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.

me and Yvonne, then set a fire outside the villa, trying to burn us to death

a tough

hanging on by a thread when he came to see Bella. He forced himself to endure the pain until now to avoid worrying his sister. "Christopher... That insane madman!" Justin's eyes reddened with hatred, and he took a cotton 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.

and a thousand emotions surged in his heart, choking

Drew's face

Intense emotions churned in Justin's eyes as he said, "I didn't do anything for Bella. She was smart and

"Tsk. Protect herself?"

in sweat. "When did she ever protect herself... In the past, Wyatt protected her, and now that she's grown, we protected her. Who

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 for self-defense. Drew blinked hard, swallowing the bitter

quietly take root

she had already planted a field of bright and blooming

this what it feels like to have someone

treated Drew's wounds, quietly listening

"There's too much difference

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 once... I want to

Yvonne returned to Pivotage with Taylor as if

Christopher did not appear in Pivotage or summon

pills she took, she spent most of the three

half-dreaming, unable to distinguish between reality and

she and Drew were

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