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?

she were in his place, she might have picked up that

All in the past..." Asher murmured hoarsely. He pressed his chest with his battered hands as if trying to press down the bleeding wound

I still

carefully. "Did you choose to be with Arnold because

his head and ran his tongue over

you were drawn to him because of his 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

long silence, Asher slowly spoke, sounding like

heart felt like it was burning, her

younger siblings." Asher shook his head with a bitter smile.

anxiously grasped his arm, her fingers digging in as if trying to embed

All this time, he has devoted himself to you, to our family, and

in his palm forced him to slowly release it. "But now... I truly love Arnold. It

you love Arnold? Or do you love the person he used to resemble

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