Chapter 481: Chapter 481: I Am Willing to Help You (Part 2)
Aaron Wyatt viciously kicked over the nearby sofa and roared, "Obey orders? Whose orders? I’ve already gone this far—is it still not enough to satisfy you?!"
Chase Lynch said nothing.
"Five years ago, I wanted to make her my wife! You all kept saying the lives of five thousand soldiers rested on my shoulders, all on my shoulders! Fine! I endured it!"
"You said getting close to her would help me secure the throne faster. Fine. As long as I could be with her, I had no objections. And you promised me—you promised you wouldn’t harm her! Now what is this? What are you doing?! HUH?! That’s her only brother! You’re trying to kill her!"
’If it weren’t for this damned status, he probably would have been with Annabelle long ago.’
In that moment, Aaron Wyatt hated his own status!
’All he wanted was to be with Annabelle, to let her live a peaceful, carefree life. Why was that so difficult?’
Chase Lynch kept his head bowed, his posture unchanging, and said calmly, "Your Highness, your status dictates that you can never be an ordinary man. Besides, you and Miss Linton have no future together. Don’t you understand that?"
"Why should I?"
Aaron Wyatt’s dark gaze swept over him as he sneered. "This bullshit mission, this bullshit family feud and national vendetta, the lives of five thousand brothers—what does any of that have to do with me?"
"Leader of Country V? You think I give a damn about that? If I wasn’t so afraid you’d hurt her, why would I have gone to such lengths? But you’ve all pushed it too far!"
Chase Lynch’s brows knitted together tightly. "Your Highness, it is one thing to say such things before me, your subordinate. But you must never say them before His Majesty. That will only place Miss Linton in greater danger."
Danger?
Aaron Wyatt laughed at that. He looked at Chase with derision, a self-mocking smile playing on his lips. "And I’m not hurting her right now?
Her only brother is in prison because of me—because of what you all did! Do you have any idea how pathetic I feel when she cries to me, while I’m the one trying my damnedest to comfort her?!"
"I do not know, nor do I wish to."
Chase Lynch remained kneeling on the ground, his voice firm and righteous. "I only know that Your Highness will one day be the sole ruler of Country V. It is our duty to completely eradicate any and all obstacles in your path. Even if it means slaughter, we must carve a bloody path to help you ascend the throne and unite Country V."
Chase Lynch pressed his lips together and spoke earnestly, "Your Highness, you are the most glorious man in Country V. Once you ascend the throne, you can have any woman you desire. Why insist on a ruined woman who doesn’t even love you? Can’t you see she only feels guilty toward you?"
"You don’t understand. In this whole world, there’s no one better than her..."
Aaron Wyatt suddenly smiled, his expression growing distant. "Chase... do she and I really have no future? The only dream I’ve ever had in this life is to make her my wife..."
Chase Lynch watched him, his face a mask of indifference, his words methodically stripping away the last vestiges of irrationality and fantasy in Aaron’s heart. "Your Highness, do you not know who she is?
Her family killed your mother, Your Highness. They killed your favorite brother. Can you forget that? An arrow, once fired, cannot be recalled. Sooner or later, the North Family and the Valerius Family will face a battle to the death... We are willing to live and die with you, Your Highness. Either we achieve glory or go down in infamy. It can only be one or the other. We have no choice. And what’s more..."
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