Hit me!

Leo felt his heart skipped at the sight, and his body froze. he thought she was going to evade it like she did with his boys attack.

'What if I had really landed the blow instead of a slap?' he asked in his head and fear gripped his heart. He couldn't believe he actually hit a woman.

Being a guardian descendant, she has never felt any physical pain. Even the most emotional pain she felt was when she part with Sonya. 

The minor ones were when she saw Sonya sad face each time she was fired from her working places and when her father died.

She was brought up, not to be too attached to a person, as people won't live forever, accident happens, it was cruel for a child to be told those things, but it's for the better as a guardian.

If she couldn't control her emotions and lose control, the damage she could cause would be more than Gregory's.

She was only attached to Sonya. She was the only person she feared to lose, her mother's death was meant to be and so is her grandmother's. Her father's death was the only one that affect her emotionally, as he was a victim just like other humans.

She always felt angry whenever she thinks about the fact that her power is useless against Leo, but now she understand one of the reasons why it is so.

With her other piece, she could be a complete human. For her to feel physical pain, it would require a certain amount of force, which no human could pull.

Only Gregory and possibly his army of demons could achieve such a feat.

It's her first time having this feeling. She felt the metallic taste of blood in her mouth and bit down on her lower lip, while she cleaned the little blood at the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, and sobbed silently.

The sight of the blood brought Leo back to his senses. Looking at the red finger mark on her face; he rushed toward her and knelt in front of her as he placed his hands on both sides  of her face and raise up her head to have a closer look at the mark.

"Are you okay?" he asked worriedly and felt like a total jerk. 

Clara looked up into his eyes. The moment Clara's teary eyes met with his; her hair that was tied in a ponytail let loose, with some falling on Leo's hand.

Looking at the scene, the Lboys gasp and make the matter worse for their boss as they started accusing Leo on being too hard on a woman. 'Boss, you should have gone easy on her.' they kept murmuring, but Leo could hear what they are saying.

'Those ungrateful bastards! making him feel worse, who ask him to fight her a minute ago, they haven't been able to stand properly after gotten beaten up and now they are accusing him.' Leo thought, but couldn't get angry at them, as he treats them like brothers, which was why they were free with him.

"It hurts so much." Clara said, after releasing her moist lower lip that seem to brightened in colour, from being bitten by her.

Leo eyes landed on her lips, her eyes that look seductive despite the tears streaming from them, her hair that was touching the back of his hand. He was in a trance for a while as his eyes landed on her lips once again.

He blinked and regained his senses after Clara, who was also staring at him, bit down on her lip once more.

He released her face instantly and moved away from her a bit.

He doesn't understand why he felt like locking lips with her at that moment. If he had not reacted fast and released her, he might have done so before he knew it.

Clara looked at him with her still teary eyes. Leo cleared his throat and moved closer to her again, but not touching her face this time.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" he asked again.

"I want more!" Clara said

"What?" Leo looked at her with a confused expression.

"Do it again please." she pleaded 

"What are you saying?" Leo asked, while his boys also look confused.

"Hit me!"