---- Chapter 2496 Luna snapped coldly, "Shut up! If you have feelings for him, too, then don''t you dare talk about him like that. You''re right, Valerie. I do like Andrew. People have always said we''repeting, but honestly, I never wanted topete with you for anything. Whatever you want, you can have it. But when ites to Andrew, if you try to y games with me, I''ll make sure you regret it." Valerie let out a sharpugh. "Wow, Luna. That''s rareing from you. You''ve always been the silent type, ruthless but quiet, never wasting words.
And yet here you are, yelling because of a man. Seems like you''ve really fallen deep." She continued, "But I told you already... I''m not letting you win. You like Andrew and want him for yourself? Then I''ll take him from you just to watch you squirm." Luna''s tone stayed calm, but her words carried weight. "You can try to steal him or use whatever dirty tricks you want, I don''t care. But I hope whatever you''re doing is genuine, not just out of spite or some twisted need to one-up me." Valerieughed bitterly. "Whatever my reasons are, that''s my business.
You don''t get to tell me what''s right or wrong. All you need to know is that I''m in this now, and I''m not backing off. Oh, and I almost forgot to tell you... Andrew already has my body. ---- Which means I already belong to him. So stop dreaming, Luna." Luna said nothing. She just stared at Valerie, expressionless. The silence seemed to bother Valerie, who shrugged, clearly unimpressed, and turned to leave. But as soon as she stepped out, Luna''s lips parted slightly, and a thin line of blood slipped down her chin. She felt utterly drained.<fn2e71> The rightful source is Find~Novel</fn2e71>
She had always been simple, a woman who thought only about her training and her future. That purity was what made her strong. But now, because of Andrew, that purity was broken, and a person who lost their purity was bound to get hurt. Luna''s heart felt like it was being torn apart 1000 times over. Had Andrew and Valerie really gone that far? Why? Why would Andrew do something like that to her? What hurt most was that she did not want to believe he was that kind of man.
The Reyes family was backed by the Umbral Peak Sect, an organization that itself walked the line between righteous and evil Did Andrew not know that? Even if he did not understand the Reyes family''s corruption, he ---- had to know what kind of woman Valerie was and how dangerous she could be And yet, they had already crossed that line. The thought shattered Luna from the inside. Before, she only suspected there was something between them. Now she knew the truth, and it was far worse than she had imagined. "Andrew, maybe I really did misjudge you," she whispered bitterly.
She wiped the blood from her lips, her gaze hardening with resolve as she walked out of the arena. The truth was out, and Andrew was alive; that was all that mattered now. Everything else could end here. She did not want to fight for him anymore, nor did she want to keep getting tangled up in this mess. Whatever happened between them, between him and Valerie, she no longer cared.<style>
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