Chapter 1626

“Alright,” he finally said, after a thoughtful pause.

“You don’t need to be so sad.

Perhaps Holden didn’t die.

He and Adrian had jumped out of the car with me just seconds before the car exploded.

Bennett hoped his words would elevate Ariana’s mood, yet she remained impassive, entrenched in her own thoughts without a hint of change.

Bennett strained his ears but discerned no sound.

A sudden concern gripped him-perhaps she had passed out.

With effort, he propped himself up and reached over to gently shake her.

At last, she moved and looked up, her eyes brimming with tears, red and swollen.

Nonetheless, she resisted the urge to cry, resolved not to show her tears in his presence.

“Wait, are you actually crying? I didn’t do anything to you! Why the tears?” Bennett was utterly perplexed, rambling without clarity.

He could only watch Ariana, longing for her to revert to her typically spirited self-fiery and confrontational, anything but tearful.

Ariana stopped hiding her face and locked eyes with Bennett, maintaining her silence.

“Alright, I’ll take you to find those two guys.

please, no more

a loss if you continue like this,”

some guidelines-no violence against me, and you need to

in Ariana, but she swiftly

if this is

it or leave

” Bennett smirked.

“Trust but verify.

you can’t trust me, you’re free

like I said before, you won’t make

you this time,” Ariana replied, though her voice carried a harsh

if you try any tricks, I’LL strip you, tie you to

certainly have a knack for

by my

livid, almost resorted

up and

Bennett responded

got a broken leg, so I can’t move quickly or

serve as a crutch

leg, adjusting her position for

indeed severely

closely, confirming it was indeed a fractured ankle with

telling the

walked to the nearby

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