Chapter 62 Nadine Moore
Fear coursed through Marie''s veins, and she found herself reaching for Leo''s arm. "What do we do
now, Leo?" she asked, hiding herself behind Leo''s body.
The men in ck continued to close in on them, waiting for their opportunity to pounce.
Shawn''s orders were clear. And Marie didn''t even want to imagine what these men were going to do to
her if they managed to abduct her.
Despite the fact that he had the number''s advantage, Shawn didn''t let his guard down. As his men
continued to close in on the pair, Shawn kept ncing around and squinting through the dark.
When he didn''t see any signs of the woman he''d run into earlier in the day, he let out the breath he
didn''t know he''d been holding. It was then that Shawn let his cockiness show.
"Not so tough now, huh?" Shawn jeered at Leo. "Let me tell you something, you useless piece of shit."
Shawn pointed his finger at Leo. "Without that bodyguard of yours, you''re just a sitting duck!" Shawn
lowered his finger and leered at Marie, his eyes filled with greed and lust. "To tell you the truth, whether
or not you have the money didn''t even matter. The girl ising with us either way, and there''s nothing
you can do to stop us." Shawn threw his head back inughter. "And you, Leo. You just came here to
die for nothing. How stupid is that?"
Cedric had promised to let Shawn have a taste of Marie after he was done with her. But only if Shawn
managed to get Marie into Cedric''s room, of course.
Another wave of lust crashed into Shawn at the thought. All his life, Shawn had never touched such a
beautiful woman before...
Marie shot Shawn a hateful look and hid herself behind Leo''s back. As much as she hated Shawn, she
was more afraid of him, of what he would do to her.
Marie would be a fool if she couldn''t foresee her own fate if she was taken by these men.
It was obvious now that Shawn wasn''t doing this for money—she was his main target all along.
Leo, on the other hand, wasn''t the slightest bit intimidated by the presence of the men in ck. In fact,
he barely spared them a nce. From the moment this meeting began, his eyes had never left Shawn.
He was watching him closely, studying him, waiting for the right time to act. "I can tell you this much,
Shawn," Leo said, staring intently into Shawn''s eyes. "You won''t be touching a single hair on that girl''s
head. You''re not taking her anywhere. Also..." Leo allowed his lips to twist into a smirk. "You''ll be dying
a horrible death tonight."
"How scary." Shawn feigned a shudder. "You''re just a useless piece of trash from an equally useless
family, Leo." Shawn eyed Leo with nothing but contempt. "So, what if you have a badass female
bodyguard? It doesn''t change the fact that you''re a weakling who relies on other people''s strength."
Shawnughed darkly. "Killing you is going to be as easy as crushing an ant with my boot." A devious
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glint shed in Shawn''s eyes. "And I''m gonna enjoy every second of it."
Leo let out a sigh. "Looks like you still don''t get it."
"Get what?"
"Now, Nadine."
The air stirred, and a strong gust of wind blustered out of nowhere.
Shawn leapt back like a frightened animal, covering his face with his arms.
The wind stopped, and silence ensued.
When the attack he''d anticipated never came, Shawn let out a long sigh of relief. Nadine had given
Shawn quite a scare earlier in the day; that was why he was so jumpy.
"How dare you try to trick me, Leo?" Shawn snarled. "She was never here, was she?"
A faint smirk yed on Leo''s lips. "Oh, I wouldn''t be too sure about that, Shawn." Leo''s smirk grew
wider as he looked right into Shawn''s eyes. "Although... I will tell you that you''re surrounded."
"Surrounded?" Shawn let out a derisive snort. "By whom—"
A series of thuds interrupted Shawn''s speech.
Shawn''s eyes grew wide; one by one, his men fell to the ground like a chain of dominoes.
"Oh God..." Marie looked just as stunned as Shawn felt. "W- What... What just happened?"
ncing around in disbelief, she saw the unmoving forms of those men. She had no idea what had
struck them. All she knew was that those men had gone as still as statues after that gust of wind blew
past them. The next thing she knew, the men were falling limply to the ground, like they were
marites and someone had suddenly cut off the strings keeping them upright.
"Don''t worry," Leo said with azy smile. "None of them are dead. Although I doubt they''ll be able to
use their limbs ever again. The tendons in their arms and legs were sliced all the way through."
"Y- Y- You..."
Leo chuckled. "I suppose that''s their punishment."
Shawn''s face had suddenly gone pale, and he could barely string a sentence together.
Thezy smile on Leo''s face turned into a full-blown grin. "I think you should look behind you." Leo
lifted his finger and pointed at something behind Shawn.
Shawn froze, tingles careening down his spine. Something, or rather, someone, was behind him.
He turned around stiffly and found himself staring at a pair of crimson eyes.
Those eyes reflected murder, bloodshed, devastation, and utter hopelessness. They were in such a
deep shade of crimson that it was as though they''d been drenched with blood.
Nadine stood before Shawn like a phantom, her crimson eyes trained on Shawn.
Shawn found himself immobilized by Nadine''s gaze and utterly overwhelmed by her murderous aura. It
was as though her gaze had pierced through him, allowing her to see into the deepest and darkest
crevices of his soul.
Marie could only gape at the sight before her. Her eyes, once upied by the fallen men around them,
were now fixated on the woman she''de to know as Leo''s personal bodyguard. Marie thought the
woman was pretty badass earlier today, but this! This was a whole new level of skill! Were these her
true capabilities? Or had they merely seen a glimpse of it even now?
Leo was the only one who knew that Nadine had actually been holding back when she took down the
men in ck.
Nadine hadn''t taken a life in some time, not since her return here with Leo. And Leo was fully aware of
what that long abstinence had done to Nadine''s bloodlust. Had he granted herplete freedom to
act, Leo was certain that those men would never have left here alive.
A loud howl sounded when Nadine delivered a powerful kick which sent Shawn tumbling into the
ground.
Shawn''s body rolled to a stop in front of Leo''s feet.
Leo was no longer smiling now. When he stared down at Shawn, his expression was steel cold.
Without taking his eyes off Shawn, Leo raised his finger and pointed at Marie. "Do you know who she
is?" Leo asked in a t tone.
Confusion swirled inside Shawn''s eyes, and he shook his head. As far as Shawn knew, Marie was just
a normal female undergraduate student who came from a pretty well-off family. Emerdale''s files on her
didn''t contain a detailed background check, so that was pretty much all Shawn knew.
"She''s my sister-inw," Leo said.
The revtion made Shawn look up in surprise.
Shawn stared up at Leo as tremors of shock coursed through his body. "He''s married?" Shawn thought.
"Leo Cohen is married?"
"Do you know why I didn''t kill you?" Leo asked again, his cold eyes pinning Shawn to the ground.
"Because I''m Gary Harris'' son?"
Leo let out a soft sigh. "Indeed." Leo red down at Shawn. "I didn''t kill you because you are Uncle
Harris'' son."
Shawn sighed audibly, his shoulders sagging in relief. Along with relief, his confidence returned as well.
"That''s right, Leo. Your Uncle Harris is my father. So, you should tell your bodyguard to stand down,
don''t you think?" Something glinted in Shawn''s eyes. "Also, you still have to pay us the one million
dors. My father became an invalid because of you people..."
Leo looked down at Shawn again, though this time, his eyes were filled with pity. "You really are a low-
life, aren''t you, Shawn?" A dark look spread across Leo''s features. When he spoke next, his voice
became low and gravelly. "You call yourself Uncle Harris'' son, yet all these years you''ve never once
acted like a son!"
Leo''s hoarse voice sent chills down Shawn''s spine. At that moment, Shawn found Leo even more
terrifying than the woman who had just beat him up.
"Did you send money home to support your family?" Leo went on. "Did you ever think about your
sister? Did you know that she was forced to drop out of university to support your family, while you
were gambling your money away? Yeah... Gambling." Leo chuckled humorlessly. "That''s all you know,
isn''t it? One of your greatest vices." Leo red down at Shawn. "You even mortgaged Uncle Harris''
house to do it. Your father was sick, Shawn. He was dying!" Leo''s booming voice echoed through the
night.
Down on the ground, Shawn continued to tremble in fear. He didn''t even dare to raise his head.
"Your father was dying," Leo continued, "And you abandoned him. You did nothing to save him." Leo
paused. "You didn''t even return home to take care of him. Instead, you left him to die." Leo let out an
incredulous chuckle. "And as though that wasn''t bad enough, you went ahead and did something far
worse." A murderous look shed in Leo''s eyes. "You tried to put your dirty hands on an innocent
youngdy! You think I don''t know what you''re nning to do to her after you take her? You''re scum,
Shawn. A scumbag who doesn''t deserve to live in this world."
Leo''sst remark caused Shawn to flinch.
Then, all of a sudden, Leo''s demeanor turned calm once again. "But still, I''m not nning to kill you."
Leo stared down at Shawn for a few moments. "You should be grateful that you have such a good
father." Leo smirked. "Which is why… I''m going to let him deal with you instead."
Shawn''s jaw went ck in surprise, though his surprise didn''tst. Soon, his face was flushed in anger.
"My father is dying. He doesn''t have much longer to live. Is it so wrong to expect him to do something
for me before he dies?"
Leo sneered and jerked his thumb over his back. "Then you should open your eyes and take a good
look."
Shawn lifted his gaze and peered around Leo''s leg. His eyes instantly grew wide. "Dad?!"