Chapter 28: Chapter 28

On the way back, Barbara tried to communicate with Leo several times, wanting him to know the seriousness of the situation.

However, the moment she opened her mouth, she was immediately scared stiff by a cold glare from Leo. When they reached home,

she tugged on his sleeves and carefully spoke, "Leo, just listen to me this once.

Don't interfere in this matter. It's not something that you can meddle in." Leo looked at her, reached out, and held the back of her head,

allowing her to look at him in the eyes,and said,"Barbara, believe me." These few simple words seemed to carry an unending amount of power, as they poured into Barbara's body bit by bit.

Her pale white face also slowly recovered some color. Barbara looked at him, and said carefully, "Leo, why didn't you ask me why I was locked in the police station?"

Leo caressed her face and said, "Barbara, no matter what the reason is, you just need to remember that I'm behind you." He knew about her three years ago, and even had something to do with that incident.

That wastrel from the Smith family had injured her three years ago, and Barbara wasn't even one of his wife at that time. He didn't care about it, and there was no need to interfere either.

Now that Barbara was his wife, he couldn't tolerate anyone making her feel bad, not even if they were her blood relatives. "

I …" There were many things hidden in Barbara's heart. She wanted to say it to Leo, but in the end, she couldn't.

That incident three years ago had been a pain in her heart, and she didn't want to show anyone the scars she'd had in the past.

She had always been trying hard to forget about the sad things from the past, trying hard to look forward. But now, what she needed to do was precisely what Leo said.

No matter how big the Smith family's power was, no matter what tricks Clare could pull, as long as she could try her best to fight against them,

the Smith family would not be able to control every thing.Barbara sighed silently, and then heard Leo's low and sexy voice say, "

I told someone to prepare something to eat, go eat something."Barbara shook her head, "I'm not hungry."Leo hugged her, "Then go to take a bath."

Barbara nodded and went back to her room to take a bath. When she came out of the bathroom, Leo brought a bowl of ginger soup in, "This is for the cold.

Drink it."Barbara took the bowl and gulped it down. After drinking it, she smiled gently at him, "Thank you."Leo put the bowl to the side, pulled up the blanket and covered her with it, "It's getting late, go to sleep.

Don't be late for work row. ""Yes." Barbara laid obediently under the blanket, blinking her watery eyes as she looked at him."I'll accompany you."

Leo laid down beside her. He held her hand with one hand and patted her back lightly with the other, coaxing her to sleep.He was originally discussing a project at Madrid when he suddenly received a call saying that something had happened to Barbara.

He rushed back without delay, but who knew that he was still late, causing her to be locked up for many hours.She was only a girl who was not yet twenty—four years old.

Normally, no matter how strong she was, if she suddenly encountered something like this, she would definitely feel extremely flustered and scared.

But when she saw him, she didn't shed a single tear. She even tried to smile and talk to him.

The stronger Barbara was, the more Leo wanted to protect her in his heart.

As her husband, he hoped that he could take good care of her and not let her suffer any more harm in this life.After confirming that Barbara was asleep,

Leo quietly got up and went into the study to make a call, "Todd, settle this matter properly. Tomorrow, I don't want to hear any gossip that I don't want to hear."

With that, Leo hung up the phone, not caring if the person on the other end of the line had heard his words clearly.

Barbara was unable to sleep soundly, and was constantly shouting something in her mouth. She was dreaming again. This was a terrible nightmare that she had been having all these years.In her dreams, a group of people were pointing their fingers at her,

They scolded her for being shameless, even seduced her sister's boyfriend.

The person closest to her was by her side, but no one stood up to help her.

Even more frightening was that these messages were personally sent by them.

She opened her mouth to explain, but no words came out. She could only look at the contemptuous gazes and listen to the curses coming out of others."

Barb…" It was her mother, who loved her the most, who called out to her."Mom …" Barbara spent a lot of effort before she managed to shout out that single word.

When she reached out her hand to grab onto her mother, her mother turned her back to her, tears streaming down her face, "

You have been clever and self—reliant from childhood, but your elder sister…""What's the point of saying so much?

The Jones family does not have a useless daughter like you." The one who spoke was Barbara's father.Her father's previously loving face now looked so unfamiliar, to the extent that Barbara seemed to have never met him before.

At this moment, she felt very sad.Was it because she had been a strong child since she was young, and because she had lost the love of the Smith family's eldest young master, that she was destined to be abandoned?Barbara suddenly felt cold, as if she was in a thousand year old ice cellar.

Just when Barbara felt that she was about to be submerged in ice water, a pair of warm big hands grabbed her hands and pulled her out of the ice cave.

Barbara suddenly opened her eyes and looked at a pair of eyes that were full of concern and tenderness."Leo?" Barbara who had just woken up from a nightmare couldn't really tell which one was the real one and which one was the real one.

Perhaps, in this world, Leo did not exist at all. Leo gently embraced her in his arms as he patted her back. As if he was coaxing a child, he said, "

How about I tell you a story?"He knew she was having nightmares, and he knew better what she was dreaming about, but he said nothing, trying to distract her in his own way.Barbara quietly leaned in his embrace and nodded slightly.

Regardless if this Leo really existed or not, all she knew was that at this moment, he could make her no longer be so afraid.Leo rubbed her head, "Do you know why little rabbit's eyes are red?"

Barbara had heard this story before when she was very young, but she chose to shake her head to hear what he had to say.

She had just finished shaking her head when she heard Leo continuing in his sexy voice, "It's because its eyes didn't use the eye drops when they were dry, so it's red."

After hearing Leo's bullshit, Barbara couldn't help but laugh, "Did you often doze off during lessons in the past?"Leo nodded and said, "It's possible."