Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Lukas was almost like his lion Samson who always behaved like he was starved of affection and liked her running her hands through his mane. And that was exactly what she did to Lukas, except he didn’t have a mane of course. Nonetheless, her touch must have been soothing to him because he fell asleep in no time while Victor drove them home.
“What are you doing?” Eric asked his wife when she showed no attempt of going on with him after Victor drove away from their residence.
Natalie sighed, rubbing her hands up and down her arms thanks to the night breeze. She said to him,
“I want to wait outside for Rhea until she returns home.”
“She’s not returning,” Eric dropped the bombshell on her and Natalie whipped around to face him with wide eyes.
“What?!” Her eyes nearly popped out of its socket from the shock. Natalie glared at him, asking through gritted teeth, “What have you done, Eric?”
“Come on, love, they’re two hot-blooded couples, let them have the fun they want.” Eric nudged her playfully with his hips, hoping to escape her impending wrath with his charming smile.
“Eric!” Natalie went red in the face. How could he deceive her like that? She would have squeezed the life out of him if she didn’t love him.
She scolded him, “You don’t make decisions like that without ….”
However, the rest of her words were muffled as Eric took her lips in a kiss out of nowhere. The kiss was sweet yet brief and Natalie was a bit disoriented when they broke apart. Until she discovered that it was all a distraction.
“You-! ” She was about to give him a piece of her mind when Eric kissed her once again and this time it was longer and sweeter. Eric kissed her hard, easing every form of resistance from her body that by the time they pulled away once more, Natalie began to wonder why she was even resisting him in the first place.
She was the one that tugged him forward by the shirt, pulling him in for another round of kisses until her head was reeling from the sensation.
“Let’s go in,” Natalie suggested with ragged breathing, giving little or no care about her daughter. At the moment, all that mattered was her husband and she was determined to have him tonight – and would make sure to lock the door properly.
And just like that, Eric successfully took her mind off Rhea returning home that night.
At the same time…
They arrived at the base and Rhea didn’t know which one was worse, having a drunken hyperactive Lukas or a sleeping drunken Lukas because his weight had tripled and she struggled to hold him up while Victor parked the car in the garage.
Suddenly his weight was easily taken off her and Rhea lifted her head in surprise only to see that it was Luca and she was able to breathe freely. As if it was a surprise seeing him once more, Luca flung Lukas over his shoulder as if he weighed nothing and Rhea’s jaw dropped to the ground.
“What the….”
She didn’t have time to marvel over his strength because Luca left right away and Rhea had no choice but to follow after him to make sure that Lukas was okay. Rhea had to admit that it was nostalgic going visiting this house once more but she didn’t have time to relish the memories because they ended up in Lukas’s room and Luca dropped him on the bed as if he was a sack of potatoes.
“Easy….” She glared at Luca who only stretched and flexed his shoulder muscles.
“You can take care of him now, right?”
“Huh?”
“I’m leaving,”
“Wait…” Rhea was still saying but Luca left already. What’s with the cold attitude? Could it be that he was mad at her for leaving their boss? She considered that possibility.
However, there was no time to think about that problem, her gaze settling on Lukas sprawled out on the bed instead. Rhea set to work by undressing him, she couldn’t let Lukas sleep with his clothes on. So she stripped him down to only his boxers knowing Lukas loved sleeping with little or no clothing at all. But then, her eyes were going to remain holy tonight.
Done, Rhea looked at her work in satisfaction. Now, it was time to keep to her promise by returning home. But the moment Rhea turned, Lukas tugged her down to the bed and wrapped his body around her like a damn octopus so she couldn’t escape him even if she wanted to.
“Don’t leave me…” Lukas murmured, holding her tight, unwilling to let go.
Rhea gave up when all her efforts to get out of his death grip proved abortive. Fine, she would concede to him for the moment, and then when Lukas falls asleep, she would leave.
That was her plan.
But it was quite unfortunate that sleep had other plans….
A Deal With Daniel
While Lukas was carried away by the good times, his father Daniel had other plans for him, and right now, he had summoned a very important guest.
No one was ever comfortable in Daniel’s presence and the same could be said for Gabriel. He had thought that it had been a joke when he received a message that the man wanted to see him. He means, why would Daniel want to see him?
Aside from the fact that they were relatives, they had nothing else in common. Moreover, Daniel was bad news. Why then would he want him at his place? Could it be that he wanted to eliminate him and reduce the competition for his son?
No, it didn’t make sense. If Daniel wanted to end him, he would do it incognito mode and not literally hand him an invitation to his death. He already informed his men and if he doesn’t return in one piece, they would inform his parents who would take action.
“You’re here,” Daniel said, coming towards him and Gabriel nearly jumped out of his skin. He had been lost in his thoughts all this while. He stood to his feet hurriedly, bowing his head slightly.
“Make yourself comfortable, I don’t bite,” Daniel said to him with a warm reception, showing off his white teeth that Gabriel imagined as shark’s teeth instead.
Gabriel sat down reluctantly. If he had been uncomfortable before, he was anxious now. He had been told stories about Daniel’s nefarious activities since young; it had been ingrained in his head as an adult. Hence, it wasn’t surprising he reacted nervily to Daniel’s presence.
“I’m sure you are curious to know why I invited you over?” Daniel asked him.
“Y-yes…” Gabriel cleared his throat at once, and answered firmly, “Yes, I’m very curious.” If Daniel wanted to end him, they wouldn’t be having this cordial conversation.
…..
Daniel leaned back into his seat and scrutinized him with intensity and Gabriel shifted uncomfortably in his seat. What did he do now?
He asked him, “What do you think about my son’s decision to make peace with the Draven?”
Gabriel opened his mouth to answer, but Daniel cut him off by saying, “I am not my son Lukas and need your sincere contribution. You don’t have to worry because nothing you say would leave this room.” He promised him, “You have my word.”
Realizing Daniel needed his opinion gave Gabriel a boost of confidence,
“I think your son is a coward,” He said tentatively, expecting that Daniel would explode for calling his son a coward. But when seconds passed and nothing happened, Gabriel narrowed his gaze at the man. Does he sincerely mean that?
“And?” Daniel needed the rest of his opinion.
The sun must have risen from the west today, Gabriel was surprised to see the change in Daniel. He wasn’t here to defend his son but to hear someone’s opinion about his son’s decision. Since that was the case, Gabriel decided to go all out. There was no holding back.
“I honestly think that Lukas has become tender-hearted and forgotten that no growth comes without a war. Even the plants must battle the weeds to nourish and grow. Our family has indeed witnessed a tremendous increase in income since his reign, however, the respect given to our family is beginning to diminish compared to when it was under your rule,” He indirectly praised Daniel whose head of course swelled with pride even though he did not show it.
And by respect, Gabriel was talking about fear inputted into people.