Chapter 1999



Asher continued, "After his identity was exposed, K abandoned him, and the Overcast besieged him. Traitors ultimately had one fate-death." "So... back when you were The Matrix, did you execute him?" Bella's voice trembled lightly, chills spreading through her body.

Asher closed his eyes weakly, shaking his head in pain. "When I succeeded as the leader, I swore an oath that I would never kill anyone. That was my bottom line. But at that time, everyone pressured me to personally execute him."

Bella felt suffocated, her heart racing.

"In order not to make things difficult for me, he took the gun from my hands and shot himself."

When Asher spoke of the incident again, his tone was calm and deep. If not for his bloodshot eyes, Bella might have thought he was recounting someone else's story.

How could anyone watch a loved one commit suicide before their eyes?

have picked

his chest with his battered hands as

I regret his death. But I still have

at him intensely, speaking each word carefully. "Did you choose to be

gripped the photo tightly. He lowered his head and ran his tongue over

resemblance to your ex. You approached him and cared for him, not just to help me win him over, right? You wanted to see him, and you couldn't help but be close to him. Did you see him and

a long silence, Asher slowly spoke, sounding

it

perhaps you see me through a familial lens. As your big brother, I am emotionally stable, principled, respectful of elders, and loving toward my younger siblings." Asher

that? How can you consider Arnold a substitute?!" Bella anxiously grasped his arm, her fingers digging in

Arnold gave up everythin to be with you, facing rejection and estrangement! All this time, he has devoted himself to you, to

clenched until the pain in his palm forced him to slowly release it. "But now... I truly love Arnold. It has nothing to do with his face. I love him for who

the person he used

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