Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Although the woman didn’t have much power in the organization, she had kidnapped her husband once, and that had given her quite a reputation in the family. In one word, they believed that she had the same crazy tendency as Daniel. And sometimes, just like now, it worked in her favor.
“Well, I for once believe that it wouldn’t be a waste if we divulged into my son’s case a little bit more and they say family is the best, right? I mean, I’m about to become a grandpa, which is quite a high privilege. Unfortunately, my daughter-in-law is missing, kidnapped by the same enemy we are dealing with here. Isn’t that being on the same page?” Daniel asked with a big smile.
Fuck you.
Her Personal Relationship With Elijah
It took Lukas a lot of self-control not to stride over to where Daniel sat, hitch him up by the shirt and just punch his face till he let this shimmering anger inside of him out.
He hated that man.
He hated his ass.
He hated ever having him as a father.
He wished he could swap him with someone else.
He wished he was… dead.
“I don’t need your help in rescuing my woman, okay?” Lukas answered him, his voice crisp and full of tension. He was trying so hard to keep his temper under check, but with the way Daniel was teasing and taunting him, he doubted that he could hold it off for long.
“Really? Are you so sure? I mean, I’m not doubting your capability here, but you don’t have a high success record lately. With the both of us working together, the win is guaranteed?” He was confident.
Lukas didn’t know whether Daniel was fucking with him because he had a feeling Daniel knew that Rhea was not pregnant and this was all to cover her ass. So what was he playing at? It was too confusing.
…..
“I don’t need your help, period!” Lukas growled at him and this time the people were interested in the drama playing out between father and son.
“Well, I’ll be here, waiting for when you mess up and I’ll take care of it as usual.” He retorted.
What happened next was quite a scare because Lukas banged his fist hard on the table, saying through gritted teeth, “Why don’t you just admit the fact that you’re salty simply because I kicked you out of the position you adored so much!”
“Well, I wouldn’t be so salty if my successor was doing so well, but you have more accidents than I did while I was in power. And I’m beginning to wonder if having a young boy lead us is the right thing to do?” Daniel told him.
“Well, kick me out then,” Lukas snarled, “If you can. Other families are being led by the younger generation and there are many improvements seen. However, I’m being held back by a goddamn father who doesn’t think that I’m good enough unless he has an involvement. Well, in case you don’t know, let me spell it out clearly. You. Are. Retired. So if I were you, I would begin to take my break seriously, old man. “
“Alright, that’s enough!” Carmine stopped them before it was too late, “Sit down, Lukas!” She commanded Lukas who would be looming over his father had Daniel been beside him. But no, it was Victor who he overshadowed instead with his intimidating stance.
“I would not sit here and let this madness continue!” Carmine scolded them firmly.
“At least he was honest in his conversation this time,” Lukas muttered under his breath but it was heard by everyone in the room and that made Carmine give him the looks. He stopped.
“What else do we have to deal with?” The woman sighed, rubbing her temple. She should have known her brother would make this meeting memorable. He always does.
“We are to deal with our enemy Elijah and reevaluate Adele’s position as the underboss?” Robert announced and there was another round of gossip.
Feeling the numerous gazes on her, Adele sat up straighter with her head held high. It was not like she had not seen this moment coming. With what happened in Lukas’s office, she was sure of losing her position this time – he was not going to support her after what she had done.
She could see her father Benjamin’s smug smile now. I told you so, he would probably say. Adele had been pretty much avoiding her family since she got the position. She knew they intended to use her to spy on Lukas and exploit ways to get him off that position as boss.
If only they knew that Lukas was smarter and always a step ahead of them. He rarely trusted anyone – except those that managed to penetrate his shield – and had intentionally put her in this position. In one word, she couldn’t play him.
Even if he somehow managed to pull Lukas down, Adele wondered if Benjamin knew his brother Robert would never let any of his children occupy that position. Moreover, her half-siblings were dumb enough and could enough fight against Robert’s sons, especially Arthur. He was the chosen one.
“Revaluate Adele’s position as the underboss?” Carmine was surprised by the news. Her son never tells her anything!
Robert went on to explain, “It turns out that Adele our capable underboss had a personal relationship with Elijah -“
“And I think that’s crossing the boundaries. What happened between Elijah and I is personal -“
“And distracted you from your duties. If you weren’t so emotional, who knows you might have been able to discover his identity,”
“Oh, come on,” Adele chuckled dryly, “Everyone at this table knows that Elijah was just so damn smart and good at what he does. And honestly, if we were to put blames, I think we should start with your capable son, Arthur, he was the one that handled the initiation in the first place and should have investigated the recruits properly,”
The smug look on Robert’s face vanished the moment Adele was through with her speech and the next, his gaze connected with his son, Arthur from across the table, who lowered his head in shame immediately. He knew what awaited him the instant they left this place.
Hearing the heated debates all around him, Benjamin jumped in to save the day from where his brother stopped.
“I mean,” He started, “All we are trying to say is that this situation could have been better managed with a man in the position. At least, men are rational and perform better honestly,”
Adele stared at the man, speechless. If Lukas had a psychopathic father, then she had a useless man for a father. The only good thing he did was contribute the sperm that made her.
She faced Carmine with a sickly sweet smile, “Misogynism and Sexism. Are you really going to sit there and watch it happen?” Adele hinted at the fact that she was a woman too.
The speech finally roused Carmine because she turned to the fools beside her and said, “Adele is not going anywhere,” she made her decision, her lips pressed into a thin line. She was displeased by that comment Benjamin made.
“Supported by me,” Lukas chipped in out of nowhere, surprising Adele. She thought that he had written her off because of what she had done. Turns out that she was wrong.
Kill Elijah
“She found the weapons that none of them could tell its whereabouts, that’s enough achievement for me,” Lukas defended her fiercely while Adele looked at him, tears filling her eyes.
It took every willpower in Adele not to let the tears fall. It was weird but lately, she was getting emotional at the smallest thing. However, she was truly touched by what Lukas did for her. He was the only one to have defended her this much amid what she had done. Even her half-siblings had never stood up for her this way and thought their fathers hated each other and they should be enemies.
“I guess there is room for second chances,” Daniel said and Lukas raised a brow. He didn’t fight him on this one? What was he up to or perhaps he still wanted his son to preserve his position after all? Lukas didn’t trust him one bit. In one way or the other, Daniel was going to cash in on this.
“And the last issue of the day, how do we deal with Elijah?” Robert raised it.
And the room became heated once more in conversation as everyone deliberated on a course of action.
Cindy raised her hand and the noise quieted down, “He killed one of our own, I suggest he dies as well. An eye for an eye.” She suggested smugly while staring at Adele.
Thanks to Elijah, she received a restraining order from her family and was termed a stalker. Since she wasn’t able to make Elijah hers, Cindy preferred to have him dead rather than him being kept alive and stand the chances of getting together with Adele.
Cindy knew that Elijah and Adele were lovers and she would give anything in the world to see the look on her face when her lover is executed right in front of her. Would she keep on her icy mask or would it finally crack? She was enthusiastic to see it happen.
Adele didn’t dare to put in any suggestion knowing the wolves in sheep’s clothing were waiting for an opportunity to pounce on her. However, she wasn’t comfortable with the idea of them putting Elijah to death. She was carrying his baby for heaven’s sake! What was she going to tell her unborn child? That she had sat and done nothing while they plotted the death of its father?