Chapter 103 - What is Gregory up to, for Christ sake!

"You hate me, I presume?" Leo asked. 

"Yes I do. What does that have to do with your promise?" Clara asked. 

Eh!?

Looking into her eyes, Leo would have thought she's kidding, if he didn't know that he will be last person Clara will kid with. 

Reality dawn on him immediately. This woman is still very naive. She's still immature, despite the heavy responsibility she's carrying on her shoulders.

He wish she could just give him a chance, so that he could share it with her. It must have been why she still resent him. 

She's very naive to let it go. She must have felt that, if she forgives him so easily, all her struggle in the past was for naught. She need someone to vent out those angers on. 

She need someone to blame for everything, and Leo is the victim of that. 

Leo wanted to tease her more, but after discovering the possibility that his assumptions were correct, he pitied her instead. 

It must have been hard on her, but that doesn't mean this woman didn't need to be calm. He will make sure she calm for him. 

"How can I hold onto the promise, when you just claim you hated me? I tried to be a friend, but you kept pushing me away. Now I only want us to settle what's between us once and for all." Leo said seriously. 

Hearing him put it like that, Clara sees reason with his response. That's right, instead of wasting time with him, they should just focus on solving what's tying them together, even though both didn't like each other. 

Taking a deep breath, Clara spoke again, "But you have no right to call me bodyguard." she said. 

"Who has that right then?" he asked. 

"I will only hate you more if you keep this up." she threatened. 

"Be my guest." Leo replied, with a shrug and watch her glare at him before storming out of the place, while he make sure to remind her to wake up early, which made her pauses her steps and glared at him again, but he has already looked away. 

Leo look at her figure disappearing in the distance, as she walked towards her quarters, and took a deep sigh. 

He didn't like the method Clara is about to make him use, but he's too crazy about her to slack of in his pursuit. 

When she frown, he want to caress the creased brows, till they melt in his arms and held her in his embrace. 

When she's pissed, he didn't like that he's the one she's pissed at. He wanted it to be the situation where he will ask who made her angry and deal with the person on her behalf. 

Pouring himself a wine after getting to the wine bar, he returned back to the sofa and set it down on the  small circular form table beside the sofa, before venturing into deep thought. 

Clara on the other hand, has taken him off her mind immediately she left there. She find him unworthy of occupying her thoughts. 

She knew it's just a matter of time. She will be done with him, sooner or later. 

She prayed Tim gave up on her once again, before turning on the news as usual. 

She didn't know if this was intentional, but the news about a college student killed in the same method like the former ones was being told. 

It seem like a recap, but it so happened to be recapping when she switched on the television. 

Could there be some supernatural interference in this, or it's just a coincidence? Clara thought, as she saw that it's not only the girl he killed, but five other girls, whose heads were ripped off from their necks.

Even though she had to know about this, a part of her wish she wouldn't come across such news, but it so happened to be waiting for her all the time. 

This usually depressed her a little. It makes her realize the burden she's carrying and how those people wouldn't suffer such fate, if she did her job well and get rid of that demon. 

On another note, she knew those are the thoughts Gregory want to imprint in her head and make her act rashly. 

He want her to loose it and come for him blindly, but she's not going to do that. 

She's not going to give him that pleasure of humiliating her, kill her and then take over the world. 

Humans didn't treat her well, but they are good people among them. There is Sonya.

She's not too close with Mick, but she knew he has become someone she will do everything in her power to save, if he's in danger. 

There's Timothy, who was nice to her and there's Leonard. 

She didn't like Leo, but she doubted if it's to the point of leaving him to die. Despite everything, he's still a nice guy by nature. 

The problem right now is that, the five students that were cruelly killed were from an influential families. 

The one Gregory took her soul, wasn't ordinary either. She's a rich girl who was being raised by a simple family, because of the secret of her birth. 

She had no idea about this, but her real families are preparing her to return to the household after she's done with college. 

Those rich girls had no idea about this, and didn't like the fact that a girl from a poor family is attending the school that's fit for rich people like them. 

No to mention the fact that she's very good at all aspect. This made them start bullying her. 

Now that the girl is dead, her family didn't take it lightly. Watching a child grow to that stage, with longing heart and having to see her dead when she's just a year away from returning to them, it hurts them so much. 

As expected, the scientist were held responsible again. 

The five beheaded girls? 

The simple assumptions the netizen came up with, was that, 'while the scientist were dropping off the girl, those poor students happened to witness the scene and was killed to silence them.'

The news shows different science labs that were being invaded since the incident. The victim's parents aren't relying on detectives this time, because the former girls that died the same way, remained an unsolved case till date. 

Clara shook her head, at the pitiful expressions those innocent researchers had on, as all their work is being ruined by the mask people that came to find evidence of the crime those people knew nothing about. 

"Damn it!" Clara cursed out loud. "This is getting out of hand. "What is that Gregory up to for Christ sake." she muttered, as she tried to control herself.