NovelBarWhen my hand touched him, he suddenly fell, and I exclaimed, "Arnold!" As I hugged him, he smirked atmischievously.
I was exasperated. "You scaredto death. How bad is your injury?" Hana looked atand said softly, "The bullet just grazed his skin." Arnold joked, "See? What did I tell you aboutbeing lucky?" "I can't believe you're still joking. If anything happened to you, how could I face Archie?" My voice trembled.
"He still has you and Ardie anyway. What are you worried about?" he shrugged.
"Nonsense!" I glared at him. "You and Hana should go back and rest properly tomorrow. It's too dangerous here. You shouldn't stay." "You've only realized how dangerous it is here now? I warned you about this before we came. Didn't you believe me?" Arnold's tone was serious. "Would I have been injured if you had listened to my advice?" His words madeeven more uncomfortable. "That's why I want you to go back. And Hana, no matter which Avila family you're from, I won't allow anything to happen to you because of me." As those words escaped my lips, tears welled up in my eyes.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtArnold was right. He wouldn't have been injured if I hadn't insisted on coming here.
My words had just revealed my intentions clearly and hinted that I had already confirmed Hana's identity as my mother's relative and, thus, mine too.
Hana didn't respond, but the gentleness in her eyes confirmed my suspicion.
"Do you think I can just leave you here and rest? How can I go back like this?" Arnold asked sternly, now resembling an older brother.
"Atlas is here. He won't let anything happen to me," I argued.
"Him? He's already spoiled you rotten." Arnold didn't hold back, his expression stern.
"Anyway, he is him, and I am me. If I were still abroad, I wouldn't have seen any of this. But you're here withnow. If I let you stay here In such a dangerous place and run back halone, what kind of brother would I be? My dad would beatup if I did that. It's not something a Beringer man would do." He was determined to stay.
"But..." I wanted to say something else, but Atlas strode in with Cane behind him.
As they entered, I had to swallow my words.
Atlas looked at my face, sensing that something was amiss.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"What's wrong?" he asked, then glanced at Arnold.
I quickly looked at Atlas and asked, "Who did it? Was it Navi's people?" I was trying to change the subject, but I also wanted to know the answer to this question.
"It definitely wasn't Navi's people." Arnold said firmly, looking at Atlas.
Atlas glanced at him, indicating that Arnold's guess was correct.
"It wasn't?" I was surprised. If it wasn't Navi's people, then who would target us? As I locked eyes with Atlas for a moment, à nsuddenly popped into my mind. I gasped and said, "Could it be Denton? It must be him!" Content belongs to en.kikistoriesAtlas didn't deny it.
UMS "Looks like this guy is asking for trouble." Arnold gritted his teeth.'ll have to settle the score with him. He's relentless. He hired assassins to attack us while we were all country!" Content in belongs to en.kikistoriesEveryone was shocked to hear Arnold's words. I looked at him and asked, "Assassins?" "The ones Of course they were Who attacked us were "Arnold coContent belongs to en.kikistoriesAtlas glanced at him, then turned to Cane. "Get dinner ready." "I've ordered dinner. Let's have it here." Cane suggested.
After all that commotion, nobody had any appetite for dinner, to be honest.
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