Someone held her just in time, though barely—it was the driver. Before Amelie could do anything, she was held by the waist and pulled away from the driver just then. Then, she saw the silhouette of a man standing beside her. It belonged to someone she could recognize anywhere.
Leo was silent. His lips were pursed, and he shot a sharp look at the woman who mindlessly opened her door without checking her surroundings. Scared, the woman fell back into the car, and the door slid shut automatically, slamming into her foot.
The driver—most likely the woman’s boyfriend—tried to help, but he was too late.
The woman howled in pain.
“Next time you’re so careless, you’re not getting off with just a bruised foot,” said Leo coolly.
When the driver raised his head to meet Leo’s eyes, he froze as if stricken by fear. In most cases, the man should’ve fought with Leo to protect his girlfriend, but the murderous gleam within Leo’s gaze had made him chicken out.
Amelie thought the way Leo punished the woman was a bit too much, though what the woman did earlier was indeed careless. If Amelie hadn’t moved back fast enough, the door would have slammed into Bria and her. In the end, she merely thanked the man and didn’t say anything else after that.
took Bria into his arms.
four years observing the man. She knew how he expressed his anger, but she hadn’t gotten
started sliding shut. Most elevator doors would open back up the moment they slammed into someone, but that slam was awful nonetheless. Figuring she wouldn’t be fast enough to dodge it, Amelie closed
Mommy,”
opened her eyes, she saw a pair of hands holding the doors back. Those were Leo’s hands, and Bria
hopped in and stood at the
Bria once again while throwing a glance at Amelie. His
Daddy
merely covered her head with his hand so she wouldn’t hurt herself. He looked just like a father taking care
looked at them. “The three of you look great together, not
a family, but then she noticed the smile on her daughter’s face. It was a beautiful, happy smile. If I said that, that’d be too cruel to her. I should stay quiet instead. With that in mind, she
to look at Leo’s face, she could still see his chin and lips when she looked at Bria since he was holding the little girl. She couldn’t help but notice a slight smile on
cottage. Since Leo made his reservations, they got the window view. The city unfurled beneath them, and lights were coming on like stars twinkling in
attempt to catch the ‘stars.’ Leo let her do
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