Shattered Longings

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.

she covered her mouth to stifle a

thugs were initially stunned, then quickly scrambled to hide behind their

leader, staring at the dark barrels of the guns, stuttered as he tried to maintain his tough–guy act. “Y- You wouldn’t dare! That’s just a toy gun, right? Don’t try to fool

I

a cold smile. “Wanna bet? You think it’s a

weighing their options, the group. reluctantly spat

Bella’s legs gave out, and

He quickly knelt beside her and tried to explain, “It’s not real, it’s fake! I was just trying to scare them. How did I

him as just

“I’m not lying. Do you want to take a

head. “No, no, keep it to yourself.

just the guns that had frightened her. It was also the way he

But she hadn’t eaten anything since the morning, and her stomach was

Set

couldn’t take it anymore and went to the kitchen to cook something. She tried to be as quiet

kitchen doorway and