(The same day)
That same day, once the gaming hours ended and players logged out of Terra Nova, Amanda rushed to find Leo, overwhelmed with fear after reading the growing uproar on the Global Forums.
She had seen the accusations and the increasing calls for clarification, and the longer she thought about it, the more her anxiety grew for Leo's safety.
Usually, Leo was quick to respond to her messages within the game, but today, for the first time, he hadn't replied to a single one of her private messages, which only escalated her worry for his safety, and made it spiral into a full blown panic attack.
*Ding* *Dong*
She anxiously pressed the doorbell to Leo's apartment, her heart racing, as within seconds, Leo opened the door.
"Amanda? What's going on?" Leo asked, concern crossing his face as he saw her standing there, wide-eyed and breathless.
"Leo! Are you okay?" Amanda cried out, her voice trembling as she flung herself into his arms, holding him tightly.
Leo, startled by her reaction, wrapped his arms around her, bewildered. "Yeah, I'm fine. What happened to you?" he asked, noticing her tear-streaked cheeks and the panic in her eyes, as he had no idea why she was so upset.
Without a word, Leo scooped her up and carried her inside, gently closing the apartment door behind them.
He brought her to his bedroom, where he laid her down and sat beside her, letting her cling to him as she vented her emotions.
Although he didn't fully understand what was going on, he knew Amanda needed to release the storm of worry that had been building up inside her, and hence he waited patiently for her to calm down.
"Leo! The people on the global forums are stupid! They're stupid, they think that you and 'TheBoss' are one and the same, and there are some idiots in sector E who even go as far as promising the world that they will find you and hunt you for questioning.
I-I am worried about your safety" Amanda said, as after a full minute of crying she finally told Leo what was worrying her.
"Oh? People are talking about hunting me in real life?" Leo asked, shaking his head and chuckling, as he felt amused at the idea of anyone daring to hunt him.
With his ankle monitor off, there were no longer any limiters on his power.
He could actually use [Mirror World] [Vanish] [Kill Strike] and [Shadowbind] now and there was not a damn thing that anyone could do about it.
However, he would thankfully never have to use them, as very soon he was going to leave Sector C for good.
"Yes! The workers under you are snakes! You treat them too well, and even give them the best possible evaluation grades but they are snakes ready to backstab you. You need to be careful!" Amanda said, as Leo chuckled and started to stroke her head.
She was a cute one to worry so deeply about him and Leo could not help but feel this quality about her extremely endearing.
It was moments like these that made him realize just how much Amanda cared for him, and helped him strengthen his belief that she was indeed the one for him.
"You know babe…. They're not wrong. I am actually 'TheBoss' " Leo said, as he barely held in his laughter when he said those words.
At first Amanda's expression turned blank, then confused and finally angry, as she thought that Leo was trying to pull her leg.
"Yeah right…. Nice one Leo! Make fun of your security situation…. Real mature!" Amanda said, fuming as Leo could hear the raspy sound coming in and out of her nostrils.
"I'm not joking, I am the Boss…. Look at my feet" Leo said, showing his foot as Amanda was immediately stunned to see his ankle monitor missing.
"Your ankle monitor! It's missing! Where is it?" Amanda asked, looking everywhere for it, until Leo picked it up from the side of the bed and placed it in her palms.
"Don't worry, nobody is coming to hunt me, I've actually outgrown the binds the legal way and have not broken free of my bonds" Leo said, as he reassured Amanda that he had not done anything illegal.
"Huh?" Amanda asked, feeling surprised, as she tilted her head in confusion.
"So… it'll only make sense if I start from the start…. So be patient as I tell you a story, a story I only plan to tell you and Luke" Leo said, as he began to narrate his tale to Amanda, right from the beginning.
At first, Amanda could not follow Leo's story, as she had no knowledge about how the combat classes worked and how the special class restrictions came into play, however, by the end, she seemed to understand the whole picture.
"So… you really are the biggest big shot in the game? The one and only Boss?" Amanda asked, once Leo finished his story, as Leo nodded and gave her a kind smile.
"I am…. But you ma'am, are my Boss" Leo said, poking her belly as Amanda giggled heartily.
She was already madly in love with Leo before she even found out that he was an important player, however, now that she knew that he was the best, it only made her even more proud of her choice.
A man being rich and powerful was like a woman being beautiful, as although it wasn't the most important trait, it did help a lot to boost the attractiveness of the individual.
She, just like Luke, was not mad about Leo lying to her, as she accepted his explanation on how his very life was on the line if he did not.
Since Leo was apologetic about his lies and had come clean at the first opportunity that he got, Amanda forgave her happily, and even decided to reward her in a special way.
"Mmm…. You becoming a master needs to be celebrated properly. How about we go all the way today?" She asked, a naughty smile spreading on her lips, as Leo gulped a mouthful of saliva.
Leo had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and now that it was finally within his grasp, there was no way he was going to turn it down.
"Okay–" he said, removing his robe, as Amanda bashfully did the same.
Their bodies moved in sync from then onwards, as soft moans filled Leo's room.
The two went at it for hours, the love between them tender and passionate, until Amanda was absolutely exhausted, as only then did Leo finally stop.
Finally, when it was over, neither of them spoke, as they only enjoyed the embrace of one another, knowing full well that the dynamic between them had changed forever from this moment onwards.