"Hmm... Why did you suddenly kiss me? What if Wilma walks in on us? It's so embarrassing." Bella pursed her rosy lips.

"I'm afraid you would jump off into a freezing sea, so I'm trying to cool you down."

Justin's breath turned heavy, and his voice was hoarse. "How are you now? Feeling better?"

"I'm alright... But I still feel wronged and suffocated." Bella's chest tightened. She sniffed as her eyes teared up.

Seeing her pitiful expression, Justin's heart softened.

He took Bella's flushed face into his hands, feeling the warmth that belonged to her on his palms. "Look how angry you are. Your face feels like it's burning. It's not worth it for you sisters to fight over the Iverson family. Calm down, okay?"

"How could I bear to be angry with Amelia?"

down sullenly. "I'm more angry with myself. I didn't get to crush Charles with one strike, and I gave him a chance to breathe. Who could I blame other than myself?" Justin frowned in

an adult, Amelia hasn't really experienced the darkness of the world and the cruelty of humans. She is from the Thompson family. Her highborn status could help her, but it could also ruin her." Bella panted

would become a mark of humiliation that she could never

head up high? Words can kill. Charles is dead and gone, but she will be pointed at

your concern. But Amelia is our sister. With us protecting her, who would

head in worry. "Aunt Celeste has Wyatt protecting her, but before Shannon went down in ruins, she still lived in the shadows of her trauma. I don't want Amelia

a victim. Girls who faced this situation and are willing to come forward to testify are already courageous. I'm

on the Thompson family, and Amelia still wants to live under the spotlight... I don't want her to regret the choice she

like her mother instead."

I know I

shoulders, choking up. "I always want a perfect plan, hoping that everyone will be happy... I want to protect the people around me. But

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