Chapter 2016



"Bella doesn't know you're here to see me, right?" Drew lowered his voice, his breathing a little unstable.

"Bella is already asleep."

Justin looked at him deeply and frowned. "Drew, why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell? I can ask my grandpa's personal doctor to come and take a look at you now."

Drew let him in and closed the door tightly. Then he panted and walked to the sofa.

Under the dim lights, he gritted his teeth and took off the tattered black shirt.

Instantly, Justin's pupils contracted, and he gasped in shock.

Drew's well-defined chest and abdomen were covered with horrifying wounds everywhere. Some had scabbed over, and some were still bleeding. But more terrifyingly was the palm-sized burn on his back.

His honey-colored skin was bloody red, with a huge blister that had swollen and burst. Blood mixed with pus trickled down.

"How did this happen?!" Justin's heart tightened, and he quickly helped Drew to sit down.

a fire outside the villa, trying to burn us to death inside." Drew felt the bone-piercing pain

dangerous life and was undoubtedly a tough guy,

swab soaked in iodine to disinfect Drew's wounds. Having his back facing him, Drew panted and smiled. "Honestly, right now, I'm most grateful that Bella still loved you even when Christopher was pursuing her. Thank goodness she

fingertips trembled, and a thousand emotions surged

have to thank you." Drew's face twisted in

greatest honor of my life." Intense emotions churned in Justin's eyes as he said, "I didn't

"Tsk. Protect herself?"

protected her, and now that she's grown, we protected her. Who would want to put up all their defenses and act strong if there's someone to pamper and

moment, the cruel but beautiful images of him and Yvonne fighting alongside each other appeared vividly in his mind. Those skills must have been honed through harsh training, and every move was aimed at killing, not

Yvonne quietly take

the time he realized it, she had already planted

it feels like to have

wounds, quietly listening to

"There's too much difference

familial and romantic love. I don't know how to love. Having pretended for so long, I've lost a primal instinct of humans, which is to love someone. But I want to be like you, giving it all to love for

with Taylor as if nothing

or summon her,

the pills she took, she

of being half-awake, half-dreaming, unable to distinguish between reality and

she and Drew

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