Chapter 223 - (Sonya and Tim) Hey! I know you!

"When did you return?" Leo asked Belle, but Clara had already run towards her and hugged her tightly.

Oh yeah! She just helped her with Sonya. Leo thought.

Even though it was obvious Sonya only said that and didn't mean it, she might still later come around because of it.

There are times when we want to go back but would need something to use as an excuse, to escape a few things.

That few things that Sonya might stubbornly use as an excuse could be the act of the little princess a while ago.

He moved closer to them and patted her head. Clara pulled back and Leo picked her up.

"Thank you, honey." He said and she hugged his neck.

"I'm happy that you're safe. I didn't follow Brother Mike because I was worried that you will get in danger again." She explained, knowing that the topic would still be brought up.

"What did I do to deserve such an angel?" Leo asked and he ran his hand through her hair and kissed her forehead.

Clara felt her heart warmed at the scene, even though she was having a few things going on in her head.

The two look so good together and one wouldn't doubt it if you said he gave birth to her.

His head snapped to look at Clara and reached out his left arm.

A drop of tears escaped her eyes as she slowly moved closer to them and rested her head on his shoulder while his hand sn.a.k.e.d around her waist.

"Everything is fine now. She would come around and when she did, everything that happened would be nothing but a dream. 

We will be at peace." He assured and smiled at the warmth radiating from both of them. They have turned out to be 2 of the most important being on earth to him.

....

Leo could be seen in his office with his gaze frosty. His mind was not in what he was doing. 

His eyes snapped towards the direction of the entrance to his office as the sound of the door opening reached his ear.

Mike stepped in and he quickly got up on his feet. "So?" He asked.

"Sir, she is in a hospital." Mike, Leo's assistant said to him. 

Leo frowned slightly, "hospital?" He asked.

"She got drugged that night and slept with some group of boys. Her arm got twisted in the process and she didn't take care of it early, so it got worse." Mike explained.

"What!" Leo exclaimed.

"She passed out at her home and a friend of hers called the ambulance." Mike added.

Sharon had been having a hard time accepting what happened to her and didn't use the medicine prescribed nor stop crying. Everything affects her a lot and it gots out of hand.

"It's okay, you can leave." Leo said, and Mike walked out of his office.

Leo frowned, because he didn't like the fact that he didn't get to deal with Sharon himself. 

And also, he didn't like the punishment she got. She's a woman and the event will traumatise her life.

He pondered over it for a while. Drugged?

How did Sharon end up taking the drink meant for god knows who, aside from Clara?

Leo thought and there's only one person he could link it to. 

He picked up his phone and dialled Ella's number. He believed that she might know something.

She will know something. As a matter of fact. 

She picked the call at first beep.

"A soft chuckle escaped her lips immediately she picked the call. She was already expecting his call.

It's either he wanted to find out if she was alright since she also took a drink from the club or knew that she wasn't that dumb to get drugged and just called to ask a question.

"Do you know about what happened to Sharon?" Leo asked immediately that his call got connected. 

"I don't know, and I don't wanna know." Ella replied sharply.

"Whatever happens to her, she brought it upon herself. At least she's alive. If her plan had succeeded, she would be dead now anyway." Ella replied.

"Ella, that's too far. She's a woman." Leo said.

"What's your problem? What did I do? I only trick her to take the drink she prepared, and stop pretending like you will spare her if she really made Tim sleep with your woman." Ella replied. 

"Killing her is better than what happened to her." Leo replied. If that was Sharon's plan and she succeeded, Leo knew that she would kill her with his own hands.

He would have done it before regaining his senses.

Ella: "..."

Ella was dumbfounded for a while before bursting into laughter. "Seriously? You wanted to kill her? Here I thought you were being nice. I'm even starting to wonder if you are still into her." She said.

"That is if her plan had succeeded. It didn't, so I would only lock her up

Moreover, why didn't you stop her when you knew what she planned?" Leo asked.

"Hello! Blame your girlfriend for that, I had my suspicions and tried to ruin the game earlier, but your babe interfered, claiming I'm taking things too personal." Ella replied.

Leo was about to reply to what she said when Ella remembered something and spoke up.

"You just had your first s.e.x, how was it? Do you regret your remaining chaste all this while?"

Leo began to cough nonstop after her question, because he wasn't expecting her to ask such a question. 

"You really don't know what shouldn't be asked, do you?" Leo asked after clearing his throat.

"You really did it! Congratulations dude, you just became a man." Ella said, laughing at him. She could imagine his expression at the other end of the phone.

He must be blushing hard.

"Get lost!" Leo said and ended the call.

"Wait till I come pay you a visit" Ella said grinning. There is no way she would let him get away. 

"This will be fun." She thought.

...

After the incident, things went peacefully the following days. It was like magic but it did happen.

Just like that, the demon lord died at his own game. Clara was still not able to forgive herself, but with Leo's pet talks, she calmed a little.

A week went by.

It was late at night at a certain town, inside a big clubbing house.

The place bubbled in delight as lots of people could be seen relieving their stress through drinking and dancing, while some just came to chill.

Among those people who happened to be running away from their thoughts with alcohol was Sonya.

She could be seen drinking at the club of the hotel she is staying after leaving the country to clear her head. She still couldn't get over all that had happened. 

She was dressed simply in a fitted blue jean and a white top. Her hair styled in a ponytail and face was makeup free.

She just stepped away from her room to have a drink like she had been doing since she arrived.

Her eyes caught the sight of a beautiful man sitting at a certain spot with the spaces beside him empty.

It looks like he paid for that space. His hair was looking disheveled with a few parts falling to grace his forehead.

A wine cup in his hand, which he constantly sipped in an elegant and attractive manner.

Timothy, who had also lied about going on a business trip, was drinking his ass out as well, at the same club, and was the beautiful man that Sonya noticed.

He finally accepted that Clara can never be his, but it's hard, because his heart hurt so much.

Clara could have just said the word Sharon dared her to say, it's just a game anyway, but she chose to drink, he couldn't stop his head from replaying the scene.

It makes him feel jealous and sad like it was more than a game.

Everything was going smoothly for his friends and he's happy for them….. He should be happy for them and that was what he planned on doing.

He needed to get Clara out of his head but it was not an easy feat.

Sonya kept staring at Tim for a while, before standing up and began walking toward where he was.

Ever since his demonic deliverance, she still felt her senses very sharp and noticed something easily, same as hearing what people are discussing from a decent distance.

It happened a lot on the first day and the second but had reduced. She told herself that she knew this man.

There's this familiar feeling enveloping her sense when she look at him.

Where? Where? Where? She muttered as she moved closer to him.

Now I know! She thought

Getting there, "hey! I know you." She said pointing her index finger at him.

She was drunk, but not too drunk to recall how she has tried to change her mood all because of Tim's good look then, before her smudged make up ruined everything.