A few more minutes of this beating and she might actually pass out.She turned to look at Natalie, licked the bloodstains lingering on her lips, and tried her best to hold the fort.
Natalie shook her head in Laney’s direction.She was feeling both anxious and worried.She tried to keep herself from crying, but soon, tears were streaming down her cheeks.
Seeing this, a man circled around from behind them, trying to catch Natalie while she was distracted.
“Ah! Let go of me at once!” Natalie struggled to get away from him.
At this moment, the man was suddenly kicked in the face and immediately fell to the ground as a result.
Someone pulled Natalie behind him in order to protect her.She looked up and in time to see… That it was Sebastian.
Under his black cap were a pair of eyes full of anger and coldness.He glanced over at the men around, and then looked down at Natalie.He said with concern in his voice, “Were you hurt?”
Natalie threw herself into his arms and held onto his waist tightly.
“I’m fine.Go and help Laney out,” she said as she leaned against Sebastian’s chest.
Sebastian nodded wordlessly and did just that.He had an important client to meet up with after work so he didn’t get the chance to see Natalie’s message until now.
It was too late when he finally did see it.It was his guess that Natalie had already left with Ritchie so he rushed over to try and catch them in time.
Looking deeply into Sebastian’s eyes, Ritchie sneered with contempt in his heart.
“Sebastian! I haven’t seen you in a long time!” Ritchie looked at Sebastian with a big smile on his face as the latter slowly walked towards the guards.
“How does this bastard manage to look the same as he did many years ago? He still has that same distant look in his eves”
Ritchie shook his head as he was amused to see that Sebastian hadn’t changed at all even though he looked slightly more mature now.
Ritchie always saw Sebastian as someone who would sell his body to make ends meet if it ever came to it.
As such, he never considered Sebastian to be good enough to be his rival.He always looked at Sebastian with condescension and casual disdain as if there was no reason for him to feel threatened around him.
“You’re still a loser! You should just let your wife go! Give her to me and in return, I will get you a decent job. How does that sound?”
Ritchie stood up and raised one leg up on the seat as he propped his elbow on his knee and stared at Natalie meaningfully.
Sebastian’s eyes darkened and he clenched his fists to stifle his anger.
Paying no heed to Ritchie’s words, he helped up Laney, who was covered in blood after the fight.
When Ritchie noticed Sebastian’s complete disregard of him, he got offended.
“How dare you disrespect your master like that, you loser!”
Out of the blue, he grabbed a glass from the table and hurled it toward Sebastian.
Fortunately, Sebastian managed to catch it before it hit him.
However, he couldn’t hald back his anger at Ritchie and he smashed that glass on the floor.
Without saying so much as a word to Ritchie, Sebastian turned around to walk out with Natalie and Laney.
Ritchie felt insulted and his face contorted in anger as he shouted, “Stop right there! I’m not finished talking to you!” Sebastian didn’t respond.He had grown tired of letting Ritchie say and do whatever he wanted to him, but things were different now.
“Stop them.So, you think you can just disrespect me and walk away like that? Do you think you’re all grown up now?” Ritchie sneered at Sebastian.
As soon as he gave them the order, Ritchie’s guards stood in Sebastian’s way.
Just then, another group of men rushed in.
These men were dressed casually, some in plaid shirts and some wearing sports vests.
They all looked sweaty and grimy as if they had just gotten out of a gym.
They looked nothing like Ritchie’s men who were all dressed in uniforms.
At best, they could have passed as amateur fighters.
Glancing at Sebastian’s men, Ritchie grinned and disdainfully said, “Are these guys with you? You must have hired them randomly on the street. You should know that the Klein family’s security guards are all trained in combat.Your men won’t stand a chance against them.If you have a brain inside that head of yours, you’ll come here and kneel before me.”
Sebastian didn’t say a word.He simply raised his hand at his men, signaling them to not worry about the consequences.
Almost instantly, a vicious fight broke out between the two sides.
Although Sebastian’s men didnot look professional and they were clearly outnumbered by Ritchie’s men, they were better at fighting.
Before long, each and every one of Ritchie’s men was groaning in pain on the ground.
The only man standing on their side was Ritchie.
Ritchie took a few steps back in shock.
Exasperated, he looked at his men, who were all knocked down to the ground and groaning in pain.
“Where did you hire them?” he asked in disbelief.
Sebastian’s voice was as cold as ice.
“They’re my friends.”
“Your friends? Ha! They must be jobless losers just like you.”
Although Ritchie was a little scared and flustered, he refused to show it.
He stared at Sebastian’s “friends” condescendingly.
Sebastian was a loser after all.It made sense that his friends were all thugs.
Sebastian didn’t answer.
Instead, he asked the man behind him to take care of Laney.
Then, he took Natalie’s hand and said softly, “Let’s go home.” Ritchie was even more surprised.
Was this really the Sebastian he knew? How dare he disrespect him like this? Ritchie straightened his suit and walked to the door of the private room: He walked past Sebastian and bumped into his shoulder deliberately.He cast a sidelong glance at Sebastian, his eyes filled with hatred.
Gnashing his teeth, Ritchie said, “You must feel good about yourself, having a group of thugs for friends.Just remember: you’re nothing but a poor, powerless loser.I swear I’ll make your life more miserable than it is now.”
Sebastian sneered.
Underneath the brim of his cap, his eyes flashed coldly.He had one hand in his pocket while the other held Natalie’s hand.
Ignoring Ritchie, he turned to the others and said, “Let’s go.”
Laney was helped into the car.She was covered in bloody wounds but her face was pale as a ghost.
“Laney, just hold on a little longer.We’re almost at the hospital.”
With tears in her eyes, Natalie quickly tried to press some tissues against Laney’s wounds to stop the bleeding.
Even Laney’s lips were colorless, but her eyes were bloodshot.She didn’t respond to Natalie and stared at the ceiling of the car listlessly.She seemed to be in excruciating pain.She winced and frowned, her body trembling slightly.
With a long face, Sebastian turned to the driver and said sternly, “Get to Frank’s as fast as possible.”
Before they arrived at their destination, Laney had passed out in the car from too much blood loss.
Holding Laney in her arms, Natalie tried to clean her wounds.She glanced at Sebastian and seemed to want to say something but stopped on second thought.
The most important thing right now was for Laney to get treatment as soon as possible.
Natalie didn’t have the time to question Sebastian.
Soon, Laney was wheeled into the ER in Frank’s hospital.
After a thorough examination, Frank shook his head and clicked his tongue as he walked out of the emergency room.
“You’ve been here several times recently.You must have really bad luck, Sebastian.”
“Enough with the bullshit.How is she?”
Truth be told, Sebastian wasn’t really worried about Laney, but seeing the frightened look on Natalie’s face made him feel sorry.
“She’ll be fine.”
Hearing this, Natalie finally let out a sigh of relief.
“I want to see her.”
“Not now.She needs to rest.”
Frank shook his head firmly.