Chapter 161 - Mick is the target

At Leo's residence.

The entrance that has been left unlocked creaked open and a lot of harmed men could be seen entering the premises. 

A man could be seen lying dead on the floor at the entrance, which was killed by his fellow security man, while the group of guys sneaking in, started taking a formation and going into hiding.

The security guy who killed his colleague and let the intruder in, could be seen leaving for the Lboy's quarter after getting confirmation from the intruders that they are all set.

He came back later with all the Lboys running toward the entrance, they were less worried as the boss was not in, but still will not tolerate an attack on the security man.

The traitor security guard was trying to signal to the intruders that the Lboys were armed, but before he could pass the message, the guys charged at the Lboys and manage to slit the throat of two of them before the Lboys realise they were being ambushed.

Two of them dropped dead immediately. 

Seeing two of their brothers dead in an instant, they all brought out their weapons and began to fight back with all their might.

The traitor security man quickly escaped from the scene and hid at a corner.

...…

Meanwhile.

Mick was explaining to the little princess how to operate a mobile phone.

She only understood how to make calls and text messages so far. She was sitting on Mick's lap, paying extra attention to the lessons.

All of a sudden, Mick heard some distinct noises and felt his heart skip a bit. It was like grunting and cries of pain. 

He quickly stood up with the little princess in his arms and rushed toward her room.

On the way, he opened a feed on his mobile and saw the scrimmage going on outside the main house.

Outside the little princess's room, she decided to speak up.

"What's going on, grandpa?" She asked as she could sense the panic in Mick's heart even though he was smiling at her reassuringly.

Putting her down, he knelt down to match her height. "Everything is fine dear. Go inside and close the door behind you. Do you understand? Whatever you hear after, do not come out." Mick said as he urged the confused Belle inside the house and shut the door.

"Lock it from inside now." He said to the little princess and stood up after hearing the lock turned.

Immediately he turned back, a dagger went straight to his chest, making him gasp in shock.

"Ha! Hmm." He exclaimed and grunt. 

He looked up to meet Jimmy's murderous eyes as he twisted the dagger in his chest, before pulling it out and stabbed it into his stomach.

Mick held the urge to scream in pain, in fear of alerting the little princess, but still, he began to breathe heavily and blood started pumping from his chest and stomach. 

'Thud'

His entire being came crashing on the floor as Jimmy removed the dagger from his stomach after twisting it the same way he did to his chest.

The little princess who had concentrated her power on the vicinity felt the life force of Mick slipping away and opened the door, only to meet with Jimmy bloodshot eyes.

Looking down, she saw Mick in the pool of his own blood, gagging and looking at her like he wanted to tell her something before closing his eyes. 

"Grandpa!" The little princess exclaimed and rushed toward his side. She quickly got hold of his hand and began easing any sort of pain he might be going through.

Jimmy contemplated on whether to kill her or not. Immediately he looked down again, he met the little princess's eyes and couldn't look away no matter how hard he tried. 

The expression on her face was too odd for a little girl to possess. 

It was sharp and piercing. 

The disturbing part was how she isn't crying like normal kids would, in such situations.

The little princess can't compel him, due to the difference in their height. They need to be at least close enough to be able to look into each others' pupils clearly.

Jimmy continued to stare at her and felt like the little princess was looking directly into his soul. 

She saw her lips moving as if muttering to herself and then he found himself able to look away. 

He broke the gaze and left. 

Immediately he stepped outside, the traitor guard came into his line of sight.

He ran toward him to ask how it went, only for Jimmy's dagger to flash through his neck. He looked at him in horror and breathed his last breath with disbelief in his eyes.

Jimmy blew a tiny whistle, as soon as he walked closer to where the fight was going on.

His boys started pulling back, helping the injured and leaving the already dead behind, while the still unhurt Lboys stood alert, not understanding why they were retreating. 

The thought of distraction crossed their minds, but they quickly shook it off as Leo was not in, not knowing that Mick was the target this time. 

They stared at their fallen brothers and felt sorrow fill their heart. The lucky ones started helping the injured ones to their feet.

They are 15 dead bodies on the floor, 6 of which belong to the Lboys, while the remaining 9 are Jimmy' s boys.

****

Leo and Clara just arrived at her house, laughing and talking about the whole crazy ride. 

He parked the car and leaned to open it for her, before stepping out as well.

"Cheesy." Clara mouthed and he shrugged. 

After stepping down from the car, Clara waited for him to walk up to where she stood and still couldn't stop smiling. 

"I'm going in now." She said.

"Okay." He replied with a small smile. His beautiful dark orbs almost stopped her from tearing her gaze away from him. 

She snapped from it even though she felt like the night shouldn't end and bid him farewell and was about to leave when Leo suddenly pulled her closer and hugged her. 

"I'm very happy." He said, breathing in her scent.

Clara smiled at herself. She still couldn't believe that they've progressed this much within two days, but she was actually happy too.

His embrace was warm and manly. It makes her want to stay in it for a long while. 

She felt like she just got reborn with Leo around her. "I'm happy too." She said and pulled back. "Go now." She added. 

"I will leave after I see you lock those doors from behind." Leo said.

"Ok." Clara said and turned to leave when her phone rang, she saw the little princess picture displayed on her screen and smiled before picking it, "hello sweetie." 

"Mommy, it's grandpa. There is so much blood, please come and help him." The little princess's broken voice was heard, making fear gripped her heart. 

She turned back and looked at Leo who still stood not far from where she was, waiting for her to go inside before leaving.

"What is it?" Leo asked as he saw the expression Clara had on. 

"Mick got attacked." Clara broke the news and saw how Leo suddenly looked like his life force just got drained out with that sentence.

His face paled and eyes grew wide in horror.