"Okay." Ariana rolled her eyes and muttered again, "Useless."

She went back to bandaging his wound. "Even my kid could do this. And you're supposed to be some big mob boss?"

Feeling his pride sting under her disdainful gaze, Bennett retorted, "If I'm so useless, your boyfriend is not much better, not knowing how to escape a car explosion."

"That's not the same!" Ariana shot back, her anger flaring. "You were the one who interfered with him."

“As if he'd have survived if I hadn't messed with him," Bennett countered sharply.