Filed to story: Bring It On My Mafia Life Novel (Rhea & Lukas)
Had his mother always known that Daniel never loved her? Had the poor woman known her best friend was the one in her husband’s heart yet endured everything?
Deep down, Lukas knew that some things didn’t make sense and his father had not told him everything, such as the reason he had faked both of their deaths. He had read it in that newspaper.
Had the bastard decided to keep both women? More like Natalie. Lukas had a feeling that the only reason his poor mother was kept alive was probably because Daniel knew she was carrying his child.
Just how did his mother turn up pregnant if Natalie was the woman he loved and wanted to be with? Had Daniel abused his mother? Lukas knew deep down his father was capable of anything.
…..
Had his mother lived with the knowledge that she was merely here to serve as his baby maker all these years? Had Daniel been seeing Natalie while his mother suffered?!
There were just so many questions in his head with limited answers and it was very frustrating. He wanted to know more. Lukas wanted to know how much his mother had suffered in Daniel’s hands, it was tearing him apart to be in the dark! He was bloodthirsty for revenge. He wanted justice for his mother.
Was Natalie the reason why his mother had to suffer? Lukas wanted something to believe in – someone to blame for all of his misfortunes. Had she known everything and yet did nothing while her friend suffered?
However, from his finding so far, Natalie seems to be running away from that monster too. She shot Daniel and almost took his life. Logic was telling him that the woman doesn’t seem to be guilty, but grief blinded him that he couldn’t see the truth staring right at his face. All Lukas could think about was the fact that he was in love with the daughter of the woman who ruined his mother’s life.
His mother must be disappointed in him whenever she is right now. He bet that she wasn’t even resting in peace as he previously thought. How could she? After everything that happened.
Yet even amid the bitterness growing in his heart, Rhea’s beautiful face and her red hair still flashed in his mind, and like a ray of sunshine, melting away that bitterness.
He couldn’t hate her, as much as he wanted to. She was the daughter of that woman that put his mother in that condition yet he couldn’t stop loving her. God, what a pathetic fool he was!
So Lukas resorted to drinking to drown his sorrow. He was sitting down beside his mother’s grave late at night with empty bottles of alcohol beside him. He was so conflicted and so confused, the guilt inside of him turning him into a sobbing mess.
A rational part of Lukas told him that he shouldn’t trust all of Daniel’s words and this might as well be his plot to separate him from Rhea. However, with emotions this raw eating him up from the inside, he couldn’t listen. No, Lukas didn’t want to listen. There was no bypassing the truth. He failed his mother.
He let Chloe be taken away.
And now, he fell in love with the daughter of that woman. The woman who abandoned his mother and let her live in suffering with Daniel. But then, it wasn’t like there was anything Natalie could do against someone like Daniel. But Lukas shut out the voice of reasoning in his head. Blaming Natalie for what happened felt much better.
Drinking the last bottle, Lukas threw himself on the ground, crawled to the front of his mother’s grave, and knelt, crying, “I am sorry. This son of yours is so useless,”
“Lukas!” Victor finally found him and ran over to his cousin who was drunk out of his mind. Even at that, Lukas didn’t turn to look at him and only kept crying.
“Seriously, damn it, man!” Victor cursed under his breath as he lifted Lukas to his feet. Between the both of them, Lukas had always been the mature and stronger one, hence it was a huge surprise to see him getting wasted like this. However, whatever happened, Victor knew it was serious and had to do with his mother. Lukas’s only weak point – well, not anymore, with Rhea’s arrival – was his mother.
It took a lot of effort and time but Victor took him to his place and cleaned him up. The fool had rolled around in the dust and dirtied himself. By the time Victor was done turning him into a normal human being, Lukas was sober.
And the first word he said to him after spending his time and energy to make him decent was,
“I’m returning to the base,”
Of course, no thank you for turning you from the pig you choose to be into a sensible human once again, you’re very much welcome!
Every effort Victor made to know what was going on with him proved abortive. Lukas wouldn’t open up and so he let him go. Until Lukas was ready to talk, he wouldn’t get anything from him.
Lukas was back to his senses by the time he arrived at the base and it was two at night. He knew Rhea was asleep by now, which made it all better because he was not ready to face her. But then, there she was on the sofa when he stepped into the living room and his heart skipped a beat.
The position she was lying in was uncomfortable, but Lukas hardened his heart, she was the one who decided to lay there so it wasn’t his business. However, he didn’t take two steps further before he retraced his step and went over to the sofa and picked her up.
Lukas refused to look at her as he took her to her room. She was the daughter of that woman and doesn’t deserve his empathy. He got into her room and was about to place her on the bed when Rhea finally stirred and woke up.
Damn it.
“M-Lukas?” Rhea croaked, surprised to see him. She got off his body at once and began to examine him, “Seriously, do you know how worried I was -” That was when she noticed something was off.
Rhea stared at his face, his eyes were red and swollen. Her brows furrowed at once, “Lukas, what happened to -“
Lukas crushed his lips on hers and kissed her hard.
Honestly, he only wanted to shut her up so she didn’t ask any questions, but when Lukas started, he couldn’t stop anymore. He wanted more. He needed her to cure the aching pain in his heart.
That night, Rhea let Lukas have his way with her and though he was rough and hurt her unintentionally at a point, she still didn’t complain and endured it all. She had a feeling that something was wrong with Lukas and if having her body would make him feel better. Then so be it. She let him dominate and take everything he wanted from her.
What was wrong with Lukas?
“W-what?” He woke up confused.
What has he done?
Lukas asked when he saw Rhea sleeping soundly beside him, arms wrapped around his waist securely and she was naked. That made his brows furrow, he didn’t remember getting into bed with her.
Nonetheless, a small smile curved his lips when he saw the way she cuddled around him like a jealous cat who didn’t want to share his owner with another – and she said he was possessive.
Lukas reached out, about to remove her red locks from her face and his memories from last night resurfaced, making him wince in pain. His head was throbbing, just what in the world had he done last night?
However, all of his memories returned and his hand reaching for Rhea froze in the air. Lukas instantly withdrew his hand, and the next he was carefully untangling himself from her so he doesn’t wake her. He couldn’t deal with her right now, Lukas was sure of that.
He picked up his clothes from the ground where they were littered and only put on his trousers and left the room else she woke up. However, the moment he stepped out of the room, he almost bumped into Winters.
“Just where I thought you would be,” Winters commented, looking him all over with her arms placed firmly on her waist, “What the hell is wrong with you, asshole? Do you know how much Rhea was worried about you last night and you even had the nerve to tell me to fuck off?”
Winters was one of the few people who could talk to Lukas that way without fear of being killed. But then everything had a limit and Lukas kind of deserved it for being shitty last night. However, Lukas’s head was killing him and she was being too loud right now.
…..
“Can we talk about that later,” Lukas groaned, rubbing his temple to relieve the pain. Hangovers were bitchy and he had a feeling that Victor intentionally didn’t feed him a drug last night to counter the effects. That cousin of his was a real definition of a masochist.
[In Victor’s defense, Lukas didn’t exactly thank him for helping him out yesterday. In one word, beggars are not choosers.]
“Damn, you look like shit,” Winters observed him, “In this state, are you sure you could pull off the mission tonight?”
Bam.
That was when Lukas remembered he shouldn’t have been drinking because he dad rescuing Chloe today. His mind needed to be clear and he was supposed to be fit. Just what has he been thinking.
“I need coffee,” He said gruffly, already moving ahead when Winters said,