The attack

Frank still held Leonardo by the neck and saw his face turning red.

"Are you kidding me?"

Leonardo struggled desperately, looking into those black eyes and saw the man's anger in front of him, who let him go and made him fall to the ground. He took his hands to his neck, soothing the still painful area, and stood up.

Frank still looked at him nervously and Leonardo approached again.

"Please, don't do anything to my father, let me keep paying you little by little."

Frank laughed, and as he was about to respond, a commotion from below distracted him. The two of them went to the railing, seeing people pushing and shouting down there. It was complete chaos.

"They're armed."

Leonardo noticed, still looking down, seeing the men passing through the crowd with their guns pointed.

Frank moved away from the railing, pulling Leonardo back with him. Frank's men quickly moved into action. Two of them rushed down the stairs while the other two stayed upstairs.

The people in the VIP area, who had already witnessed the whole commotion, were all leaning against the wall away from the railing, afraid that the men would shoot upwards.

Suddenly, as expected, shots were fired and everyone ducked for cover.

Leonardo looked towards the stairs. One of Frank's men fell, and more shots were fired. The other man in a suit descended, and soon three of the intruders appeared in the VIP area.

Leonardo looked back, seeing Frank with his gun. He looked at the men again, and everything happened in a fraction of a second.

One of the men pointed the gun at them and fired a shot. Leonardo jumped in front of Frank, taking the bullet full in the chest.

Leo felt the burning sensation in his chest and the air leave his lungs. His knees gave way, and he fell to the ground. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion for Leonardo.

Frank saw the scene in shock. He knocked over a table for cover and quickly fired shots at the men. He had great aim and hit two of them, then hid again as the last man fired more shots towards him as he approached.

More shots were fired, but now it was Frank's men who had come upstairs, hitting the man in the back, causing him to fall dead immediately.

People looked on in shock as Frank stood up and went to Leonardo, who was lying on the ground. He touched his pulse, noticing his weak heartbeat and the amount of blood Leonardo was losing.

"Let's go, help me get him to the car."

Frank picked up Leonardo in his arms, cradling him, and quickly left through a door in the VIP area that led to an emergency exit at the back of the club.

He descended with his men and placed Leonardo in the back seat of the car. Then he sat in the front seat next to Charles, his driver, who quickly drove away, followed by two more cars behind them.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Frank took Leonardo out of the car and rushed inside, shouting for someone to attend to him quickly.

Leonardo was taken inside, and Frank sat in the reception area surrounded by his security guards.

He could have left Leonardo there, lying on the floor of the VIP area, but Leonardo had saved him, had taken the bullet for him. It was a matter of honor to save him from death.

After a few hours of waiting, a doctor came out of the door where they had taken Leonardo and looked around.

Frank, noticing that the doctor was searching for someone, quickly stood up and approached him.

"Doctor, is it about the shot guy?"

The doctor looked, recognizing Frank. He had seen him there before and knew of his reputation, knew exactly who he was.

"Yes, are you with him?"

"Yes, how is he?"

"He underwent surgery to remove the bullet, and for now, his condition is stable. Would you like to see him? He's already in his room, but he's sleeping."

"No, I don't want to see him."

He looked at his men and signaled for them to come closer.

"I want one of you to accompany the boy while he's hospitalized."

"I'll stay, sir."

The darkest-skinned of them volunteered for the task, and Frank nodded.

The doctor looked at Frank, somewhat confused, but decided not to contradict him.

"Well, let's go then, I'll take you to the room."

"Louis

, I want updates on his condition three times a day."

Louis

agreed and left with the doctor, while Frank left with his men.

Frank got into his car and called his right-hand man, Daniel, who was filling in for his good friend Yan, who was on a mission in New York.

"Boss, are you okay? I've heard about what happened."

"Yes, have you found out who did it?"

"Not yet, we're investigating. We have a suspect."

"I want whoever is behind this attack found as soon as possible, understood?"

"Yes, sir."

Frank hung up the call and rested his head on the car seat.

In his mind, Leonardo appeared, stepping in front of him and getting shot. Frank felt grateful and smiled, trying to understand Leonardo's actions. After all, who would step in front of a bullet to save a stranger? Especially a stranger who was threatening him with his father's life. It didn't make any sense, especially since if he had died, Leonardo

would be free from that debt.

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