Chapter 74 74: Relatives?

Lily was surprised and so was Leo but he did not show any surprise on his face, he cleaned up his piano and then stood up to face the new person. The woman looked very similar to Snow, about seventy percent. The young man came and stood next to Lily and asked Snow calmly, "What is going on, honey?" Snow saw that his eyes were still gentle when he looked at her, and she let go of a breath, and just when she was about to say something, Spring Marlins stood up from crouching position and remarked, "You must be Leo Cardinal." Leo turned to look at the lady, he could sense the hostility in her gaze and his own aura changed. A spark of surprise flashed in Spring's eyes, she suddenly chuckled and asked, "Are you sure that you want to look at me with those eyes?" Leo turned around to look at the entrance and yelled, "Kyle." The two ladies were surprised, the door opened and Kyle walked inside the room, before Leo said, "Lily go inside your room, and lock the door." Lily was very sensible and dashed inside her room and locked the door. Leo walked up to Spring while talking to Kyle, "I am assuming she came in with guards?" Kyle replied, "Four of them, Sir." Leo nodded and said, "Immobilize them." Kyle didn't wait for another second and went outside the house. Spring opened her mouth and she was about to yell, when a cold palm gripped her throat. Snow was shocked, she lunged and said, "Leo, what are you doing, let her go." Leo looked at his wife and asked, "Did you think that someone would come into our house, act as if they own us, harm you, and I would watch from the side?" Snow was surprised, and Leo said, "The bruise on your wrist, and the blush on your cheek gave it away, love." Snow looked down on her wrist and found that a purple bruise was peeking through her sleeve, and there was a tint of blush on her face which was covered up by foundation coating. Leo knew Snow very well, she did not go out with the makeup but came back with it. Leo turned to look at Spring Marlins and asked, "So, First Miss Marlins, how are you liking the stifling feeling?" His hand didn't come off her neck and his grip was tightening up. Snow was worried that he might do something to her and said, "Leo, it wasn't her who did this to me, it was her guard." Leo looked at her eyes and sensed that she wasn't lying. He let go of Spring, who fell on the ground and coughed hard with tears forming in her eyes. Snow quickly crouched and rubbed her sister's back to ease the breathing but Leo didn't say anything. He only watched whatever happened from the side. After a few minutes when Spring calmed down, she glared at Leo with such strong hatred in her eyes, however, his calm and indifferent sight was akin to a bucket of ice water that extinguished any and all intentions she had in mind. The young man sat down on the sofa, and Snow helped her sister up. She said, "I will get you some warm water." Snow wanted to leave when Spring held her hand and shook her head. She was having trouble speaking with her throat almost squashed, but her eyes apparently told Snow that the first miss of the Marlin noble family was afraid of someone. Leo looked at Snow and said, "Love, have a seat." Then he stood up and went inside the kitchen and came back with a first-aid kit. He sat next to Snow and then quickly began to apply a pain relief ointment on her wrist and then used some wipes to clean up her face. As his gaze landed on the bruised and swollen cheek, his eyes turned cold and he said, "First Miss Marlins, how much do you love your guard who did this to my wife?" Spring Marlins shivered, she never expected that Leo would be so aggressive with her. Seeing that the lady wasn't going to answer him, Leo asked, "Snow, tell me what happened?" She said, "Spring showed up at the school, and she wanted me to bring her to you so that she could talk to you about the Lithography machine your company has developed. I told her that I don't want to and she should go through the official channels. She said that she was here sincerely and meant no ill-will. For some reason I just couldn't hold back and told her that we are not a family anymore as I have been disowned and she should leave. She was standing close to me and I pushed her shoulder. Her guard intervened and held my wrist a bit tightly before he slapped me. Spring told him to stop right away and even berated him." Leo went in the kitchen again and brought out a couple of ice cubes wrapped in the kitchen towel and applied it against her cheek as he said, "She didn't react fast enough. However, she should have told her guards to stay away from this issue." At this moment, Kyle came inside the house and said, "Sir, the guards have been subdued and immobilized." Leo asked, "Anything special about them?" Kyle shook his head and replied, "They seem to be people from the Stag Nation Army." Leo hummed and said, "Ask them which one hurt Snow, and break his dominant hand. Leave the rest alone." Spring and Snow were shocked, the latter said, "Leo, don't do this, they are from the military. It will cause you trouble." Leo shook his head and replied, "This is not the Stag nation, they are not here on a diplomatic visit. The 'so-called' Marlin noble family is here to beg me to sell them the tech developed by my company, and that too unofficially. They are inciting me for treason and also, they harmed you, as my wife, you are automatically the citizen of the Clover Nation. If there will be trouble, it will be for them." Kyle nodded and Spring was shocked to see that Leo was so clear even when he was angry. She saw Kyle turning around and leaving the house when she said, "Wait, please wait. Leo, stop him, I apologize on behalf of my guard." Leo turned to look at her, and said, "Stop Kyle." Kyle nodded and stood on the side. Spring looked at Snow with a pleading gaze, and the latter said, "Hear her first." Leo looked at his wife and asked, "Why are you still asking me to listen to her? Wasn't she very haughty when she came here to disown you that day? You might have forgotten what happened, but I haven't. What did she say then? That we were destined to be forgotten in the rivers of time and shit. Then why is she here now?" Spring Marlin lowered her head as she recalled all that. Snow also shivered as she recalled the scene, and said, "This time they are in mortal danger, and thus they want us to help them." Leo shook his head and replied, "I can't give up the technology, it is military supervised." Spring raised her head and asked, "Can't you talk to them about establishing a diplomatic partnership?" Leo looked at her with disdain and said, "If you want to, then follow the official route, and apart from that I will never give you any special preference. Now, you may leave." Spring was almost choking when she heard this, she was a nobel how dare Leo talk to her like this. However, she was aware that it wasn't her home. She stood up and said, "I apologize for what happened in the past." The young man didn't respond and Snow, who knew that Leo wouldn't budge at all, didn't say anything either. Spring looked at the two of them and walked out of the house. Leo said, "Kyle, send her guards away too. Also, call in the ones following Snow today." Kyle nodded and then left. Snow said, "It wasn't their fault that I suffered. I told them not to come inside the school. I wasn't expecting Spring to come out of nowhere." Leo shook his head and replied, "I am not calling them in to blame them, I just want to reset the arrangement for your security." Snow caught the sign of worry in his voice and asked, "You are worried about something, aren't you?" Leo nodded and replied, "Yes, Spring is not someone who would settle down easily, I am worried about the things that she might do, so I want to prepare for a rainy day. Okay. I hope you understand that I am doing what is the best for us. I can't trust the rest of the Marlins." Snow nodded and after some moments she said, "I didn't expect that the past would become such an unexpected trouble." Leo patted her hand and consoled her as the guards responsible for her safety came in with their heads bowed. The young man looked at them and said, "We are headed to a rough patch, I want you to do everything possible to make sure that Lily and Snow are safe. Nothing else, don't hesitate from now on, and follow them at all times, okay?" The two nodded and left the house, while Leo sighed as he speculated the things Spring could do. 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