Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Winters had to blink twice, stunned by his ferocity. Why does he want her to answer so much when it wasn’t worth it anymore? He came here to break up with her, right? After all, what would the prince have to do with a hacker? They were bad for each other.
Nonetheless, Winters took a deep breath. Since he wanted an answer, she would give her one.
“You weren’t what I planned,”
“What?”
“When I learned that you’re a prince, I knew that we couldn’t be together. So I decided to be friends instead. What’s the harm, in a hacker being friends with the prince of a small country? But then, I couldn’t control it, not that feelings were meant to be controlled anyway. However, I knew deep down that all of this is going to end one day. Three things can never be hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth. So I decided to cherish every moment that I was with you. But then, here we are, at the table of reckoning and I guess it’s the end. But for all it was worth, I never regretted being with you, Akim. You were the best thing that ever happened to me. ” Winters confessed, a tear slipping down her cheek. Although it didn’t end well, this was a happy memory, and she would hold it specially in her heart.
Akim threw his head back and laughed so hard tears escaped from his eyes. He wiped them with the back of his hand, saying, “I must have bad luck with women. First, Anika, and now, you.”
“I’m so sorry,” Winters apologized. It was so selfish of her, but she didn’t mean to harm him.
She was about to spill more apologies when Akim produced a key and before her very eyes, produced a key that he slid into the lock while Winter’s jaw nearly dropped to the ground.
What was he doing?
By chance, was he about to harm her for breaking his heart?
A chill fell over Winters, she had heard of scenes like this in the news and hoped she wasn’t about to become a victim of passion. Hence, even when the door was opened, she didn’t dare to make a move and just stood on the spot, watching Akim.
When Akim took a step inside the cell, Winters took one back. She studied him, trying to check if he had any weapons on him. As much as her imagination was running amok, Akim didn’t hit her as someone who would do such a thing, right?
He was a prince for speaking out loud.
“Anika was sent as well on a mission to lure me…” Akim said while walking towards her, “And didn’t plan to fall in love with me, but she did nonetheless. And you…”
Winters gulped when he called her name, still moving back. She was filled with anticipation to hear what he had to say. Was he going to tell her how much he hated her now? How much he wanted her to rot in hell for doing this to her.
“You might not have been on a mission to lure me, but you fell in love with me too…”
Winters gasped when her back hit the wall, her heart thudding against her chest as he successfully backed her into a corner, hands on both sides of the wall, caging her.
They looked into each other’s eyes, the emotions raw, and Winters wished that this wasn’t the moment where he stabbed her and left her to bleed out.
“Anika died,” He said, “I’m not going to let you die too….” And then his lips were on hers while Winters’ eyes grew to the size of the moon. This was not what she was expecting, not that she was complaining.
Well… Judas did betray Jesus with a kiss, albeit she bet it wasn’t with a French kiss. Just shut it up! She pushed the rest of the thoughts to the back of her head and concentrated on her kiss. Winters had to hold on to Akim because the kiss was fiery passion and her head swarmed.
“Wait,” She pulled away, “It doesn’t make sense. I lied to you, you are so supposed to be hurt and break up with me, leaving me to suffer for my actions.” It didn’t make sense. It felt surreal.
Akim cupped her cheeks and placed his forehead on hers saying, “I told you, I lost Anika, I’m not losing you too. I seem to have the talent for choosing bad women and the devil I know is better than the angel I don’t know. Run away with me, Winters.”
“What?!” Winters almost spat blood.
“I have five years until I come home and resume my princely roles. However, we could go to a place where my aunty and the others cannot track us and be together. Figure out this thing between us. You could start afresh, no more hacking, think about the kind of life you want for yourself and perhaps, if you want, you could still use your skills, but for good instead. My kingdom would need a talent like yours. I have influence, my family can get clean your records, you would not need to be on the run anymore and finally have a place where you can be yourself and with me by your side. What do you say to that?”
He Was Too Late
He could not fight them, Lukas knew that. Not without reinforcement, that would be a suicide mission. Even if he did have reinforcement, it would only end up causing a gang war which would only end up bloody.
So Lukas requested instead, “Can I see her?”
It was the only way to make sure that Winters was not hurt and that they were treating her well. As far as he knows, the girl did nothing wrong and they were the ones who refused to believe him. Fine, they could do whatever they wanted in the name of investigation, but no harm was to come to Winters, else it would be a full-blown war.
Winters was merely an associate, but to Lukas, she was family and part of the gang. Anyone that touched her was indirectly disrespecting him at the same time. He sighed, no wonder his father said he was weak – he worked with the sentiment. But then, Lukas refused to believe that empathy for the right people was foolishness.
A leader never leaves his followers behind. He would do everything to get Winters out of this mess he got her into. That was the kind of Mafia Don Lukas was. He was passionate about his people.
“The girl should stay behind,” Isabella suddenly suggested, earning a deadly glare from Lukas.
“That’s not going to happen, she’s staying by her side. Have any problem with that?” He dared her to separate them.
Chloe was not going anywhere, not after he worked so hard to get her back. It was not going to happen.
“Fine, do whatever you want. Well, with your kind of father, it’s not surprising that she’s been exposed to certain levels of violence, “
…..
Although Isabella’s words were cutting, it kind of made sense. Chloe was too young to be exposed to these kinds of lifestyles, and they were going to visit Winters wherever they placed her, most likely, in a holding cell. But it was too late for that.
He was a Mafia Don and Chloe had seen all there is to see about their world. She was not as innocent as Isabella presumed her to be. Moreover, Lukas would not leave Chloe behind where any of them could snatch her from him – especially Reina. He still doesn’t trust the woman wouldn’t try to take Chloe from him.
Also, Lukas doesn’t see himself coming out from his father’s shadow anytime soon. Not while the man was still alive. Daniel’s past was too ugly to be wiped away that easily and as his son, people were quick to assume the worst and he didn’t blame him. Like father, like son, the adage was quite potent.
So they all went to see Winters in her cell, but on their way there, they were stopped by a soldier who pointed breathlessly in the direction of the cell, looking ruffled – and beaten.
“They’re gone,” He said.
“They?” Lukas’s brows furrowed at that pronoun. It was only Winters. How could there be two of them?
However, Isabella was the first to run into the cell and he followed after her when they got into the room, it was empty. There was no trace of Winters.
Isabella ran her hand through her hair while Lukas began to search the room desperately including under the bed as if she were hiding there even though it was obvious that there was no one in the room.
He whipped around to Isabella, his eyes blazing, “Where is she?” He growled at her. If this was some sort of joke, it better stop now.
“I don’t know! She was supposed to be here!” Isabella was confused. She looked around for the guard to throw more light on what happened here. However, Lukas was impatient.
He warned her, “I don’t care what you do or how you do it, but if you don’t find Winters whom your family took from me, then you would have a war on your hands and not me, but Daniel would be the one leading it.” Lukas didn’t care about the consequences at the moment.
“I knew having you here was bad luck,” Niklaus said this time.
“It hasn’t gotten to this point,” Reina said, “We should all calm down.”
“Cameras are usually not installed inside the house, but I ordered them to be placed against the party for safety’s sake. We will find out what happened there.” Emerald was still speaking when the soldier who was supposed to be in charge of taking care of Winters arrived.
“Where is she?” Lukas asked him with a grave tone and perhaps if there wasn’t an audience, he would have hitched him up against the wall by now, “Where is Winters?”