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.

planning to stay here?" Christopher asked

moment, there was a fleeting trace of aristocratic

"And if

calmly took a sip of

from me and bring her to the Boss, won't

rising from his seat. "If you do manage to marry her, then the Boss will send his blessings to you both." With that, Jace

of the heroic spirit he had once possessed

but then everything became

his

also to stabilize Bella's emotions. With "Hugh"

days, Justin and

turned

upside down. They started searching every island, every sea, and

joining Justin

anyone, Additionally, wild animals roamed the lands. Despite this Justin showed no intention of retreating, continuing to search for any

Time was running out.

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