Chapter 501 I Wouldn’t Have Hurt if You’d Died

Soon after they left, the venue returned to order. In this race against time to get rich, the audience preferred to ignore the incident in favor of devoting themselves to the cause.

When she noticed Kenneth’s hand inadvertently holding his wound, Elise said before she could think too much about it, “Thank you.”

In response, he only looked at her affectionately without saying anything.

What she didn’t know was that he was absolutely entranced with the way she used his power to take Ziggy down a peg.

Surely it wouldn’t take long before she completely got used to it and relied on this identity of his.

The pain of Kenneth’s wound was nothing in comparison to the feeling of being relied upon by her.

It wasn’t until Elise realized something was strange and looked up at him that he quickly averted his gaze. Clearing his throat, he changed the topic and asked, “How did you know I came to exterminate the Eagle Gang?”

Stunned, she pulled back.

No… She’d only been blathering nonsense. It couldn’t be true.

“You really exterminated the entire gang?” Elise murmured tentatively.

Hearing that, Kenneth frowned.

From her question, it seemed she hadn’t known about this matter, and yet…

Seeing through his thoughts, she offered up an explanation. “I only said all of that to scare Ziggy and to let him know that there were others better than him and not to be so brazen. I didn’t know Eagle Gang was truly gone… Is this why you got so badly injured yesterday?”

Kenneth hummed in response. Having already let things slip, he had no choice but to confirm her suspicions.

After a moment of thought, she continued, “Did you do it single-handedly?”

“How else?”

was the reason you came to Dukethorn? Did Smith Co. and the

he simply stared

why she was suddenly so interested in his business, either, but with no way

about it. Wasn’t it worth her time to get to

because he happened to be Kenneth Bailey and not because he was Kenneth Bailey that she paid

and softly. “You were attacked by the people from that gang. I was afraid someone would come after you if I didn’t take care of them

Thud thud thud…

felt

lost all ability to speak or express herself. There wasn’t anything she could say

time did Elise take a deep breath to calm down. Her tone icy, she muttered, “Don’t humor yourself by doing these things. I already have people I would give up my life for. If you’d died at the Eagle

she spun on her

far, Kenneth followed after

heart jolted like she had been electrocuted, and she shrugged him off in terror. “Don’t

though he didn’t know what was happening to her, he lifted his hands in surrender. “I have no ill intentions. I only wanted to say that

are you implying?” Her breathing was still

to lean on. They can’t cause any fuss and they

when she caught

of mind could she say as calmly as possible. “You underestimate me. Do

“I’m worried—”

 

to reply before continuing, “I don’t care who you worry about, but I don’t need you to worry about me. Moreover, I never do

“I don’t need that.”

not!” she snapped forcefully. “It’s the only thing I can give you,

accept having feelings

leaving Kenneth with this sentence, she left the lounge

After getting

Elise right as the latter stopped in her tracks and turned back. “I said I would thank you

quiet question, she looked away, only for her gaze to fall on Tom. In an instant, her smile became somewhat unnatural, and her hand that was clutching the strap of her purse subconsciously

she murmured, “We can find a quiet restaurant with

they reached the restaurant, Tina went up to the host station to get a table number with Tom and Elise trailing behind

his arm to remind him, “You’re old acquaintances. Be proactive. Don’t miss

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