After several days apart, the man who had once been refined, dignified, and full of confidence was now gone without a trace.

Sitting before her was Christopher, his complexion dark and tired, his usually meticulous hair slightly messy, and his once sharp eyes filled with red bloodshot lines.

The former Chairman Iverson, once noble and poised, was now nothing more than a fallen, destitute prisoner.

But even in this state, upon hearing that Bella had come to see him, Christopher still made an excuse to visit the restroom, combing his messy hair and quickly washing his face.

The pride of being the Iverson family's young master had been thoroughly shattered in his first year in Sentania when he was still young.

From that moment on, the world no longer had Young Master Iverson, only Christopher, who climbed up over the bones of countless people, corrupted by evil and driven only by hatred.

He cleaned himself up because he was going to see Bella.

Yes, he still loved her.

But he had come to fully understand that, from the beginning, he was never worthy of her. Forcing something that was not meant to have harmed both of them.

glass, Christopher and Bella locked eyes. He looked at

the wound on his forehead.

closed his stinging eyes briefly, the corners of his

ruthless, cruel, and

There's no reason you should be

it, don't I?" Christopher smiled weakly but was

but these days in prison have been the most peaceful time I've had in over a decade. I seemed to possess everything, but I had nightmares night after night. When I woke up

glasses that had accompanied him for half his lifetime on the table. "Actually, my shortsightedness isn't severe. Wearing them made me feel like I

personality, you wouldn't just

the law and face judgment?" Christopher's dim eyes curled faintly. "I wanted to

tone was gentle and lingering as if

not erase the endless pain and resentment in Bella's

"Bella, you've lost weight.

eyes tracing her features again and again, greedily wanting to

those pills you gave Justin Bella took a deep breath, suppressing the piercing emotion inside her. "I know asking

you're unwilling to tell me, consider this my

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