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!"

but the sight before him made

white light, her dark

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

Bella greeted him with

her cheeks were flushed from the cold. She must have been

she hated the cold.

was soft, lacking any expectation of his concern. She did not seem to mind his silence and just quietly

lips pressed together. "We can talk in

replied politely, keeping a slight distance that felt respectful

tactfully exited the car to give

Bella

glancing at her from the corner of

he was about to say, "I don't need a gift," Bella spoke again, catching

you

froze, his voice low. "Of

to

intensity. "Tomorrow at 3:00

aback. "A hike?

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