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.

and kept her distance the moment her

the Thompsons' residence, Celeste, Sasha, Amelia, and Steven

was uncommon for the Larsons to show up at Yara

unaware of the severity of

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

of his pants before slowly turning to face

Then came a smack.

group was lost for

front of everyone, and the resounding noise echoed across

you forget what Grandpa and

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

heart went out to Arnold, her favorite nephew, for

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

to hold herself back, Mila

had

was no longer a Larson when she left her family to be

clenched his shaking fists and hung

he carried

took a

his mind. Justin was concerned that Aaron

family. unless Arnold wants to turn his back on the family too.

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