Leo looked at Melissa with a mixture of surprise and disappointment. She was obviously not happy about marrying this guy but she was still going ahead with it. "Why? I honestly thought you had some integrity. Why would you be doing this simply for connections" Leo asked with reproach in his voice."I didn't come here to be judged Leo and I'll appreciate it very much if you just respected me and not try to make me feel any worse than I do right now" Melissa said to him."Alright, alright, but if you wanted someone who would hide the facts and sugarcoat the truth then you shouldn't have come to me" Leo said as he laid off on reproaching her."I know, this was a big mistake" she said as she stood up to leave but a thin piece of paper beautifully designed with red and gold colours fell out of her handbag and Leo was at her side to pick it up in a heartbeat."A wedding invitation? Wait, so you were going to leave here without giving me this?" Leo looked at her in shock."Your presence at
Leo walked into his hotel room tired as ever and flopped onto his sofa like a log of wood. He was now occupying two major positions of power; vice president of the Jones Corporation and CEO of LD Allied.He had to make decisions for both companies and it was wearing him down. He forced himself off the sofa and managed to remove his tie and suit jacket before collapsing into the king sized bed. He thought over the events of the day and went through all the happenings categorically in his head but his weary body soon convinced him into deep sleep and he slept comfortably through the night until a slight knock on his door woke him up. He jumped off the bed as his paranoia levels have been insane since Arthur sent those assassins after him. He pulled out a small knife from out of a book on his bedside table and creeped towards the door.He got to the door and hid behind it for a while until he heard the soft knock again then he quickly opened it and rushed out with his knife poised to st
"No!" Leo yelled as he felt for a pulse. The bullet had struck him in the in the chest and with Leo's expert medical knowledge he could tell that it had hit the heart. There was nothing he could do at that moment to save Mr Jones from certain death but he didn't want to acknowledge that."Aaah!" He yelled in fury and then he heard the sound of footsteps clattering away in a hurry. He could hear police sirens around but that didn't stop him. He leaped over cars and cut corners as he chased down the shooter with murderous intent.The shooter was a slightly heavy man and he stood no chance in the world against Leo and he dived straight and struck him in the back. They both fell over and rolled for a split second before Leo was back on his case.He wrapped his strong arms around the shooters neck and began to squeeze with his anger in full display as he roared."Step away from him and put your hands in the air!!" He heard a shouted command come from a powerful voice behind him."Get away
"David?" Helen asked in shock as the police officer took a few steps closer to her.He was a handsome tall man with tanned skin and black hair and his sunglasses with gold rims added a lot more to his appeal. He spoke to her in a warm and friendly manner. "Helen, wow it's been what? Five or six years since I saw you last. I'm so sorry about your grandfather, he was a good man and he didn't deserve to be-""Don't give me that shit David, who shot Leo?" She recovered her composure and anger smoothly but she couldn't hide how uncomfortable she felt about the whole situation."Well, Helen, I did but there was a good reason for it" He answered her after he got some distance between them. He knew they had a not entirely pleasurable history and he wasn't about to give the most powerful woman in the city a reason to come for his head."What?!" Helen glared at him with obvious murderous intent but she took a few deep breaths to calm herself down and clear her head."Give me one reason I should
"Dead or arrested?!" Damon asked in shock."Yeah, all dead except five who are currently in police custody" Johnson replied in a downcast tone."How is that possible?" Lex asked in shock. "If they arrested anyone for killing Jones I should have heard of it by now""They said it was Leonardo Dubois who foiled most of the attacks and subdued most of them before one last one managed to shoot at Jones. He was in the process of strangling the shooter to death when he was shot by the police who arrived at the scene and he is currently in surgery at the hospital" Johnson said this time in anger. He had given the assassins an incredible sum as down payment and then they were killed and arrested. He hated wasting money even more than he hated Jones."We have to get them quiet because if they are questioned then they may implicate you Johnson""I know. Lex can you arrange for the prisoners to be transported to another prison and I'll make sure they never see tomorrow" Johnson replied."What abo
Leo frowned as the white flourescent bulb above his hospital bed. He blinked once and blinked again before he could get his eyes adjusted to the new light. He turned away from the bulb and tried to roll off the bed but he failed as pain shot through his body."Damn" he cursed as he fought through the blinding pain."You know, for a minute there you had me start thinking you were immortal and then you spend a whole day in an Intensive Care Unit for one single bullet wound" Helen said to him with smile from the side of his bed as he groaned in pain."Helen, how are you doing?" He asked with concern and sadness in his voice as he looked at her."Don't" she replied while closing her eyes."Don't what?" Leo asked in confusion."Don't look at me with pity, I don't want to be pitied" she said with conviction as she opened her eyes back."I'm sorry" Leo said as he sat up in his head again while fighting all the sensations in his body."Promise me one thing Leo" Helen said in a shaky voice."
Leo stood under the rain without an umbrella as the undertakers placed Mr Jones' casket gently into his grave. The affair was grand and every one of any real influence was at the funeral. Leo could spot musicians, movie stars, business men, heirs, athletes et cetera all littered around.He watched from afar as Helen threw in a shovel of dirt while crying before letting others do the same. Leo had refused to pour dirt but he had joined the undertakers to carry the casket most of the way.Helen didn't have an umbrella over her head either and she shivered for some time under the rain before David swooped in and offered her his coat and held his umbrella over her head. She smiled at him which made Leo slightly angry. Her grandfather was barely in the ground and she was smiling with the guy who used her to blackmail him into getting him his job back.Leo shook off his anger though and began heading back to his car to escape the rain. He was halfway to his car when he heard the footsteps c
Leo and Kyrian stood under the tree watching solemnly as the funeral ended and everyone got into their cars to head for the reception at the Jones Family Mansion. Leo couldn't help but notice that Helen car was being driven by David but he chose not to give it much thought.'We aren't married to each other and she's a big girl. She can do what she wants' he reassured himself in his mind as he watched her convoy drive away."Mr Dubois tell me what makes you think your side can come out on top in the coming events?" Kyrian asked as soon as there was no one else left in the private cemetery which belonged to the Jones Family."That's a tricky question but I don't feel obligated to answer it" Leo replied him not willing to give out information about their strategies to the enemy."If we were playing chess and Helen Jones was the Kinh?, what chess piece do you think you would be? Because there can't be two kings on the same side of one chess board" Kyrian asked again but Leo already knew h