Chapter 2279

Mila's emotional cry echoed down the entire hallway. Naturally, Jace heard it loud and clear.

He froze for a moment, locking eyes with the middle-aged woman, whose eyes were brimming with tears just a few meters away.

For some inexplicable reason, his heart felt heavy and sluggish, his breathing laced with an indescribable gloom. It was the same feeling he had when he watched the severely injured Bella crawl out of the overturned car.

"Hugh... Is it really you? Hugh!" Normally dignified and composed, Mila now stood sobbing uncontrollably, completely losing her composure. "Hugh... It's your mother! You're still alive... You're really alive!"

'Mother...?' Jace stared blankly at the woman approaching him, his heart seeming to pause as though someone had pressed the spacebar. His fingers holding a cigarette trembled slightly.

The next second, a sharp headache pulled him back to reality.

Jace quickly extinguished the cigarette on the balcony and disappeared like lightning before Mila could reach him.

"Hugh!" Mila, ignoring everything, rushed forward but lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground. She scraped both knees, the pain and sadness overwhelming her as she lay on the floor, unable to get up.

wall away, Jace took a deep breath, listening to the woman's sorrowful

suppressed the

his daughter

"Dad... Please don't worry."

would melt with the lightest breath. Yet she smiled while looking up at her father, trying her best to appear strong. "I'm

tightly, his eyes filled with concern. "You're my

Bella choked up, "Dad..."

one foot in the grave. What's the point of dignity at this age?" Wyatt sighed heavily, gritting his teeth. "Tomorrow, I'll go to the Salvador family and have a proper talk with Justin. Let's see if there's any

in all this talk of medicine or emotional disorders... As long as he's still alive, as long as his heart is still beating, I don't

knew what it was to love someone deeply. That kind of love, etched into your bones, could only

had a distinguished lineage, surpassing even the Salvador's status. Wyatt had only made one formal proposal in his life, to Bella's

I've already come to terms with

faintly. "Justin's health is the most important thing right now. With his elder brother back, there may be upheavals in the Salvador Corporation. Justin needs to focus on the family struggle, and I don't want to distract him.

to sacrifice yourself for him again? You're the

of everything for him... But what about yourself? What will you do if he doesn't love you anymore?

harsh, but Wyatt was

I don't blame him." Bella smiled gently.

the door to the room

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