I was stunned. "What?"

"What happened to Monique and her family that year, and the... abuse I've inflicted on you guys," he said, his voice uncharacteristically bludgeoned to whispers.

My lips pressed into a thin line and I pulled a long face. "Aaron, let bygones be bygones. Stop bringing it up."

"So, you still hate me?"

Seeing him look at me with a child-like gaze, I couldn't help feeling stunned. "What happened that year is already behind us. After all, you didn't cause me any substantial harm. I'm just worried for Monique. She might not be able to come to terms with it for the rest of her life." Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

People were really complicated. At first, I had been afraid of Aaron, but now I relied on him. I had even started regarding him as family. From a certain point of view, Nerissa and I were actually the same kind of person who put their own interests before others.

He looked at me for a long time and said thoughtfully, "If in the future, you realize that I have done something to hurt you, will you still forgive me?"

At the sight of his countenance, I couldn't help gaping at him. "What have you done to warrant my forgiveness?"

He pursed his lips and said, "So, will you forgive me?"

mistake was. Aaron, you know me better than I do myself, and you know I can't always be forgiving and understanding of you in spite of whatever you did, right? So, don't do anything now or in the future that would hurt me. Let's just be good siblings for the rest of

reserved voice, "Okay, let's be siblings for the rest of our lives. It doesn't matter if we don't have parents. You have me

but feel how unreal everything felt right now. He seemed

if I asked, I wouldn't get anything

sigh as I pulled away from him. "Alright,

and go back!"

sending Aaron home, I went

that Andrea would still be

and went freely, as if she had completely made herself

my way at the door and said with a gloomy expression, "Look at you, Arianna, coming home in the middle of the night. Your wild nature dies hard, huh? Now that Hendrix isn't here, you're as free as

for Casper, I

not in the mood to bother myself with her. Nonchalantly, I said, "Miss Burton, why don't you pay me rent? I'll consider leasing a room for you to stay in so that you won't have

fumed

of cursing, so I said pointedly, "It's getting late. Miss

that, I headed straight for

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