Carol clutched her cardigan with shaking hands, her heart pounding in the aftermath of the bloody spectacle that unfolded before

her.

Felix, her boyfriend, had been brutal and swift, knocking the assailant unconscious with a few well-placed punches before turning

his attention to her.

Her face was a mask of shock and fear, but that shifted quickly to alarm as she saw Felix sprint towards her.

"Watch out!"

She barely managed to utter those words when he shielded her in his embrace, taking the fall as a rock meant for Carol's head

struck his own.

Pain flashed across Felix's face as he frowned and kicked away the man who had thrown the rock.

The man lay on the ground, howling in pain, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"Felix, do you even realize what you're doing? Why are you protecting her?"

Carol, seeing Felix move to confront the man again, panicked and pulled him back.

"Stop, Felix, please. I'm okay, really. Let's not make this any worse."

She had seen Felix in fights before, where he always seemed in control, but tonight he seemed desperate.

The man tried to speak again but was silenced as Felix's cold boot connected with his chin, dislocating his jaw with a sickening

crack.

Felix's eyes were dark with anger, blood trickling from a wound on his head.

Carol felt a wave of distress wash over her; she was the reason he was hurt.

Trembling and scared, she quickly turned to the taxi driver who was still in a daze nearby.

"Call an ambulance, now!"

the driver snapped out of his shock, he reluctantly drove

and Carol wasted no tcontacting Abner's

letting Abner find out.

for Abner to berate her for getting

sighed on the other end of

with it. I'll make sure they're out of the country

relief, holding Felix close and shedding tears of worry as they arrived at the

immediately started treating Felix's

lay with his eyes closed, resting in her arms, his blood staining her clothes. She felt a bittersweet

and the sour

later, Felix

around his head but Carol

just

pulled her into an embrace. "Carol, are you okay? You must be

freely as she clung to

since they had

they find your

blood. They've been lurking near my place waiting

teeth, wishing she could just get rid

at her, and suddenly cupped her face, planting a light

"Let's break up."

had just been hurt because

three men pretty badly. The court won't see it as self-defense. I might have

drag

more touched, and she

with her. She can fix this. After all, if I get hauled off by

too. They don't want to

notice the look

gaze was distant, and his expression was

You got hurt for me, and that means so much. I really

I'm

tightly, regretting her earlier carelessness, especially

rock without mercy, and just a

second thought, Felix had protected her, and she knew that such instinctive actions didn't lie.

her face deeper

her but in reality,

they were in was the sone where

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