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.

as if she drank every bitter medicine in the world

scent enveloped her, melting

a sharp, explosive pain shot through Justin's temple, plunging his vision into a momentary haze. He was

now kissed into a dewy sheen, trembled slightly, while

countless demons clawed and shrieked within his mind. He bit down hard on his tongue, the sharp pain anchoring him. Only when he was on the brink of severing his own tongue did the torment subside enough for him to

he maintain a semblance of humanity before Bella, rather than a creature spiraling between man and

with Grant. Don't see him again... Please?" His voice, hoarse and uneven, broke through the

were the one who ended it. What right do you have to dictate my

wrong? Can't bear to see what once belonged to you now slipping into

into a thin line. "We loved each other once. I just don't want to see you hurt

his hand worsened, and he instinctively reached toward the inside pocket of his suit, searching for

needed to. Bella, you don't have to listen. But I will

and strode toward

now?" Bella's voice called out

eyes briefly before replying,

how to torment me," Bella said, her

looking back, Justin left with

she replayed the kiss in her mind. A wrenching pain gripped her chest. She could not discern whether

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