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

continue like this,” Bennett conceded after a pause, exhaling

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

but she

this

or leave

” Bennett smirked.

“Trust but verify.

can’t trust me, you’re free

like I said before, you won’t make

time,” Ariana replied, though her voice carried

tie you to a

a knack for

be by my side,” Bennett teased, undisturbed

resorted to

up and lead

alright,” Bennett responded

so I

serve as a

his leg, adjusting

indeed severely

it more closely,

was telling

Ariana stood, walked to the nearby trees, and selected several

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