"Take cover, everyone, but continue to fire back!" Brit's voice resounded through our gadget. "Protect both the boss and the underboss. Snipers, get a clear shot and end these assholes!" "Boss, we have to go. You and the underboss need to leave and take shelter somewhere safe." I resisted the men's frantic attempts to evacuate Kyle and me, trying to say to them, "Are you all nuts? I won't leave this scene and cowardly save myself while Ariella is in sure danger. So, no thanks, but I will stay here with Kyle and everyone else. Ariella, not I, is the mission here, as I previously stated. Bullshit! Find the damn shooters and kill them!" "Elliot, what the heck? Bullshit! Take the fucking cover." Kyle said as he shoved me to the side of our troops taking cover on a nearby post. "You can't even save her if you die, asshole!" "I can't save her either if I am cowardly hiding here, jerk." I retorted back to him as I tried to push my men aside to let me pass through them, but that was in vai

Have you ever been so horrified by what is right in front of you that you feel as though you are facing death yourself, even if it is not really you in that deadly situation? Or have you ever experienced a circumstance where your heart is racing so ferociously that you nearly swear it may burst through your chest and you will die an instant death when it does? Because this is clearly me right at this exact moment. A new terrible scenario in my life has me on the verge of passing out again. I never knew whether this was a curse, but I am always in this kind of a mess. I am always in this kind of predicament, even if I don't want to be. I kept whispering, "Elliot, please don't. I need you here by my side." But the love of my life had already moved forward and was geared up to confront the greatest enemy of our lives. "Stay here, Elliot. It's imperative that you live and remain alive, so therefore, please refrain from doing these irrational acts. I need you here with me." I know he can

The entirety of what Matthew and Elliot were saying at the time and the back and forth of their debate with each other seemed relevant to me based on the information I overheard them saying. Without a doubt, I've been doing it unconsciously all along. This was not really Elliot's fault, to begin with. All the problems that are happening at the moment can be traced all the way back to me, if not further. I, Ariella Gregory, am the source of all of our current problems. Why does fate let this happen time and time again? It seems like troubles and concerns continually come right back to me, despite all of my efforts to avoid them. I just wanted to live a life away from trouble, but trouble and problems, themselves, are finding their way back to me. And I cannot simply allow that to take place and take away everything that I have worked so hard to achieve once more. And because every time it has originated with me for an unforeseen reason, it is just right that I will be the one to put

Ethan thought it was an absolutely preposterous idea for his sister to do something like what she had just done. And he even wanted to confront her the moment Matt fell to the ground, but he still managed to take his time and wait for himself to calm down as well. He obviously does not want the next standoff to be between him and his sister in front of everyone else. But now that reality has set in, he is clearly annoyed, and the displeasure is evident in his reactions. But that is because, in truth, he was absolutely terrified of what his sister just did. And he even thought that he would almost lose her in the process, and that is what is making him utterly furious and upset with her now. He clearly doesn't understand why his sister would think of doing something insanely stupid and crazy like that, or why Ariella even felt that there was a need for her to go out there and simply hop on board and go on a rampage and shooting spree with her boyfriend against Matthew Wilson. "What

"What?" This is another startling revelation that Ariella can't believe she's hearing. Matthew Wilson is genuinely in love with her. Matt is telling her the truth about his feelings for her, but that doesn't change anything for her now. "I honestly didn't know about your existence in his life. If I knew, things between us would never have happened." Kyle simply cannot help but whisper to the boss yet again, "Yeah, another clichéd and cringeworthy romantic subplot that we are involved in. It is indeed such a small world that we are all living in. Imagine that everyone appears to be interconnected with everyone else, and complications keep popping up when we come to believe that everything is over. Fuck this damn life we have." Elliot hissed once more, "Will you shut up, Kyle? You keep on whispering senseless things to me when I want to hear all about this." "Of course you do. You are just too intrigued because you heard how deeply Matthew feels for Ari. You are still jealous of a dea