Chapter 290: I Will Do Anything For You Chapter 290: I Will Do Anything For You He stared at her back, then at the empty space beside him.

His expression shifted, disappointment first, then a mix of something unspoken.

Jealousy?

Hurt?

Maybe just understanding.

He looked away.

Karen reached Abuchi and sat down beside him without asking.

The space between them was quiet.

Abuchi didn’t look at her.

In truth, he hadn’t wanted company.

His mind was running wild, plans, backup plans, what ifs, and all the ways this mission could fall apart.

He needed space.

He needed silence.

But she was already here.

And he couldn’t just chase her off.

Especially not Karen.

She had put herself in danger for him and Ruth.

She had no reason to help, no obligation.

Yet here she was.

Sitting beside him like a quiet shadow in the night.

“How are you holding up?” Karen asked softly, not looking directly at him.

“I’m fine,” Abuchi said quietly, eyes fixed on the dark sky that was slowly bleeding into shades of early morning.

“Just thinking about our next move.” Karen nodded, but she did not move away.

She did not catch that hint of “I need some space right now,” or maybe she did and chose to ignore it.

She kept talking anyway, her voice softer now, as though trying to break through the wall he was building around himself.

“That’s why we’re going to rescue her.

Everything will be fine,” she said, as if saying it enough times might make it true.

Abuchi blinked at her words.

“We.” She said we like it was all of us.

Like this was her fight too.

A warm feeling passed over him.

he said, almost under

being part of this mission.” Karen’s eyes lit

“Of course.

you,” she said, her voice trembling on

locked on his, steady

Anything for you.

clearly, but something about the way she said

that

Too deep?

He glanced at her.

was close now, a

eyes held something heavy,

Maybe affection.

Hope.

Longing.

what she

his mind was too full, of Ruth,

shook the thought away, unwilling to dive into

said, meaning it, but not the same

“You’re my friend, Karen.

loyalty

you either.” His voice was calm, sincere…

Karen’s smile faltered.

Friend.

He said friend.

but from the

Like it was obvious.

all she was ever

from him, I’d risk my

it did, in a

But not enough.

wasn’t what she

that kind of love,

she

could

didn’t want to be just his

he talked about his fiancée,

No.

couldn’t say any

have the

loves his fiancée,

this to save

is

she confessed now, she might

just his trust,

Completely.

couldn’t

nodded, pretending like friend was

a little more in the silence between

okay, she told

I’ll settle for being by his

long as I don’t lose that, I’ll

gaze back to

idea what had just

going

Not now.

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