The most important thing right now was to find Leo before Lance found out.
I knocked on his study room‘s door a few times.
But no one responded.
I was disappointed. I was about to leave but Leo suddenly appeared and asked, “Are you looking for me, Jennie?
I showed him the smile I practiced earlier.
“I just want to see you, Leo. But I didn‘t mean to bother you, I will leave
now.”
I said and lowered my head to walk away but he suddenly held my shoulder to stop me. It hurts a lot that I couldn‘t stop myself from gasping.
“What happened?” He asked.
“It hurts.”
He quickly pulled my shirt down and revealed the fingerprints on my shoulder. It was Lance‘s fingerprints, he left it when we had a make–out session the night before.
“What happened?”
He asked loudly and let go of me. He is an adult; he knew what happened.
But he is a gentleman; I believed that he wouldn‘t do this to a woman.
I quickly shushed him and shook my head, “It‘s okay. I am used to it now.”
Leo Mason looked at my swollen face and he looked sorry.
“Does it hurt?”
“It doesn‘t hurt at all! I am used to it.” I smiled.
I wanted him to know that this wasn‘t the first time his brother hit me, I needed to let him know that Lance hit me habitually.
I nodded while smiling bitterly, “You are right, it‘s all my fault then. I deserved to be hit. I shouldn‘t have said anything when people were humiliating me. I know where my place is in this
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