The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 245

Alex looked at Bella and let out a weary sigh.

He picked up a small glass bottle with a single pill inside and held out to her.

"If something happens to you," he said quietly, "use this pill. But ark my words do need help...and maybe I'm the only one who can provide it."

this is just a temporary measure. You really

Bella's heart fluttered, her breath caught in her throat, and before he could think twice, the words just tumbled out:

"I believe in you."

Alex blinked, stunned. "...What?"

Bella's eyes widened. "I-I mean-yes! I... I have a heart condition, she stammered, her cheeks turning a soft pink, like the sky before sunrise.

"And I think... only you can fix it."

There was a long, awkward pause.

Then, trying to recover, she waved her hands a little too fast.

"N-not like that! I mean... not the mushy, love-struck kind of heart thing..."

She looked away, biting her bottom lip, her voice dropping to a whisper.

"I mean the real kind. The one that's actually broken."

"A real, serious heart disease."

"Yes, that's what I'm talking about," Alex said. His tone was serious, but there was

a gentle note underneath..

Alex turned away and started to walk off, apparently finished with the conversation.

But Bella wasn't ready to let him go.

She reached out on impulse and caught the edge of his coat, her fingers clutching the fabric like it was the last thread tying them together.

Alex stopped, then slowly turned back around. His face was unreadable, calm as ever, but his eyes flickered with something- something unsure.

"Yes?" he asked, voice low.

looked down, her lashes

throat tightened, and it took effort

that. I mean, I used to be this shy, proper girl. I always followed the rules. I never... acted out. But when I found out my life might be short-because of this heart condition-I

laughed nervously, brushing a strand of

thought maybe if I lived louder,

didn't smile. He

breath, her voice

out of it. For being

looked up at him, her eyes shining. "I promise I won't spiral again. I want to be better. I

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was a

ache, he reached out and placed his hand on her head.

in you," he said

felt like it was waking up-beating faster,

left not long after, but Bella stood there frozen

finally moved, her thoughts still spinning, her heart still racing like it had just learned how to fall in

into her father's study, flinging the door open. "Father, I

no idea what he's talking about!"

Father, I believe in him," Bella

up sharply. "He's the man

else to slap you, too. How

her lip, knowing she could not break

desperation, she rushed to find her

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true?" "He's

her this bottle with

Nonsense. Throw it away,"

overconfident, nothing

went by in

went about his days opening the clinic. Occasionally, Josephine came around to lend him a

days after his confrontation with

business matters in his study, when a servant burst in,

Miss

shot to

just collapsed. We've already moved her to her room." Her voice shook with

bolted from his study and rushed straight to Bella's room. The sight that

face pale as a ghost. Jericho placed a trembling hand over her heart and found it all but

for Bella's pulse and felt it flicker faintly, her breaths shallow.

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