Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas) >>
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Clara hid her embarrassment with a smile, “He’s just a good company,”
A good company indeed. Both of them knew they were playing each other and they would make a miserable pair.
“You’re here because you’re my fiancé,” she finally spoke, “And it’s high time people knew that already, don’t you think so?”
So, he was here for the show.
“Fine then, announce your mafia Fiancé to the whole world,” Lukas smirked. He knew how to get under her skin and he planned on doing just that. He would not be the only one uncomfortable by the end of tonight.
The way Clara gritted her teeth told Lukas she was fighting against the urge to slap him. Well, good to know she knew not to cross that line. Fiancée or not, he would snap her neck in two and take on the fury of the Alberta house and his father as well – and she knew that.
His cunning fiancée adopted another method as expected, she looped her arm around his and it was Lukas’s turn to clench his teeth – she knew he disliked her touch.
Thinking of which, if the both of them could endure each other, if there was even a spark between them, they would have made a formidable couple. With her cunning prowess and his strength, they would make a power couple.
But that was clearly impossible between them. Clara wanted a kingdom at her feet, Lukas was a king who would bow to no one.
“Perhaps, we should start our introduction with him over there,” Lukas gestured in the direction of her lover still lingering by the canopy and her nails, no, claws dug into his arms.
He didn’t mind the pain, it was little, compared to the many in his heart. He dragged her along as she put on a meaningless resistance.
“Hello,” Lukas said to the man who had his back turned to him.
The man turned, pointing to his chest with a look that said, “Are you speaking to me?”
Lukas scoffed inwardly, this one had mediocre acting. As a gentleman, he turned to his lovely Fiancée, “Care to do the honor?”
Clara spoke through gritted teeth, “This is my friend, Luther, Luther, this is my fiancé Lukas,”
“Nice to meet, I’m Luther,” the groomed gentleman extended a hand that has seen no hard labor. He was probably one of those that ran in her social circle.
Lukas enveloped it with his hard, calloused ones, “Lukas,”
He shook Luther’s hand with strength, not enough to break his hand. He doesn’t want his lovely fiancée to think he break her lover’s hand out of jealousy. If anything, he was glad she didn’t have her eyes on him. It made it easier to breathe.
Rhea looked left and right, making sure she wasn’t followed before entering the animal clinic. One might ask why she looks around suspiciously? Well, that was because this wasn’t just an ordinary animal clinic.
Although the “closed” sign was at the entrance, she got in with ease. There was nobody present even with the door light on, but Rhea knew her boss, Ruth was around else she wouldn’t have called her in the first place.
Walking the empty rooms of the brightly lit organized clinic, Rhea came to a door that required her biometric and she pressed her finger against the scanner. Soon, there was a beep as her identity was confirmed and the door opened, letting her in.
Rhea came into an operating room and a furrow marked her features. She dropped her back on a desk and strode inside the room angrily, “I thought I told you that I’m done with this….” the girl trailed off when her gaze rested on the man lying on the surgical table.
“Holy mother of God,” She muttered, her shocked gaze taking him in.
From the look of things, there was a shot to his abdomen and another on his shoulder and he was bleeding profusely. Although he was trying hard not to show he was in distress, she could tell he was in a lot of pain from his distorted expression.
“F*ck,” Rhea cursed and hurried over to his side, beginning to add pressure to his wound.
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“What the fuck is Ruth doing? How can she leave you like this? Unless she left you here to bleed out and die! That crazy old woman!” She didn’t know what to do.
Rhea was not a medical student but she was ambidextrous and had picked on a lot of skills and read lots of books during schooling. It was by sheer luck that she found herself working in this animal clinic and Ruth, taken by her intelligence, taught her a lot of things. If only she knew the woman was not teaching her to treat animals, but humans – her illegal side job.
As you can guess already, her boss, Ruth, used the fa?ade of an animal clinic to treat criminals who are unable to go to the hospital due to the police. To be precise, they treated any wound that required the law’s attention.
How did Rhea become her partner in crime? Well, blame it on that night where she forgot her property here. Rhea had intended to go get it even though it was late at night nor did she premeditate that she would bump into her boss, Ruth who stared at her with bloodied hands.
Rhea wanted to think that she had been treating one of the animals and things went wrong. However, there was no animal scheduled for surgery nor was it an emergency, else the owners of the pet would be in the waiting room. Also, why would Ruth perform surgery all alone? She would surely need a helping hand.
What then? Had she killed someone?
That single thought chilled her bone and Rhea unconsciously took a step back which Ruth noticed.
The woman then said to her, “Follow me if you want your answers,” and began to walk in the direction of the door she had bound her workers from entering.
A few times Rhea had seen the cleaner cleaning that room and from the mess in there, Rhea surmised that it was Ruth’s practice room. After all, doctors did lots of research, right? So she never went snooping into that room until that very moment.
At first, Rhea had thought, What if she was taking her to a secret room where she would murder her?
So she was cautious in following the woman and kept a huge space from her in case her boss suddenly turned and struck her. But Rhea didn’t have to worry for long because she was introduced to the injured man on the table and from thence henceforth, became an assistant to the criminal doctor.
It wasn’t until later that Rhea gave up on the job, it was too risky and unlawful – she didn’t want to go to prison if things went wrong. She could imagine the joy on the faces of her uncle’s family if such a thing does happen.
However, there was a perk to making friends with criminals as well, she gained protection, alongside learning some pretty handy skills from them.
Truthfully, the job paid well and wasn’t all that bad – until something eventually happens. She had to think about her future and Rhea doesn’t see her future heading down that dark junction.
“Well, that crazy old woman heard you quite well,” a voice said from behind.
Lo, and behold, Rhea saw the one and only Ruth come out of another room connected to the operating room. That was their stock room and Ruth coming out of there meant she had gone to find something. Unfortunately, she had nothing in her hand. This was bad.
Unlike the fact she called her, “old” Ruth wasn’t old at all, if anything, she looked quite young for a woman at forty. Ruth had bouncy black curls that she had put into a ponytail and wore her doctor’s lab coat. She had average height and always wore this smile on her face – she used to deceive those ignorant of her capabilities.
Rhea went over to her, “I told you that I’m done with this. I don’t want any part of this life anymore. I’m out!”