His fists clenched tightly, already preparing to teach Ruben Finnegan a lesson once more.
"Arthur... I'm sorry... I feel for Ella..."
Ruben Finnegan seemed a bit incoherent, muttering over and over about his feelings for Ella, which made Arthur Lindsey want to punch him again!
"Don't, Arthur!"
A petite figure suddenly ran over like a gust of wind and in the blink of an eye, threw herself on Ruben Finnegan.
And Arthur somehow halted his punch too late!
That punch, entirely unexpectedly, mercilessly hit Ella Lacey in the stomach!
Yes, right in the stomach!
"Uh..."
Ella Lacey moaned in pain, immediately passed out, her crumpled little face turned deathly pale, covered in sweat.
"..." Arthur froze momentarily.
Like someone had hit his pause button, he didn't move.
"El... Ella..."
Ruben weakly cried out, tears streaming down his face, "Why... so foolish..."
His fingers trembled as he tried to check Ella's breathing.
