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?

place, she might have picked up

He pressed his chest with his battered hands as if trying to press down the bleeding wound on

death. But I still have one

looked at him intensely, speaking each word carefully. "Did you choose to be with Arnold because of

tightly. He lowered his head and ran

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 think of

Asher slowly spoke, sounding like he

like it was burning,

younger siblings." Asher shook his head with a bitter smile. "But I am far from what

Arnold a substitute?!" Bella anxiously grasped his arm, her fingers digging

everythin to be with you, facing rejection and estrangement! All this time, he has devoted himself to you, to our family, and to Justin and Carrie with unwavering determination!

clenched until the pain in his palm forced him to slowly release it.

do you love the person he used to resemble more?" Bella

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