Substitute Wife for the Mafia King R18-Chapter 139: My Hero

“Why are you here?” Bill growled with a scowl on his face.

“I have date with my fiancée today,” Anthony replied smoothly before turning to offer me a charming smile.

Oh, that’s right. I’m supposed to meet with Anthony today...

Wait, but didn’t Diana mention that it wasn’t supposed to be a date?

I was too captivated by Anthony’s attractive smile at first to remember that we still had a problem on our hands. By the time that I came back to my senses, Bill had already closed the distance between himself and Anthony.

“Watch out, Anthony!” I yelled out.

It was too late because Bill had already grabbed onto Anthony’s shoulder to turn him around. I was so shocked that violence was about to break out. Anthony is a kindhearted guy who would never resort to violence, and I immediately got scared for him and his safety. Everything moved so fast that at first, I wasn’t sure what exactly had happened. The next thing I knew, there was a cracking sound followed by a thumping sound and then Bill was sprawled out on the ground. I gasped in shock as I watched Bill groaning in pain as he covered his face with his hands.

“Anthony! Are you ok?” I cried out as I approached Anthony.

I didn’t care at all about what had befallen Bill or how he ended up on the ground as long as Antony was fine and unhurt. Instead of turning to face me, Anthony lifted up a hand to stop me from approaching.

“Stay back and close your eyes,” he instructed calmly. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

His tone sounded cold to the point that it almost felt emotionless. For a moment, it didn’t feel like he was the Anthony that I knew. Then again, I couldn’t quite phantom the fact that he had just avoided Bill’s punch before landing one of his own. It occurred to me that perhaps self-defense and martial arts came as part of the standard training for a Vulkan family member. That must have been it because I couldn’t think of another reason to explain his apparent skills.

Although he had instructed me to close my eyes, I gladly kept them open to watch what Anthony would do next to the guy who decided to cross the line and mess with his fiancée. I didn’t want Anthony to hurt anyone, and I didn’t want anyone to get hurt, but at the same time, this new side of Anthony that I had just discovered excited me beyond measure.

“What are you doing?” Bill yelled as he put up his hands to shield himself from Anthony.

Whatever fight that he had in him before was now all gone. I wasn’t sure what was the reason for that because he seemed ready to pick a fight with Anthony not so long ago. Anthony pulled on Bill’s collar and dragged him back up onto his feet. I had never seen Anthony look that angry or frightening before and it made my heart race wildly in my chest. Anthony said something to Bill that I couldn’t quite make out. Whatever he said must have been threatening enough to make all the color drain out of Bill’s face.

He looked scared out of his mind as Anthony seemed to overpower him. I knew that I should step in and stop Anthony from any more acts of violence, but I was too caught up in the moment to do anything right. To be frank, I was so impressed by Anthony’s heroic act to even stop and consider whether what he was doing was right or wrong. Then again, how could Anthony possibly be in the wrong?

Bill let out a painful cry when Anthony punched him again in the face. For a moment, it felt like he had completely lost it as he continued landing blow after blow on Bill’s face as he held Bill in place to prevent him from falling down again onto the ground. There was so much blood on Bill’s face and that was when I started to feel scared of what may happen.

“Anthony...” I called his name softly.

His fist stopped midair so I figured that he must have heard me calling his name. Anthony’s body stilled for a brief moment before he slowly lowered his fist. Suddenly, Anthony released his grip on Bill’s shirt. Bill slithered down onto the ground like his legs or maybe his entire body had become useless. I couldn’t tell how serious his injuries were but that wasn’t at all my concern at that moment.

“Anthony, are you ok?” I asked as I rushed to his side.

“Diana...” he mumbled as he turned to face me.

At first, it seemed like he was lost in a daze and then his eyes focused on my face. Our eyes met and he smiled at me as if nothing had happened.

“Are you ok?” I asked as I gently took his injured hand in mine.

I didn’t know what I was doing but his hand was already in mine, and I was staring at it as I inspected it for injuries.

“Don’t worry about me. Let’s get you out of here first,” he said as he gently held my elbow and urged me to follow him.

In the end, it was Anthony who took my hand and quickly led me out of the garden and into the school building.

...

“You don’t have to do this. I can handle it,” he said as he tried to pull his hand out from mine.

After escaping the scene, I led Anthony straight to the infirmary to fix up the wounds on the back of his hand. Honestly, they was nothing more than a few grazes on his knuckles where they came in contact with Bill’s face when he landed his punches but seeing his bloodied knuckles made my heartache so painfully in my chest.

“Please let me help you with this because I couldn’t help you with anything else...” I said before offering him a smile.

This is all because of me...

--To be continued...

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