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.

distance the moment

the Larson family had set foot into the Thompsons' residence, Celeste,

Larsons

of the Thompson family, Justin was unaware of the severity of the

approached Aaron

into the pocket of his pants before slowly

Then came a smack.

group was

in front of everyone, and the

forget what

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

favorite nephew,

but it never occurred to her that Aaron would be so savage as to hit Arnold

to hold herself back, Mila went up to defend

she had taken

to be with

fists and hung his head

and swag he carried

with your words, not fists, Mr. Larson." Bella's eyes were bloodshot from rage. She took a step forward, only to be

he had lost his mind. Justin was concerned that

can't have another shameless and disgraced scum in the family. unless Arnold wants to turn his back on the family too. I

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