"Shawn, no!"
Brian exclaimed.
But it was too late.
The gun had already been fired and it was aimed directly at Molly. Brian quickly turned around instinctively and jerked Molly aside, who was completely numb with terror in her enlarged eyes. The bullet swished past her ear and with a thud, hit the plane behind her, making a terrible rebound sound.
All that happened in the blink of an eye.
Molly just stood there. Her body shivered violently because of the sudden horror. After a month of 'getting along' with Brian, she thought she had become accustomed to such things. But apparently she was not. The moment the bullet flew past her ear, she almost lost consciousness; she felt as if her blood had frozen in fear.
Brian was enraged, in a manner so strong and intense that he did not even realize it himself. His brows knotted, anxious to know if Molly was hurt. After making sure that she had dodged the bullet, he turned furiously towards Shawn, who was standing there with his gun in one hand, staring at them with his sinister, amorous eyes. "How dare you?" Brian asked furiously.
"I hate being treated like a woman. I hate it more than anything else!" Shawn was middle-aged and unlike other men his age, he looked extraordinary feminine- a feminine beauty that penetrated his every motion and expression. At first, he thought that as he grew up, this beauty would diminish gradually with the wheels of time. But it didn't. In fact, he looked more demure and prettier than ever. It was also why Shirley made fun of him from time to time and made it unbearable for him.
Brian knew him well. Shawn could tolerate Shirley's mocking and his taunting, but that did not mean that he would tolerate others who did the same, not even Aunt Yuri.
Molly looked pale as she regained consciousness; her delicate face was suffused with a terrifying ignition. Shawn looked coldly at Molly, and deftly revolved the gun on his palm and put it away. With a sinister look on his face, he advanced slowly towards her. Molly instinctively retreated a step backwards. But knowing that she had not done anything wrong, she stepped forward again and stood her ground.
Both Brian and Shawn were astounded by her action. They looked at her in surprise.
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