Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
He came over.
“Get rid of this and get me another from my wardrobe,” She ordered, handing the coat to him and he accepted it reluctantly.
It was obvious from his debatable expression that Luca was unsure about leaving her all alone with Aziz. He was torn between Lukas’s instruction and Rhea’s needs.
“God, I’m so cold! Hurry up before I catch a cold!” Rhea whined like a baby, leaving Luca no other but to leave them alone as he left to get her the coat.
As soon as Luca left, the ambiance changed as Rhea and Elijah ended their pretenses.
“You never cease to amaze me, Rhea? With your capacity, you should be paving your own way in the world, not beside a man that doesn’t deserve you.” Elijah told her.
“Quit the bullshit because the only reason I’m not punching you in the face right now is that eyes are watching and I don’t want to make a scene. However, I thought to inform you because you’re not leaving here, the same way you came. I’m going to tell Lukas about you. ” She broke the news to him.
Other than the fact that Elijah was taken aback by her sudden decision, there was no other expression on his face. If anything, he looked disappointed by her change of heart.
“So you’re going to rat me out?” He sighed.
“It’s something I should have done the moment I saw your face, however, I saved your ass for old time’s sake.”
“What changed now then?” He was curious.
“You lead on Adele. The heart is not something you play with, Elijah. I would not let you continue with it. “
He nodded in understanding.
At least he knows why she’s doing this.
Rhea took a deep breath knowing she was about to take a big step.
She said to him,” Lukas has given me his word, you would not be harmed. “
He snickered, “And you believe him? “
“Lukas doesn’t go back on his words and if he says he wouldn’t end you, he would keep to it. However, I would not assure you that you wouldn’t be spared from some tortures,” She reminded him. Rhea knew how this worked and Lukas would not let him go like that without a good beating.
But to her surprise, Elijah began to laugh. He laughed so sarcastically it pissed her off
“What is funny?” She scowled at him
Elijah looked up at her, erasing every smile from his face.
“I expected more from you, Rhea, and so does your mother.”
[Bonus Chapter] Her Brother
“I expected more from you, Rhea, and so does your mother,”
The moment Elijah said those words, “Her mother” it seemed as if a bomb went off in her head and she just froze in her seat.
Rhea couldn’t, or rather didn’t move, and began to analyze the news in her head. For starters, she never told Elijah about her mother, not even while they were still together.
The only people who knew her mother was alive were her uncle and Lukas and whoever else they decided to tell. Lukas promised to help in finding her mother, which means he must have gotten Adele involved and that also entails that Elijah must have gotten the information by chance.
Pure rage simmered inside of Rhea and she wanted to throttle Elijah at that moment. To think he would use information like this against her just to save his ass meant that he was a low, pathetic asshole.
With cold fury in her eyes, she growled, “How dare you -“
He cut her off, “Judging from the murderous energy around you, it’s safe to assume you think I’m Iying?”
Rhea narrowed her gaze at him, suspiciously. Was he being serious or was he pulling her leg right now? Because If it was the latter, she promised to blast out his brains and save Lukas the energy of killing him.
But curiosity took the better of her as she watched Elijah pull out his wallet from his pocket and he opened it before pulling out a rumpled picture and handing it to her.
…..
Rhea didn’t want to take the picture because she had a feeling that whatever she was about to uncover might rock her world, but she needed to take the risk. She can’t remain in the dark forever and had to give it a shot.
Having steadied her mind, Rhea took the picture from him and she looked at the picture. It wasn’t the five men in the picture that stole her breath, but the woman surrounded by them.
No fucking way.
She saw her.
Her mother.
All her life, Rhea always wondered what her mother would look like, it seems she wasn’t far off. You could almost mistake her for her sister if they had the same hair color. She took her looks from her mother.
It was confirmed.
This can’t be.
Rhea didn’t want to believe it. She hoped that the photo was fake or something, but she saw it with her eyes and felt it with her hands, it was not fake. It spun back years and it wasn’t until she stared at the other characters properly, that one face became familiar to her.
It was Elijah.
Or rather a younger version of him.
Instantly, ice-cold dread washed over Rhea and she looked at Elijah with horror, her hands shaking as she asked the question that came to her mind,
“Are you my brother?”
Elijah’s face fell.
“Oh my God,” Rhea gasped.
It was true.
Elijah was her brother?!