Love My Friends with Benefits novel Chapter 42

He'd bit me right where my wound was. It hurt like hell, and it was probably bleeding.

I trembled in pain and exclaimed, "You b*stard!"

"I've never claimed to be a saint."

Leonard looked up, a trace of blood on his lips. The dim lights made him look slightly devilish yet domineering. He let me go and said, "Queena, I have the upper hand. I can end our deal at any time, but what about you?"

I really wanted to be tough and tell him that I could, too.

However, I swallowed the words that were right on the tip of my tongue.

Phoebe and Gail were plotting something against me, and Bell hated my guts. I had to stay as far away from the Jones family as possible at a time like this.

Bell had been furious earlier, but he hadn't explicitly said that he wouldn't be seeing Grandma anymore. The Jones family had to continue pretending to be a loving family in front of Leonard.

I couldn't take the risk. I was nothing but a normal human being and I knew how important it was to stay alive.

After thinking things over for a long time, I silently turned to leave.

I could see from the reflection on the elevator doors that Leonard had a lit cigarette between his fingers.

He didn't take a drag of it. He just watched me silently, making me feel uncomfortable.

The elevator was finally here. I hurried into it, almost fleeing.

Behind me, Leonard said faintly, "I won't be visiting your grandmother from today onwards."

I didn't have the time or mood to dissect his words.

Just because Leonard wouldn't visit Grandma, it didn't mean that he wouldn't see Bell and his family. I didn't know what he wanted to express.

...

When I got home, I threw my bag onto the floor and flopped onto the bed.

As I lay on the bed, I felt so blissful that I almost moaned. I wanted to stretch.

Unexpectedly, the moment I stretched out an arm, pain shot through my shoulder.

...

I screeched and my face twisted with pain. I slowly turned to look at my shoulder.

The blood had already dried on my shoulder, making my clothes stick to the wound.

...

I hissed painfully and ripped my clothes off.

It was better to suffer through a short moment of pain than to prolong it.

The pain almost smothered me. My hatred and disgust, or perhaps even fear of Leonard deepened.

The old me had been upset over him ending things with me and I had been unwilling for him to be with Phoebe. However, the new me wished for nothing more.

How things could change in an instant.

...

My phone suddenly started ringing.

I suppressed the pain and answered it. "Hello?"

Aunt Nancy sounded joyful. "Queena, your father said that he won't be coming anymore!"

I was taken aback. "Huh?"

"Bell told me to hire a caretaker," Aunt Nancy explained. "He said that he'd be busy with work and wouldn't be visiting your grandmother anymore. You can come to see her every day!"

Bell was busy? What a joke.

I sneered and exposed Bell's lie immediately. "Is it because Leonard said that he wouldn't be visiting Grandma anymore?"

Since Leonard wouldn't be visiting Grandma, there was no need for Bell to put on a show.

"How'd you know about that?" Aunt Nancy's tone changed immediately.