Chapter 156 - Help her heal

Clara sniffed her nose to hold back her tears. Her chest heaved and nose crinkled.

"It must have been hard on her." She said, with her voice breaking.

Leo, who was so lost in the tale and looking so enraged, finally returned to his senses when he heard her sniff her nose.

He saw her eyes red and face getting flushed from holding her tears. Her orbs twinkle with tears that are yet to fall down.

He moved closer and had his left hand wrapped around her shoulders, bringing her head to his chest.

"Hey! Look at me. You don't have to cry, as this is what she hates the most. She doesn't like being pitied." Leo said, using his hand to clean the few drops that are about to fall.

Clara pulled back.

"She's a very strong woman. I don't think I could be as carefree as her if I went through all that." Clara said, knowing how she even hated Leo for something he wasn't at fault about.

"She's at fault as well." Leo spoke up.

Clara looked at him, confused. She wondered what Ella had done wrong in the case. The girl was purely tainted, ruined, used.

The fact that her parents are involved, even made it hurt the most.

"It's understandable to not want to be pitied, but we are friends. Friends should always confide in and help each other.

We fought her for that after she was back being herself, but do you know what she said?

She said if she was back in the same situation, she would still choose not to drag us into her mess. The only reason she broke down and told us about it, was because she had started losing the will to live.

She has started considering killing herself.

She said, when she opened her eyes and saw the worried expression both Tim and I wore, that was when she realized that she was not alone, and understood how much it will hurt us if she dies." Leo explained.

"I feel sorry for her." Clara said.

"Don't. She's healed now. She doesn't mind talking about it. You can curse her, mock her and she would do the same to you in a playful manner, but don't ever show this 'feeling sorry' side. She would hate you and broke down." Leo said, making Clara shake her head.

"No! No! You are wrong." She said as a matter of fact and Leo seems confused.

She has not healed. She was just putting on a facade, Leo. Her sleeping with different men, was proof that she was still stuck in her past." Clara said, making Leo squint his eyes. He looked more confused.

He was a man after all, and it's hard to understand how women feel completely. He only believed what he saw on the outside, but as a fellow woman, Clara understood how she must have been traumatised by the event.

She imagined herself in Ella's shoes.

"I think we should help her with that guy that called. If he truly loved her as you said, I guess there was still a chance to help her healed." Clara said.

"She will never agree to it." Leo said as a matter of fact.

Ella has been obsessed with young guys with good looks and a nice body, ever since the incident. She never wants to listen to anything related to relationsh.i.p.s.

"I have my ways, I'm going to let her know who she slept with, which got her into her current state." Clara said

"What!" Leo exclaimed and looked into her eyes. "You want to tell her she slept with a demon lord? Who will believe that?" Leo asked

"She will, with this." Clara said and reached out her left palm. A small spark manifested out of thin air and started glowing blue and red like a fire.

It took a burning flame appearance and Leo would have started feeling the heat, if not for the fact that her power was useless against him.

Leo's eyes widened in shock.

He has never witnessed her display her other elemental power, except air. He found it beautiful and wondered if their future children including the little princess will possess such a gift as well.

He should be glad Clara couldn't read minds as he just referred to Clara's biggest burden, as a gift.

'What am I thinking?' Leo regained his sense. "You want to disclose to them your secret, just to help her?" Leo asked.

"Yeah. They are your friends and if you trusted them, then I do too. Moreover, she was lucky she slept with Gregory, because if it was one of his turned demons she slept with, I'm afraid she wouldn't live to see the next day." Clara said and Leo's heart skipped.

"Also, the demon energy I took from her body really helped after I conquered it. My flame was originally blue, now It's a mixture of demonic red flame and mine. It is something the demons wouldn't survive its attack." Clara said.

Leo had no idea what to say anymore, as he felt fear gripped his heart at the thought of Ella sleeping with a turned demon and died.

"Thank you." Leo said.

"It's okay. It will be better this way. I'm sure they will start suspecting you're keeping something from them soon. Too many secrets between friends only makes them get hurt in the end." Clara said.

She believes if she has been totally honest with Sonya from the start, she wouldn't consider her to be crazy.

They have been together since young, so it's normal for Sonya to not believe her, since they slept and do almost everything together.

After thinking about it after their departure, she realized that Sonya wouldn't believe that she could keep something that huge from her, which was why she assumed something was wrong with her brain for sure.