Bring Your A Game, Mr novel Chapter 501

Chapter 501 I Wouldn’t Have Hurt if You’d Died

Soon after they left, the venue returned to order. In this race against time to get rich, the audience preferred to ignore the incident in favor of devoting themselves to the cause.

When she noticed Kenneth’s hand inadvertently holding his wound, Elise said before she could think too much about it, “Thank you.”

In response, he only looked at her affectionately without saying anything.

What she didn’t know was that he was absolutely entranced with the way she used his power to take Ziggy down a peg.

Surely it wouldn’t take long before she completely got used to it and relied on this identity of his.

The pain of Kenneth’s wound was nothing in comparison to the feeling of being relied upon by her.

It wasn’t until Elise realized something was strange and looked up at him that he quickly averted his gaze. Clearing his throat, he changed the topic and asked, “How did you know I came to exterminate the Eagle Gang?”

Stunned, she pulled back.

No… She’d only been blathering nonsense. It couldn’t be true.

“You really exterminated the entire gang?” Elise murmured tentatively.

Hearing that, Kenneth frowned.

From her question, it seemed she hadn’t known about this matter, and yet…

Seeing through his thoughts, she offered up an explanation. “I only said all of that to scare Ziggy and to let him know that there were others better than him and not to be so brazen. I didn’t know Eagle Gang was truly gone… Is this why you got so badly injured yesterday?”

Kenneth hummed in response. Having already let things slip, he had no choice but to confirm her suspicions.

After a moment of thought, she continued, “Did you do it single-handedly?”

“How else?”

“So, that was the reason you came to Dukethorn? Did Smith Co. and the Eagle Gang have irreconcilable differences of some sort?”

Instead of immediately replying, he simply stared at her expressionlessly.

Feeling somewhat at a loss, Elise twisted her hands. In truth, she herself didn’t know why she was suddenly so interested in his business, either, but with no way to take back what she just said, she could only wait silently for his response.

Of course, there was nothing strange about it. Wasn’t it worth her time to get to the bottom of anything she found suspicious?

Yes, it was only because he happened to be Kenneth Bailey and not because he was Kenneth Bailey that she paid special attention.

“No,” Kenneth finally said after a long time, looking suddenly like a docile and loyal hound as he spoke slowly and softly. “You were attacked by the people from that gang. I was afraid someone would come after you if I didn’t take care of them all. Clearing them out once and for all gives me less to worry about.”

Thud thud thud…

And just like that, Elise felt her heart begin to race.

As she stared at his earnest expression, she suddenly found that she had lost all ability to speak or express herself. There wasn’t anything she could say or any way she could react.

Only after a long time did Elise take a deep breath to calm down. Her tone icy, she muttered, “Don’t humor yourself by doing these things. I already have people I would give up my life for. If you’d died at the Eagle Gang’s haunt yesterday, I wouldn’t have felt hurt in the least bit.”

With that, she spun on her heel and walked away.

Before she could get too far, Kenneth followed after her and caught her wrist.

All at once, Elise’s heart jolted like she had been electrocuted, and she shrugged him off in terror. “Don’t touch me!”

Even though he didn’t know what was happening to her, he lifted his hands in surrender. “I have no ill intentions. I only wanted to say that your bet with Ziggy doesn’t have to continue. It can end here.”

“What are you implying?” Her breathing was still somewhat unsteady.

“With the Eagle Gang gone, the Carnegie Family has no crutch to lean on. They can’t cause any fuss and they wouldn’t dare touch you.”