Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Oops.
She found out.
Rhea swallowed, finding her throat suddenly dry and that gesture was all that Mimi needed to know.
“You knew,” Mimi was dumbfounded.
“Not until recently,” Rhea grabbed her hand trying to explain to her. She looked around and when there was no one watching, she quickly confessed, “Elijah revealed himself to me the other night. And when I say reveal, I mean without the face paint and all.”
“You now know his face,”
She nodded.
“And you kept it all to yourself?” Mimi couldn’t believe her.
“Well, I didn’t exactly have the chance to speak to you until now, did I? I would have told you if you hadn’t figured it out with your quick wits.” She gave her reasons.
“Jesus Christ,” Mimi gasped loudly, “You haven’t told Lukas yet.”
“God, no!” Rhea said it as if it was the most horrible idea she has ever come up with,
“Are you insane? Do you know what Lukas would do with that?”
Mimi inched closer, dropping her voice to a whisper, “You still have to tell him the truth nonetheless, Rhea.”
“You don’t know how much Lukas hates Elijah, Mimi. He would kill him, no, they would tear each other apart and I don’t think I’m ready for such loss.”
She quickly added, “That is why I have a plan. I’m trying to convince Elijah to give the guns back to Lukas. If he can do that, I think Lukas can have a change of heart and perhaps spare his life. Then Elijah can safely leave the city without a hair on his body being harmed, that’s all I owe him. I told him already that I’m together with Lukas. The both of us can’t work out anymore and I believe he would come to terms with that. “
It was a good plan but Mimi shook her head, unsure, “I don’t know Rhea, keeping stuff from a man like Lukas sounds like a bad idea. Honestly? I think you’re playing with fire here. A very, dangerous fire that might end up scalding you too if you aren’t careful enough,” She warned her.
“I know what I’m doing,” Rhea told her, “It would work out, no, it has to work out, else Elijah is as good as dead.”
She looked forward, “And Victor is here.” Rhea informed her friend. They were on their way to see him and instead, met him halfway.
Mimi turned to look at him and Victor halted in his step as well when he saw her. The both of them didn’t say anything, just one long silence as they stared at each other.
Although she promised to support her friend, Rhea couldn’t help feeling like she was infringing on a moment that didn’t belong to her. She cleared her throat,
“I should leave,”
And before Mimi could say a word, she had vanished down the hallway, leaving the both of them in awkward silence.
“Can we talk?” Mimi finally summoned the courage to speak.
But Victor told her, “Don’t worry, you don’t have to beat around the bush for that. I get it if you don’t want to be with me anymore. You can leave if you want to, I’m not going to stop you or come after you or anything,” He would not kidnap her to an island like his mother did to her father even as seductive as the idea was.
“You idiot!” Mimi walked towards him and landed a slap on his face, shocking Victor as his eyes went wide. What did he do now?
“How can you say that to a woman carrying your baby?!” Mimi yelled at him, tears bursting from the corner of her eyes. God, why was she being emotional? She hated being emotional.
“What?” Victor felt like he heard wrong. What was Mimi saying? She was carrying his baby?
“I’m pregnant for you, you idiot!” Mimi told him, tears still flowing down her face.
“Jesus, Christ, I am going to be a father?!” It finally dawned on Victor and without warning, he carried her off her feet and twirled her around as she screamed in surprise.
“Victor!” Mimi pleaded for him to put her down.
But the moment her feet touched the ground, Victor clasped her cheeks and kissed her till she could no longer differentiate her right from her left.
It was the best news of his life.
Stay By Your Side
There was nothing but tense silence as Macy followed Lukas to his office. Even the other soldiers who knew her stayed away from her as if they didn’t want to draw trouble for themselves. Every one of them knew from the tension in the air that it wasn’t going to turn out well for Macy, especially with the boss lady around.
Yeah, the men had become comfortable enough with Rhea to give her the title of “Boss lady”. Even without that, it was quite obvious to everyone that Lukas was wrapped around her finger. Take, for example, a rabbit living in the base now, and one should know that Lukas doesn’t welcome rabbits. So yeah, the best way to survive was to get on Rhea’s good side and from the showdown earlier, she doesn’t like Macy. In one word, Macy’s done for.
Lukas didn’t say a word to Macy until he got into his office and Macy arrived not long after, shutting the door behind her.
“Sit down,” He told her, but Macy remained standing and Lukas’s jaw clenched. As much as he owed her an explanation, he hated having his orders disobeyed.
“I don’t understand, boss,” Macy said, looking around in confusion, “Am I dreaming or what? What is she doing here? She’s not supposed to be here, is she? What about Elijah? Have you caught him?”
But Lukas didn’t answer her, rather he went to a shelve and brought out a gin and a glass. He set it up on his desk, opened it, and poured himself a drink while Macy watched uneasily. She had this feeling that Lukas was not telling her everything and when he does, it would go down the shit hole.
“Can you tell me what’s going on, boss?” Macy tried not to show her emotions, but she was failing to contain them. Her right hand was shaking and she had to steady it with the other one.
She and Lukas had been the best team and everyone in the organization knew it. Her devotion and loyalty to Lukas were unquestionable and her services were the best – including in bed. Although she knew that there were chances Lukas wouldn’t end up with her, she hoped to gain his heart nonetheless.
When Lukas was engaged to Clara, she was neither envious of her, because she pitied the young woman. Macy knew that Lukas loathed Clara, she was just a business transaction and her role was to provide an heir for him. But Macy would be contented if she had Lukas’s heart and affection, because a married woman without her husband’s attention was equivalent to a woman.
…..
That was why she wouldn’t mind being Lukas’s mistress – and that was the plan. Clara would only be his wife on paper, while she would control Lukas’s home, heart, and resources. Lukas already trusted her and knew her capacity, and together, they would have been a formidable couple.
But that was until Rhea came along. Macy knew that there was something about that woman and she should have trusted her intuition. Lukas doesn’t look at her like before even while standing in front of her and that shattered her heart. What has that woman done to him?
“Many things changed while you were away, Macy,” Lukas told her.
“Yeah, many things like what?” She scoffed, “You have been fucking the bitch, is that it? I warned you boss. I did warn you, not that you listened. You weren’t supposed to sleep with the enemy and look what happened, she has poisoned your -“
Macy didn’t get to finish the rest of her words before Lukas suddenly lunged at her and she let out a frightened squeal. Lukas was looming over her with wide, fierce eyes, it was chilling.
“Call her a bitch once more and we would not have this friendly conversation anymore,” Lukas growled at her, stunning her.
Macy’s heart began to pound hard in her chest, not from anticipation, but from fear, “My God,” It dawned on her, “This is why you didn’t want me here. You never wanted me to get a rest, you were just keeping me away from her.”