My Billionaire Mom novel Chapter 420

However, Chuck thought it was normal for men to have such feelings for women like Patricia. At the very least, Patricia was tall, slender, and had legs that went on for miles. Who wouldn't like her?

At the same time, Chuck didn't think Landon was right to force Patricia into accompanying him like this.

"So Mr. Cannon, would you be willing to help me?" Patricia asked, having plucked up her courage.

If she let someone violent like Landon take her, wouldn't she eventually be tortured to death? He might even hit her!

Looking at Chuck, she felt that he was different. At least he had a better temper and he didn't look to be tempted by her at the moment.

Chuck glanced at her a few times and asked, "Give me a good reason then. Why should I help you?"

He wasn't some sort of lapdog. What made her think she could order him to help her?

They did not know each other well either, having only met several times. Although this woman was smart, it didn't mean that Chuck had to assist her.

Chuck didn't like meddling in other people's business. There were so many intelligent people in the world. It didn't mean that Chuck had to help all of them.

"I..." Patricia bit her lip as she pondered over it. A reason?

She really couldn't think of one.

She was losing her confidence now. She wasn't familiar with Chuck in the slightest. They had only met because of Aaron's ignorance.

"Cat got your tongue? Tell me, what is your reason?" Chuck looked at her expectantly as he repeated.

When he was with the Allen family last time, Chuck had left a lasting impression on them. To help her, it was just a matter of exchanging a few words.

However, why had Chuck even asked her this in the first place?

"I..." Patricia couldn't get any words out.

Indeed, why should he help her? There was no concrete reason. Unless...

Was he trying to imply something?

Patricia eyed Chuck suspiciously but his gaze didn't appear to harbor any kind of desire towards her. He probably wasn't suggesting... that.

She was just thinking too much.

"It's fine if you can't think of anything. Sorry, but I've got something else to tend to," Chuck said, waving her away as he walked over to Yolanda to inquire about the hotel's progress.

"Mr. Cannon, can you give me a few days to come up with a reason?" Patricia pleaded desperately. She had witnessed the struggle between family feuds first hand. It was a horrible thing, for a larger family to gobble up a medium-sized family like hers.

"Let me ask you. Do you think your family is important?" Chuck asked.

"Yes," Patricia answered with no hesitance.

"Then you've already made your choice now, haven't you? You want to protect your family but you want to protect your innocence at the same time. It is impossible to have both. It should be very clear which one you should choose," Chuck said.

"I..." Patricia would usually give Chuck a slap to the face at this point but she couldn't. She was asking for his help.

She wasn't brave enough to do so anyhow. After all, he had managed to cripple Landon for a moment. After so many days, Landon had been quiet and didn't bother her. She couldn't get angry with Chuck for this.

If she angered Chuck, she knew she would face worse consequences.

"You better have a nice think about it yourself," added Chuck.

"Excuse me, but did you break Landon's leg?" Patricia asked for it was very important to confirm this matter.

"No," Chuck replied simply.

"It wasn't you? Then, who did?" Patricia was taken aback.

"Leonardo," Chuck answered calmly.

Patricia let out a shocked gasp at that.

She was horrified to hear that but asked again after some consideration, "Did you order him to do it?"

He replied, "I guess I did." Technically, it was Betty's orders but she was working for him. So, it was almost the same.

Patricia was rendered speechless by her surprise. Was Chuck really that capable? To the point where Leonardo had been forced by him to personally break Landon's leg?

She couldn't believe that Chuck actually was capable enough to force even Leonardo to surrender to him.

"Could you please help me?" Patricia continued to plead even more desperately. If he could make Leonardo turn on his own family, then Chuck would be able to settle her matter in seconds.

"Again, why should I? You couldn't even explain that to yourself. I'm not a charitable person, you know," Chuck said flatly.

Patricia was completely at a loss for words. "Mr. Cannon, what happened that day, I'm..."

She thought that maybe he was holding a grudge against her from the other day. After all, she had not called Landon out for his rude behavior towards him.

"Well, we don't know each other that well anyway. Don't overthink too much. If you can't give me a good reason, I suggest you find yourself a bodyguard," Chuck said and proceeded to turn away, on his way to find Yolanda.

Patricia had intended to say something else but bit her lip to stop herself. In the end, she could only sigh.

She couldn't come up with an excuse for the time being but Chuck had a point. She could always get a bodyguard.

She had to protect herself, in case Landon wanted to vent out his frustrations over his broken leg on her.

She walked out of the hotel eventually. Where could she find a bodyguard?

She gave her assistant a call.

"Find me a bodyguard. A female one," Patricia said.

She hung up after that. Her assistant should be able to find someone for her.

As expected, in less than half an hour, she received a call from her assistant with the name of her new bodyguard. When Patricia looked at the bodyguard's name, she muttered to herself, "Blood Leopard?"

On the information sheet, it also stated that she was an assassin. One who had just debuted.

As far as the whole country was concerned, Blood Leopard was the cheapest help one could get and she was quite capable.

Patricia didn't much mind how much it would cost her. It was Blood Leopard's ability to protect her that was most important.

Patricia really didn't want this person to protect her. After all, she had just debuted, and so Patricia thought that she probably wasn't very competent. Patricia could not gamble with her own safety like this.

Just as she was about to ask the assistant to continue her search, her phone rang. It was a call from an unknown number.

Patricia answered anyway.

"I'm Blood Leopard. You can trust me to protect you with my life. Just relax."

The lady on the other end said in an emotionless tone.

Indeed.