Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
WHY CAN’T THEY LET HER REST?! WHY WAS EVERYONE AFTER HER?! WHY WAS HER LIFE SO MISERABLE?!
At this rate, Lukas was never going to let her out of here. She would be stuck in this base for the rest of her life, get married, her children would be stuck in here with her too, and in the end, she would die here as well. Just like Rapunzel, this was her tower. Her prison.
Rhea was freaking out.
“Rhea, are you okay?” Chelsea was concerned when she saw her labored breathing.
“Yes, I’m fine. Just give me a minute,” Rhea said, trying to calm her breathing else she faints again.
It’s okay, she would figure this out, Rhea told herself.
Her head whipped around to Chelsea, “Does Lukas know about this?” Rhea needed to know.
“Probably,” Chelsea thought over it, “A bounty placed on your head and you are still alive? That’s not just luck, girl. The Red Giant Isn’t that powerful and news like that can’t get past Lukas’s hearing. If you were to ask me, I believe Lukas is controlling things behind the shadows. You are one lucky bitch.” She was envious.
But Rhea in question just stood at the spot, dumbfounded. Lukas has been protecting her behind the scenes? And all this while, she thought he kept her locked up, was to keep her from Elijah?
Rhea was plunged with guilt.
Lukas has done so much for her.
What has she done for him?
“Jesus, you look miserable. Come on, this is not a night for that face. Let’s dance!” Chelsea decided she needed a distraction and pulled her along to the dance floor.
They met the other girls on the dance floor and together, they all showed off their moves. Lukas’s idea of meeting them here was brilliant and Rhea hadn’t had so much fun for a long time with her own gender.
It must be the alcohol working in her brain but Rhea let loose. They were celebrating Victor anyway and that meant having fun. Hands up in the air, she and the girls bounced to the beat and even naughtily twerked and ground against each other.
Rhea felt relaxed and less self-conscious and didn’t think much about it when a hand wrapped around her waist, thinking it was one of the girls fooling around. However, those hands suddenly felt muscular and she noted the way Chelsea stiffened in front of her as well.
It was a man.
“What the hell?!” Rhea jerked away from him, repulsed.
The nerve of whoever that was because it wasn’t Lukas. She could have smelt him.
The girls had stopped dancing as well, apprehension in their gazes and Rhea turned to see the fool who dared to touch her.
What Is Wrong With Victor
The idiot was no other than one of Victor’s guests he had invited into the party. And judging from the way his speech was slurred, he was obviously drunk out of his mind.
“Why did you stop? We were having so much fun,” He wasn’t even able to stand straight while speaking to her.
Rhea couldn’t tell if that question was directed at her or the girls that had stopped dancing and staring at him or the soldiers that had straightened up, ready to swarm into action if he dared lay a hand on her.
“Are you fucking kidding me? Seriously, dude?!” Rhea pushed him hard in the chest and he almost fell, getting on his feet at the last minute. Rhea always had a temper in the first place, hence it wasn’t surprising.
“Hey, back off. She’s Lukas’s girlfriend,” Chelsea was the first to come to her defense.
And while Lukas’s name was supposed to invoke some fear into him, the fool sneered instead, “Really? Lukas’s girlfriend?”
He tried to take her hand but Rhea stepped back, disgusted, while some of the soldiers took a step towards them unsure yet alert.
The DJ had lowered the music upon the commotion, sensing the suffocating tension in the room and no one knew what to do anymore. But one thing was sure, they knew which side to support when push came to shove.
He wasn’t worth her time, Rhea decided, shaking her head. She turned to the person next to her not giving a fuck who he was and ordered him,
…..
“He’s drunk, get him out of here.”
She didn’t want to see his face anymore. He has ruined the night alright.
However, the moment Rhea tried to leave, the fool managed to grab her hand, “Come back here! You’re Lukas’s girlfriend, so what? You’re not different from his other whores anyway and they always gave me what I wanted,” He looked over her body lasciviously, sending goosebumps down her arm.
Anger shimmered inside of her, Rhea has had enough. How dare he call her a whore? Before even the soldiers could react, Rhea had pulled back her hand, intending to punch him right in the face, but someone else beat her to it.
No one saw him coming because Victor came out of nowhere. One could say he flew in because he landed a kick on the dude’s face that sent him flying back to the ground and a loud gasp filled the room.
But that was not the end because Victor strode over to where he was and picked up by the short front and began to land blows after blows on his face. Rhea had always wondered why she never saw Victor angry, she could understand why.
While Lukas was like a raging storm that scattered everything in his path when angry, Victor was a boiling hot volcano that pulverized. He didn’t stop, or rather, he couldn’t stop even when his opponent’s face was a mess.
His muscles were tensed and his expression was hard, and murderous, it was like staring at a different Victor, and that kind of scared Rhea who then called for help. With the way things were going, Victor was really going to murder the fool right in front of everybody.
One could almost say that the fool was unlucky enough to make himself an outlet for Victor’s pent-up fury. Luckily, Luca sprang into action and saved his ass from death. But Victor wouldn’t let go.
The scene was almost like that of a vulture refusing to give up its carcass even with the presence of a stronger predator. Victor wanted to rip the fool into pieces.
The other soldiers came to the rescue and successfully took the fool away from the unstable Victor while the onlookers gave them a considerable distance as Victor attacked Luca instead.
However, Luca was a huge man and a fighter, and knew how to handle Victor so he wouldn’t harm himself in the process. To offer support, Leon also came from behind and incapacitated him as if it wasn’t the first time he had witnessed such a meltdown.
That was when it hit Rhea, this wasn’t just an outburst, Victor was sick. She could see it from his unstable breathing and the assuring words Leon kept pouring into his ears to calm him down. Her gaze connected with Luca and she saw the truth there.
He knew.
Luca took his gaze off her and announced to the guests in attendance, “I’m sorry, but this party is over.”
There was great murmuring from the crowd, disappointed with how everything turned out. However, Luca was not listening to them because he pulled Victor to his feet, supported all of his weight, and took him away.
The music ended abruptly and everyone began to pick up their stuff, preparing to leave, although a few of his friends were concerned about Victor’s well-being, the soldiers wouldn’t let them go further into the house. They all had to leave.
Rhea wanted to go to Victor until she remembered her friends and went to Chelsea, “We would meet again, right?”
“Of course. We have dance classes with you now, remember?” She poked her in the belly playfully.