Justin's jaw clenched, anxious for both Coral and Bella.

However, his hacking skills were limited to the five-minute mark. So, he was unable to be of much help.

At times like this, he had to depend on his beloved Bella.

The sound of rushing water echoed from the bathroom.

Coral stared fixedly at the progress bar on the screen. It had reached 50%.

Her heart pounded wildly, almost reaching her throat.

If James discovered she had tampered with his computer tonight, that beast would surely kill her.

60%, 70%, 80%...

Just as the progress bar reached 90%, it suddenly stopped.

At the same time, the water sound from the bathroom stopped too.

raced. She was drenched in

footsteps approaching the

'My life is

in an instant, and the dialog box disappeared from the screen. Coral quickly unplugged the USB drive and threw it into the deepest corner of

nervous heart finally settled, and a relieved

night, Bella and Justin stayed up all night, watching the videos stored

video echoed with the desperate cries and agonized screams of the victims. It was like a vision of hell

clearly intended to use these as leverage, keeping Coral and her family under his

finished watching, dawn

closed the laptop, her eyes red as she leaned into Justin's broad chest, tears streaming down

wonder how Ms. Jones is doing

the brave. She'll be fine," Justin reassured Bella, gently rubbing her shoulder and pressing a warm kiss to her lips,

it's going to take longer, I shouldn't have let her

was so afraid that she'd end up

the depth of

cold hands and fingertips, whispering softly, "She е won't. Despite her family's downfall, she's still the heiress of the Jones family and a rightful member of the

hearing this, Bella snuggled closer to Justin's chest, her

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