The fact that Maddy would protect Jordan to such an extent and not hesitate to contradict her father made Carlos incredibly furious. The other members of the family were also shocked.

Seeing that Carlos was so angry that he was trembling and about to rush forward to hit Maddy, the other Stones hurriedly said, “Maddy, is this how you should be speaking to your father? He’s doing this for your own good! The Bransons clearly want to take revenge for Mark Branson. If we really hand you over, do you think you’d still be able to survive?”

“Yeah, Maddy, it’s all for your own good! Besides, that punk Jordan killed Mark! Taking responsibility and going to the Bransons to confess is what he should do and what he deserves!”

“The Bransons are one of the eight top families of DC, and they’re not what second-tier families like us can deal with! The only solution now is to get Jordan to take responsibility alone so that we won’t be implicated!”

“Maddy, you should be more rational. Don’t get our family harmed because of you!”

The Stones frantically tried to persuade her, but their core idea was to have Jordan confess to the Bransons so that they wouldn’t be implicated.

But Jordan had only gotten into a conflict with the Bransons to help Maddy. How could she possibly allow him to take all responsibility alone while she stayed home safe and sound?

“My mind is made up. Since it’s my responsibility, I won’t run away from it. Why should I let my boyfriend take all the responsibility? That would be too shameless. I can’t do it!” Maddy said extremely firmly.

Hearing this, Carlos couldn’t take it any longer. He dashed forward to slap Maddy’s face tightly. “You unfilial wench, will you be at ease only after you get all of us killed?”

Maddy watched Carlos’s slap coming closer and closer, but she stood still stubbornly without dodging.

Even if her father wanted to hit her, she wouldn’t change her mind and leave Jordan alone to take responsibility to the Bransons!

Just as Carlos’s slap was about to land on Maddy’s face, Jordan suddenly pulled her away and stepped forward to take the slap.

Smack!

The loud slap resounded throughout the hall!

Carlos, Maddy, and the Stones were all astonished.

Maddy quickly returned to her senses and rushed over to check Jordan’s face.

On Jordan’s handsome face was an extremely bright red palm mark.

“You… you… why…” Maddy was greatly distressed and didn’t know what to say. She felt that Jordan was really foolish.

The rest of the Stones weren’t aware of Jordan’s identity and merely thought that he was a highly-skilled subordinate of Lucas. But Maddy knew exactly who he was.

Lucas was known as the Invincible God of War and the supreme leader of the Falcon Regiment in Calico. And Jordan had been his direct subordinate for years and was a senior member of the regiment, with 400,000 majestic soldiers under his command. He had also made many remarkable achievements.

If it wasn’t for Jordan’s determination to give up everything in the Falcon Regiment to follow Lucas, he would now be one of the most powerful core members. How could he possibly accept the slap?

But Jordan actually now took a slap for her sake. His face was already red.

The thought of it made Maddy feel touched and heartbroken.

Jordan only smiled at Maddy. “It’s okay. I have thick skin and thick flesh. I can take a slap. It’d be worse if you got slapped. I’d be so heartbroken.”

Then he turned to Carlos and said with a serious expression, “Uncle Carlos, just hit me if you want. Don’t hit her. She’s a girl. How can she withstand your strikes?

“And you’re right. I was the one who killed Mark Branson, so I will take full responsibility for it. I won’t let anything happen to the Stones!”

In fact, Jordan was a little sad and angry when he said this.

He grew up as an orphan and had never experienced what it was like to have parents and relatives. Lucas was a true brotherly figure to him.

So ever since he and Maddy got together, he had been treating Carlos like his own father and had done plenty of things for the Stones while he was in DC.

Jordan originally thought that Carlos had accepted him as his son-in-law and treated him as one of the Stones. But he finally realized that he had been too naive.

It turns out that in the eyes of Carlos and the Stones, he had always just been an outsider whom they could abandon without hesitation.

Maddy was also extremely sad. She held Jordan’s hand tightly and whispered, “Fool.”

Jordan responded with a radiant smile and held her soft hand back. “You’re all I need.”

As long as Maddy loved him and cared about him, the Stones’ opinions didn’t matter.

But even if he resolved the matter with the Bransons this time, he could no longer bring himself to treat Carlos and the Stones as his family members and pour out his heart and soul for them.

Carlos still didn’t know what he had just lost. Hearing that Jordan was willing to take full responsibility, he heaved a sigh of relief.

“Okay, since you’re saying you’ll take full responsibility, you should go to the Branson residence now and seek forgiveness! If you’re too late, the Bransons will be even more furious,” Carlos said indifferently.

Jordan nodded and stopped talking to him. He said to Maddy softly, “Wait for me at home while I go to the Bransons to settle this.”

Maddy looked at Jordan, who was extremely meticulous and considerate toward her in every aspect. Unable to contain her emotions, she leaped into his arms and clutched his back tightly. Two streams of warm tears fell and stained the fabric on his chest.

Maddy had always been a very strong woman. When she had been alone on the cruel battlefield at the borders, she had braved countless bullets to save the wounded and ill without flinching.

But now, she was crying.

Jordan was at a loss for words and patted Maddy’s back in a panic. He stammered to comfort him, “Maddy, d-don’t cry! I’ll be fine! Don’t forget that Lucas is here. This matter will be resolved soon!”

In Jordan’s arms, Maddy raised her head, looked at him with teary eyes, and said sobbingly, “I don’t care. I want to go to the Bransons with you. Even though you killed Mark Branson, you did it to protect me. I can’t bring myself to hide and let you take all the responsibility!

“I’m going to face it with you. No matter what the Bransons want to do, we will face it together!”