until he said,
“Your poop must have smelled badly you even applied perfume.” He shook his head and grabbed the doorknob, going into the room and shutting it right after him.
Luca released the breath he had been holding in and Leon didn’t look any better. The perfume Lukas smelt on him belonged to Luca and he applied it because there was no time to refresh and he didn’t want Lukas getting the smell of sex on him.
“That was close,” Leon muttered, leaning against the wall.
“Yeah,” Luca admitted, it was a close call indeed.
And would never happen again.
Would Lukas Believe Her?
Sharp movements from the outside alerted Rhea that someone was right outside her door. Good thing Elijah left already or she wouldn’t know how to deal with that.
Her mind was spiraling and Rhea found herself unable to breathe. What was she going to do? She finally saw Elijah’s face. In the past, she would have been excited at the prospect of escaping, but not anymore, not now that she has a life with Lukas. But then, she couldn’t tell Lukas about Elijah either, no, she couldn’t. He would kill him.
God, what was she going to do? Rhea ran her hands through her head in both confusion and annoyance. She might have seen Elijah’s face but there was no way to communicate with him and change his mind.
He was trying to get himself killed and she didn’t want his death to be on her. It would kill her. But she couldn’t lie to Lukas as well, not when Elijah was too forward with his feelings for her. What if the next time he threatens her to get into bed with him? What would she do then?
Rhea was torn within.
Seeing the shadow cast between the little space beneath the door, Rhea quickly got into bed. It wouldn’t help matters if Luca caught her pacing up and down the room and reported it to Lukas. For now, she would keep a calm head and think of how to solve this problem.
Lukas can’t know of this. He was too hot-headed and would plunge deeply into searching for Elijah. That can’t happen yet. Not now. There were other desperate issues to solve, like Clara and Daniel. This one would have to wait.
Luca didn’t come into the room, he just stood there and after a while, Rhea was almost tempted to climb out of the bed when the doorknob clicked and she forced her eyes closed immediately, willing her body to relax and assuming a sleeping state.
It wasn’t Luca, Rhea realized with a furrow of her brows. With her eyes closed, her hearing was heightened and she was able to pick up sounds easily. Rhea could tell the footsteps apart having spent time studying them, it wasn’t Lucas’ yet it felt oddly familiar. What was she missing?
…..
And while she was lost in her thoughts, the footsteps came closer till she felt a dip in her bed and Rhea’s body went rigid. A stranger was climbing into her bed? But it didn’t make sense, Luca wouldn’t let anyone else into her bed but Lukas unless he was tired of living.
Then it hit her, the same time Lukas’s scent washed over her and her heart galloped. Lukas was here, her heart fluttered like the wings of a butterfly, however, guilt crept in at the same time when she remembered what happened between her and Elijah moments ago. She didn’t deserve Lukas, and Rhea was plunged with guilt.
“Hey love,” Lukas murmured, kissing down her exposed neck and leaving a trail of goosebumps in its wake.
Rhea managed to murmur something incomprehensive to convince Lukas that she was deep asleep and funny enough, Lukas chuckled, finding it cute. The gesture seem to motivate him either way and Lukas continued to attack her neck with kisses, leaving Rhea no choice but to force her eyes open.
“Lukas…” She murmured sleepily, hoping that was enough to convince him.
“Wake up, sleepy head,” He said, his kisses now moving upward, kissing her cheeks and brushing across her lips teasingly.
“What are you doing here?” Rhea tried to gently pull Lukas away from her – she couldn’t act intimate with him, not after what happened with Elijah – however, he was persistent and trapped her beneath him with his body.
“Why? What is wrong?” Lukas finally asked, having sensed her resistance.
“What?” Rhea pretended to be dumb.
“I can’t help but feel like you’re not happy to see me?” Lukas pointed out, regarding her intensely.
Rhea’s mouth fell open and closed at the same time. What was she going to do? She can’t just tell him that Elijah came out of nowhere and kissed her? It would destroy everything they’ve built so far. Lukas was possessive and quite sensitive about Elijah, so you can imagine what would happen if she told him the truth.
Would Lukas even believe her? That she wanted nothing to do with the kiss and her feelings for him haven’t changed one bit even with Elijah’s return? Rhea doubted that. He would be too blinded with rage and betrayal to see the truth staring right at him. That was why she couldn’t tell him the truth now.
“Of course not, I’m just surprised to see you!” Rhea denied it, hoping to God that he believed her.
Unfortunately, there was still that look of suspicion in his eyes and she gulped. She had to do something to draw the attention away from her.
“What about Clara?” She said, startling Lukas with the suddenness of the question.
“Oh,” A smile slowly crept up Lukas’s face. Rhea was jealous and eager to hear the details of the wedding, he thought. If only Lukas knew that was exactly what Rhea wanted him to think.
“What do you think happened?” He teased her.
Lukas then climbed over her carefully so he was straddling her without pushing all of his weight on her. Her breath caught in her throat when he intertwined their fingers together, pressing them to the bed, and leaning over her so they were staring right at each other’s face, their breaths interchanging.
Rhea was distracted by his delicious body pressing down on her and asked without thinking, “Did the both of you get married?”
Lukas rolled his eyes, “You’re such a dummy,” He called her, making her pout her lips.
“Would I be seducing you right now if I had a bride at home waiting for me at home to fulfill our nuptial, not that I ever planned on doing it with Clara even if she was the last woman on earth?” He confessed boldly.
Rhea was relieved. Although she looked calm, beneath the surface, she had been anxious about the news. But it looks like she had nothing to worry about in the end. Lukas did it again. He fought for both of them.
“How did you do it?” She was curious to know.