Bella's heart pounded wildly.

Hugh never liked the sea either. He said that the vast and mysterious ocean always filled him with an inexplicable melancholy. He preferred towering mountains, relishing in the feeling of standing at the peak and surveying the world below. In the end, he was lost to the vast ocean.

Hugh did not like eating fish either. He found it tedious to pick out the bones, but whenever Bella ate fish, he would painstakingly remove every single bone for her.

Bella was sure that he was Hugh. He had to be!

"Hugh! It's me, Bella! Don't you recognize me?! Hugh!" Bella cried out, her eyes brimming with tears as she repeatedly called his name, desperately trying to awaken his memories.

"Ms. Thompson, you've mistaken me for someone else." Jace looked at her with indifference, becoming slightly annoyed. "I have no parents, no family, and no siblings. Mr. Iverson, staring at the sea for too long can cause hallucinations. You should have Ms. Thompson's brain checked."

...

Bella was forcibly sent back to her room by Christopher's bodyguards.

In the dining room, the air between the two men was tense.

While Christopher brooded, Jace was eating heartily, ignoring the seething man.

to stay here?" Christopher asked

wipe his lips. At that moment, there was a fleeting trace of aristocratic elegance

darkened. "And

calmly took a sip

me and bring her to the Boss, won't you?"

seat. "If you do manage to marry

proud figure retained a trace of the heroic spirit he had once possessed as a chief

temporarily stunned, but then everything

his understanding of

also to stabilize Bella's emotions.

days,

siblings turned

of Sentania upside down. They started searching every island, every sea,

arrived with reinforcements, joining Justin and Asher in

making it nearly impossible to find anyone, Additionally, wild animals roamed the lands. Despite this Justin showed no intention of retreating, continuing to

Time was running out.

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