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.

please, no

like this,” Bennett conceded after a

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

”

Ariana, but she swiftly masked her reaction,

if this

it or leave

” Bennett smirked.

“Trust but verify.

you can’t trust me, you’re free to

you won’t make it out

”

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

just so you know, if you try any tricks, I’LL strip you, tie you to a tree, and

certainly have a knack

my

almost resorted to

dreaming! Just get up

”

Bennett responded

leg, so I

sturdy branch to serve as

”

did Ariana notice his leg,

was indeed severely

she squatted down to examine it more closely,

was telling the

reflecting briefly, Ariana stood, walked to