When Holden saw him, other than exchanging customary pleasantries, he didn’t have much of a reaction.

Seeing him approach Ashton and me, I subconsciously hid behind Ashton as fear clutched at my chest.

“Mr. Fuller, what a coincidence. We meet again!” he said with a minute smile on his face.

Ashton kept a poker face as he met the other man’s gaze. “Mm, we meet again. I thought you already left Moranta.”

Abe released an abrupt laugh. “Of course not. This land is where I was given a new life. If I left just like that, how would I be able to see the two of you again?”

Ashton shot him a chilling glance but remained silent.

 

The corner of Abe’s mouth lifted into an arrogant smirk. “It seems like you don’t really like talking to me, Mr. Fuller. It’s fine. Time is on our side. We have many more opportunities for a good chat!”

Without waiting for a response, he walked away.

 

I sighed in relief and quickly said, “Let’s go, Ashton.”

then cast a glance at Holden, signaling that we were leaving. With that, he looked at me and said, “Let’s

who was supposed to leave. Instead, he stopped to stare unblinkingly at Ashton

grabbed Ashton’s arm tightly. Noticing my reaction, he put his arm around my waist and lowered his voice to say, “Don’t be scared.

and continued walking alongside Ashton

car, my nerves finally relaxed. I watched as

calmly focused on the road ahead. “Tomorrow,” he replied,

After we were taken away, he didn’t hurt me because of my relationship with Armond, but he was very cruel to Nora and the

“Don’t ever leave without a word again, okay? No matter what happens, we’ll face it together. Don’t decide things all by

was still driving, I exclaimed,

smiled and shifted his gaze back

me a box. Slightly bewildered, I turned to him and

tell you that he’s sorry,” he clarified and

thought about that insufferably arrogant man, I couldn’t help but grumble, “It’s hard to believe that an egoistic man like him is actually capable of saying sorry. But what exactly can he offer

deeply and observed, “You don’t have a very good impression of

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