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.

dangerous life and was undoubtedly a tough guy, not making a sound despite suffering such major

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 she was not deceived by that bastard. Otherwise, Bella's

and a thousand emotions surged

Drew's

as he said, "I didn't do anything for Bella. She was smart

"Tsk. Protect herself?"

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

each other appeared vividly in his mind. Those skills must have been honed through harsh training, and

did Yvonne quietly take

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

feels like to

wounds, quietly listening to his

"There's too much difference

which is to love someone. But I want to be like you, giving

with Taylor as

in Pivotage or summon her,

of the pills she took, she spent most of the three days in a drowsy

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