Chapter 82
Herman reacted swiftly, firing off another round. This time, the bullet found its mark, landing straight in Fidelia’s heart.
After Fidelia fell to the ground, Herman quickly moved to the window to get a glimpse of what’s going on inside the house.
Fidelia’s body lay strewn on the ground, with Balch right next to her, silently taking in the scene. Underneath him was a chaotic mess of blood.
Seeing this, Herman quickly returned to Leandro and Seraphina, “How are you holding up, Leandro?”
Leandro held Seraphina tightly, his gaze fixed on her face. His body was stiff and his expression cold.
“She took a bullet for you?” Herman asked, while quickly dialing for an ambulance on his phone.
Suddenly, Seraphina in Leandro’s arms made a sound, “Ugh…”
Leandro looked down. Seraphina slowly opened her eyes, but the pain was clearly etched on her face, “It hurts so much…”
Herman leaned over to her, concern filling his voice. “Where are you hurt? Can you feel anything?”
“It hurts…” Seraphina managed to wheeze out before continuing, “Why does it hurt so much even with a bulletproof vest on…”
Upon hearing the words “bulletproof vest“, Leandro quickly unbuttoned her shirt to reveal the vest. His hand reached around to her back, feeling for something, and pulled out a bullet.
There was no blood, which meant the bullet didn’t penetrate the vest.
Herman watched in surprise, throwing Seraphina a perplexed look.
This lady was full of surprises. Who would’ve thought she was wearing a bulletproof vest?
Leandro silently looked at the bullet in his hand for a moment before finally shifting his gaze to Seraphina.
breath, looking at Leandro with a forced smile. “Mr. Reynolds, were you actually planning to take a bullet for me just now? Am I really worth it
got up, dusted off his clothes with a cold
pain, still lying on the
headed towards the scene, Leandro simply walked
phone, “Don’t
at Seraphina still on the ground, Edgar couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, “This is a bit too dramatic…”
removed his dark suit jacket, revealing his white
mark on his arm
who had come downstairs, was startled and immediately asked, “What happened? What was that sound just now? Gunshots? Were you
just a graze Leandro replied, “There was a bit of trouble next door. Stay home
minutes later, police cars and ambulances arrived at the
was critically injured, was rushed into the first ambulance. Shortly after, Seraphina
the second
that moment, Seraphina spotted Leandro. He was looking clean and well–dressed in a fresh outfit,
too, but he was too far away for her to
of eyes she saw when
bullet for him, but his eyes
severe and quickly caused a stir
and dangerous, was killed by an off–duty cop who happened to be
unbelievable but it was an irrefutable fact.
various comments, with no signs of dying down.
anticipated the aftermath of the incident, but she didn’t
who wasn’t seriously injured, provided a statement
coma due to severe blood loss and didn’t wake up until the
police when he woke up. It took nearly half
after the police left, Seraphina was allowed to enter the
pale and weak, but he smiled faintly at her and
cold, and
low voice filled the room, “I’m relieved to see you’re okay.
for a while before speaking, “I’ve
“Oh?”
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