Leo stayed home relaxing calmly, before it was time to pick up Lily from the school. On the way, he received a call from Percie Hibiscal saying that the police had located and apprehended the car driver who crashed into her.
It turns out that the man was a repeat offender and he was hired anonymously by someone to do this. Leo and Percie knew who the person was behind this entire sham but they had no proof.
As the young man drove, he realized that a couple of SUVs were following him at a steady pace. He sighed and parked on the side before he got down. He was so engrossed in his fantasy of dealing with Echo Cardinal that he forgot about the guard teams left for him.
When he got off the vehicle, the guards also followed. Leo approached them and looking at the eight men dressed in black suits and vigilant expressions, he asked, "Who is the leader?"
One man stepped up, he was six feet four, with a burly build. His origins appeared caucasian, but Leo did not concern himself with that. The man said, "I am Kyle, Boss."
Leo shook his head and said, "Kyle from now on you all will call me President Cardinal, or Sir. Don’t call me boss. Is that alright?"
Kyle nodded and replied, "Yes, Sir."
Leo nodded and said, "From the arrangement with Ellysa, your accommodation has been decided already. So, send half of your team to the place where you guys will live."
Kyle nodded, and Leo took out his phone as he said, "Here, input all the contact details of you all. You will work in two shifts. Two teams, round the clock, you can split and decide the rotations by yourself.
I want two of each team to shadow my wife, Snow Cardinal, she is a teacher in the Aspire High School. Okay?"
Kyle nodded again, and Leo said, "I want one person from each team to keep a shadow watch, if anyone tries to come closer to me, or tries to look in to my identity, be it my professional or personal life, you will inform me. Can you do that?"
The people nodded, and Leo said, "The team leader will tag along with me. Also, there is a spare vehicle at home, you can use that as well."
Kyle nodded and said, "Sir, give me five minutes, I will make the arrangements."
The young man nodded and went back in his car after taking his phone. He sat in the driving seat because just because these people were his guards, he did not wish to treat them like servants. When a man is not driving, he can focus on spotting irregularities outside.
Leo was not yet so strong to sense such things, so while he focused on the traffic and navigation, Kyle or the other team leader beside him can handle these things.
Kyle came back and was looking at him from the driver’s seat window when Leo waved his hand to the man indicating him to sit in the passenger seat.
The two then headed to the school. Leo picked up his phone and called Snow. The lady picked up the call and talked in a hushed voice, "Hello, honey, is it urgent?"
Leo replied, "I have sent two people to guard you from a distance, don’t worry too much about them if you see a black SUV on your heels."
Snow replied, "Okay, I will talk about this when I get home."
Leo knew that his wife would not settle for anything less. She was a sensible human and while she supported him silently, she did have the right to ask questions as well.
Kyle looked at Leo and asked, "Sir, we have one more team as a back up. Shouldn’t we work full capacity?"
Leo smiled faintly as he turned the car, and said, "Kyle, in angkor city every rich guy has a big security detail, as if they are about to be killed. However, the fact is that even if they don’t have anyone targeting them, this show-off will attract attention.
I prefer to stay low-profile and avoid unnecessary gazes from looking over too much. Since you have mentioned the additional team, I suppose you have eight more people, right?"
Kyle nodded and Leo said, "Deploy then to the Butterfly Technologies office, six to guard the building and two to maintain the shadow monitoring. Anyone tries to get too close, nab them and tell me. Okay?"
Kyle agreed, he was surprised by the way Leo did things. Usually people would surround themselves with guards and think they are safe from everything, ignoring the need for constant monitoring.
He picked up his call and assigned the second team to the task, while Leo called Percie Hibiscal and told her about the arrangement.
That done, they reached the school, and Leo found Lily waiting for him at the school gate. He got out of the car, and came to her with a smile as he checked his watch and asked, "Miss Verse, there is still a few minutes left, right?"
The teacher nodded and said, "We finished today’s activities early and the students gathered in the garden to play tag. Lily recognized your car from a distance and so, here we are."
Lily raised her head as if she was looking for a praise. Leo smiled and picked her up in his arms and said, "You are so smart."
The girl nodded while humming, and Leo took her small school bag from Teacher Verse, before they went back to the car.
Lily was surprised to see Kyle, and Leo said, "This uncle will protect us from bad guys."
Lily nodded and said, "Hello Uncle."
Kyle revealed a smiled and said, "Hello, Young Miss Lily."
What? You think the guard is not serious enough. God damn those cringe books, a veteran is also a human, so what if they have walked the rivers of blood? People from the army protect the civilians, and so their heart is alive, and they are not cold blooded machines. Get it?
His words were like honey to an ant. Lily turned to look at Leo and said, "Baba, this uncle is a good guy."
Leo chuckled and said, "Yes, he is, because he called you, Young Miss."
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Lily scoffed and said, "You are just jealous, Baddy!"