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

continue like this,” Bennett conceded after

agree on some guidelines-no violence

in Ariana, but she swiftly masked her reaction,

if this is

or leave

” Bennett smirked.

“Trust but verify.

can’t trust me, you’re free to venture

won’t make it out of

replied,

if you try any tricks, I’LL strip you, tie you to a tree, and cut you into pieces until your last

have a

be by my side,”

almost resorted to violence

up and lead the

alright,” Bennett responded

broken leg, so I can’t move quickly

branch to serve as a crutch for

then did Ariana notice his leg, adjusting her

indeed severely

more closely, confirming it was

telling

stood, walked to the nearby trees, and

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