Chapter 482: Chapter 482: I’m Willing to Help You 3
Chase Lynch looked at him respectfully, his gaze lowered. "This is a game to see who will win—you or your opponent," he said gravely. "To win the people’s hearts, it will be inevitable for Your Highness to personally lead the army into battle."
"When you meet on the battlefield, it will be a fight to the death. Either you will die, or they will. Regardless of the outcome, she will be the one who gets hurt. So, Your Highness, if you truly love her that much, shouldn’t you leave her sooner rather than later?"
"This way, if you end up killing her family, she will certainly hate you—that’s a given, since your relationship is inherently conflicted. But the betrayal of a friend is completely different from the betrayal of a husband. The same would be true if her family were to kill you."
"Why should she have to bear all of this?"
Aaron Wyatt looked at him, his eyes red with accusation. "Yes, her father killed my family—a blood feud that cannot be reconciled. But she’s so wonderful, and she doesn’t know anything! She’s never even enjoyed a single day of her parents’ love. Why should she be the one to carry the burden for her family’s sins?"
Her identity had sealed her fate to an extraordinary life.
In truth, Aaron Wyatt had been willing to hide his identity, get close to her, and even marry her, all in an effort to protect her. But this path was too difficult. They were on opposing sides...
All in all, life would not be easy for Annabelle Linton.
Aaron Wyatt looked at Chase Lynch with a melancholic gaze. "Annabelle and I are kindred spirits, both yearning for freedom and an ordinary life, yet we can’t have what we want. Is there really no other way? I just want her to be okay."
"There is."
As Aaron Wyatt’s gaze fell upon him, a hint of hesitation appeared on Chase Lynch’s cold face. He seemed to zone out for a moment before snapping back to his senses.
"Leona Grant. Your Highness, you know that our initial approach to Annabelle Linton was all for the sake of advancing the relationship between her and Leona Grant, and then..."
He paused, collecting himself. "Although that was the plan, I have to admit, Leona Grant really is the only one who can protect her."
It all just depends on whether Leona Grant is capable enough.
It was as if all the strength had been instantly drained from Aaron Wyatt’s body. He let out a hollow laugh. "So, there’s really no chance for Annabelle and me?"
"Correct. And your time is almost up. The notice has come down. You can no longer stay here. You’ll have to leave soon."
Aaron Wyatt lowered his gaze and smiled. "I understand."
’If being with me will only bring her harm, then it’s better to let someone else be her hero.’
’As long as she is safe, that’s all that matters.’
His wish had always been to grant her a lifetime of smiles and to give her a lifetime of peace and warmth.
’In the next life, I have to be reborn into a better one.’
A complex light flashed in Chase Lynch’s eyes.
...
"RUMBLE—"
A new day began with a torrential downpour, the sky a frightening, gloomy gray.
Perhaps because of her overwhelming anxiety, Annabelle Linton had developed a high fever in the middle of the night.
When she woke up in the morning, Aaron Wyatt was gone. ’He must have gone to figure something out...’
She took some medicine haphazardly and, while burning with a high fever, waited for two hours in the deputy mayor’s living room. But the deputy mayor never showed. In the end, she couldn’t wait any longer and left.
’The sentencing is tomorrow, which means today is the last chance. The odds are slim, but I still have to try.’
But she was truly starting to despair!
She had a lot of money. Between the acquisition and her inheritance, she had hundreds of millions at her disposal.
But this matter wasn’t trivial. Money was useless; it couldn’t solve the problem at all. You needed both money and power...
This issue was far from simple, and many people were afraid of getting caught in the crossfire, so they avoided her like the plague.
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