Love My Friends with Benefits

He'd bit me right where my wound was. It hurt like hell, and it was probably bleeding.

I trembled in pain and exclaimed, "You b*stard!"

"I've never claimed to be a saint."

Leonard looked up, a trace of blood on his lips. The dim lights made him look slightly devilish yet domineering. He let me go and said, "Queena, I have the upper hand. I can end our deal at any time, but what about you?"

I really wanted to be tough and tell him that I could, too.

However, I swallowed the words that were right on the tip of my tongue.

Phoebe and Gail were plotting something against me, and Bell hated my guts. I had to stay as far away from the Jones family as possible at a time like this.

Bell had been furious earlier, but he hadn't explicitly said that he wouldn't be seeing Grandma anymore. The Jones family had to continue pretending to be a loving family in front of Leonard.

I couldn't take the risk. I was nothing but a normal human being and I knew how important it was to stay alive.

After thinking things over for a long time, I silently turned to leave.

I could see from the reflection on the elevator doors that Leonard had a lit cigarette between his fingers.

He didn't take a drag of it. He just watched me silently, making me feel uncomfortable.

The elevator was finally here. I hurried into it, almost fleeing.

Behind me, Leonard said faintly, "I won't be visiting your grandmother from today onwards."

I didn't have the time or mood to dissect his words.

Just because Leonard wouldn't visit Grandma, it didn't mean that he wouldn't see Bell and his family. I didn't know what he wanted to express.

...

When I got home, I threw my bag onto the floor and flopped onto the bed.

As I lay on the bed, I felt so blissful that I almost moaned. I wanted to stretch.

Unexpectedly, the moment I stretched out an arm, pain shot through my shoulder.

...

pain. I

blood had already dried on my shoulder, making my clothes stick to

...

painfully and ripped

through a short moment of pain than to prolong

smothered me. My hatred and disgust, or perhaps

upset over him ending things with me and I had been unwilling for him to be with Phoebe. However, the new me wished

could change

...

suddenly started

suppressed the pain and

"Queena, your father said that he won't be

taken aback.

caretaker," Aunt Nancy explained. "He said that he'd be busy with work and wouldn't

busy? What a

"Is it because Leonard said that he wouldn't be visiting Grandma

Grandma, there was no need for

about that?" Aunt Nancy's tone changed

Sh*t!

slapped a hand over my mouth

so delighted that I'd blurted out the things

You'll never pay it off. Do you know what

the nail right on the head. It made my eyes twitch ominously, but I still said, "I... I

...

Nancy didn't believe me at all. "If you don't owe Leonard a favour, how could you

think of something to explain my appearance the day before and

and said, "If I had an agreement with Leonard, I wouldn't have gotten into such a close shave with Bell today, right? Anyway, he's Phoebe's fiancé.

This sounded rather reasonable.

but she

immediately.

wits to

Bell and his family might want to latch onto him because of his money, but I don't care about them. Don't

I know,"

like I'd barely