Chapter 2016



"Bella doesn't know you're here to see me, right?" Drew lowered his voice, his breathing a little unstable.

"Bella is already asleep."

Justin looked at him deeply and frowned. "Drew, why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell? I can ask my grandpa's personal doctor to come and take a look at you now."

Drew let him in and closed the door tightly. Then he panted and walked to the sofa.

Under the dim lights, he gritted his teeth and took off the tattered black shirt.

Instantly, Justin's pupils contracted, and he gasped in shock.

Drew's well-defined chest and abdomen were covered with horrifying wounds everywhere. Some had scabbed over, and some were still bleeding. But more terrifyingly was the palm-sized burn on his back.

His honey-colored skin was bloody red, with a huge blister that had swollen and burst. Blood mixed with pus trickled down.

"How did this happen?!" Justin's heart tightened, and he quickly helped Drew to sit down.

"Christopher hired some thugs to kill me and Yvonne, then set a fire outside the villa, trying to burn us to death inside." Drew felt the bone-piercing pain from the burn and gritted his teeth.

life and was undoubtedly a tough guy, not making a sound despite

sister. "Christopher... That insane madman!" Justin's eyes reddened with hatred, and he took a cotton swab soaked in iodine to disinfect Drew's wounds. Having his back facing him, Drew panted and smiled. "Honestly, right now, I'm most grateful that Bella still loved you even when Christopher was pursuing her. Thank goodness

thousand emotions surged in his heart,

thank you." Drew's face twisted in pain where Justin

is the greatest honor of my life." Intense emotions churned in Justin's eyes as he said, "I didn't do anything for Bella. She was smart

"Tsk. Protect herself?"

in sweat. "When did she ever protect herself... In the past, Wyatt protected her, and now that she's grown, we protected her. Who would want to put up all their defenses and act strong if there's someone to

skills must have been honed through harsh training, and every move was aimed at killing, not for self-defense. Drew blinked hard, swallowing the bitter emotions and distress down his

take root in his

he realized it, she had already planted a field of bright and blooming roses

what it feels like to have someone

quietly listening

"There's too much difference

so long, I've lost a primal instinct of humans, which is to love someone. But I

returned to Pivotage with

not appear in Pivotage or summon her, nor did

to the side effects of the pills she took, she spent most of the three

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