Chapter 3
Author: Eg. Martina
last update2024-06-04 09:35:43

Leon was surprised to see the girl he was holding fall to the ground, her knees cut and bleeding.

"Hey, are you okay?" Leon looked down and sat on his haunches to see Celine whimpering in pain as the torn skirt showing her smooth thighs caused Leon to turn his face away.

"Aw, that hurts!"

Celine whimpered in pain at the sight of her injured knee, but Alex's bodyguards began to approach, making Celine anxious and stunned as she stood up, forgetting her pain, she really didn't want to be arrested again after her long hair had been cut short by the criminals.

“Shall we run again? The guards are getting closer."

Leon grinned at Celine's eagerness to get away from the criminals.

"Well, you're so eager to escape, even though your leg is hurt?"

"I don't want to be tortured by them anymore," Celine said sullenly.

"Okay.”

Celine ran with a limp leg while carrying her heels, making Leon feel sorry for her as she tried to hide from the guards' pursuit,

"How about we hide and rest in a safe place, seeing your condition it seems like a good idea," Leon said as he stopped his steps at a children's playground.

There was a sand dune with a cave where the children could hide.

"Let's hide here.”

Leon entered the cave where the children used to hide, making sure of its condition before Celine entered.

"How is it safe?" Celine said while frowning, actually she really wanted to rest after running far enough, she gasped several times while enduring the pain in her legs.

When Leon invited her to rest, she was actually very grateful that her suffering from pain was finally reduced a bit. Besides, the night was getting late and it was almost dawn, the cold night air began to feel in Celine's throat, who was wearing only a work shirt and a miniskirt. Occasionally she shrugged her shoulders and wrapped her arms around herself to feel the chill of the night.

Hurry up and get in, it's safe enough!"

Celine hesitantly entered the cave, but what can you do when this is the only place that is safe for her right now.

Leon turns on his cell phone light to illuminate the cave, which looks pretty dark.

He looked at Celine who was sitting on her injured leg, she knew Leon was looking at her so she looked away several times to avoid looking at each other.

"What's your name?"

Leon said to start the conversation so it wouldn't be awkward.

"Celine.”

Leon nodded his head slowly, he thought it was a pretty good name for a woman,

"I'm Leon!"

Celine smiled slightly as she bowed her head, it seemed awkward being just the two of them in the cave, two strangers meeting.

Suddenly, some of Alex's bodyguards came and looked around the garden, causing Celine to be surprised and almost scream in fear.

"There they are!”

But Leon immediately closed Celine's mouth, which finally made their eyes stare at each other. Celine and Leon's hearts were racing at that moment. But Celine brushed it off, she didn't want to fall in love with Leon, a young man who looked like a tramp with shabby clothes and a hick appearance.

Unlike Celine, who looks perfect with a beautiful face, fair skin and a young director, no young man can resist Celine's charms, even though she is the belle of the ball in Willten Hill at the moment.

Alex's bodyguard checks the children's playground, he seems to check every corner in the area until he checks the cave they are currently occupying.

There's no way they could have gotten away that fast, they've got to be around here," said a bodyguard, Alex, speaking to his friend in a loud voice.

"Alright, try to check the playground area, I'll check the other areas.

"Alright," the bodyguard said as he checked carefully.

It was time for the bodyguard to check the cave where Celine and Leon were hiding. Leon turned off his cell phone light to trick the bodyguard into not getting suspicious. The bodyguard began to start looking into the area inside the cave, so as not to be caught Leon turned his body wearing a black shirt to cover Celine in front of the cave so that when viewed from the outside to the inside there was no visible person hiding in the cave.

A look of fear crossed Leon's face, even though he was responsible for Celine's safety and for himself to be free from the guards, the cave was indeed very narrow, only enough to accommodate two people. However, the cave was warm enough to get through the cold night.

"Looks like they're not in this cave either!"

The bodyguard shouted as he looked into the cave, and after confirming this, he immediately left the children's playground.

Leon and Celine let out a long sigh as they finally survived the bodyguard's ambush, relief radiating from Leon's face.

"Hmmm, thank God, we're safe!"

Leon returned to his position pointing his body to the edge of the cave and turned on his cell phone light again.

But water was dripping towards Celine inside the cave, perhaps the water was a puddle that had soaked into the ground, causing the water to drip and soak Celine's shirt inside the cave.

"My shirt is wet, why didn't I notice?”

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