Lewie POV.
Anger covered my body the moment Leon appeared with his annoying question, and it made me madder when he ridiculed Selene for his maid.
"I'm asking you a question here!" He yelled loud.
From the corner of my eyes, I noticed Selene flinch while her hands tremble with fear.
"I'm sorry..." She shuttered as she struggled with her breathing
At that point, I had no choice than to interfere.
"What wrong with her serving someone else?, last time I checked she was hire to serve everyone in his house, not to a particular person. and don't forget we have rules! No one, absolutely no one can't break it!"
Leon scoffed and grabbed Ella's hand. "You should learn how to use your Brain when talking! This isn't your company Mr CEO, I have right to decide what happened in this house"
My face boiled as I watch Leon dragging Ella up and pushing her roughly to the wall.
"How dare you Leon!" I slammed my fist on the table, dropping the bib in anger.
"Should that be a question? Isn't it obvious that I'm taking my personal maid away and you shouldn't interfere with that" Right from his disdainful gaze to his hand holding Ella's waist firmly, igniting every anger in me.
I move closer to him and dragged Ella away from him gently.
Instantly, his hand already gripped my shirt and I smirked at his childishness. "You should think of how harmful your behavior has become and you have no intention of changing"
"I guess you take yourself as a counsellor right now, isn't it? However, I must let you know how wrong you are if you had the thought of giving me unnecessary counsel. You should keep it to yourself"
I laughed sarcastically and replied. "It would have been better to counsel a mad man rather than wasting my time on you"
"Lewie!!!"
"Leon!!!"
It seems Ella's Uncle noticed the tension building up in the air, he dragged Ella to her room, leaving us behind.
Ever since I lose my ex fiance, I've never had any intention of loving someone else. Even though she cheated me with Leon, but I choose to forget everything until I found her dead in her apartment days later after the incident.
It was obvious that Leon know something about it.
And now that I felt something towards Ella, I couldn't afford someone like Leon to get any closer to her.
This feeling that can't go away even when I was on a business trip and I can't stop feeling nervous on my way back.
"This is your last warning, don't even think of getting near her!" I warned sternly, my gaze meeting with his condescending gaze.
"And what if I refuses to back off?" He asked, showing off the pride he got.
I clenched my fist and shoot him a deadly glare. "I won't hesitate to harm you, I can't afford the past to repeat itself again under my watch" with that, I brushed shoulders with him and continue eating.
As I planned to eat, his voice rang out again. "Are you okay ? You're acting like you care about her." He uttered, maintaining a gaze with me.
The words hit me like a punch to the gut. I took a deep breath, trying to gather my thoughts. "I do care about her. More than you know. Is there anything wrong caring about her?"
At first, I felt my voice shuttered but I quickly compose myself and face him Head on without caring about his expression.
His eyebrows shot up, surprise flickering across his face. "Oh? Is that what this is about? You've developed feelings for her?"
I didn't flinch; instead, I felt a surge of clarity. "Yeah, I have. And I'm not going to let you belittle her or manipulate her just because you can" It was hard to spit out but it would be better to let him know my intention and set things straight.
If possible, I intend to create boundaries between Ella and him.
Leon opened his mouth to retort, but I cut him off. "She's been working hard to keep everything together, and you just make it harder for her. I won't stand for it if you keep bullying her this way! Just know that and know peace!" I warned.
Leon shouted. "Stop talking as if you giving me your command! I can't obey you!"
I couldn't hold back my laughter as I found everything funny. "If you think I'm commanding you, then you should follow my rules which isn't hard to follow. Just stop bothering her and I will let go!"
In a swift moment, Leon rub off the food on the table and the plate break immediately they dropped on the floor.
Staring at my favorite chicken prepared by Selene, untouched on the floor,
"How dare you? Huh!" Leon has becomes more annoying than he was recently.
However, the pain of being away for a week to settle business and later come back to meet such mess.
I was still in my daze when I felt the effect of his heavy pounch on me, bursting my lips in the process.
"You should watch your words! Don't talk to me as if I'm your slave! I'm not! I'm your brother!" With every word coming from him, I couldn't help but laugh even though I felt pain on my bursted lips.
"Do you act like one? I've stopped considering yourself as my brother since five years ago! You are nothing but a murderer and a betrayer!" I spat to his face as his attack on me brought the past memories that hit me hard.
In a swift moment, he punched me down again and I didn't hesitate before attacking him back. When I noticed that he was ready to attack with the culinary, I dodge the attack but I didn't escape the ground and I hit my head in the process.
"Who do you think you are? Huh! Why did everyone love and dote on you so much? Why? Am I not good enough? You become the CEO and make me your servant, how dare you?" Leon screamed, holding the knife firmly.
He rushed to me and I was prepared to get stabbed until I felt a body on my chest, it was then I realized something was wrong.
"Ella!!!!!!"