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.

long are you planning to stay here?" Christopher

as he picked up a napkin to wipe his lips. At that moment, there was a fleeting trace of aristocratic elegance in his demeanor, but it quickly vanished. "If you can successfully

darkened. "And if

a

to the Boss, won't you?" Christopher's shoulders trembled slightly beneath his

love Ms. Thompson, this is the only correct choice," Jace said, suddenly rising from his seat. "If you do manage to marry her, then the

trace of the heroic spirit he had once

stunned, but

complex, and his understanding

sent Jace here not only as a backup plan but also to stabilize Bella's emotions. With "Hugh" by her side, would she still want to run? Would she still

days,

turned the

of Sentania upside down. They started searching every island, every sea, and every city, leaving no

had also arrived with reinforcements, joining Justin and Asher in

find anyone, Additionally, wild animals roamed

Time was running out.

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