"It's not a coincidence!" Bella sat up straight, her eyes burning with intensity. "Aunt Mila didn't mistake what she saw. There is a man who looks exactly like Hugh! I know him. His name is Jace. I met him while I was under Christopher's control on Rose Island in Sentania!"

The Thompson family was utterly stunned.

"Bella! Is he Hugh?!" Wyatt pressed for an answer.

Bella bit her lip, falling silent. She was deep in thought. 'Why would Jace appear at the hospital at this time?'

There was only one possibility. That night, the person who hit her with the car was Jace. The person who brought her to the hospital was also Jace.

But when she woke up after losing consciousness, the first person she saw was Grant.

'Christopher, Jace, Grant...'

Suddenly, Bella felt a shiver run down her spine, as though she had just woken from a dream.

A thought leaped into her mind, one that seemed absurd on the surface but terrifying when examined closely.

Bella did not believe in coincidences, especially when all the coincidences seemed intricately connected.

up!" Mila's eyes were red with urgency. "Is he Hugh? Hugh didn't die... He

that he was smoking in the hallway?

I scared him off. He crushed the

my brothers to go to that balcony and look for the cigarette butt

though the fog of deception and confusion before her was beginning to clear. "Then, take that cigarette butt

pockets of his leather jacket, walked alone through the hospital's underground parking lot, his

who claimed to be his mother, and his heart clenched painfully. His mind was a chaotic

"Jace!"

cold look on her face. "Why are you still here? Didn't the Boss tell you to leave immediately

delivered Bella to the hospital two nights ago, his heart remained unsettled, though he could

might not make it out of the emergency

woman was a snake, a scorpion-cold-blooded under a human disguise and anything but human. He

the Boss. After all, the Thompson family is here now." Jace's voice was indifferent, his gaze

anxiously, "It's precisely because the Thompson family is here

voice low and dangerous. "What do

harbored suspicions about him, but after her own slip of the tongue, she panicked and quickly explained, "Bella isn't someone to be underestimated, and you've already shown your face in front of Drew. If the Thompson family finds out you're at the hospital, they might connect you to her car accident. If you and the Boss are seen together, Bella could start questioning

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