Female Novel
Chapter 32
Leo hesitated as he looked down at the two boxes of contraceptive pills in his hands. Aren’t these forpreventing pregnancy in women? What will happen to me if I swallow them? Can men even ingestthese things? He wondered.
Leo stared at them for a second, then blinked rapidly, batting away the tears that were welling up in hiseyes. He gulped several times.
Tyson would never have believed that the contraceptive pills he’d bought in the hopes of getting luckywould one day be forced down his own brother’s throat.
It was absurd that a team leader of the Firewolf Chamber of Commerce could lose to a mere student.Lying on the floor, Tyson clenched his jaw in indignation. How could this have happened? He fumed.
“What are you waiting for? Do you want me to feed you myself?” Casper bellowed at Leo, a savagescowl on his face. Casper had to resist the urge to unman Leo there and then. After all, Leo no longerhad a single shred of dignity left in him anyway.
Kindness towards one’s enemies never paid off. Leo’s resolve to humiliate Lillian was unforgivable.
I don’t love Lillian, but I can’t stand seeing Leo’s swagger! How could he have made use of the FirewolfChamber of Commerce to threaten me? Casper reasoned with himself. He shook his head, thenreminded himself firmly, The only one I have eyes for is my goddess Giselle!
“Don’t eat that, Leo! Give it to me!” Looking at the blubbering Leo from the corner of his eye, Tysonpounded his fist against the floor vehemently.
Leo was the only member of the Hall family who’d successfully entered university and was naturally thesource of his father’s pride. If Leo did indeed swallow the contraceptive pills, no one knew howextensive the consequences of that single act would be.
As Leo’s older brother, Tyson had always felt responsible for him.
“What a touching scene. What makes you think you can help your brother? You can’t even helpyourself!” Casper jeered. “Your brother doesn’t seem very adept at controlling himself. He’d better eatthese to stop him from harming any other girls in the future. There aren’t many innocent girls leftnowadays.”
The look on Casper’s face was one of utter disdain. He picked up the stick and walked over to Tyson’sside.
There was a dull thump as Casper swung the stick and brought it crashing heavily down on Tyson. Thehowl of agony that Tyson unleashed sounded as if it came from the slaughterhouse.
“I detest people like you the most, only pretending to be sentimental once guilt sets in,” Casper spat.“You punk, if you don’t quickly swallow those pills, I’ll continue beating your brother,” Casper said icily.
Squatting down where he was, Casper had already begun casually jabbing at each of Tyson’s fingersin turn while speaking.
The magnitude of each thrust wasn’t as great as the first blow, but Tyson’s constant yelps of painseemed to align with Casper’s speech perfectly.
In fact, Casper had artfully chosen the precise points where he could inflict maximum pain withminimum force.
All Leo knew, however, was that Casper was slowly but surely mutilating Tyson. With every cry of painthat Tyson heaved, Leo felt his heart shudder accordingly.
“No, no, don’t beat him up anymore! I’ll eat it! I’ll eat it!” Unable to bear the torment of guilt any further,Leo broke out into loud sobs. A mixture of tears, sweat, and snot flowed freely down his face.
“That’s what I wanted to hear. It’ll be just like eating candy. Is it sweet?” Casper teased, nodding hishead approvingly.
“Ha!” At Casper’s words, Elena cackled. Casper’s got a rather odd sense of humor!
Leo’s mournful look, however, did look pathetic enough to incite scorn from anyone who saw him.novelbin
Leaning his weight on one knee, Casper turned to look at Elena and cocked his head, winking at her.When he whipped around to face Leo again, however, a menacing expression had replaced the playfulone on Casper’s face.
“On account of your good behavior this time, I’ll let you go. If I ever see you trying to harm Lillian again,you can be sure that you won’t get off so lightly next time,” Casper warned. He stood up, brushing hishands.
Casper and Elena then turned away. When they could no longer hear the squeals of Leo and Tyson,they flagged a taxi down and sped off.
Inside the taxi, Casper turned once again to look at Elena. If she’d been born in a different age, herdainty face might have been the one to sink a thousand ships. It wasn’t hard to deduce why Tyson hadchosen to set his lustful eyes on Elena.
“You haven’t eaten dinner, have you? Neither have I. Let’s get supper,” Casper said. His stomach wasgrowling. He hadn’t eaten a bite for the whole night.
“T-There’s no need,” Elena stammered uncertainly. Was her superior trying to proposition her? She didnot know what the appropriate response under such circumstances was.
Does Casper like me? Should I agree to this? Is it a date? Elena privately fretted.
“You didn’t get to eat anything this afternoon, and that operation held you up for the longest time. Letme compensate you for your time, at least,” Casper offered frankly.
Why the fuss over a meal? Casper wondered. Or does she think that I’m trying to hit on her?
“I know a restaurant that’s pretty famous around here. The food they serve is rather delicious. Let’s gothere,” Elena let out the breath she’d been holding, then meekly volunteered.
Jobs were hard to come by these days. Elena had always maintained a modest manner at work toavoid being preyed on by lecherous men old enough to be her grandfather. Casper was different,however. He was young and brilliant and didn’t seem like a bad character, in any case.
Elena struggled to come to a decision. She eventually agreed to supper, mainly in consideration ofCasper’s eligibility as a date.
“Can you direct us there, then?” Casper asked.
Stumped by Elena’s sudden change of heart, Casper found himself momentarily at a loss for words.
He’d observed a faint blush steal over Elena’s cheeks, along with a smile that hovered over her mouth.It was identical to the bashful look that inevitably appeared on Lillian’s whenever she looked at Casper.
Now, Elena had fixed her adoring gaze on Casper.
Casper was a wealthy young man who feared nothing, not even the Firewolf Chamber of Commerce.He’d even managed to subdue Tyson. He was the perfect embodiment of a Prince Charming.
After winding through several side roads at Elena’s instruction, they finally arrived at the door of theeatery. Nestled amongst a whole street of other cafés and eateries, people flowed ceaselessly throughthe streets. Much like any other city, Horington was at its most vibrant at night.
When they’d alighted from the taxi, Elena led Casper to a stall.
Casper was amazed by the familiarity with which Elena navigated her way first through the streets,then the stall. She was evidently a regular patron there.
“Elena, is this your boyfriend?” A woman cooed, turning to look at Elena and Casper as theyapproached. A wide beam spread over her face, which had been creased with anxiety just momentsbefore.