Chapter 226

"Uncle Ethan, don't stop me," Gideon muttered in a daze, having lost all sense of rationality. "Giselle got into trouble because of me, and I have to save her. If she dies, I won't be able to live at ease for the rest of my life." "Shut up!" Ethan looked as if someone had punched the living daylights out of him. Grabbing Gideon by his clothes, he barked, "I saved your life and raised you! Do you think you can just prance off and do whatever you want? "She's just a woman—what has she got to do with you? So what if she dies? As long as you don't do something stupid and stay at home, I won't stop you from marrying whatever woman you want in the future." But his words wouldn't get through to Gideon. His mind was filled with images of Giselle under torture. He'd rather die than act like a ruthless person, pretending that none of this had ever happened. Without a better solution, he figured the only way out was to trade himself for her. "Uncle Ethan, I know you love me, and you're t