Chapter 225: The Life Of A Hitman

"What? What did you say? What danger?"

"My husband and his men have been making plans for a long time to kill Leo. But they never succeeded because Leo was always able to escape and the power he built over the past few years means he has thousands of subordinates ready to help him. But this is not about him, but about you and your friends."

"What?"

"My husband already knew about you and how important you were to Leo. They planned to kidnap you and kill you so they could show your body in front of Leo. But information about the plot to kill you leaked and when Leo found out, he decided that he would not avoid Antonius anymore. "

"Impossible-"

"Lucia, what's wrong? Who's calling?" Seeing Lucia's shocked reaction made Bryan nervous and kept urging her to tell them who called her.

Lucia's body trembled, she really wanted to faint now. As Samantha continued her words, she felt as if her heart was about to stop beating.

"I love Leo, I really love him. I left my husband to be with him. I was willing to trade everything I had to be with him. But why? Why does he only care about you? Why you the only one he thinks about? Why not me? I was the one who accompanied and helped him when he had nothing, but why? Why not me? Why not me...?" Samantha screamed hysterically. She was so emotional that Lucia lost the words to say.

Lucia still can't understand what really happened and what she really means to Leo? Leo told her that he didn't love her, he even left her even though she cried and begged him to stay, but all her efforts failed and Leo still left.

"He doesn't love me anymore, he said that-"

"That means you don't care about him anymore, right?"

"I didn't say that! I just-"

"I couldn't do anything to prevent it! My Leo, he's going to die, he's going to die...!"

"What are you saying?"

"They will definitely kill him!"

"That's impossible! Leo would have managed to escape and he would-"

"They asked him to surrender!"

"What?"

"He went to turn himself in and it was all because of a bitch like you. You made him have to do that! You damn bitch, now what are you going to do? If anything bad happens to him, I swear I'll kill you...!"

"No, what did you say? Leo turned himself in, what do you mean? Where did he go?"

"Why would I tell you? You think you can come there and save him? Don't be stupid, damn it!"

"Tell me where did he go?"

"I won't tell you! Why would I tell you? What can you do? Call the police? Do you think the police will care?"

"Please, Mrs. Cohen. Tell me where Leo is? I beg you! I beg you!" Her tears flowed, she cried silently. She lost her mind and all that appeared in her head were memories after memories she had with Leo.

"Lucia...! Lucia, what's wrong? What happened to Leo?"

Her empty mind made her barely able to hear Pierre repeatedly calling out to her. Her eyes were blurry, but she could still see the panic on Pierre, Chris and Bryan's faces.

Samantha ended the call as if she was deliberately trying to keep Leo's whereabouts a secret. Lucia felt that her legs could no longer stand on them, her body began to feel light and her consciousness slowly disappeared.

"Lucia, what happen? Lucia...!

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In an empty building that used to be an abandoned factory, Leo calmly stepped inside. He knew this was his place, the place he had been promised.

As he had expected, Antonius Cohen's men would definitely choose a place like this, in an abandoned factory in a remote field area far from residential areas.

His eyes secretly glanced around the place while counting how many of Antonius' men were waiting for him in this place.

"Two, four, eight, twelve. There are twelve people guarding the factory, it's possible there are still many people hiding inside." He thought. He didn't show any reaction other than the sharp eyes and cold expression he always showed to everyone except his four friends.

"Come out...! I've come as you wanted! There's no need to hide because I came alone!" He said as the door opened.

A few seconds later, four men dressed in black came out of their hiding place. Their faces were familiar to him, the faces of people who had worked with him when he was with Antonius Cohen's group.

"Wow...wow...Leo, I never thought you would be so brave as to come into your enemy's cage alone!" Said a shaved-headed man who grinned at him.

Leo looked at him with a sharp gaze, he looked so calm that it made this man feel annoyed with him.

"You're ready to die, apparently!"

"Where's your boss? Is he too scared to see the face of the man who slept with his wife?"

"Tch, damn bastard! Who do you think you are, huh?"

"Dane, how are Lita and your daughter, Anya? Are they okay?"

"Why are you asking about my family? You think you can seek sympathy so that we won't to kill you, don't you think?"

"I don't care anymore! I don't care. If you want to kill me, go ahead! There are sixteen of you and I'm alone. It would be very easy to take my life, wouldn't it?"

"Don't talk too much! Do you think your death will be easy?"

"You want to skin me? Mutilate me alive? Just do it! I'm not afraid, but remember one thing. Don't even think about disturbing my wife and my friends. Because you will know what the consequences will be!"

"Hahaha...you think you can threaten us when you're about to die, bastard?"

"Even though I'm dead, my influence and my power aren't. You know my men are very loyal, right? So, don't think you can do anything wrong just because I'm dead. Tell your bastard boss, don't ever bother my family. If not, I swear he and you will see the corpse of your wives and your children sent home."

"Damn bastard...! Who do you think you are...?"

A man tried to hit Leo in the back of the head with a baseball bat. Leo managed to dodge and he immediately responded to the attack by taking out a gun from his trouser pocket and shooting three of them in the head one by one.

Bang...bang...bang...

Three shots killed three of Antonius Cohen's men as a sign that the fight had just begun.

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