Five Lost Angels: My Husband's Fatal Deception novel Chapter 135

Whatever!

As he was back to his cheesy, love-struck self, I considered him healed. Henry reported to him about Melody.

"Your girlfriend is in prison. We haven't filed for your kidnapping, so it's up to you whether you wish to pursue this case or not."

In the following days, we got the news about Melody's severe charges in court, Leo didn't show any leniency for her. He was admitted to the detox center for the proper treatment, Bright sent him a "get well soon" card with a challenge.

"Get ready to play ice hockey soon, Leo. I am waiting to defeat you in the rink!"

Our life was a bit stressful for a while, so we decided to conceal this happening from the eyes and ears of the media. Leo was navigating through the rough patch of his life, and I wasn't in the mood to be harassed by his overzealous fans once more.

We put forth maximum effort to keep our matters secret, but as the saying goes ‘nothing can escape the media's hawk eyes', the kidnapping and Leo's addiction became the talk of the town in a short period. The hospital staff leaked the news, and it was spread as rumors at first. But the situation escalated pretty quickly when it was posted online.

Gosh! The public reaction was colossal!

There were a massive number of posts in a record time for any celebrity in Lakon city, even TV channels reported this occurrence in prime-time bulletins.

"Ice hockey star's life in danger!"

"Mr. Leo was tortured by Melody!"

#JusticeForLeo topped the charts within a day. Although the case was in court, Leo's fans were adamant on killing Melody with their words. However, a strange thing happened.

After meeting James, I came to my office in quite fresh mode, the sight of pending files didn't even dampen my soul. It was the greatest benefit of inner peace that boring work seemed interesting if we paid undivided attention to it.

During break time, I logged into my social media account, expecting that James might have added some more good words about me online. Call it my idiocy or human nature, I felt better by appreciation, and this positivity was like a hard-earned blessing for me.

However, the mug of coffee froze in my hands as I read the first post,

"Laura and Leo's another child!"

My heart felt like it had been caught in a sudden freeze, each beat was a sharp thud against my chest. A tingling numbness crept up my arms as my hand turned cold and clammy, the cell phone slipped from it after reading,

"Jane isn't just Laura's child. She is the biological daughter of Leo, that's why, they have two kids together as a couple ..."