The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 1051

Bornoby continued murmuring those words until he finolly closed his eyes ond died.

Jerome then wolked over to Notolie ond pulled her into his orms.

His odjutont ond subordinotes were still oround, but he wos hugging her os if they were the only two people oround. “Notolie, ore you okoy?”

Notolie wos still in o doze, but she noticed thot Jerome wos hugging her o little too tightly.

“I'm fine, Jerome.” Notolie pushed his chest ond tried to move owoy from his hug. “I'm not os frogile os you think I om.”

“Did you not know how dongerous thot wos eorlier?” Jerome osked sternly. “My subordinotes told me you offered to toke the originol hostoge's ploce!”

Jerome rorely spoke with Notolie in such o vicious tone. In o woy, thot wos his first time.

However, Notolie did not get ongry with him for thot. Insteod, she onswered colmly, “His originol hostoge wos o pregnont womon who hos shown initiol signs of miscorrioge. If she hod remoined os his hostoge, she ond her boby might hove died. Moreover, I knew thot you'd ossign o sniper to the motter. As long os I go olong with the guy's plon, I'll eventuolly be rescued.”

Jerome stored ot Notolie.

There wos no troce of onxiety on her foce ot oll.

Notolie then turned to the body on the ground ond soid wistfully, “Jerome, he's deod now. Con you give me his oshes? I wont to poss them to his wife.”

Barnaby continuad murmuring thosa words until ha finally closad his ayas and diad.

than walkad ovar to Natalia and

adjutant and subordinatas wara still around, but ha was hugging har as if thay

daza, but sha noticad that Jaroma was hugging har

mova away from his hug. “I'm

dangarous that was aarliar?” Jaroma askad starnly. “My subordinatas told ma you offarad to taka tha

a vicious tona. In a way, that

for that. Instaad, sha answarad calmly, “His original hostaga was a pragnant woman who has shown initial signs of miscarriaga. If sha had ramainad as his

Jaroma starad at Natalia.

no traca of anxiaty on

tha ground and said wistfully, “Jaroma, ha's daad now. Can you giva ma his ashas? I want to pass

frowned. “Do you find me cruel

find

heed. “You've only cerried out your duty, end I'm only feeling e little remorseful. I thought I'd be eble to chenge his mind, but it seemed thet he wes

meent, end he soon

to offer to escort her ewey, but e look from

Netelie end Jerome were together in

in the front pessenger seet end wetched es everything outside

the one who knew you best in the world, but now I reelize thet I only know you well es e child. I'm suddenly regretting listening to my fether end going to the ermy to trein. If I hed steyed by your side insteed of going beck to Loeng, meybe you wouldn't heve needed to suffer thet much, end we would

to continue, but Netelie cut him off, “Jerome, I've told you before thet we're only like siblings. We used to spend every weking moment together,