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“Of course, she did,” he already guessed she would make such a move. Clara was nothing but an annoying bug and lately, he’s been feeling a great itch to squash some insects.
“She was going to introduce you to her friends and you humiliated her!” Daniel said sternly.
“Is that so?” Lukas asked, wrapping his arm across his chest, “How so then?”
“What?”
“She claimed I humiliated her, I need an account of how such humiliation happened and the evidence thereof,” He was dead serious.
“Lukas!” the man roared.
“Father!” He retorted with the same intensity, “You should know by now how petty I can be,”
“It seems this position of power has filled you with nothing but ideas. Don’t be mistaken, Lukas, I gave you this position and I can take it away as well,” He threatened him.
“Ohh, I’m so scared,” Lukas acted exaggeratedly. However, the smile vanished on his face when he asked, “And give it to who? Your imbecile son?”
At the mention of that, his father’s face went red with anger and he raised his hand to hit him again but Lukas was much faster and grabbed his hand.
“I told you, not the face,” His grip on his father’s hand was firm and the man couldn’t pull away even as he struggled.
Suddenly, he punched Lukas on the stomach, knocking the breath out of him and that made his son loosen his grip and he finally pulled his arm free.
Lukas didn’t show much pain, father and son staring at each other fiercely. He knew he had touched his father’s sensitive area and it pleased him. He wasn’t that young Lukas anymore, he was grown and capable of defending himself – and his loved ones.
“Fine,” The man said, his chin lifted high, “I guess we’d call off the deal then and you would never hear from her again,”
At the mention of that, Lukas’s face distorted and his fists clenched by his side. He was doing all of this for his sister’s sake, what was the point if he won’t see her ever again.
So he spoke through gritted teeth, “I never said I wasn’t going to marry Clara,”
“Oh, really?” Daniel was smug, knowing he had the upper hand here, “I guess old age must be catching up with me,”
He took a step closer to his son, “I hope I won’t have to make a second journey here,” Daniel needed his assurance.
“There’s no assurance but you should know the marriage will go ahead as planned,” Lukas said. He had no choice here, not if he wanted his sister to remain safe.
His father, Daniel, patted him on the shoulder, “You’ve made a nice decision and a huge sacrifice for our Luciano family. You won’t see the benefit now but I can assure you that your legacy would forever be remembered,”
Lukas only smiled politely knowing nothing good would come out from him opening his mouth. His father’s hand lingered on his shoulder and seeing no other reaction from him decided to let go and he finally left.
The moment he left, Lukas let out a fleeting breath. He rubbed his palm down his face before turning only to stumble into his mother’s picture on the wall.
Lukas didn’t say anything, just stared at her picture as if it was the most beautiful thing in his life.
“Don’t worry, you just rest, I’ll protect her for you,” He said and pulled the picture down, heading into his room with it.
He was wrong, his father doesn’t deserve to see this – nobody does – not after what he had done to her. His mother’s memory deserved to be preserved, not used like that.
However, when he came into the room, Lukas saw a scene that made his lips twitch. Of course, he forgot about this part.
Lo and behold, on his bed was a cute-looking chihuahua that was frozen in fear because on the floor lay a young well-muscled cat with a long body, large head, and short legs. This cat was no other than the famous lion called Samson that has been his companion since young.
Lukas sighed upon seeing that the chihuahua had wet his bed from fear and he couldn’t blame Macy for doing so because his bed was the only territory Samson wouldn’t cross.
“Ugh,” Rhea stirred from her sleep, her eyelids fluttering open after a little discomfort.
“What the hell?” She groaned because it seemed like her world was spinning right now. Her hand went to her head to press on the spot where she could feel a throb.
Suddenly, it all came back to her: she was having dinner with her family when suddenly her world blackened.
Fuck it!
Her uncle drugged her and now the question in mind was why? Nonetheless, Rhea was not comfortable about this especially because they had been discussing his debt and the next she was drugged. What if he sold her off?
God, this can’t be happening. What had she ever done to deserve this? Perhaps, if she had known, she would have moved into Mimi’s place and forgotten all about being a burden to her family.
However, this was no time to regret her past actions, she had to know the kind of situation she was in and how to resolve it. So Rhea stood to her feet and looked around her room.
…..
The room was lavishly decorated, however, it was over the top and wasn’t her taste. Almost everything was in pink and purple and it irritated her. Did they think she was some barbie doll or what?
Alright, Rhea, calm down, this is no time to hassle over the color of your prison. Yes, this was a prison. A luxurious prison.
Rhea went to the door and thankfully it was opened, so she peeked out first before slipping out of the room. Years of treating criminals must have rubbed off on her because the first thing she did immediately when she came into the spacious hallway was to check for cameras.
Of course, she found them and went ahead to check their blind spot, calculating the angle and distance to not be captured in the camera. It didn’t help matters that she didn’t know where she was but deep down, Rhea had a disturbing feeling she was in the loan shark’s territory. Sadly, if that was the case, that meant this place was overflowing with those gangsters.
The situation didn’t look promising but Rhea refused to be disheartened. She believed in the law of attraction and as long as she remained positive, she would see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Rhea stuck to the walls since it was much harder to sight an incoming figure that way than being in the open which was much easier to spot a figure.
Everything had been going well for Rhea until suddenly she heard a racket coming from behind and she knew at once they’d noticed her escape.
“Oh shit!” Rhea cursed and broke into a sprint fully coming into the open. There was no need to be discreet anymore since her departure had been discovered. Right now, it was time to run for her life.