Chapter 176 - Seems like uncle won

She was expecting something embarrassing as a response, but he pulled her back and Clara felt the urge to remain like that. 

It was so warm. 

His gaze bored into her own with all the seriousness in the world. "With that reason, I feel more blessed that Belle showed up in our lives." He said and Clara remained dazed. 

They kept staring at each other for a while, before both of them moved their head closer at the same time. 

Their eyes had done the talking and all they wanted at that moment was to seal their lips together. 

She wanted to feel him tease her tongue with his own and Leo wanted to hear those soft sighs that escaped her lips whenever he teased it. 

The way she moved her upper body subconsciously and wrapped her hands around his neck, indicating that she was enjoying it. 

She was pleased to be kissed by him. 

The two were eager.

His hand moved to rest in between her neck and their lips almost touched, before Belle, who had woken up after she couldn't feel Leo beside her, walked in and spoke up. 

"Ha! I almost sleep for real. You should have woke me up, Daddy. I just wanted to take you away from that aunty, not really sleep." She stretched and yawned, while walking closer. 

Clara bit down on her lower lip as she sat well and Leo cleared his throat, while scratching his hair with his palm. "I didn't know you faked it." Leo said, sitting properly, as well. 

"I did." Belle replied and snuggled in between his thighs, while he lifted her up to sit properly.

"Thank God she's gone. I don't like her." She said. 

"Mommy doesn't like her as well." Leo whispered in her ear. 

"Yes. She was very distracted and her hands were shaking earlier." Belle said and Clara groaned in embarrassment. 

She quickly stood up before Leo could meet her gaze. 

"I'm leaving now." She said and sprinted off, while Leo's chuckled could be heard. 

....

Everything slowly began to fall into place. 

Leo later accepted the invitation of the press about the whole situation. 

He was interviewed about the reason behind his residence attack, which he hadn't planned to keep a secret any longer. 

By letting the truth out, it saved him the query about where his uncle disappeared to. 

They might even be wondering if the person that targeted Leo had managed to get the man as well.

He revealed the truth behind it to the media and they were shocked. 

The netizen wondered why someone could be so cruel and just like that, even if the man escaped from prison, it's either they stone him to death or got shunned by the society. 

They were even surprised that Leo only locked him up. What he did required him to be hanged. 

What a kind hearted man. They thought. 

…...

Alex, who was Jerry's son, could be seen reading the newspaper by the side of the road. 

He borrowed it after realizing that Leo was attacked and a certain uncle was behind it. 

His face remained emotionless. 

He shrugged his shoulders, before tossing the paper aside. "Seems like uncle won." He said and walked away. 

…..

Leo and Clara's relationship didn't progress much, after the last time Belle ruined their kiss. 

It was either Leo was very busy when Clara was free, or Clara had travelled for her modelling work, when Leo was free. 

They both have Important things they are stabilising in their life. 

While Leo was flushing out the rotten eggs associated with his uncle and busy replacing them with capable workers, same as different collaboration offers that needed his full focus, Clara was cool with earning money. 

Even though she could get whatever she wanted from Leo, she felt emotionally attached to working, due to how she wasn't facing foul issues like she used to, before. 

To top it all for Leo, he kept having nightmares about how he killed those boys. He couldn't sleep much, which was beginning to affect him.

He's becoming thinner and drained and kept working his butt out to get those memories from hunting him.

Despite the whole business, they make sure to talk on the phone and chat with each other. 

Each time he chatted with Clara, he pretended to be okay and claimed he was very busy with work.

Clara who was also not the romantic type of girl did not find anything wrong with their relationship, since they message each other and talk on the phone.

She was also very busy with work, the products she modelled for, are one of the best sales in the market.

She refused to get interviewed or sign a proper contract with the company, which bothers her employer, as there are other companies trying to poach her to their side.

She was just a freelance. 

They ask for Clara's opinion on it, and she replies to them that she won't leave them unless the other company offers a more alluring salary.

She meant what she said, because who cares? 

It wasn't as if she was emotionally attached to the company. She was just satiating the hurt on her ego for struggling to keep her jobs in the past. 

They took her words seriously. 

They increased her salary after, but still felt that the only way to be assured of her stay, is by making her sign a contract with them.

That way, she won't be able to leave with another company.

Clara flatly refused their offers, she wasn't even using any of the skin products she modelled for, they are just fooling the world.

She still recalled the day she met the man that Introduced her to this job. He was a photographer. 

A funny one, to be exact. 

The man complimented her nonstop and talked about how her skin will glow brighter under his camera. 

He was even more funny for his lame joke, but since he mentioned that he could help Clara earn without stress and all she had to do was pose for a photograph, she agreed.