"Julien!" Jonah roared. His heart seized, and his eyes turned red instantly.


    How could he possibly not save Julien? He had to save him, even if it meant going through hell and being battered and crushed along the way.


    "Jonah, remember my voice?"


    From the other end of the line, Uri''s mocking voice drifted into Jonah''s ear like a ghost rising from hell.


    "Uri Hond!" Jonah growled, uttering the name engraved in his mind through clenched teeth, his eyes bloodshot.


    Uri let out a chilling chuckle. "Seems like I left quite an impression on you, Judas."


    "Let my love go! If you want revenge or need someone to vent your anger on,e at me!"


    Jonah''s eyes zed with fury as a violent energy erupted from him. He roared, "Listen carefully, Uri. If youe for me, I''ll dly give you my life. But if youy even a finger on Julien... I''ll tear you apart and grind you into dust!"


    "Jonah!"


    Alyssa''s heart pounded as tears filled her eyes. Of course she was worried about Julien''s safety, but she didn''t want to lose a sibling either. She couldn''t afford to lose anyone else in her life.


    Absolutely not!


    "My love? You call him your lover?"


    Suddenly, Uri burst into thunderousughter that echoed through the empty space, grotesque and chilling. "Jonah, your love is fucking cheap!"


    The next second, his voice exploded with fury. "If he''s your lover, then what was ke to you? Who was he?"


    Jonah''s eyes widened. Once again, the image of ke kneeling before him with tears in his eyes surface in his mind. With trembling, ice cold hands, ke had lifted Jonah''s hands and pressed the muzzle of the gun against his own heart.


    It was a traumatic moment Jonah could never forget.


    He was deeply in love with Julien. His feelings had nothing to do with Julien being a substitute or a source offort during lonely nights.


    He loved Julien-desperately and irrevocably. It was as simple as that.


    But that did not mean he could erase everything he had once felt for ke.


    "Jonah, don''te for me... More importantly, don''t let his nonsense get to you! You don''t owe anyone anything. You''ve never done anything wrong!"


    Julien''s gravelly voice rang out clearly, firm and resolute. "Uri, your younger brother''s death had nothing to do with Jonah. ke was the one who chose to be a traitor "He" chose to be a rat. A traitor iso destined to die!


    "Back then, Jonah endured immense pressure just to keep him alive. He did everything he possibly could. Even if it meant being dragged down to his own death, the thought of killing your brother never once crossed his mind.


    "It was ke who chose to give up on his life. He used the gun in Jonah''s hands to end it himself. Hemitted suicide. So how can you me my man? You''re delusional. You''re out of your mind!"


    Jonah''s heart skipped a beat. He had only ever mentioned fragments of the story about ke to Julien. Never had he imagined that Julien would dig so deeply into his past to piece together the full truth on his own.


    It seemed Julien truly cared about him—not out of jealousy or insecurity, but simply because he loved him. That was why he wanted to understand Jonah''s past, down to the smallest detail.


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