Mila's emotional cry echoed down the entire hallway. Naturally, Jace heard it loud and clear.

He froze for a moment, locking eyes with the middle-aged woman, whose eyes were brimming with tears just a few meters away.

For some inexplicable reason, his heart felt heavy and sluggish, his breathing laced with an indescribable gloom. It was the same feeling he had when he watched the severely injured Bella crawl out of the overturned car.

"Hugh... Is it really you? Hugh!" Normally dignified and composed, Mila now stood sobbing uncontrollably, completely losing her composure. "Hugh... It's your mother! You're still alive... You're really alive!"

'Mother...?' Jace stared blankly at the woman approaching him, his heart seeming to pause as though someone had pressed the spacebar. His fingers holding a cigarette trembled slightly.

The next second, a sharp headache pulled him back to reality.

Jace quickly extinguished the cigarette on the balcony and disappeared like lightning before Mila could reach him.

"Hugh!" Mila, ignoring everything, rushed forward but lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground. She scraped both knees, the pain and sadness overwhelming her as she lay on the floor, unable to get up.

Meanwhile, on the adjacent balcony, just a wall away, Jace took a deep breath, listening to the woman's sorrowful cries.

muscles tensed as he suppressed the headache, his eyes turning

room, Wyatt and his daughter were finally having a long-overdue heart to-heart

"Dad... Please don't worry."

a loose hospital gown, I Bella looked so small and fragile. Her face was pale as snow, as though it would melt with the lightest breath. Yet she smiled while looking up at her father, trying her best to appear strong. "I'm fine. At first, it was really painful, but now...

up?" Wyatt gripped his daughter's cold hand tightly, his eyes filled with concern. "You're my precious daughter. Do you think I can't

Bella choked up, "Dad..."

age?" Wyatt sighed heavily, gritting his

I don't believe in all this talk of medicine or emotional disorders... As long as he's still alive, as long as his heart is still beating, I don't believe that boy can stop loving you just

to love someone deeply. That kind of love, etched into your bones, could only end

Salvador's status. Wyatt had only made one formal proposal in his life, to Bella's mother. Now, he

I've already come to terms with

back, there may be upheavals in the Salvador Corporation. Justin needs to focus on the family struggle, and I

finally together, you're going to sacrifice yourself for him again? You're the apple

will you

were harsh, but Wyatt was heartbroken and spoke without

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