The moment Rolando saw the couple riding their horses side by side, complicated feelings started to blossom inside his chest. Although he had been able to deceive her with his gentle mask, he could not deny the hurt he was feeling. He felt like the fake mask he put on was shattered into a million little pieces.

"Harper, it's late. Where are you going?" Rolando softly asked.

"Go home, Rolando," Harper replied, the smile on her face unchanging, as if she didn't hold grudge against him. Matthew's face, on the other hand, darkened. His grim expression only meant one thing: he wanted to crush Rolando into a million little pieces.

"Home?" Rolando repeated. 'Home, Harper? Do you still consider the Bright Dynasty your home? Didn't that place only give you pain?' he thought, feeling disappointed. "You still don't consider the Great Jade Kingdom your home?"

Harper shook her head, but her smile never faded. "I'm just a guest here, Rolando. You know that. You own the Great Jade Kingdom and I'm just a passerby."

"The Great Jade Kingdom is your home, H

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ossible for him to get her back again!

"Matthew, are you aware of the fact that Harper will perish the moment she goes beyond a certain distance from me?" Rolando suddenly asked. Matthew paused to think about what he said, but after a fast few seconds, he was back in action again.

"My wife dying because of you? You must be kidding me. It's not that I don't believe you, man—I'm just highly confident in what she can do!"

"You don't believe me?" Rolando retorted, flashing Matthew a malicious smile. "Matthew, trust me—you will send that woman back to me sooner than you think. You can't kill me."

"Should I consider that a threat?"

"Well, come and see and if I'm threatening you," Rolando said as he withdrew his hands and stopped attacking Matthew. With cold eyes, he glared at Matthew, saying, "I've long known that Harper is in love with you. I can't keep her, but there is no way I would let go of her. The good thing is that I found a way to connect her to me forever. As long as I'm alive, she will be alive; yet if I die, she will also die!"

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