Chapter 2357

Chapter 2357

The hot soup soaked through his suit, scalding him, but Justin barely noticed. He leaned forward, grabbing her delicate wrist and pulling it insistently toward himself. "Let me see. Does it still hurt?"

"Let go..!" Bella struggled, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Don't move. You're still injured!" Justin's breathing deepened as his fingers tightened around her slender wrist.

Her tearful eyes glistened as she waved her bandaged hands in front of him. The sight of Bella was pitiful and absurd, yet she carried an inexplicable charm clumsy, endearing, and heartbreakingly fragile.

Memories of their past flooded Justin's mind. His gaze fixed on her, a storm brewing in his once icy eyes.

In the next instant, his mind turned blank.

His thin, dry lips, parched from too much restraint, suddenly pressed against hers.

He could feel her soft, trembling lips quivering under his. Their noses brushed against each other, and their breaths intertwined as he kissed her.

His attempt was clumsy and unrefined, showing his inexperience, like a teenager exploring love for the first time. His teeth grazed her tongue, eliciting a sting, yet she silently accepted it.

She could not help but lean into it willingly. It was as if she drank every bitter medicine in the world just for this single moment of sweetness even

overpowering masculine scent enveloped her,

explosive pain shot through Justin's temple, plunging his

surprise. Her lips, now kissed into a dewy sheen, trembled slightly,

as if countless demons clawed and shrieked within his mind. He bit down hard on his tongue, the sharp pain anchoring him. Only when he was

then could he maintain a semblance of humanity

Don't see him again... Please?" His voice, hoarse and

do you have to dictate my choices now?"

"What's wrong? Can't bear to see what once belonged to you now slipping into someone else's hands? Is it jealousy? Regret? Or... Do

"We loved each other once. I just don't

trembling in his hand worsened, and he instinctively reached toward the inside pocket of

I needed to. Bella, you don't have to listen. But I will never harm

he turned and

was that just now?" Bella's voice called

eyes briefly

torment me,"

Justin left

She could not discern whether that kiss stemmed from lingering love or from some primal instinct buried deep within him—a love so

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