Leanna smiled when she saw how hard Charlotte tried to explain herself. "Alright, now. Dinner will be ready soon. Louis, come to the kitchen and help me."
"Kay." Louis nodded.
Watching them walk toward the kitchen, Charlotte, who felt alive again, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zoe was beside Charlotte when she thought she should lighten the mood so that Charlotte wouldn't feel too awkward. Quickly, she started to talk to Daphne about what happened on the internet these days.
At the same time in the kitchen, Leanna passed Louis a potato for him to peel.
When Louis went to get a knife, Leanna abruptly asked, "Did you meet Theodore?"
Louis jolted to a pause before promptly answering her. "I didn't."
"How did your face get injured, then?"
"It's got nothing to do with him."
Leanna glanced at the living room as she slowly mentioned, "Daphne asked me about this. We may have to discuss it over dinner. Are you sure you don't want to tell me the truth?"
He stood there without a word for a few seconds before turning around to peel the potatoes. In a way, he was admitting to it despite not saying anything.
Leanna wanted to ask him if he hit Theodore, but the answer to her question was clearly on Louis' face.
Instead, she asked, "Where is Theodore now?"
"The hospital."
"Not bad. He wrote a letter of apology even though he is in the hospital. That means he's still alive."
Louis only quietly lowered his head.
Leanna asked again, "But how did you know where to find him?"
"I met him once before. He went to the underground parking lot after I gave him a call."
"He didn't bring any bodyguards with him or call the police?"
"Keaton was there as well."
Leanna stayed quiet for a moment. "So, you guys ganged up on him?"
Except for Louis, Keaton and those other subordinates were all in their 20s and 30s. It was hard for her to imagine men of their age doing something like a group fight.
Even though Theodore deserved a beating, Leanna wasn't an advocate of such a method.
"No, I was the only one who threw hands."
When Theodore went to the underground garage yesterday, he was punched before he could see where Louis was.
His pride as a man must have fueled him when he called about how insulting it was when he was in that one-sided fight a few days ago.
Theodore's bodyguards immediately stepped forward to stop Louis, but Theodore raised a hand to signal them to leave it to him.
He then took off his coat and swung his fists as he approached Louis. Clearly, he wanted to put up a good fight to get back the dignity that he lost.
He could somewhat fight back at first, but by the end of it, he was pathetically shielding his head with both arms.
Louis threw mean and accurate punches. Almost every strike was aimed at where Theodore had the weakest defenses.
His voice was icy when he reminded Theodore, "I warned you. Don't get ideas about her."
Theodore couldn't even utter one complete sentence as he continuously groaned.
His bodyguards wanted to step forward when they saw this, but a few people appeared out of nowhere and stopped them.
Keaton quickly pulled the enraged Louis away from Theodore. "Hey, hey. That's enough. You're going to kill him if you keep at it."
That was how Theodore managed to stay alive.
Seeing the gloomy and ruthless look in the young man's eyes, Theodore really thought for a few seconds there that he was so close to knocking on hell's door. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't afraid.
As his bodyguards helped him up, he coughed and threatened Louis that he would call the police.
Keaton stepped forward with a phone in his hand right then. "Mr. Frost, President Presgrave would like a word with you."
Leanna had an idea of what exactly happened when Louis got to this part of the story. It was no wonder Jonathan didn't know anything when Daphne asked him.
Keaton must have known something was going to happen when Louis decided to confront Theodore. That's why he followed Louis and told Aidan about it.
It's no wonder Aidan wanted me to "pay up" before he told me anything. It's quite… interesting.
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