Lucian already knew that Rafael was the one who killed Morano, and he also knew that with Aisha's capabilities, she knows about it too. That's why he wasn't too surprised about her hatred towards the Cavelli famiglia.
But what he didn't knew was...
Kristen was the reason why Aisha had to kill her mother.
Thinking back to those days, Lucian knew how much Aisha cherish her mother. Killer her without a reason was a complete bullcrap.
Morano De La Torre had closed down the information about this incident but Lucian think of a hypothesis that maybe, Aisha was push into a desperate situation and has no choice but to kill Kristin De La Torre.
Lucian wanted to ask more about it but he decided to kept his mouth shut for the moment.
He ties the knot one last time before he gently let go of Aisha's hand. Both of them are silent, lost in their own thoughts before Lucian proceeds to their negotiation.
"If by any chance, I agreed to our alliance, what's in it for me?"
Aisha was snapped back into reality, and look at Lucian. She was slightly taken aback at how close they are, his arm are resting behind the back-rest she was sitting at. Clearing her throat, Aisha arrange her sitting before responding to him.
"I can give you one-fourth of the De La Torre famiglia's underworld resources, weapons, lands and a hundred of our best mafiosi."
Even though the Lumière famiglia was the strongest famiglia now, it wouldn't change a fact that the De La Torre famiglia is a century older then Lumière famiglia and has more underworld resources and connections than them.
Lucian frowns and reveal an uninterested expression. "Indeed when it comes to underword, no one can dethrone the De La Torre famiglia but I was still not satisfied."
Aisha's mouth twitched and bargains, "Two-third."
"No."
"Three-fourth."
"Not a chance."
"Half!"
".... still no."
Half was the most Aisha can offer or else, forget about the underworld's resources, the De La Torre famiglia will surely crumbled down to dust.
And Aisha wasn't going to let that happen.
"Are you sure you don't want to agreed to what I'm offering? Not only you will gain a huge resources from the underworld, we could also take down the Cavelli famiglia and defeat our enemy. It's killing three birds with one stone, right, Mr. Lumière?"
Lucian stops for a moment before an amused smile form in his lips.
"It seems that Ms. De La Torre here knows that the Lumière famiglia is facing the same enemy as yours."
Aisha smirks as she turns her body to face his. "Your security doesn't seem as tight and great as what the other hackers says."
If by chance, Amber Iliana hears what Aisha had said, she will start screaming profanities at her and try to kill Aisha with her newly updated security. Key word: try.
"If you put it that way, we can easily find who is the enemy and defeat them but..."
Oh, here comes the but, Aisha almost rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"... but the Lumière famiglia can do that without the help of the De La Torre."
How badly Aisha wanted to slit his throat using the dagger in her coat.
"Then, what else do you want? I'll give it to you if it's within my capabilities."
Aisha give up pursuing him. She can just think of a way to commence her plans without his help. She had already expected it, the probability of having an alliance with him was 30% at most.
Aisha was busy reigning her frustration that she didn't notice the small quirk in Lucian's mouth, his eyes glint with mischievousness.
"What I want..." Lucian raised his hands and point his index finger at Aisha. "... is you."
"Excuse me?" Aisha raised her brow at him, although it didn't really show in her face but she was beyond flabbergasted at his remark.
It seems that she didn't expect this at all.
"If you want to reject my proposal just say it, no need to joke around." Aisha gave him a disdainful look but to Lucian, she's just a little girl throwing a tantrum.
Indeed, she didn't believe him at all. If he only said that he wanted the whole De La Torre famiglia, she might have believe him and not this crap.
"I'm serious, I don't care about your other offer, I only want your life."
"My life?" Aisha was still confused, she couldn't help but to think that this person is taking drügs.
"That's right, your life," Lucian nodded. "After we defeat and kill the enemy, you will pledge your life and loyalty for me and I can do whatever I wanted to do to you."
"Like a servant? Subordinate? Mistress?" Aisha was obviously mad now. She was breathing heavily, and her injured hand started to bled again because of her tight grip.
For someone who grew up ordering others around and enjoys being superior, there was no way Aisha could accept this.
Lucian almost winced at the word "mistress", did she think that he was like that certain someone who only uses his head fill with semen?
Back at the main family's manor, a certain someone keeps sneezing multiple times now. "Dàmn, who's cursing me behind my back?" Reid asked as he grab an another handful of tissues and stuff it into his nose.
Lucian just shook his head and look at Aisha. "Do we have an agreement?"
Aisha gnashed her teeth in annoyance and contemplated her options.
Moments had passed before she answered through gritted teeth, "Yes. My life is now yours."