Crushed Affections (Dominic and Bella)

Chapter 28

Chapter 28 I Bet You'll Die

It was Leonard.

The troublemakers all stood up and began to close in on him. Seeing the situation take a turn for the worse, Bella rushed forward to stand in front of Leonard to block the group.

"Don't do anything stupid!" she shouted. "I'll pay you the money, but if you start a fight and someone gets hurt, you won't be able to get away with it!" Leonard didn't even seem to care about the group of men. He was amused as he looked at Bella, who was clearly terrified but still trying to protect him. "What are you doing?" he asked. "If I hadn't called you because you were out so late, who knows if you'd still be alive tonight? Step aside, I'll handle this."

Bella thought Leonard had lost his mind. "There are so many of them! What are you planning to do? Don't you know what they say about places like this? You can't take them on!" Leonard's playful eyes narrowed slightly, giving her a half-smile. "Are you sure about that?"

Before Bella could understand what he meant, he suddenly pulled her behind him and, out of nowhere, took out two guns.

At that moment, the playful expression vanished from Leonard's face, replaced by a look as fierce as a predator's. He eyed the group of men like they were prey.

Bella was so terrified that she covered her mouth to stifle a scream. Who on earth was Leonard?

then quickly scrambled to hide behind their

wouldn't dare! That's just a toy gun, right? Don't try to fool me! I've been around here my whole life. I've never seen someone

smile. "Wanna bet? You think it's a fake,

those guns must have been too intimidating because, after weighing their options,

gave out, and

herself to look directly at him. She had previously

to yourself. I'm going home now. Thanks

It was also the way he had looked and acted; he seemed

eaten anything since the morning, and her stomach

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kitchen to cook something. She tried to be as quiet as possible, but

kitchen doorway and

anymore. She was starting to believe that the guns had been fake. What normal person would actually have

the food she was making looked pretty good, Leonard replied, "Sure, I'll eat a bit. You go ahead, I'm just going to step