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Chapter 3

Meanwhile, on the ceiling of the building, Ruby was trying hard to maintain her balance. She was shaking, afraid and panicked. But more than that, she was much more worried about Leo, who had to face dozens of armed people.

"Oh God, please save Leo." She thought.

She tried to crawl towards the place where Leo was involved in a fight with the assassins. Hiler eyes looked far below, where she saw Leo hiding behind a wall while the three assassins were looking for him.

"Leo?" She shouted in his heart. Ruby wanted to cry, she was sure that sooner or later they would find Leo's hiding place.

"What is that idiot doing there?" She muttered irritably. She saw Leo thinking and in her hand she was holding a gun.

Bang...

Without warning, Leo immediately jumped out and fired a shot straight into the chest of one of them.

"Aaargh..." The man who was shot screamed before falling to the ground.

Leo immediately used the opportunity to run and hide from one pillar to another. However, the remaining two people immediately launched multiple counterattacks at him.

Bang...bang...bang...bang...

They aimed four shots at Leo who was hiding. Seeing this terrifying appearance, Ruby almost screamed. She thought that one of the shots hit Leo.

"Leo?"

Tears welled up in her eyes. Her body was shaking and she couldn't hide her fear. From where she was, she couldn't see Leo who was hiding behind the wall. She could only hope that Leo was okay. But seeing how the two men started to walk carefully towards the place where Leo was hiding, it made her even more panicked.

"It looks like he was hit by a gunshot. I hope it put a hole in his heart, that way we can get out of here quickly-"

Bang...

Leo slipped out and immediately shot the man in the head. His last colleague was shocked and tried to return Leo's fire.

"Damn you, Leo...! I never thought you were this smart. But look, soon I'll shoot you in the head! I know you've run out of bullets, right? Hahaha..."

The man laughed out loud, he knew that reinforcements would come for him soon. But he wanted to complete this task alone.

Leo, who was aware that the man would soon find him and kill him, tried to think hard about how he could escape immediately. There were no more bullets left in his gun and now he had to endure the pain in his left arm which was injured by the gunshot.

The man's steps got closer and he prepared to point his gun straight at Leo's head.

"You're dead!"

Bang...

"Leo...!"

Ruby's hands trembled, the gun in her hand fell to the floor. She saw a man fallen, covered in blood. In front of the man, Leo sat down, looking at her with a bitter look.

Ruby's tears flowed, she couldn't believe that she would do it again to save the life of a friend who was very precious to her.

Leo's chest rumbled, the blood on his arm seeped onto his shirt. He got up and limped over to Ruby, who was frozen in silence. Leo immediately grabbed Ruby's body and hugged her.

"I'm sorry, Ruby. I'm so sorry!"

"You okay? You're hurt, Leo! Your hand-"

"I'm fine, really! Why did you do that, hmm?" Leo touched Ruby's face with his bloodied hand. He didn't expect that Ruby would save his life again.

Leo kissed her, hugged her while enduring the pain of the bullet piercing his flesh. He was really afraid that something bad would happen to the woman he loved more than anything.

"Let's go before they come to this place!"

"There is more?"

"Most likely, that's why we have to leave immediately!" He said as he took Ruby's hand, guiding her to find a safe exit.

"Wait, Leo! Your blood is flowing, we have to do something!"

"There's no time for that, we have to-"

"Leo, please! Don't make me feel any worse. I don't want to lose you, I don't want to!"

Leo felt a pain that was much stronger in his heart than the wound from being hit by a bullet when he saw Ruby crying because of him. He felt like he was useless trash who could only make the person most important to him worry.

He decided to give in and let Ruby do something about her wound. Ruby tore her skirt and wrapped Leo's arms with pieces of cloth from her skirt. At least this could slow down the blood flow for a while until they could leave this place.

Leo continued to look at Ruby's face, he no longer felt pain when he was with this woman. But every time the strong desire to have Ruby arises, he feels unworthy of it.

"Ruby, I-"

"Don't say anything and don't apologize! You've always caused me trouble for a long time, so what's the point of apologizing?"

The sentence that sounded cynical was actually a sign of her soft heart. Ruby smiled, he knew that Ruby would always treat him as a naughty and troublesome little boy.

"I want you to know that I love you more and more."

"Save your love and take me away from here!"

"Okay, ma'am!"

They immediately left after finding a door which was originally closed by wood. This appears to be one of the doors to this abandoned building. From this place, they could hear the sound of police car sirens.

Leo, who was aware that the police might be targeting him, tried to get away from this place as quickly as possible. In front of a small alley, he saw a very familiar car parked. He brought Ruby to the car and immediately opened the car door.

"Leo, what are you-"

"Shhh...come on in!" Leo said, forcing her to immediately get into the car where it turned out there were already two men sitting in the driver's seat.

"Go, hurry!" Leo gave instructions to leave immediately. A man dressed in black sitting next to the driver glanced through the car window.

"What happened?" The man asked. From his behavior, it was clear he was panicked by the situation Leo was experiencing.

"Tch, damn it! That bastard Antonius won't be satisfied until he kills me!"

"I told you, it's best not to come back to Las Vegas for a while. Why do you keep coming back?"

"I can't entrust the casino completely to Hendrick. He has already stolen two million dollars for reasons that don't make sense. If I didn't remember that he was one of the people who supported me from the start, I would have killed him!" Leo said. The aura felt terrifying. Ruby, who was sitting next to him, could only remain silent as if she couldn't believe the figure of Leo that she had just found out about.

Casino? Two million dollars? And the man named Hendrick who Leo wanted to eliminate, to her this sounded very scary. Ruby held her own hands to hide her anxiety and Leo quickly noticed.

Leo held Ruby's hand, that way he hoped that Ruby would know that everything would be okay and whatever happened he would definitely protect her.

After 30 minutes of travel, the car they were riding in entered the courtyard of a very luxurious mansion. Ruby who was looking through the car window, was very, very dumbfounded.

The two men sitting in front came out, as did Leo, so she could only follow. Seeing the unbelievable situation around her, she couldn't help but ask Leo.

"Leo, where is this? Why are we here?"

"This is my mansion, for the time being you have to stay here until everything is safe."


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