Bella's arm paused midair, and her gaze narrowed.

Aaron's taunts rubbed Bella off the wrong way, but thanks to her solid relationship with Justin, she had better control over her emotions. She quickly got over the rage.

Though Bella was willing to let things go, Justin was not.

He gripped Bella's hand and pulled her into his arms, his arm firmly around her shoulders. His eyes fixated on Aaron's firmly.

"Oh, so this is the value your family adheres to. Here I thought you were cocky and rude."

Aaron furrowed his brows. "What did you say?"

"Was I wrong?"

Justin's authority overwhelmed Aaron. "I don't care how close your families are, but I know Bella is a graceful, intelligent girl with manners. Bella would never turn her back on people unless there was a reason to. You disrespected her, so you're the problem. You're a respectable man who is older than Bella. You're only embarrassing yourself."

Bella looked deep into Justin's eyes, her eyes welling up emotionally.

She was tempted to jump on him in public and bombard him with kisses.

"You!"

Aaron jolted up from the sofa and glared at Justin.

"Aaron!"

Amid the tension, Arnold grimacingly entered the room.

Mila was a few steps behind Arnold.

stopped and kept her distance the moment her gaze fell on

of the Larson family had set foot into the Thompsons' residence, Celeste, Sasha, Amelia, and Steven came

uncommon for the Larsons

of the severity

outside, Aaron." Arnold approached Aaron with a long face

his hand into the pocket of his pants before

Then came a smack.

group was lost for

in front of everyone, and

you forget

to make things difficult for Arnold. Instead of taking their family matters outside, Aaron insisted on causing a scene and picking on Arnold. "Don't think I'm being harsh, especially after you insulted Grandpa and Dad. your brother, I need

heart went out to Arnold, her favorite nephew, for taking a beating from

it never occurred to her that Aaron would

back, Mila went up to

she had taken

a Larson when she left her family to be with

his shaking fists and hung his

confidence and swag he carried were

were bloodshot from rage. She took a step forward, only to be held back by Justin. He was not

lost his mind. Justin was concerned that

insinuated, "We can't have another shameless and disgraced scum in the family. unless

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