Chapter 126

However, the bullet did not hit Axel.

"Ugh … It hurts …" Alyssa, who had shown up from nowhere, hugged Axel tightly. The bullet had hit her in the left shoulder.

Although Landon had only fired off a wax bullet, it had caused severe damage.

Alyssa was drenched in sweat and trembling. Even so, she would not let go of Axel no matter what happened.

Jasper's eyes widened in shock. His heart sank, and he felt as though he was falling from a high place.

All the pain in his body was nothing compared to the blow he received when Alyssa shielded the attacker.

She might be his ex-wife, but when she saw her ex-husband attacked, the first thing on her mind was to protect the assailant who'd almost beaten him to death.

"Alice White, how could you do this to me?" he seethed. What she had done was outrageous. She was technically the accomplice to the attacker.

"Lyse!" Axel looked at Alyssa frantically and held her frail shoulder. When he checked his hand, it was stained with her blood.

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