Leo clearly felt Jessica’s saliva spraying on his face.
“Get lost!” Leo tightly clenched his fists, gritting his teeth and squeezed out two chilling words.
These two words completely ignited the gasoline barrel in Jessica’s chest, causing her to lose her sanity.
“Listen, does this guy look like a son-in-law? Clearly, he’s a scoundrel who freeloads! He goes out to make trouble for a few days, and when he comes back, he dares to yell at me!” Jessica, with a ferocious expression, roared.
Time was pressing, and Leo didn’t want to waste any more time with Jessica here. His concern for Sophia and the anger towards Jessica’s tantrum had reached the point of no return.
Leo reached out directly, grabbed Jessica’s neck, and lifted her off the ground.
Jessica’s hands pounded Leo’s arms, and she made frightened “woof-woof” sounds from her mouth, with her feet kicking in the air.
“Jessica, if anything happens to Sophia because of your delay, I’ll be the first to kill you!” Leo’s eyes were bloodshot, his face incredibly grim.
With Leo’s expression and aura, Nora and Martin were scared, not daring to approach to persuade.
Leo swung his right hand, throwing Jessica out.
“Bang!”
Jessica’s plump body hit the coffee table in the living room and then rolled to the ground.
After this heavy blow, Jessica lay on the ground like a dead pig, unable to get up.
Nora and Martin were completely stunned by this scene.
After Leo walked out of the living room, Nora and Martin finally came back to their senses and hurriedly went to see if Jessica was injured.
Fortunately, Jessica had a tough skin. Although she was thrown not lightly, she didn’t suffer substantial harm.
With the support of Martin and Nora, Jessica got up from the ground and let out a roar like a wild beast, “Leo, you damn dead dog! You better never come back in your life, or I’ll skin you alive!!”
Unfortunately, Leo couldn’t hear Jessica’s roar anymore.
Nora quickly comforted, “Jessica, don’t be angry. Be careful not to ruin your health.”
“Smack!”
Jessica directly slapped Nora’s face, angrily shouting, “Are you blind? That dead dog Leo hit me, and you ask me to calm down!?”
Nora, covering her cheek, said in a helpless tone, “Jessica… Mr. Bloomer acted like that because something happened to Sophia.”
“Something happened? What happened?” Jessica asked with a sideways glance.
“I just heard Mr. Bloomer talking on the phone with someone. It seems like Sophia has been kidnapped.”
Jessica suddenly grabbed Nora’s shoulders, sternly saying, “What do you mean ‘seems like’? Explain it to me!”
“This afternoon, Sophia said she was going to have dinner and go shopping with Karen. When Mr. Bloomer came back, he called Karen, and Karen said Sophia was kidnapped at Hang Lung Plaza.”
Afraid that Jessica would hit her again, Nora nervously explained what she knew.
Martin became anxious, pacing around like an ant on a hot pan, saying, “Sophia is kidnapped; is her life in danger? What should we do… Can Leo find her… Should we call the police?”
Jessica released her grip on Nora’s shoulder, feeling a momentary blackout.
However, Jessica quickly redirected her anger towards Nora, “You servant, how can you handle things? If you had stopped Sophia from going out, she wouldn’t have been kidnapped!”
“I… Sophia… she…” Nora stammered, unable to find the right words.
Nora hadn’t expected Jessica to utter such irrational words. Nora, despite having a good relationship with Leo and Sophia, was fundamentally a servant in this household. How could she possibly prevent Sophia from going out?
Unable to tolerate Jessica’s nonsense, Martin intervened, saying, “Jessica, Leo has gone out to find Sophia. She will be fine. Let’s be patient. If Leo can’t find Sophia, we’ll call the police.”
As soon as Leo was mentioned, Jessica’s anger surged again. She resentfully said, “That dead dog Leo dared to lay hands on me and even threatened to kill me! This freeloading scoundrel must not stay in this house. I will make sure he divorces Sophia!”
“Jessica, you can’t say that. Leo was just in a hurry to find Sophia. You unfairly accused him of messing around just because he went out. That’s why he lost his temper,” Martin tried to pacify, not wanting the conflict between Jessica and Leo to escalate further.
Thinking about Leo’s murderous gaze and the ferocity when he choked her, Jessica felt a bit scared for a moment. When Leo threw her out earlier, Jessica didn’t doubt that he might actually kill her.
The reason Leo didn’t go all the way was probably because of Sophia. No matter what, she was Sophia’s biological mother. If Leo really killed her, Sophia would never forgive him, and Leo would likely never be with Sophia in his lifetime.
Humph, this useless guy is just all talk. As long as he stays with Sophia, he won’t dare to do anything to me!
Having figured this out, Jessica’s courage rose again, and she coldly snorted, “That dead dog Leo better bring Sophia back safely. Otherwise, I’ll show him!”
Martin sighed deeply. Couldn’t his wife see that Leo had changed? If she continued to treat Leo the way she did before, it would only lead to trouble.
After leaving the villa, Leo sped away in his Audi, disregarding traffic lights as long as it was safe. Running a red light could be dealt with later, but if something happened to Sophia, it would be irreversible.
From the current situation, Bruno was the prime suspect in Sophia’s kidnapping. The reason was simple: ever since becoming the chairman, Bruno had been eyeing Sophia’s cosmetics company. He had even used his chairman’s authority to suspend Sophia for three months.
After three months, if everything went as expected, Sophia would resume her role as the general manager of Sophia Cosmetics.
This was a situation Bruno did not want to see, as he desired to take control of Sophia’s cosmetics company. Hence, he took action against Sophia.
When Leo went to the Northern Desolation Mountains before, he had warned Sophia that Bruno might come to plead with her to continue working. Now, it seemed Leo had underestimated Bruno’s ruthlessness, especially considering Bruno dared to target even the old lady, let alone Sophia.