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

like

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

Ariana, but she swiftly masked

this is

or leave

” Bennett smirked.

“Trust but verify.

trust me, you’re

make it out

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

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

certainly have a

should be by my side,” Bennett

resorted

dreaming! Just get up

alright,” Bennett

so I can’t move

to serve as

his leg, adjusting her position for

indeed severely

to get moving, she squatted down to examine it more closely, confirming it was

was telling the

walked to the nearby trees, and selected

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