Bella's arm paused midair, and her gaze narrowed.

Aaron's taunts rubbed Bella off the wrong way, but thanks to her solid relationship with Justin, she had better control over her emotions. She quickly got over the rage.

Though Bella was willing to let things go, Justin was not.

He gripped Bella's hand and pulled her into his arms, his arm firmly around her shoulders. His eyes fixated on Aaron's firmly.

"Oh, so this is the value your family adheres to. Here I thought you were cocky and rude."

Aaron furrowed his brows. "What did you say?"

"Was I wrong?"

Justin's authority overwhelmed Aaron. "I don't care how close your families are, but I know Bella is a graceful, intelligent girl with manners. Bella would never turn her back on people unless there was a reason to. You disrespected her, so you're the problem. You're a respectable man who is older than Bella. You're only embarrassing yourself."

Bella looked deep into Justin's eyes, her eyes welling up emotionally.

She was tempted to jump on him in public and bombard him with kisses.

"You!"

Aaron jolted up from the sofa and glared at Justin.

"Aaron!"

Amid the tension, Arnold grimacingly entered the room.

Mila was a few steps behind Arnold.

her distance the moment her gaze

member of the Larson family had set foot into the Thompsons' residence,

was uncommon for the Larsons

the Thompson family, Justin was unaware of the severity of the matter. However,

approached Aaron with a long

of his pants before slowly

Then came a smack.

group was lost

in front of everyone, and the

forget what

seemed determined to

for Arnold. Instead

family matters outside, Aaron insisted on causing a scene and picking on Arnold. "Don't think I'm being harsh, especially after you insulted Grandpa and

put you in

her favorite nephew, for taking a beating from

that Aaron would be so savage as to

Mila

she had taken an

was no longer a Larson when she left her family to be with Wyatt. The family had nothing to do with

shaking fists and hung

confidence and swag he carried were no

Mr. Larson." Bella's eyes were bloodshot from rage. She took a step forward, only to be held back by Justin. He was not against sticking up for

had lost his mind. Justin was concerned that Aaron

my family. Stay

"We can't have another shameless and disgraced scum in the family. unless Arnold wants to turn his back on the family too. I have the duty to steer him to

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