I met her gaze calmly, smiling faintly.
“Lyra, go tell Mom and Dad that Cheryl will be joining us for dinner tonight. They won’t do anything hurtful toward her if you’re the one to ask,” Leo said without even looking at me.
“Cheryl doesn’t like meat, so ask the housekeeper to prepare something vegetarian. It also shouldn’t be too greasy, or it might affect her wound’s recovery,” he added.
I gave him no response.
I thought about the pain Victor and Vera must have felt when they couldn’t see their son one last time. Their bodies were likely already at the funeral home, where the staff should be preparing them for burial. Meanwhile, Leo continued to give me instructions about what I needed to do that night.
I looked at him, no longer feeling any love for this man, as I pulled out the financial agreement
Leo glanced at it, his expression darkening as he asked, “What’s this?”
“A Binding Finar al Agreement. Let’s annul our bond, Lea” I replied.
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He took the agreement from my hands, his gaze cold and filled with disdain.
Taking a deep breath, Leo stood up after finishing bandaging Cheryl. “Are you sure about this, Lyra?”
I nodded, only to see him snicker. “In that case, I’ll give you what you want. But! You can’t go crying in front of Mom and Dad, or they’ll give me an earful again.”
“I’m not going to do that.”
I reached into my bag, pulled out a pen, and handed it to Leo.
Just as he was about to sign, he paused and said firmly, “I want you to tell Mom and Dad that you’re the one insisting on this. I don’t want them blaming Cheryl.”
“You’re right. I’m the one who wants this. It has nothing to do with you two,” I said.
Leo quickly signed the papers and tossed them back at me.
At that moment, nothing would make me stay bound to Leo any longer.
After I put the documents away, I calmly met Leo’s eyes and asked, “Are you going to attend your parents‘ funeral?
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