Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
“She would come home,” Lukas was sure of it.
“Are you sure?” Winters arched a brow at him and went ahead to say, “I mean, the girl just escaped your father and God knows what she went through in his hands. And finally, she found herself in a home with children her age who treats her like one of them, what makes you think she would want to return here? To guns and violence?”
Lukas’s hands began to shake knowing that Winters made a fine point. As a kid, all he ever wanted was to escape this hell hole with his mother, but, his sister managed to do so – without him – and was living fine whenever she was. What was the probability she would want to return to a place her brother failed to protect her?
He swallowed nervously and Victor sensing the tension coming off his body, squeezed his thigh assuredly. Lukas, noticing the gesture, took his legs off his body immediately, he didn’t want his pity. This was his cross to carry.
Fine, do it alone then, bastard, Victor let him be. When Lukas was being unnecessarily stubborn, the best thing was to leave him alone. He’d come around later.
“Tell me more about this party,” Victor asked her.
“The party is held by Reina and her stepdaughter, Isabella Spencer. Isabella is the child Niklaus had in his youth and they want the party to be organized in the Spencer residence and all family members are said to be in attendance.
However, you should know that Isabella is a natural genius, sadly, cold and scary and I’m sure your father Daniel would love to make a relationship with her,” Winters intended to be sarcastic and Lukas knew that nor did he say anything. His father was a cold bastard, everyone knew that. Next!
“But then Reina’s kind nature must have rubbed off on her because Isabella has mellowed down a bit. motherhood must have changed her tremendously after the birth of her daughter. And for someone who was hardcore on not having kids, she and her husband Pedro adopted a boy through their foundation. The baby’s mother was a fifteen-year-old mother who was r*ped by a distant family member and the family sought the foundation’s help to shelter her as the the girl tried to overcome her traumatic experience.
“With her power, Isabella made sure the relative suffered life imprisonment with hard labor. However, the baby’s mother wanted nothing to do with the child and after an incident where she nearly killed him, Isabella adopted the child as hers. Hence her own daughter Kaitlyn had an instant brother when she was barely four months old. It’s said that Isabella loves the child so much that she even breastfed him to everyone’s shock and now the family refers to the kids as twins. In one word, the birthday party is for both children and you would be damned by Isabella if you ruin it. “
Winters gave Lukas a clear warning, Isabella was not someone you messed with and went scot-free. No, the entire Spencer family might look harmless, but they were fiercely protective of their own.
“I don’t care about her party, nor would I go through the trouble of causing a scene. I’ll just go in, get my sister, and then leave them to continue the rest of their party.” Lukas said.
“And how exactly do you plan to do that exactly? Sakuzi is Reina’s father and for a huge occasion like that one, he would surely be in attendance and his soldiers would be crawling around the place. What makes you think they wouldn’t recognize you at first glance when entrance is by invitation only?” Victor pointed out the flaw in the plan.
“That is exactly why I had Winters get me the guest list,” Lukas said.
“And?”
“I’m going to apply Elijah’s method, masking.”
“What?!” Both Winters and Victor shouted.
“I went through the list and picked out one of the easiest targets. Nahid, he’s a curator for a museum and purchases arts for Reina and he was invited to the party too. Unlike the others, Nahid has a really common face and I have people working on his mask already. On that day, my men would abduct the real Nahid while I put on the mask and replace him. ” Lukas laid out the plan.
“This doesn’t make sense,” Winters shook her head, “Even if you wear his face, there are differences in height, body size, and even tone. How are we going to replicate that?”
“I told you he’s the best target, I’m a few inches taller than him and from my sources, he has been away from the country for a year and Reina only sent the invitation because she heard he would be back and wanted to catch up with him. He might be leaner than me, but a year is enough for a man to add weight. Moreover, the soldiers at the entrance only need my face and my invitation. I would make sure to avoid Reina for the rest of the night seeing she’s the only one that can tell the difference,” Lukas told her, having planned it thoroughly.
“God, I love risks,” it thrilled Victor.
“And as for the voice part, isn’t that your field? Manipulating voices shouldn’t be too hard for you, little hacker.” Lukas grinned at her.
Winters was short of words and when she finally spoke up, she asked him,
“Have I ever told you you’re a brilliant madman?”
[Bonus chapter]She Was Ruined
“I’ll have everything ready and we can talk about it when I arrive tomorrow then,” Adele got off the phone with Lukas, her attention moving back to the picture of that woman on her desk.
Natalie Valeria.
There were several papers on her desk, however, Adele picked them all, arranged them, and put them into a folder. Lukas required that information tomorrow.
She was in the process of pulling out a drawer and placing the folder inside when the door to her office was opened and her favorite staff moved in with the food she had ordered.
“Lunch is here,” The woman announced in a sing-song, lifting the food. Since she was close to Adele, the woman began to set the food on the table in the middle of the room when the smell hit Adele’s nostril and her stomach lurched.
It was as if World War Three began in her tummy as bile rose to her throat and Adele found herself running to the toilet as if the devil were on her heels. It was a good thing she had a restroom installed else Adele wondered what she would have done in this situation.
Adele leaned over the toilet seat and began to throw up everything she had for breakfast. She couldn’t explain it but the smell of her favorite spaghetti and meatballs upset her. She was still heaving when the woman named Sherry came to her side and pulled her hair away from her face so it wouldn’t get in her face and her vomit.
“Here, there you go, easy,” The woman told her, rubbing her back soothingly until she was done.
Sherry came well prepared because she handed a bottle of water to Adele and she took it, gurgling the taste of vomit out of her mouth before washing the corners of her mouth too and standing up to her feet. Adele turned the handle and flushed the table before walking out of the restroom with Sherry guiding her weary steps.
…..
Adele was suddenly weak and had to be helped back to her office. But the moment the smell of the food hit her nostrils, her stomach reacted again and she yelled at the woman while cupping her mouth,
“Get that thing out of here!”
The woman didn’t even need to be told twice, she packed everything and got rid of it. She had to ventilate the whole place and had to spray the office with an air freshener before Adele could settle in.
Adele plopped down on her seat, rubbing her temple with her hand, still feeling a bit sick and unable to explain what just happened. She wasn’t usually this way and that food was her favorite.
“What happened, ma?” Sherry inquired and from the concerned look on her face, it was obvious that she was worried about her.
“What happened?” Adele muttered to herself, unable to come up with a reasonable explanation.
“For a moment there, I thought you were pregnant or something. It was similar to when I had my second child, I had an aversion to spicy food. Just a whiff of it, I’ll throw up so much one would think I would throw up my intestines as well…” The woman kept on talking without knowing that Adele had zoned out after her first sentence.
She was pregnant?
Adele felt like someone just bashed her in the head with a hammer.
No, it was impossible. It can’t happen. Adele was sure of that until she remembered that her period was long overdue yet hadn’t seen it. Adele had been so busy with work – and Aziz – to realize she hadn’t gotten her period and now she realized it, it felt like a Mac truck just hit her.
Impossible, Adele refused to believe it. This could just be a mere stomach problem and she was putting much meaning into it when it would go away with time. But then, what kind of stomach upset would make one hate her favorite food? Unless it was cooked with really bad ingredients and she had a sensitive nose like a dog?
No, she and Elijah had been very careful, but not from the beginning… Once, a condom even broke…
It dawned on Adele, all strength leaving her body. What has she done?
Sherry was still rambling on when Adele lifted her head and asked,
“Can you get me a pregnancy kit?”