Nigel sank onto the couch, disheartened by Justin's cold expression. 'How could everything have gone back to square one like this?'

Even he could not bear this outcome. How could Bella possibly cope with it?

Gregory said, "Justin, you have a meeting in the morning. You should get going."

Justin remained stoic, turning and leaving the room without a word.

Bella was still in recovery, having slept in a hazy daze all morning. She had not eaten breakfast or lunch, and it was not until the afternoon that she slowly woke up.

When she saw her brothers, Asher, Axel, and Ralph, by her side, it brought a touch of warmth to her heart, casing the chill left by Justin.

"Bella, are you feeling any better?" Asher's voice was raspy as he tenderly clasped her frail, bony hand.

Gazing at her eldest brother's once-dashing features, now seemingly aged overnight, Bella felt a sharp pain in her heart.

about you? Are you alright?"

doing okay," Asher said as he forced a stiff smile. But he was not fine at all.

hand on Asher's shoulder. "Both of you love each other so much. After everything you've been

his heavy eyelids and shook his

Arnold, who had always been so proud, had gone as far as self-harm to break things off with him,

he really

and gently persuaded him. "Let Amold have some time to himself. Sometimes,

the uneasy atmosphere, Ralph decided to

that cigarette butt off to the forensics team, and they're going to run a DNA test on it. We

compare blood samples for DNA but could not analyze physical evidence. Fortunately,

soon as the results come out, we'll finally know if Jace is really our brother!" Bella's heart filled with hope-the first

met Jace before, so they did not know the resemblance between Jace and Hugh But Ralph was overcome with emotion. "If... If Hugh is truly alive,

as she nodded

you're talking about really is Hugh, how did he survive? Also, why is he tied up with Christopher? Why doesn't he remember a single thing about Bella? Hugh was such a pure- hearted and kind person. Even if he lost his memory in the accident, how

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