Unconscious Husband: Meet Her Love In Silence by Ken Slaner

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.

no more

like this,” Bennett conceded after a

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

”

but she swiftly masked

this is

it or

” Bennett smirked.

“Trust but verify.

you can’t trust me, you’re free

won’t make it out of these woods by

”

replied,

I’LL strip you, tie you to a tree, and cut you

certainly have a

be by my side,” Bennett teased, undisturbed by

resorted to

up and

”

Bennett responded

so I can’t move quickly or

sturdy branch to serve as a crutch

”

notice his leg,

indeed

closely, confirming it was indeed a fractured ankle with a

telling

reflecting briefly, Ariana stood, walked to the nearby trees,