Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
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But it seems that in the end, he was merely a selfish bastard like the others and she has had enough selfish people in her life!
First, it was her mother who for the sake of the Luciano family’s wealth kept her around instead of never giving birth to her in the first place.
The second was her father’s family who had never done anything good for her and Adele had to fight and work hard for everything she wanted today. However, the instant she became Lukas’s underboss, they all began to come close to her with their own selfish motives as if she was dumb or what. Not even her father was entitled to her! All he did was contribute sperm to her creation, nothing else.
And the next was Aziz aka Elijah, the one who broke her the most. His crime was even worse than her father’s because he made her feel for once that she mattered to someone without ulterior motives. That she was special only to realize that it was all a scam or maybe not – Adele didn’t know what to believe anymore.
Even if Elijah somehow ended up having feelings for her, it didn’t make up for what he had done to her. They couldn’t be together, even with the baby between them. God, he gave her a baby! What was she going to do with it?! Adele was so overwhelmed that she felt like ending it all. It was all too much.
And then, Lukas.
She knew never to trust him fully knowing that they were from different sides of the family. But to think that he would use her in this moment of weakness was quite low of him. She had high hopes for him! Trusted him!
Adele’s fists were clenched because she was so mad at Lukas at the moment. All the negative emotions she had piled up all this while had finally reached the bottleneck and was ready to explode.
She has had enough!
Adele planned to confront Lukas the moment he stepped into the room. However, before she could accomplish her plans, a phone started to ring and she turned, only to find out that it was Lukas’s.
She ignored it at first until it stopped ringing. However, the caller was persistent and Adele picked up the call with vexation, curious to know who was calling as well since it was an unknown number. If Lukas could butt into her private life like that, surely he wouldn’t mind if she answered his calls too.
“Hello?”
“Lukas!” She heard the voice from the other line and for some reason, it felt oddly familiar.
It hit her.
“Rhea?” She was stunned.
“Who…? Adele?” She too recognized her, “How? Where’s Lukas? I need to speak to him right now before it’s too late. I don’t have much time.”
Wait a minute, Adele laughed inwardly as she came up with an idea. was this karma or what because it sure came early. She was going to give Lukas a taste of his own medicine? He should know what that feels like.
“Why? What do you want to say to Lukas this time?”
“W-what?”
“Aren’t you done with the damage you have done already?”
“Listen, Adele, I know that I’m not in the best position to request anything right now, but I’m held against my will here. Moreover, there’s something that Lukas needs to know -“
“Yeah, don’t bother. We already know that Aziz is Elijah, hence is not exactly news anymore.” She added, “And if you happen to see Elijah, tell him I’m giving him the middle finger.”
“Look, I’m sorry for what happened between the both of you, but this is not the time for this and I don’t have enough time right now. There’s something else Lukas needs to know about his -“
“Listen up, Rhea, right now you’re nothing but a traitor to Lukas and you shouldn’t worry about him, but your safety. You betrayed him, what do you think Lukas would think about that? If I were you, I would never bother him ever again!”
“No! You don’t understand – shit! They are here. Adele… !”
And suddenly the call went static and it hung up on her.
It was done, and Adele felt a lot better.
Adele was about to delete the call record when she heard movements from outside. She quickly placed the phone where she had seen it and sat down quietly as the door opened and Lukas came in saying,
“I’m sorry for… wow,” He looked around at his once messy office and Adele noticed that.
“I thought that I could do a bit of cleaning up since I had a lot of free time while I was here. You know, kill time and all.” She sighed, “Can I go now?”
“Sure,” Lukas had no choice but to dismiss her, gesturing for the door, “I guess I’ll call you later when I need you.”
“No problem,” Adele said to him with a smile, but when she turned, it vanished entirely from her face.
No bad blood, but he betrayed her first. And revenge was best served cold, indeed.
Sorry
“That took longer than I thought,” Natalie commented as soon as Eric came into the living room. She had expected her daughter would not be accommodating and would kick him out of the room immediately.
“Yes, we had a bit of an adult conversation and I might have told her that we are a couple,” Eric said, reaching for her hand and taking it, intertwining their hands together with a small smile.
“Oh,” A blush crept to her face. She turned to him, not directly looking him in the eyes as she asked, “And how did she take it?”
He pursed his lips, “Well, surprisingly well. There was no screaming or cursing, or violence, well, a little bit of sarcasm was involved,” He listed out.
“That’s not surprising.” She said,
“Well, I mean, she took it better than I honestly thought she would. Even if she bears any resentment, I understand her. When my mother died, my greatest fear was of my father remarrying. I mean Ephraim and I could handle ourselves, we were grownups. But Elvis, Ezra, Elijah especially,” He emphasized, “He was just a kid and I have heard of how destructive stepmothers could be.”
“As the eldest and twins at that, Ephraim and I weren’t always around. We were always on the go with father learning how the family business worked and I didn’t want my brothers to suffer from my negligence. But then…” He looked at her with a bright expression, squeezing her hand affectionately, “You came along, and everything just kind of sorted out.”
“I’m not happy with how your past went, Natalie, but sometimes I think it was for a greater purpose. You were sent for me, a guardian angel.”
“Oh please, stop it!” She hit him on the chest, playfully. Natalie went red in the face and hid away in embarrassment.
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“So I get it if she doesn’t like me, I’m not rushing it. It’s kind of too much on her at the moment, knowing that her mother was alive all these years and the fact she was getting married to the brother of the man that she was once in love with.” He sighed,” Rhea needs space to accept all of this. “
“Well, she would get enough time here, and you haven’t asked me how it went with Rose.”
“Oh!” He finally remembered and leaned closer to her.
“I was nervous over nothing because Rose can’t wait to see Rhea. She says it’s like having a big sister and she’s been praying for one all along,” Natalie announced enthusiastically.
“That is alright, and relieving at the same time.” Eric breathed, “I think I need to make a call to…” He felt his pocket and came up with nothing.