Aaron stopped in his tracks.


    His patience was tested.


    Be shook off Justin''s arm and approached Aaron aggressively.


    She raised her arm, her eyes bulging, and gave Aaron two ps with all her might.


    Everybody, including Justin, was stunned.


    Even Aaron was taken aback by the sudden attack.


    His burning cheek, buzzing ears, and bloodied lips woke him up from the trance. ''She pped me?!''


    "Be!"


    Feeling humiliated and angry, Aaron put his hand over his face and was on the verge of blowing up. Justin raced to Be''s side and held her tightly in his arms, his menacing gaze meeting Aaron''s. Intimidated by Justin''s piercing eyes, Aaron lost himself to fear for a moment.


    "The first one is for Arnold. I don''t care about your rtionship with him, but he''s like a brother to me. He''s my friend! If you think you can walk out of here like nothing ever happened, you have to go through me." Bemanded attention.


    "Wow! You''re amazing, Be!" Sasha cried excitedly.


    If no one would put Aaron in his ce, Sasha was ready to make him pay.


    "Be..." Tears filled Arnold''s eyes.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.


    It was absurd.


    Arnold had never received love in his family, but during his time with the Thompsons, he experienced care and validation like never before.


    "The second p is for Aunt M."


    The pain M went through for Be only fueled her to p Aaron down from his high horse. "I don''t care about your family rules. But this is my home, and Aunt M is my family How dare you insult her?! Did you think we wouldn''t do anything about it? I went easy on you, but I''m not going to hold back if you put on that tough guy act again."


    She was domineering.


    Justin''s eyes sparkled as a wave of emotions overcame him, even though he was worried that Be''s hand might be hurting.


    "You!"


    Aaron was a highly educated elite. He had never been insulted.


    He was above petty squabbles. Hence, he pointed at Be''s beautiful face, his voice strained. "You are indebted to my family. Yet, you have the nerve to raise your hand at me.


    You''re ungrateful! Your fami


    bully!"


    is a


    "Ungrateful?" Displeased, Justin said, "As you said, M begged your


    grandfather for the drug. In other


    velmet


    words, Be should be grateful.


    M, in any case, your


    grandfather. What does it have to do


    with you?"


    Aaron pulled a long face.


    Be said sarcastically, "I''m indebted to your family? In that case, you should remove my uterus. I don''t see the point of keeping it anyway. I don''t want kids. You can take it!" "Psycho!"


    Unable to win physically and verbally, Aaron ran away with his tail tucked between his legs.