The moment their gazes met, Bella's heart trembled. Her thoughts were tangled like a ball of yarn toyed with by a kitten, hopelessly knotted. 'How long has Justin been here? Had he

waited all night?'

Bella stared at those beautiful, bloodshot eyes without blinking. A sourness surged up from her nose, and her heart thudded painfully. But then she remembered the scene from yesterday at the orphanage him standing beneath a tree with Clarice, protectively shielding another woman.

Her frail body trembled slightly as she shifted her gaze away from Justin, her throat tight, struggling with a lump that refused to go down.

She had endured storms of blood and violence and survived the harshest conditions when she was working with Doctors Without Borders, facing hunger and cold, even going without a proper bath for weeks. Yet none of that had ever made her feel this way.

Just as she was about to shut the door, Justin sprang up and strode forward. His strong hand grabbed the edge of the door, almost catching his fingers in the frame.

"What do you want?" Bella kept her eyes lowered, refusing to look at him, but she could still feel the intense and heavy gaze bearing down on her.

Justin bent his head, his chest rising and falling, his warm breath brushing against her reddened nose. "I've been waiting for you."

won't see you." Bella turned her

was low and deep. "I remember

days." Bella's thin shoulders shrugged slightly. The corners of her pale lips curled into a faint, forced smile. "There was a time when I did sleep in, but it doesn't matter anymore. Who would care about something so trivial? It's all in the past

dark eyes narrowed

recalled the time they had lived together.

passion, she would be like a sleepy kitten, never getting

just one round. Every time, he would drain himself completely, filling

that

dark and unreadable. "It's none of your business. From now on, nothing about me concerns

heart was shattered, and at that moment, she had no desire

Mr. Salvador, please don't interfere in my

overwhelming, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not close

someone new, does that mean I don't have to leave?" Justin's eyes

always been calm, like still water without a ripple, but now his voice carried an unexpected

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