The girl had enough time to defend herself from the coming slap due to her great reflexes but curiosity got her better. She wanted to see what the real Leigh has endured till now and honestly the slap which also included the sharp nails of a crazy woman was no joke at all.
'How can a sister attack her own sister like this?' Leigh was taken aback touching her cheeks that had marks of four fingers with nail scratching and making it bleed more.
Leigh could easily figure out that this was the second daughter of Filin family and her sister. She frowned as she looked at the blood in her hand that was pouring out of her cheeks.
The woman in front of her was heaving in rage. She was wearing tightly fit black top with a black paired mini skirt. High heels and her burgundy colour hair kept open with only the front part braided.
She looked ugly with keeping an irritated look on her average looking face.
"Everything is because of you… it's all because of you! Why did you have to come back alive!" she screamed and rushed again but this time to grab Leigh's hair.
Leigh didn't stay still anymore, she already knew how crazy this woman can go just by getting a deadly slap so, she moved a step back.
Still the girl didn't attack back, she stayed still, her darken face was telling everything but she took effort to say it out with her mouth, "Layla Filin, have you gone mad!".
'I still don't understand. After all what did that naïve girl do to get this much hostility from everyone. Why do they want her dead so much even though they are a family?' Leigh could not understand the weird situation.
"What did you say?" Layla screamed out her tongue furiously looking truly mad because with the announcement Roff made, not only Leigh but her whole family would become a laughing matter because their status and power were lower in comparison to the Gordon family.
Leigh sighed and blew air out of her mouth making her bangs drift back for a moment. She was really irritated at this moment and anyone can see that by the frown she kept on her face.
If not for Lily the eldest daughter of the Filin family, they would've continued quarrelling more. She was looking for Leigh who suddenly disappeared from the gathering. Worried about how Leigh would be feeling, she looked around and lastly, she reached the backyard which was filled with silence.
Though she was in the conclusion that Leigh might not be here since she was afraid to stay at big places alone but the aggressive noise of her sisters proved her wrong and she rushed there.
"What have you done, Layla!" Lily cried in shock keeping her frail fingers on her mouth as her eyes fell on Leigh cheeks.
But Layla wasn't in the least bit feeling guilty, she was rather getting more irritated because even though Lily tried to hide it but Layla knew from the beginning that Lily has always loved Leigh.
Layla clicked her tongue, "What do you think I am doing, big sis. Isn't it clear that I am teaching a lesson to this brat who has ruined our family reputation just after coming back after 6 months".
She was aggressively talking to her elder sister, her behaviour showed no respect to Lily and she sighed, "Go back, mother is looking for you".
"Did you not understand me! I said I am teaching a lesson to this b*tch, how can you accept me to leave".
"Layla Filin!" filled with anger, Lily face darkened as she shouted at her.
Layla flinched back since this was the first time Lily has ever raised her voice toward her. This made her more irritated knowing that the reason for that shout earlier was particularly Leigh and no one else.
She glared at Leigh and with a chuckle nervously responded to Lily, "Now you have more work to deal with because of this girl, don't you feel bad about this? Really… huh, you should be scolding her for increasing your workload while freeloading on you all the time".
"Layla". A kind voice grabbed their attention.
Mrs. Filin walked forward keeping her shawl intact in her arms, "You should go back home now".
Layla felt unfair because Mrs. Filin was chasing away only her, "But mom, she did something wrong and now our family reputation is going to hit rock bottom, aren't you going to scold her".
Her face that screamed how she was wronged didn't stopped Mrs. Filin from saying the same thing twice, "Layla, I won't repeat the same thing again".
Biting her lips, she left while giving glares to Leigh.
As she left, Mrs. Filin looked sternly at Lily, "What Layla said was right. I don't think you should waste your time here anymore and start wrapping up the mess she has created".
'Honestly, what have I even done?' Leigh sighed. She could see that Lily was in a troubled situation and she could also feel that in Leigh family, apart from her grandma, her older sister also had a soft spot for the real Leigh.
"I will go but let me first help her with first aid, she is bleeding quite profusely. I am afraid…"
"What are you afraid for, she survived between those monsters for so long, this little injury will not kill her so now leave".
Mrs. Iam Filin interrupted her words.
Lily was in a difficult situation, she bit her lips and clutched on her pants tightly while looking down until Leigh said something startling.
"Since the workload is, too much, as a Filin it's my responsibility to take care of the company my grandpa worked so hard on. I think it's time for me to lessen my sister's burden," with an innocent smile on her face, she uttered the most ridiculous words that Iam Filin could ever had wished to hear.