Chapter 290 - Revenge 291:

"So defensive! They say those who say things like that are true." At first, Zen has no plan of teasing Aaron and Nathalia, but seeing how defensive they are, he decided to continue to tease them. It's not like he can do it every day. "It's alright, you two. I am your friend. If you two have feelings for each other, then all I can do is support you both."

"I'm definitely gonna kill you if you don't stop talking such nonsense topic." Truthfully said, Aaron doesn't know what to feel about the idea of him and Nathalia as a couple. To him, he is sure that he only sees Nathalia as his friend and nothing more.

But he also knows that for some reason, he is forcing himself to believe that fact. He wonders why he does that.

"Zen, do you want me to tell your mother about the things you've been doing behind her back?" A menacing voice was heard from behind them. All three of them turn their heads around and look at the person who just spoke.

They saw Leonardo with his usual cold demeanor. Subconsciously, Zen gulped at the sight of Leonardo. His uncle Leo has always been the cold one and he is used to it, however, at this moment, he is afraid of looking straight into his uncle Leo's eyes for the very first time.

"You're in so much trouble now," Josh said in a low voice that only Zen can hear. For the years of him being friends with Nathalia, he knows that Leonardo is a doting father to his only daughter. As doting as Leonardo is, Josh knows that Leonardo doesn't like the fact of any guy approaching Nathalia.

"S-shut up!" Zen replied very loudly, and that made Leonardo frown.

"Did you just told me to shut up?" Leonardo released a scoff, "Heh. I guess you're not afraid of your mother then." Leonardo completely misunderstood that the person Zen told to shut up is not him but Josh.

Sweat is starting to form on Zen's forehead when he heard that from Leonardo. With his heart beating fast and the feeling of fear, Zen immediately stood up and went straight in front of Leonardo. "Oh, great uncle Leo, it was Josh that I want to shut up, not you. You've completely misunderstood me, uncle Leo."

Zen is afraid that if he does not coax Leonardo right away, Leonard will have a conversation with his mother, and he can't let that happen. His mother must not know about the fool things he does in his school and about him going out in the middle of the night just to participate in a motorbike racing.

"Daddy, don't be such a meanie to Zen. I'm sure that he is telling the truth." Nathalia said as she hugged her father's left arm. Although Nathalia was annoyed by how Zen teased her earlier, she still has to save Zen from his mother.

Zen's mother doesn't like to hear her son fooling around in school and if she were to know about her son sneaking out at night doing dangerous motorbike race, she will be furious beyond expectation.

Zen will be probably banned from his video games, playing basketball, and other kinds of stuff that Zen enjoys to do.

Leonardo gave his daughter a gentle smile and said, "If you say so." Hearing that made Zen sigh in relief. "I will talk to your aunt Mary first, then we go home. Your mother wants us home before lunch."

Bewildered by the sudden announcement, Nathalia could only nod in agreement. She was with her mother yesterday, and her mother did not say anything about them having lunch together today. Nathalia is somehow suspicious, but she decided not to dig deeper since it's only lunch with her family.

Unknown to Nathalia, Leonardo only said that out of precaution of what Zen just said. His wife did not tell him anything, but he has to use that excuse just to take his daughter away from Aaron. Even though it is not confirmed, Leonardo somehow felt a sudden caution towards Aaron.

Everything can happen in this world, and it is not impossible for Aaron to like his daughter romantically or his daughter like Aaron romantically.

Leonardo is not against the fact that his daughter will like someone sooner or later, but at the moment, he is not ready to see his daughter dating someone. That is why he is so against the claims Zen is making earlier.

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"Leo, are you sure that there is nothing going on with you?"

"I already told you, there is nothing going on, Mary," Leonardo replied in an annoyed tone. He is annoyed at the fact that Mary kept asking the same questions every five minutes.

Something is going on, but he can't tell her anything yet since the problem with Harrison is not yer over. He has to wait for Harrison's comeback before explaining things to Mary and everything to everyone else.

Mary eyes Leonardo. She is not believing any words that are coming out of Leonardo's mouth. No matter how many times she asks and received the same answer, she still can't get rid of the feeling that she had since a few days ago. 'I'm still having this feeling that Leo is hiding something from me.'

Not wanting to continue, Leonardo decided to change the subject, "I heard that your twins are gonna go on a mission to take down a smalltime black organization." Inside their organization, Aaron purposely spread out the fact of he and his sister going to take down a small organization, and people who work in their organization are talking about it. It is no wonder is Leonardo learns about it.

"Yes, that is true. It's a very smart move if you ask me." Even though it is a small organization, it is still a big step for Aaron and Anna to boast their reputation inside their organization. It will add good points towards the elders' opinions about Aaron.

Even Leonardo thinks that it is a smart move for the twins to do. 'Very calculative just like their father.'

"This action of theirs reminds me of someone, don't you think so?" Mary stared at Leonardo, she knows exactly who is he talking about, but she did not say a word. "So, which smalltime organization is your twins gonna raid tomorrow?"

"I don't know. My twins didn't tell me anything nor did I asked them about it." It's only a smalltime black organization, Mary sees no point in asking of its name since she thinks that her twins are very skillful enough to handle it without anyone's help. "But if you want to know you can use my computer and search for the details of their target."