Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 206

Chapter 206 To Hell with Love

After getting back to the office, I wasted no time and called up Nora.

In no time, she showed up with a female college student in tow.

"This is Ms. Russell," Nora introduced her.

The girl looked pretty surprised to see me.

I turned to Nora, "You can get back to work now."

Once Nora left, I gave the girl a friendly smile.

"Long time no see."

She quickly got over her surprise and smiled back. "I didn't expect it to be you."

The girl was Jennifer, Zachary's adopted daughter.

I asked my secretary to bring us some tea, and Jennifer and I settled on the small sofa. I was eager to hear about Zachary and Bella. When I mentioned Zachary, Jennifer's face fell.

"The law is fair. Good and bad are clear-cut. Mistakes get punished, and good deeds get recognized, but they don't cancel each other out." Zachary was initially sentenced to life, but Bella gathered evidence through a lawyer and got it reduced to 15 years.

I had a hunch this would happen, and I bet Bella did too. She must've been holding onto that slim hope.

Fifteen years wasn't as bad as life, but it was still a long time-the prime years of a woman's life.

Would Bella wait for 15 years? She'd be in her early forties by then. How many 15 years did a woman have?

"How are Bella and the baby?" I asked, feeling heavy-hearted.

Jennifer nodded with a smile when I mentioned them.

"They're doing well. It's a boy, and he's super cute."

She didn't seem to want to talk much about Bella.

When I asked for Bella's contact info, she went quiet.

"What's wrong?" I noticed her hesitation.

Jennifer bit her lip and finally looked up.

"I'm sorry, I can't give you her contact info. She specifically told me not to when I came to study in Starlight City."

I felt a pang of emptiness and stared at her for a good half minute.

Why?

smiles and waves, wishing each other well and looking forward to

No matter what she went through, she'd never abandon her

been

wanting to make Jennifer uncomfortable,

You can go now. I'll

strap of

and status-well-behaved and sensible, not flashy. From

of her first year, but Bella had never met her. If it weren't for Zachary's

Bella rushed back to Zachary's hometown. But she always had to

been bugging me. I couldn't understand why she wouldn't contact me and specifically told Jennifer not

given me. Watching the patterns flash

together and apart. Some people drifted apart as they went. Everyone eventually took different paths, ending one journey and starting another. No one stuck around forever. Life made us learn to keep forgetting. Maybe Bella didn't want to be disturbed, or maybe she didn't want me to see her struggling. But I still worried

evening, I called up Nora and Dakota and we headed

I looked up at the

lot. It had been over a year

was also Bella's last

I came with a faint hope of

and

decide to take us out for some fun?" Nora playfully

been tiring, so we need to unwind. Gotta balance

though it wasn't a holiday. Looked like someone was hosting an event. We squeezed through the

the other end, a group of people were singing a birthday song, and laughter

the party, barely sat down before she was up again, heading over to see

and ordered some

layers of red wine was slowly being

said as he carefully pushed the

she had seen a pile of gold bars,

noticed the cart behind her, it was too late. She crashed right into

wine glasses toppled

crowd fell into an eerie

avoid blame, quickly pointed at

wine. What are we going

on Nora, who looked down at the broken

nervously, trying to reassure the crowd, then looked at me for

walked over and said to the waiter, "Call your

behind me. "Our boss

that the crowd had parted, revealing Frank at the center, wearing

could speak, I

I were sitting

end up taking over this bar? Where's

in his hand. "Oliver forced it on me. When

I asked,

didn't say, but I think he probably went to find Bella. Oliver talks a big game,

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