My Billionaire Husband

Silence.

Dead silence.

Except for Leo, everyone was staring dumbfounded at the mysterious woman now standing behind him. Four thoughts came to their minds.

Who was she?

Where did she come from?

How could she be so powerful?

What was her relationship with Leo?

Before these questions could be answered, their faces became filled with deep fear.

Before they could even see her attack, Chris’s bodyguards had already been taken care of.

Moreover, judging from the varying level of damage to the guards’ joints, it was not difficult to see that this woman had been lenient on them.

If she really wanted to kill them, they were under no doubt that she could have done so easily.

This made Caroline and the rest of the Fords look at Leo in shock.

It was apparent that this woman was protecting him. They would not believe it if she said that she had nothing to do with him!

“You must be sick of living to dare attack him!”

Nadine’s voice was as cold as ice and her crimson eyes were fixed on Chris as if she was looking at a dead man.

“Who… Who are you?”

Chris was so scared that his legs were trembling and he could not even speak properly.

He could tell that he was on the brink of death.

“Why did you come?”

On the contrary, Leo was frowning in displeasure. He scolded, “Don’t meddle in my business. Get out.”

His words made everyone even more nervous. Caroline even glared at Leo and gestured at him to keep quiet.

They did not know anything about this murderous woman who had shown up out of nowhere. What if Leo angered her and she ended up killing everyone?

To everyone’s surprise, however, the woman was not angry at all. She even lowered her head with a nervous expression.

“Yes.”

Nadine then disappeared without a trace. It was as though she had never been here.

Even though Nadine had left, the tense atmosphere within the room did not disappear, but grew stronger instead.

The Fords began to see Leo in a new light. They looked at him not with disgust or disdain but with shock and awe.

Raymond, on the other hand, was shaking all over. His forehead was sweating profusely.

He was shocked that a word from Leo was enough to make that assassin-like woman leave. Was she one of Leo’s subordinates?

“Leo, I have a question for you,” Rebecca said, stammering. She squeezed out a weak smile. “Is that woman your subordinate?”

The others looked nervous, for fear that Leo would say yes. They had been so harsh on him and even wanted to kick him out of their home. What if he wanted revenge on them?

“Mom, did that scare you?”

Leo helped Rebecca and Caroline back to their feet and smiled. “She’s my guardian. I’m a witness for an important case.”

“I see.”

“I knew it. How could Leo be doing so well as to have such a powerful woman as his subordinate? Hahaha…”

Leo’s denial prompted the others to look at each other and exchange stiff smiles. Relief finally washed over them.

That powerful woman was only guarding Leo, presumably because of his involvement in an important case. It was a common scene in movies, where the police would arrange for experts to protect important witnesses from being assassinated.

“Important case?”

Caroline became suspicious. “Don’t tell me you’ve been involved in this case for five years?”

“Pretty much, yeah.”

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Realization finally dawned on Caroline. This explained why Leo would return as a skilled fighter.

In all fairness, Leo was not lying.

Nadine was his shadow, his guard. One was inseparable from one’s shadow, and neither could do without the other. This aspect alone put their relationship beyond that of a superior and his subordinate.

It was also true that he was a witness in an international case. He had retired from the army to find Phantom’s whereabouts.

He just did not want to implicate the innocent. That was all.

Noticing the Fords’ excited discussion, Chris tried to sneak away and share this news with Kate.

However, he had just taken a small step when someone patted him on the shoulder.

“Mr. Lawson, where are you going?”

A fake laugh came from Leo.

Chris became terrified out of his wits. To his shock, Leo’s hand on his shoulder managed to make him fall weakly to the floor.

“It’s a misunderstanding, yep, a misunderstanding…”

Chris squeezed out a chagrined smile and looked up at Leo.

“What’s that? Misunderstanding? I don’t think so.”

Leo squatted down in front of Chris with a calm but warmthless smile. “Isn’t Kate your sister?”

“No, we’re not close. She’s just my cousin, not my sister.”

“I thought you wanted to catch me?”

“No way! I came to invite you for some drinks. There’s a new club in Emerdale Tower-”

“You even asked me to kneel before you and beg, as I recall.”

Leo had just finished speaking when Chris knelt without hesitation and bowed straight in front of him. His posture was that of utter submission. “Bro, please spare me. I won’t do it again, I swear…”

A putrid smell wafted out from his crotch. The Fords covered their noses involuntarily.

Chris got so scared that he peed himself!

He was one of the few Lawsons who knew their family history. Knowing the relationship between Leo and his family, he knew that he would suffer a fate worse than death once he fell into Leo’s hands.

Leo was also looking at Chris in surprise. He could to help but rub his chin.

He did not think that he was that scary, at least not enough to scare Chris into peeing his pants.

He stopped scaring Chris and went straight to the point. “I’ll ask you again. Do you have anything to do with my dad’s illness?”

There was sinister killing intent in his eyes as he spoke, shocking even the Fords. They looked at Chris in confusion.

Raymond stood beside Caroline with an unnatural expression. Cold sweat was forming on his forehead.

“No,” Chris said without hesitation.

Raymond let out a sigh of relief.

“Is that so?”

Leo sneered. Then, a fierce look appeared in his eyes.

He reached out and grabbed Chris’s face, lifting him from the floor without warning.

Then, as the Fords watched in shock, he smashed Chris’s head against the wall.

With a muffled bang, Chris’s entire face became busted open, and blood gushed out all over his head.

“Does it have anything to do with you?” Leo’s voice was so cold that it seemed almost inhuman.

The impact made Chris so dizzy that he did not immediately respond.

Leo rammed Chris’s face into the wall again, this time breaking his nose.

“I’ll ram your face into iron next,” Leo said calmly.

Chris trembled involuntarily.

Caroline and her mother were also scared out of their wits, but their eyes were still on Chris.

Chris was staring at Leo in horror. Then, he raised a trembling hand and pointed at Raymond.

Everyone turned to look at Raymond.

Raymond’s face turned deathly pale at that moment.