All of a sudden, a person popped up in Heather’s mind—Caleb Moriarty. Is it possible that this has something to do with him? But there’s no reason for him to do such a thing since it will only degrade his status. Besides, why would he want to do that?
She dismissed the thought quickly but her phone chose that moment to ring. Not harboring any hope, she quickly opened the text.
‘Please don’t misunderstand. I’m here to protect you.’
Looking at the text, she furrowed her brows and for some inexplicable reason, she had the urge to kill this man because of his tone.
As she held back the rage inside her heart, she sent a text over. ‘I think that I’m already safe, so I don’t need anyone’s protection. If you continue to stalk me, I will call the police.’ This is the first time I’ve heard someone saying that he is stalking me in such a delightful manner. He is obviously spying on me, so how dare he say that it is for my protection?
‘If you think that calling the police will work, feel free to do so.’ The other party’s disdainful tone was obvious through the text message.
Heather looked at the text coldly and she replied after giving it some thought. ‘Since you are so confident with yourself, why don’t you tell me who you are?’
She only wanted to know who the person was. Through their conversation over text, she felt that the person was probably bluffing because the tone felt immature.
However, she didn’t receive any replies afterward, so she stared at her phone for a long while without moving. Instead, she noticed a notification from her Messenger. It turned out that Leon had sent a text to her a long time ago but she hadn’t noticed it thus far.
He now sent another text to her, so she opened her Messenger. When she opened the app to read his messages, she realized that he had sent a bunch of cute emojis to her except for one line of words. ‘Have you reached home yet?’
I almost forgot! When I said goodbye to him, I promised to text him the moment I got home, but I didn’t let him know till now.
‘I just got home’. She replied to him straight after.
On the other end, Leon looked at his phone, his expression confused. Did she walk back home? Why did she get back home so late?
Therefore, he thought that she had listened to his suggestion and went to find Matthias. ‘Did you go and find Matthias?’
‘Please use your brain.’ Heather immediately rolled her eyes as she grumbled to herself, He really has a rich imagination.
‘Then why did you get back home so late? Did you come across a pervert?’ He teased her.
Looking at the word ‘pervert’ in his text, she replied, ‘You’re right.’
The person who sent me the text is definitely the same person who followed me. After reading the person’s text, Heather was certain that he was a pervert.
However, Leon wasn’t worried at all as he had witnessed her explosive power before. ‘Did you beat him up?’
I’ve seen her fighting five strong men on her own. She is simply not an ordinary girl.
Even though Leon looked muscular, it was actually Heather who was protecting him. After that time, he completely fell in love with her. How could there be such an awesome girl in this world?
‘I didn’t see the person.’ Heather texted gloomily. If I find out who the person is, I’ll definitely give him a good beating. Somehow, I feel that I’m being fooled by someone.
After a series of strange events, she didn’t have a clue as to who the person was. She had mentally gone through all the possible suspects and in the end, she came up with a theory of her own.
‘Is there really such a pervert?’ Initially, Leon was a little sleepy but after listening to her, he suddenly became awake and he sent a video call request to her straight away.
Looking at the request, she considered whether to accept it or not. Leon has a talent for finding people. Maybe it will help if I talk to him.
After accepting his video call, Leon’s entire face immediately showed up on her screen. It’s such a Leon move to put his phone so close to his face.
“Heather, you can just tell me everything.” At the moment, he was only wearing a red muscle shirt, which made him look very inviting indeed.
Heather could tell that he was about to sleep by the looks of his outfit and occasional glimpses of his pants. When did he like to gossip this much? Doesn’t he usually sleep very early? Looks like he is all fired up as soon as he hears the pervert.
“Nothing much. Are you feeling bored lately?” Suddenly, she felt sorry for him. Leon has been in a mess lately while following me, and it stopped him from studying the various local business forces.
“Heather, you were the one who picked this place for me to stay,” he complained. There’s nothing at all in this remote place. There isn’t even a girl for me to flirt with.
“If you don’t like it, you can always move.” The reason she chose that place back then was because of its environment. Even though it was situated in a remote area, it was quite a peaceful community.
After considering it for a while, Leon shook his head. “There’s no need for that. Even though this place is really remote, it isn’t all that bad.”
Just like that, Heather discreetly changed the subject of their conversation and started chatting with him about the community there. When the both of them were beginning to feel sleepy, he finally remembered as to why he video called her in the first place.
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