Female Novel
Chapter 235
Aaron was as giddy as a child. For a moment, I didn't know how to carry on with the conversation. I
could only watch him carry the fruits into the front yard.
He said with joy in his eyes, "If you like it, I'll bring them more often from now on. If you want to go back
to Hovell, let me know, and I'll take you back. We can go back together!"
My nose twitched, and I felt somewhat rattled. Aaron was lonely, so was I. I finally understood why he
said we belonged nowhere.
My eyes were so sore that it was causing discomfort. I took a breath and said calmly, "Well, it's getting
late. You should go back!"
People relate through dependency.
Since there was no sense of belonging, no matter how far we went, our heart and soul would wander.
Aaron fixed his eyes on me and suddenly laughed. Before I realized what happened, he pulled me into
his arms and said, "Arianna, everything is well this way."
I didn't say a word and looked up at the jeep that was slowly pulling up behind him.
Hendrix!
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Hendrix got out of the car so fast and dragged me away before I could push Aaron away. If it weren't for
Aaron's car beside me, I would have been thrown far away.
Holding the car, I steadied myself. When I turned around to watch them, Hendrix's fist had already
landed heavily on Aaron's face. Hendrix's punch was so strong that the corner of Aaron's mouth
swollen up immediately, and he bled from it.
Just as Aaron was struggling to regain his sense, Hendrix pinned him to the ground and threw
continuous punches at Aaron.
I panicked, and I hurried over to stop Hendrix. He suddenly turned around and stared at me. His eyes
were cold, his tone too, "Come any closer, and he'll be dead."
I was stunned. Aaron raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and sneered,
"What's with you trying to threaten a woman? Hendrix, kill me if you dare!"
"Do you think I wouldn't?" Hendrix beat him up good after he finished his sentence.
His ferocity left Aaron no chance to retaliate, and it frightened me. I yelled at the top of my voice,
"Hendrix, stop! He'll die if you keep hitting him!"
Aaron was still at the end of the line, enduring Hendrix's punches. Childhood memories surged into my
mind. At that time, I was bullied in the alley, and Aaron had stood up for me, but he was cornered by
people too.
He had always been reserved with his words. When he was being kicked and punched in the alley, he
only looked at me and soothed, "Don't cry. It's going to be okay!"
But the more he said so, the more I wept. As a result of that beating, Aaron fractured his tibia, and
Carol almost lost it with the children who bullied us.
To protect me from being bullied, Aaron insisted on waiting for me even if he was limped. He was even
boldly holding a kitchen knife, and it scared off the bullies.
Hendrix was still at the brink of his anger, while Aaron was at his last breath, and he wasn't fighting
back. Without thinking, I grabbed the iron shovel in the yard and hit Hendrix with it.
I did this out of instinct. No matter how afraid I was of Aaron, and how many evil things he had done,
we had lived together as a family for so many years. After all, blood was thicker than water.
Hendrix stiffened up. He turned his head and looked at me with his dark eyes. The anger and violence
subdued and turned into disbelief. Disappointment, even.
I looked at Hendrix, and the shovel in my hand fell to the ground. I was drenched in sweat, and my
vision was blurred with tears. "He's dying! Don't hit him anymore."
Hendrix opened his mouth to say something. But in the end, he didn't say a single word.