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.

undoubtedly a tough

reddened with hatred, and he took a cotton swab soaked in iodine to disinfect Drew's wounds. Having his back

and a thousand emotions surged in his heart, choking his

have to thank you." Drew's face twisted in pain where Justin could not

in Justin's eyes as he said, "I

"Tsk. Protect herself?"

she's grown, we protected her. Who would want to put up all their defenses and act strong if there's

cruel but beautiful images of him and Yvonne fighting alongside each other appeared vividly in his mind. Those skills must have been honed through harsh training, and every move was aimed

did Yvonne quietly take root in

already planted a field of bright and blooming

this what it feels like to have someone

wounds, quietly listening

"There's too much difference

familial and romantic love. I don't know how to love. Having pretended for so long, I've lost a primal instinct of humans, which is to love someone. But I want to be like you, giving it all to

to Pivotage with Taylor as if nothing had

or summon her, nor did he

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

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