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.

her lashes trembling. "Uhm...

throat tightened, and it took effort

this shy, proper girl. I always followed the rules. I never... acted out. But when I

a strand of hair behind her

started doing things I normally wouldn't. I thought maybe if I lived louder, I wouldn't feel

didn't smile. He just

breath, her voice steadier

of it. For being

"I promise I won't spiral again. I want to be better. I want to be...

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was a beat of

Alex stepped closer, and with a gentleness that made her chest ache, he reached out and

believe in you," he said

else ever had. Her heart felt like it was waking up-beating faster, brighter-like his voice

Bella stood there frozen in place, her fingers still tingling, her face

ten minutes had passed that she finally moved, her thoughts still spinning, her heart still racing like it had just learned how

her father's study, flinging the door open. "Father, I want to be treated by Alex! Just hand him the Heaven Root, all

man has no idea what he's talking about!"

believe in

sharply. "He's the man who slapped you,

How can you place your faith

she could not break through his

rushed to

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there's a man named Alex who can treat Bella. Is that true?" "He's a nobody," Jericho replied

gave her this bottle with a pill as an emergency measure. What

Nonsense. Throw it

that man. He's overconfident, nothing more. Does

by

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

four days after his confrontation with Jericho Kane, the tide began to

Jericho poring over business matters in his study, when a

It's Miss Bella! She

Jericho shot

the garden, then just collapsed. We've already moved her to her room." Her

wait to hear more. He bolted from his study and rushed straight to Bella's room.

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

grimas death. He reached for Bella's

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