Escaped My Ex, Got Snatched by His Rival - Chapter 596

Chapter 596: Why did she lie to him?
“Have you lost your mind?” Ariana questioned. She couldn’t believe Noah and his stupidity. He was shot three times and with the amount of blood he was losing, there was a good chance that he might die. And yet the one thing that he was worried about was whether or not her heart ached for him upon seeing him in this condition.

“Maybe I have?” Noah offered a soft smile and agreed with what Ariana said to her, “If I am going to die, then I would like to die after hearing you say that you have forgiven me.”

“You are not going to die,” Ariana snapped. Her voice turned a notch higher as she helped the man up and while she was helping him up, her gaze fell on the bloody wound. Ariana released a shuddering breath before adding, “And I forgave you the last time you helped me. You don’t need to die to get my forgiveness, Noah. I am not worth that.”

Noah, who was now leaning against Ariana as she pulled him along with her, whispered, “You are wrong, Ariana. If I could, I would have shot myself in the heart if it meant bringing you by my side. Only after losing you did I realise what a fool I was—but unfortunately there are no ifs in this world.”

“Stop right there or I will shoot you!” Carl yelled from behind; his voice sounded close, which meant that he was slowly catching up to them.

Noah peeked at the hoodlum who was getting closer and closer before saying to Ariana, “You should let go of me and run away.”

“I am not leaving you, Noah.” Ariana gritted her teeth as she pulled the majority of Noah’s weight on her shoulder and then tugged him forward. She was not going to leave him here when he had put his life at risk for the sake of saving her.

Noah looked at her face that was filled with determination and turned to look behind the man who was getting close to them. His lips curled up in a charming smile, which looked slightly hideous due to his lip being cut.

“This is enough,” he said to her. “The last time it was you who protected me but this time I will not let you take the risk.”

“What —”

Before Ariana could even finish her question, Noah pushed her away from him and turned around before limping towards the hoodlum.

“Kill me before you hurt her, you bastard!” Noah shouted as he stepped in front of Ariana.

“Noah, no!”

“Stop wasting your time and run!” Noah shouted at her, his back facing her while he stood in front of the man who was trying to reach Ariana.

Carl was furious when he saw Noah trying to stop him. His face twisted and he raised his gun before snarling, “Do you think that I dare not kill you, motherfucker? You better step away now or you are going to get buried right here.”

“Then kill me,” Noah straightened up, and even though his wounded leg was shaking due to the pain and the blood loss, he didn’t even frown as he said to Carl, “But I am not going to let you hurt her when I am alive.”

“You fucker —” Carl cursed as he shot Noah on the shoulder. He didn’t aim at his heart because Carl had no plans to kill this man. He just wanted to scare Noah into giving up but the man was as stubborn as a mule. He continued walking towards Carl, making the man step back.

Carl stepped back but he shot Noah in his good leg and shouted at the top of his voice, “You better stop now, or else!”

In response to his threats, Noah raised his good hand and punched Carl in the face with all the strength that he could muster.

“Carl!” John wanted to chase after Ariana but when he saw that his partner was getting attacked, he turned around and rushed at Noah. “You fucker, why don’t you lie down?”

He raised his foot and kicked Noah on the side of his torso.

“Argh,” Noah gasped in pain and stumbled back as John had ruthlessly kicked him on the broken ribs.

Ariana watched the two hoodlums attacking Noah and looked around. Even though Noah asked her to run, even though she knew that he was taking this risk to save her life—she couldn’t leave him because she knew that these hoodlums were more than capable of killing him.

Her eyes fell on a large stone that was the size of a child and she picked it up in her arms.

But just as she took a step forward, another gunshot rang in the silent clearing and Ariana raised her head in shock and worry.

She thought that it was Noah who was shot again but the one who fell on the ground was the hoodlum who was waving his gun in the air.

“Drop your guns!”

Ariana raised her head and looked in the direction from which the sound of footsteps was coming. Her heart that was hanging somewhere in her throat fell down when she saw a bunch of policemen rushing towards the two hoodlums.

They were saved, she thought before dropping the stone and hurrying towards Noah, who seemed to be on his last breath.

“Noah, are you okay?” She asked, her voice laced with concern.

A concern that grated the nerve of the man who hurried down the rickety path with the policemen.

Nicolai looked at Noah, who was being supported by Ariana and his heart couldn’t help but be alarmed. Especially with how Ariana was looking at him with that pained expression of hers.

One that proved that she was honestly very concerned about him.

She had never looked at him like that. She had never shown him an ounce of the concern that she was showing Noah.

It was an illogical thought, as he knew that she was only worried about Noah because he was bleeding profusely but Nicolai couldn’t shove that thought back. His muscles tightened and a rage flooded his senses to the point that it completely took over him.

He stepped forward, wanting to separate the two of them when someone rushed past him.

“NOAH!”