Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
She continued to protest fiercely, fresh tears that were capable of melting even the coldest heart flowing down her cheeks. She would not let Kenith go scot-free for this.
All that Big Joe saw when he came in was the scene of his fiancée protesting while his second in command tried to have his way with her. His face distorted at once, “Y-you!”
Kenith was so shocked by the unexpected arrival of Big Joe that he didn’t react until the man screamed at him. How was this possible? Big Joe was supposed to be away!
His Baby Girl Rhea
Everything was happening too fast for Kenith to understand. He had been sure that Big Joe was on his way to his travel – he even saw him out. So what happened?
As if that wasn’t enough, Rhea broke free from his clasp, screaming like a chicken being executed on a Christmas morning before kicking him right on the stomach. And all of this took him by surprise.
As soon as Rhea kicked Kenith away from her, she jumped from the bed and ran to Big Joe, throwing herself on him but making sure at the same time, she didn’t push him to the ground having the advantage of height there.
But surprisingly, Big Joe was stronger than he looked and the man caught her by the waist before she could fall to the ground. So Rhea knelt by his side instead.
“Save me!” She cried out, rubbing her palms together, “I’m so scared! Please save me, husband,”
Husband?!
Even Kenith’s head jerked in her direction at the mention of that title. Although Rhea was indeed frightened by what happened, she had added a bit of acting into the whole thing.
Big Joe trusted her and she broke it by running away. What were the chances he would believe she didn’t have a thing with his second in command? None! He doesn’t trust her anymore. So she had to buy him over in this limited time before Kenith strikes.
“I’m so sorry, husband,” She continued to cry, “I know I shouldn’t have run away but your baby girl Rhea was so scared!”
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At the mention of “baby girl,” Kenith almost spat blood while Big Joe went red in the face. Even while they had been together, he had not called her sweet names, using her real name instead. But now, “Baby girl” doesn’t sound so bad.
Rhea didn’t care if she would come to regret these words later but if being shameless would save her life now, then so be it.
“I didn’t have anybody by my side and developed cold feet before our wedding. I deserve your correction but if having him me is your idea of punishment, please reconsider. I’m so scared. Please forgive me!” She begged Big Joe frantically and at the same time, pushed all the blame to Kenith.
Well, all the blame was on Kenith anyway. She didn’t ask to be assaulted! He deserved whatever came his way.
It was at that moment that Kenith realized what Rhea was doing, she was erasing every loophole for him to manipulate; he could not implicate her.
“B-boss,” Kenith stuttered. He was now scared and his mind was running a thousand miles per minute trying to think of a plan to save his head.
Kenith had not thought in his wildest dream that Big Joe would walk in on them so he didn’t come up with a counter plan in that scenario. In one word, he was like a child caught red-handed by the mother stealing meat from the pot of soup.
He scratched the back of his head, “Boss, I can explain -“
But Rhea wouldn’t give him the chance to turn the tide and wailed louder such that Big Joe’s attention shifted from him and went back to her again.
“I’m so sorry, Big Joe. Please forgive Rhea, just don’t hurt me anymore,” she tactically reminded Big Joe of Kenith attempting to assault her sexually.
It seemed that those words inflamed the anger in Big Joe’s heart because he turned to Kenith with a livid expression and he knew at that moment that he was finished.
“Get him out of my sight!” Big Joe ordered the men with him, “I’ll deal with him later,”
“Yes sir!” Both men chorused and strode over to Kenith who tried to outrun them. He wanted to reach Big Joe and explain himself.
“Boss, please listen to me -!” Kenith was snatched off his feet by the burly men before he could even come five meters from Big Joe.
“Just hear me out! Rhea is bewitching you!” He shouted.
Unfortunately, Rhea used that opportunity to cry the loudest so his words were drowned out by her weepings. But then, even if he heard them, Big Joe was more interested in his wife.
While Kenith was being dragged away, Rhea turned in his direction and smirked wickedly.
Checkmate.
“Enjoy!” She mouthed the words to Kenith that caused him to be enraged. Sadly, no matter how much Kenith struggled, he could not break free from their tight vice.
The commotion attracted members of the gang who wondered what was going on only to see their acting boss being dragged away like a criminal – and one of them was Cassie.
The door was closed from behind and Big Joe led his “wife” Rhea who hadn’t stopped “shaking” from the “trauma”.
His heart melted at the sight of her pale face and trembling lips. He would deal with Kenith later for daring to touch what belonged to him!
“Wait here, I should get you something to -” He said, climbing down the bed.
“No!” Rhea stopped him at once, grabbing his hand as if she didn’t want him to leave, “Please don’t go, just stay with me,” She begged him.
“No problem,” Big Joe gave up on the idea of getting her a drink to calm her nerves.
He sat on the bed while Rhea laid her head on his thigh, stretching her legs out on the bed. They didn’t say a thing to each other except for the sound of her sniffles.
“He said you were not going to come for me,” Rhea finally spoke up, “That you traveled and would not even know what happened,”
“Yes,” Big Joe affirmed, running his hand through her hair and strangely enough, Rhea didn’t feel revolted by his touch. Perhaps, she just needed someone to comfort him.
“I needed to leave for a business trip,”
“Why did you return then?”
“I didn’t,”
“Huh?” Rhea was surprised by his comment. She lifted her face to look at him, asking, “How did you know to return then?”
He smiled, “Someone called to inform me you’d be returning today,”
“Someone did….” Rhea trailed off as she thought over the revelation. It couldn’t be…
Who Was The Better Man
“Have you sent flowers and message Clara that she would accompany me to the funeral service today,” Lukas said while working on his silver cuffs.