Sir Ares, Goodnight novel (Jay Ares and Rose)
Chapter 1005

In the dark of night, Angelina's obsidian pupils were brimming with astonishment. "What? My brother said that he almost risked his life for you?" Josephine nodded.

Angelina sprung up from the bed. "How could you not know if my brother has saved you or not?"

Josephine fell silent-a blood-chilling silence.

As if a lightbulb had lit up in her head, Angelina fumbled in the dark to grab Josephine's hand, only to find that it was ice cold.

"Josephine, you once told me that after you were humiliated that year, you went abroad for a few years. The reason why you went abroad was not just to stay away from your trauma, right? You..." Josephine grabbed Angelina's hand so hard that pain shot through Angelina's fingers and went straight into her heart. "I don't know what really happened either, Angelina. I think that my brother was simply trying to help me cope with my trauma and that was why he sent me abroad. It was only until Zayne said those words that I started thinking closely about it and realized how terrifying this is. I even discovered tiny clues."

Angelina asked, "What sort of clues?"

"After I was humiliated, I fainted on the spot. I was very sure that it was April 4th that day, and when I woke up, the calendar in the hospital showed April 24th. I thought that I must've made a mistake and remembered wrongly..."

Josephine's hands started trembling. "But I get it now. In those 20 days, I must've been hospitalized because something happened to me. Zayne probably helped me out during that period of time." Angeline felt as though a heavy rock was bearing down on her chest. Even her breathing had become shallow.

When Josephine noticed Angeline's abnormality, she cried out anxiously, "Don't be nervous or afraid, Angeline. It's all over. It's in the past now."

Angeline gradually calmed down.

Josephine asked in surprise, "Did you notice something amiss too, Angeline?"

Angeline nodded.

All colors drained from Josephine's face at once.

When she spoke again, her voice began to tremble. "Go ahead, Angeline."

Angeline covered her chest that was throbbing in pain, tears filling her eyes. With a choking voice, she said, "Josephine, my brother used to be called a devil incarnate, the fiercest when it comes to fighting. I never won in any fights with him back then. Every time he beat me up, I could only run home crying to my parents all bruised and swollen. Later, Jaybie started teaching me Taekwondo. When Zayne came back from the army, I was surprised to find that he can't beat me in any matches anymore.

"Every time I beat him, Zayne would just hide. He would rather be beaten up until he was all bruised and swollen, even to the point of losing his dignity, than to engage in a real fight with me. At that time, I so naively thought that Jaybie was awesome to have taught me a few martial arts moves that could benefit me for a lifetime, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid Zayne's..."

Angeline was choking so badly that she found it hard to continue. "There's something wrong with Zayne. He doesn't even have the guts to fight and that's why he can't win me in any fights. His going to the army is fake. It's all part of Jaybie's plan."

Angeline announced an even more shocking fact, "The time Zayne left Swallow City to join the army was the exact same time you met with an accident."

Josephine let out a bitter smile. "My brother is really a genius. He has deceived all of us. Even you were part of the plan.”

The truth seemed clear and obvious.

Now they just needed to prove it.

Both ladies were dispirited by this cruel truth and fell silent at the same time.

After a long time, Josephine sighed and said, "I really want to ask my brother about the truth. He has kept this from me for so long. He's killing me." Angeline's beautiful face was filled with tears. "I too want to ask him if he feels exhausted or if he's in pain from protecting all of us so well." Josephine was in a daze.

The next day.

The bright and warm morning light shot out from the eastern sky. In a flash, the sun was already out in full force.