Chapter 2: Husband's mystery woman

Reina looked at the two with hot tears falling down her face. If she thought Lucas mistreating her hurt, then seeing him making out with her best friend was ten times painful. She was in immense pain; it felt like a fist was clenching around her heart; she couldn't remember how to breathe. She clutched her chest as she looked at Lucas spanking and squeezing Bianca's ass. How Bianca will pull away from the kiss and moan breathlessly with her head thrown back, Lucas leaving trails of wet kisses and bite marks on her neck and shoulders.

There was no doubt this wasn't the first time. There were days she found lipstick stains on Lucas' shirt and even briefs when he returned from work, giving her a vivid imagination of what might have happened. She confided in Bianca, and Bianca accused Lucas' secretary. However, when they both confronted Lucas' secretary, Reina found out the poor lady was a lesbian and what she had with Lucas was merely a boss-employee relationship. Reina had confronted Lucas about it, and their arguments always ended with her trying to please Lucas for doubting him. So the mystery woman she was searching for all this while was Bianca, her best friend.

Lucas broke the kiss and said in a husky, longing voice he had never used with Reina, “I want you, my love; see how hard and turned on you make me?” Bianca smiled and placed her palm on the huge bulge in Lucas' pants and began stroking him softly against his pants as she held Lucas' gaze, sensually bringing out her tongue to moisten her lips and said,

“Yes, mi amor, but you'll have to be gentle this time, you don't want to hurt our little one growing inside me,” Bianca said, looking down at Reina as she rubbed her stomach with he other hand.

"You're pregnant?" Reina asked looking at Bianca's stomach. But Bianca only smiled, contend at achieving her aim and gave Lucas dick a gentle squeeze.

“Fuck!” Lucas grunted, sounding out of breath. Without wasting time, he carried Bianca bridal style and turned to leave, but stopped and said, “From now on, you will be staying in a room in the maid's quarters; all your things have already been moved there; I don't want you anywhere near me and my woman's floor; we can be very loud. And I hate being interrupted when I'm making love to my woman.” With that, he walked away, heading towards the elevator.

Reina looked around as Lucas's words sank in. Her belongings had already been moved to her new room. They left the house four hours ago for the funeral; it only means Lucas had everything planned already. No wonder when she came down this morning, the maids looked at her with a hesitant look.

Did they want to warn her?

All the maids around bow their heads in shame when their once-loving madam, who has been nothing but kind to them, looks at their faces.

Four bodyguards and Victor, Lucas's right hand, approached Reina. The bodyguards carried Antonio and Otavio's lifeless bodies on the floor and made their way out.

“You, get up and get a mop and disinfectant and clean up the mess,” Victor instructed Reina, and when she didn't move, he kicked her and harshly repeated his instructions to her.

If there was one thing Reina learned growing up, it was stubbornness. She wasn't going to take instructions from a lowlife who thinks he now has power because of her husband. “I'm not your fucking maid, asshole!” she said, and Victor looked down at her with a disgusted scrunched-up face and asked in an angry voice, “Repeat what you just said, if I don't blow your fucking brain...” Victor hadn't finished speaking when Reina looked up holding Victor's gaze and snarled, emphasizing each word with venom; she wanted the bastard in front of her to know she wasn't scared of him; she was their trump card; there was no way they could kill her; she isn't stupid to not know that. “I SAID I’M NOT YOUR FUCKING MAID! ASSHOLE!” Reina smirked

Victor exploded with rage, his face red; you could literally see the smoke coming out of his ears. In a swift move, he pulled out his gun tucked under his suit and pointed it at Reina and growled, “Bitch!” He was aware that he couldn't take Reina's life, but there were no restrictions preventing him from teaching her a valuable lesson. He was going to shoot her in the thigh; it would teach her to not disrespect him ever again.

Barbara is the youngest maid and the closest to Reina. Since the three years she was privileged to work with the Blacks, she knew Reina was stubborn and wouldn't bend to any insignificant person. But Reina's stubbornness would get her killed in this situation; she can't let that happen; she promised the late Don to put down her life for his daughter. She was scared, but not anymore. She quickly ran forward, and just when Victor pulled his gun out of his suit and aimed it at Reina's thigh, she hugged Reina, her hand wrapping around Reina's neck.

And just then, the loud piercing sound of a gun went off.

Lucas had just walked out of the elevator on the third floor when the sound of a gunshot ripped through the mansion. He walked to the glass railing and looked down; he saw Reina holding on to a girl with blood stain on her back. He was angry at the thought that Victor might have tried to shoot Reina.

Only he was allowed to hurt.

“My love, are you okay?” Bianca asked, caressing Lucas' chest. She wanted to distract him; if it was up to her, Victor would kill that nuisance, Reina. She hates Reina with every fiber of her being. That's why she became friends with her, so she can slowly destroy her perfect life.

But now that she got everything, she yearned for more, she wanted more; she wanted Reina dead and buried. After that, she would have everything, as the only living member of the Blacks. At the thought, she looked up at Lucas' face as she gently caressed his chest and muttered inwardly as she smiled up at him.

‘Bastard, if only he knew he was just a chess piece in her game. She would let him do all the dirty work for her. Once everything becomes hers, she will get rid of him.' She smiled and muttered inwardly, "My half-sister’s dear husband." Bianca snapped out of her thoughts when Reina's angry voice rang throughout the mansion.

“Bastard! I will kill you! I will kill you!” Bianca gasped when she looked down and saw Reina on Victor, punching him in the face. She had almost forgotten Reina was trained and could take down two grown men at once. Lucas put Bianca down and dashed down the stairs.

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“Reina stop!” Lucas yelled on reaching the living room, but Reina was like a feral beast on a rampage. He approached her and delivered a slap on her face to snap her out of her madness. But Reina turned to look at his face with her bloodshot eyes, and in a swift motion, she jumped on him, throwing punches to his face and yelling like a lunatic. “It's all your fault; you killed her! You killed her!”

Lucas fell to the floor, not anticipating Reina's move. But he switched their position and wrapped his fingers around Reina's throat, pinning her down when he gained his senses and snarled. “If you don't want me to kill your nanny and her entire family, you won't try to fight me or any of my men!”

Reina calms down at the mention of her nanny. “You wouldn't dare!” she yelled. But Lucas smirked when he saw the lost expression on Reina's face. “What have you done to her, you bastard?!" Reina just remembered her nanny Cynthia isn't back after going to the countryside to visit her family; she was supposed to be back two days ago.

“I won't go into detail, but know that the more you rebel, your precious nanny and her family would bear the consequences; you don't want to be the reason for the old woman's untimely death, right? Even though she is old, won’t you want her to live her remaining life happily with grandchildren?”

Reina spit on Lucas's face and hissed, “I wish I never met you, you son of a bitch!” Lucas' nose flared as rage consumed him. He never met his mother, but he grew up knowing his mother gave her life for him; she isn't a fucking bitch. Without warning, he slapped Reina and said in a dark, chilling voice. “Bitches like you can't mention my mother! This is your last warning, Reina; you don't want to awaken the beast in me; be a good girl, and you will be just fine,” Lucas said, patting her cheek. Reina looked away, rolling her eyes.

“You two,” Lucas pointed to two maids standing in the indoor garden watering the flowers and instructed. “Lock her in her room; don't give her food or drink till I say so.” The two maids nodded with a "yes, sir” and hurried to Reina's side.

Reina, not wanting to make things difficult for the maids, stood up and let them lead her to her room.

Reina laughed like a lunatic when she saw her room; it was at the maid's quarters alright, but a storage room and the maid had done a good job making it look beautiful though. “Señora, we tried to make it as comfortable as possible. If it was up to me, I would give you my room, but the boss instructed us to send your belongings to the storage room, instead of the spare rooms.” Amalia, one of the maids, said with tears in her eyes; the other maid nodded, also having tears in her eyes as she said, squeezing Reina's hand, “Sì, Señora (yes, madam), don't worry, I will go and sneak you food and drink now, while Amalia helps you with a soothing bath.” Reina smiled weakly and said, “Muchas gracias (thank you very much).”

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Back in the living room, Victor got on his feet after the maids and Reina left. “Thank you, man; your wife is one crazy bitch; she attacked me so swiftly, I wasn't prepared,” Victor said. Lucas, who was looking at Reina's retreating figure, turned to Victor and delivered a blow stronger and harder than Reina’s on Victor's face.

“You bastard! You don't have the right to fucking hurt my wife; only I have that right, understood!?” Lucas barked angrily at Victor, who nodded and responded,

“I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose my cool. I asked her to clean the mess, and she refused; I wanted to teach her a lesson.” At Victor's words, Lucas passed a frustrated hand through his dark blonde locks and punched Victor in the stomach. "She's not your fucking maid!”

Victor's eyes widened at how Lucas was defending Reina. ‘Did Lucas fall for her?’ He thought, looking at his best friend's face. He remembers the day Lucas got drenched in white paint. That day, he and Lucas got paid for a job they had been doing for two weeks. But Lucas used his payment to buy a black three-piece suit that was being sold at the thrift store because he wanted to look deserving of Queeny (Reina).

But she disgraced him by pouring oil paint on him. He had used his part of the money to buy baby oils and petroleum jelly, which was used to get all the paint stains off Lucas. And not to mention the depression that came with being publicly humiliated, Lucas experienced. ‘So how can Lucas fall in love with Reina after what she did to him?’

“Lucas, you didn't fall in love..." Victor was asking when Bianca's voice rang for the stairs. “mi amor?”

Lucas, who understood what Victor was going to ask, sighed and said, “I'm sorry, buddy. I hope you understand what I mean, but I don't love her; trust me.” Victor nodded. As Lucas turned to leave, his gaze fell upon a maid hurrying to the maid's quarters, holding a tray of food. He intended to ignore her, but recalling Victor's question about his feelings for Reina compelled him to call out to the maid. He wanted to prove to Victor he felt nothing for Reina.

“Si..i..r,” the maid whose body was trembling, making the ceramic plates and cutlery on the tray chatter together, responded.

“Where were you taking that?” Lucas asked with a dark expression. “I'm sorry, sir. I thought I would send food to the madam; she hadn't eaten before leaving the funeral, so I...” She didn't finish speaking when Lucas slapped her hard across the face; she dropped to her knees, the tray of food falling and breaking. “I’m sorry sir, please forgive me, I will never disrespect you again.” She pleaded, her body trembling violently.

“Of course, you won't,” Lucas said angrily. Victor and Bianca, who were watching Lucas from their respective positions, smiled, anticipating what Lucas was going to do next. But their faces fell when Lucas said, "All maids are fired until you're called back; if any information about what happened today leaks, I will haunt and kill your entire family!" Having said that, he walked to the bottom of the stairs where Bianca was standing and carried her in his arms. She wrapped her hands around his neck as he asked in a voice more gentle than the one he had used earlier. “Where were we?”