5.

"I was shocked to hear uncle say what he did!" Luke exclaimed as he, and Thomas walked down the stairs of the hotel.

Thomas's car had been brought out by the valet. He was going back to his apartment while the rest of his family stayed in the hotel. They were taking early morning flights to Chicago where there was going to be a meeting to resolve some issues.

Thankfully, under the watchful eyes of Thomas Knight, the situation in New York was peaceful and boring so he and his second in command, Kai Raed, were all it needed to take care of all the shipments, paper works and occasional disruptions.

Thomas bid his brother goodbye and set out to his home. Kai was out with a few of their men having drinks. Though he was very close to him, Thomas couldn't have Kai at the family dinner, not because he was thought less than a family but because his grandmother hated Kai because he was closer to her grandson than the many relatives in the Mafia. She was fucked up like that, though she herself had taken him in.

The traffic thinned down as he drove towards the more secluded and secure part of New York, where his posh penthouse apartment was. But at some point, he became aware of the black Sedan tailing him.

Thomas's lips curled down, and his forehead wrinkled in a grimace. It was past ten in the evening and after an exhausting day of paper works and another draining two hours with his grandmother, all Thomas really wanted was to drive above the speed limit and somehow reach his apartment so that he could crash on the bed not bothering to take off his shoes or suit.

But she wanted to play. Because she had nothing better to do with her life. His tail-lights blinked, signaling Luka Banderwood that she had been found out. The crazy woman rolled her eyes and smacked her driver across the head while directing him to close in on her conquest.

Luka Banderwood. She was the younger sister of the Boss of the Russian Mafia, Leon Banderwood. She had no interest in the Mafia at first and was happily living her life with the riches that her brother had built with the blood and bones of his victims as the spoiled brat she was.

But then one of her crazy parties was gate-crashed by Thomas and his gang. He was a stupid crazy newly made man of the Mafia then, impulsive and indecisive, but to her, he was an Italian masterpiece. She fell in love with him at first sight and was obsessed with him ever since.

But, when she realized her desperate attempts couldn't win him over, she decided she was going to use power to bring him down on his knees in front of her. And hence, she joined the Mafia and haunted Thomas ever since.

Thomas was more level-headed now. He was still impulsive and sometimes even childish, but he knew his priorities. He had a job and his people to protect while all Luka ever did was use everyone and anyone to get to him.

"CRASH INTO HIM!!" Luka screeched and forcefully turned the steering wheel so that the driver's side of the car impacted with Thomas's.

As the car crashed into the taillight, Thomas lost control and jumped out of his car as it rotated on the road two times before it came to a stop, crashing on to an electric pole. The woman was seriously crazy!

"What are you waiting for? Get him!" Luka screamed at her injured driver, grabbing him by his hair and banging his head against the steering wheel while Thomas recovered from the fall, quickly getting to his feet and making a run back into his car when he realized his gun wasn't on him.

Ugh, it was frustrating beyond tolerance because he really wanted to put a bullet through her head and call it self-defense at that point. Because Luka didn't have an official position in the Mafia, she was only considered as family and the family was not to be involved in the Mafia.

Barely able to walk, the driver pulled out his gun and shot him in the thigh as a last attempt to catch him so that Luka doesn't take his head. Little did he know that her fucked up mind didn't tolerate anyone other than herself hurting her Thomas. So with a scream of anger and frustration, she pulled out her own golden Glock and put a bullet through the driver's head.

Though the bullet on his thigh had knocked him off his feet, Thomas got up and was back in the car and started the engine, driving out of there. Luka stood there in the middle of the road, screaming like the madwoman she was. She quickly fished out her phone and made a call to her younger brother to clean up the mess on the road and to pick her up.

She was angry and disappointed. It was not everyday she could find Thomas Knight in plain sight and completely defenseless. And she had completely missed her chance!

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