Chapter 2330

Ian caught the tie clip with a confused expression. "Mr. Salvador, what's this?"

Justin closed his eyes for a brief rest, loosening the knot of his tie, yet he still felt its stifling weight.

"Something from Clarice."

"Oh! Some random trash from that woman? No thanks!" Ian scoffed, tossing it away immediately. "I've got a girlfriend. I don't need misunderstandings."

"A girlfriend?" Justin asked, eyes still closed, brows slightly furrowed.

"Yeah, Rachel."

Justin frowned. "She's of age now?"

Ian laughed, exasperated. "She's a college student, Mr. Salvador. Do you really think I'm a monster?"

Justin's mind drifted back to the time he and Bella had helped save a girl named Rachel Meads. Fragments of that memory flashed in his mind, but then lan's voice broke through his thoughts.

"Mr. Salvador, look!"

sight

front of the car, surrounded by a flurry of snowflakes. In the intense white light, her dark hair whipped around in

fell heavily. He opened the car door and walked toward her, one step at a

Bella greeted him with a faint smile, calm and

cold. She must have been waiting outside for quite some

found himself unable to utter a single word. He remembered she hated the cold. Whenever it got chilly, she would always nestle into

Salvador, may I have a word?" Bella's voice was soft, lacking any expectation of his concern. She did not seem to mind his silence and

lips pressed together. "We

replied politely, keeping a slight distance that felt respectful yet unsettling to

tactfully exited the car to give

Bella

Justin replied, glancing at her from the corner of his eye, his throat

as he was about to say, "I don't need a gift,"

remember what you

froze, his voice

time to keep that

clenched her icy fingers, her gaze smoldering with intensity. "Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., I

was taken aback.

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