Chapter 418 – An Unbreakable Vow with the Heartless Tycoon

“Follow Leilani to see what’s going on.”

Although he was limped, it didn’t mean he had to sit back and do nothing.

Jamie got the order and staggered with two walking sticks.

Leilani walked fast. She noticed the gunshots came from the bell tower. So she went downstairs and walked there.

In the far distance, the pigeons flew in different directions out of shock. A man stood in the middle of the lawn with his back at Leilani. The figure was the same as in her dream.

In front of him was another man with a silver pistol.

Leilani ran into this by pure chance. She turned pale right away. She didn’t know what to do.

The man with the silver pistol had a silver fox mask on. He held the gun and raised it to shoot at the pigeons in the air. Then he fired another shot. The white feathers were stained with blood. The pigeon lay on the lawn. One drop; two drops; the blood scattered.

Leilani couldn’t help yelling. Both men turned back at her.

Waylen froze for a bit and asked with care.

“What are you doing here?”

Leilani was released to see Waylen in one piece. That was all she hoped for.

But she was in such a panic, and her face turned pale. It was like she was terribly shocked. Waylen noticed.

He never knew Leilani could be so horrified. He walked over to hold her up.

“What’s wrong? Why are your hands so cold? Why are you running about? You’re hurt.”

Leilani shook her head. She dreamt that he was shot and lay in a pool of blood. The fear was overwhelming that it lingered in her heart. She thought something terrible happened to him. But he was okay. Leilani had to hold back her care and worry. She pushed his hands off.

Leilani wasn’t dreaming. Waylen was neither shot at nor hurt…

The man with the mask didn’t shoot at Waylen’s direction. Instead…

Leilani’s look followed the gun, and she was shocked again!

A woman in a white nightgown lay on the ground with blood all over her body. She kept crawling. Leilani could see her shoulders shivering because of fear.

Waylen reached out, and his thick and wide palms covered Leilani’s look.

“Don’t see it.”

“What happened?”

Waylen stood in front of Leilani to stop her from seeing the bloody scene.

“None of your business. I’ll take you back.”

Waylen looked down at her hurt feet. He bent over to pick Leilani up. Leilani didn’t have time to respond, and she was in the air suddenly. She screamed in a low voice. And she put her arms around Waylen’s neck to keep steady.

Waylen smiled because of Leilani’s actions. Leilani had such a sharp tongue. But occasionally, she would be gentle.

Leilani looked at the girl covered in blood over Waylen’s shoulders. She took a closer look than before. At the same time, she looks changed!

Leilani immediately patted Waylen on his shoulder.

“What’s wrong with her? Is she shot? Why is she covered in blood? Let me down. I have to check on her.”

Leilani kept struggling, and Waylen had to put her down. But he put his hands on her shoulders.

“Don’t go over there! Let them fix their problems. You’ll only make a mess.”

“She’s covered in blood. She’ll die!”

Suddenly, the girl’s name hit Waylen. His look changed instantly.

“You care about her because she is Andrew’s sister?”

“It’s not the time for jealousy. Jessica is important to me. I don’t want her dead!”

“What can you do?”

Waylen grabbed Leilani’s arms. He was determined to stop her.

In the far distance, Jessica, covered in blood, got up, and started running. The man fired the gun in the air. Shots were heard.

The pigeons were hit and fell on top of Jessica. She was too frightened and kept waving her hands to dust off the pigeons.

Was she wrong?

Leilani vaguely heard the mask man’s laughter. He laughed like a small boy who made a prank and couldn’t help gloating off.

“She’s not hurt, Jessica.”

Waylen held Leilani in his arms and whispered in her ears.

“It is pigeons’ blood.”

“Why does he shoot at pigeons?” Was he sane?

“It’s his punishment for the misbehaved woman.”

“Are all men sadistic? Do you honestly believe you can conquer them? That’s nonsense! Only an incapable man thinks like this.”

Leilani was righteous. She was not impressed with the man who resorted to coercion to force a woman.

Waylen stared at Leilani, who suddenly became angry.

“Maybe it’s just he doesn’t realize how important she is to him.”

“That’s an excuse. How could you bear to see that someone you like is suffering? No matter what mistake the woman makes, it is her man’s fault when she starts crying.”

Waylen paid full attention to what Leilani said. He chewed her word over and over and said.

“It’s my fault that you cry.”

Leilani shoved him off.

“What does it matter to you?”

Then Leilani looked not far away.

“Here comes someone that you upset.”

Waylen looked over. Rebecca came over, near them.

“Waylen, there you are. Where do the shots come from? What’s going on? Who fired them?”

Rebecca came to Waylen and put her arms around his.

“Hi, Leilani.”

Leilani ignored her and kept looking for Jessica.

Rebecca followed her and mumbled.

“What’s going on with my brother? Why does he shoot at his valentine early in the morning? It’s so noisy.”

Jessica got up from the lawn and kept running. The masked man was behind her like a demon. He laughed out evilly. The laughter echoed in the air. It was like Satan was coming.

He shot at the pigeons sometimes, which shocked Jessica more, and she couldn’t stop screaming.

Suddenly, Jessica was tripped over on a garden hose.

The faucet was left open, and water kept bursting out.

In a rush of emotions, Jessica took the hose and aimed at the man’s mask. Jessica squeezed the head of the hose. The water streams came out fast and strongly. The man’s mask was washed off.

The man covered his face subconsciously. He took steps back because of the force.

There were numerous drops in the air. Soon the bloody scene was left behind. It seemed like they were a couple flirting ignorant of others.

Leilani watched it in surprise. The man’s mask was washed off so she could finally see his face.

He was the personal bodyguard of Jessica. He brought an unusual presence at first sight. He was like a royal member.

He was James Moore!

Maybe the shock was too great for Leilani that everything between the sky and earth froze. Every figure was vague except the man and his face. Leilani could match it to her memory.

But he was somehow different.

Maybe it was because their positions were swapped. In the past, Jessica was the favorite daughter of the Clifford family. She was arrogant. James, on the other hand, was just an unknown bodyguard.

But now, James was the proud prince of B Country while Jessica was a s.e.x slave sold to the black market.

This happened within months.

Leilani didn’t know what happened between them. She could only hear Jessica’s screaming. James picked her up on his shoulder and took her away like prey.

The water still kept running from the hose. Leilani suddenly recalled what Jamie said.

He said Clifford was in a huge crisis because of James’s betrayal.

That explained why James held the gun at Andrew’s forehead even if he recognized him without the mask.

It was at James’s turf. Andrew was like a fish swimming in a cooking pot.

Jessica was in no better position. She was walking on thin ice. A chance to meet her would be extremely difficult.

As soon as they left, there was no show to watch. The audience exchanged gossip in private and soon left too.

Leilani was still wondering if she should tell Andrew the masked man was James. She had to think about how to meet Jessica. She had to consider too much at the same time, and it was a mess.

So she didn’t notice a look landing on her.

Rebecca ordered the servants to clean up the pigeon corpses and wash the blood away. Afterward, she saw Waylen couldn’t take his eyes off, Leilani. Rebecca frowned.

She started to imagine Leilani’s face was thrown acid and how ugly she was after she was disfigured. Then she started smiling slowly.

Rebecca knew men were easily attracted by looks.

Leilani was so gorgeous that she could stop traffic. After she was pregnant, she looked s.e.xier with her bigger b.o.o.b.s.

Rebecca had to admit that she sometimes envied Leilani’s look.

Actually, she was not bad, either. She was a noble princess with the presence that nobody could compete. Her face was also flawless. But it wasn’t enough.

She couldn’t compete with Leilani’s riveting smiles, her insolence, nor coolness. She didn’t have to do anything. The way she stood there with languor would make man’s blood run wild. She was a creature that man couldn’t resist.

Rebecca knew it deeply. Even if she tried everything she could, she couldn’t.

If so, she had to destroy her.

After she was disfigured, she wanted to see if Waylen would still love her.

Rebecca kept the thoughts in her mind. Seeing Waylen started to leave, she followed him. She pretended to look innocent.

“Waylen, are you still mad at me because of what happened last night? It’s not me. I asked the servants to examine inside and outside the house. They said the spider ran loose from James’s pet box.”

Leilani was ahead of them. She overheard that Rebecca moved the blame to James. She smiled quietly. If anyone would fall for that, it was beyond foolishness. It was mutual consent.

Seeing they were about to catch up, Leilani walked faster. She almost ran into Jamie with two walking sticks.

“Miss Peters, Mr. Clifford is worried about you, so he sends me over. The man with the mask…” Then he looked over Leilani and looked far away, “is it, James Moore?”

Leilani was still not sure if she should let Andrew know. So she didn’t answer.

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