You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 2080: Framed

At this moment, Reuben also heard the commotion outside. The sounds were faint but getting closer. He widened his eyes. How could this be? He had only told his confidant about coming here because he knew Grizela would never agree. So, he had to keep it from her.

"Those aren't your people outside?" Reuben glanced at Clint.

Clint shrugged slightly. "Obviously not. My people wouldn't come up without my orders, and I haven't given any."

He gave Reuben a sidelong glance. "So, who else knows we're here tonight? Who did you tell? It couldn't have been Grizela. So, who was supposed to meet you?"

"Azuma." Reuben no longer concealed the truth as he sensed something was wrong. "Azuma originally served my father and later me. I..."

Clint sneered, interrupting him. "Idiot, he was bought off long ago."

Clint frowned deeply. "Useless fool."

He pressed his satellite system for an emergency call but didn't know how many people had come or if they had already controlled his men at the foot of the mountain. They needed to buy time for reinforcements.

Reuben was stunned and embarrassed but quickly grabbed his phone to call for help from the palace guards. But there was no signal.

"It's too late; communications have been cut off." Clint clenched his fists. "Thinking of calling now is useless."

At that moment, the door was suddenly forced open from the outside.

Reuben instinctively moved forward to grab the intruder but was shocked when a woman stumbled in, dirty and covered in bloodstains on her chest.

and hair disheveled, but

Reuben gasped, "Chiyuki,

she ever been in such a miserable state? Chiyuki lay on

wants to kill you! He sent many people after you. I escaped to warn

knelt down and noticed something wrong with Chiyuki; she kept clutching her abdomen and hadn't stood up since falling in. Blood began to seep from beneath

exclaimed in shock. "The Yoshikawa family dared

because Clint refused to marry Chiyuki? Was she discarded like a pawn without value,

don't mind me... Prince Brother... run!" Chiyuki used all her strength

now, gradually engulfing her body and

a pool of

she'll die from blood loss," Reuben said, trying to lift Chiyuki. Despite everything, he had watched her

saving; hit in

coldly. He hadn't expected Hirota to be so ruthless as to discard his daughter when

"Let's go."

stay any longer. Clint turned to leave through the back door of Ropponsho Shrine, where a path led to the back

Clint was right but couldn't accept watching a living girl die before him without being

loved Clint; even after repeated rejections,

now, Reuben could only follow Clint and set aside their differences

step out the back door, a

both here-how convenient! Saves me a lot of trouble." With sinister laughter, Hirota entered with a squad of guards, stepping over his daughter's body without

to warn

of pity. "A useless daughter who wouldn't side with the Yoshikawa family

confronted Hirota angrily. "Azuma betrayed us? He