Ian caught the tie clip with a confused expression. "Mr. Salvador, what's this?"

Justin closed his eyes for a brief rest, loosening the knot of his tie, yet he still felt its stifling weight.

"Something from Clarice."

"Oh! Some random trash from that woman? No thanks!" Ian scoffed, tossing it away immediately. "I've got a girlfriend. I don't need misunderstandings."

"A girlfriend?" Justin asked, eyes still closed, brows slightly furrowed.

"Yeah, Rachel."

Justin frowned. "She's of age now?"

Ian laughed, exasperated. "She's a college student, Mr. Salvador. Do you really think I'm a monster?"

Justin's mind drifted back to the time he and Bella had helped save a girl named Rachel Meads. Fragments of that memory flashed in his mind, but then lan's voice broke through his thoughts.

"Mr. Salvador, look!"

sight

of snowflakes. In the intense white light,

heavily. He opened the car door

with a

cheeks were flushed from the cold. She must have

utter a single word. He remembered she hated the cold. Whenever it got chilly, she would

lacking any expectation of his concern. She did

pressed together. "We can talk

keeping a slight distance that felt respectful yet unsettling

exited the car to give the former

Bella broke the

Justin replied, glancing at her from the corner of his

to say, "I don't need a gift,"

what you promised

voice low. "Of

time to keep

clenched her icy fingers, her gaze smoldering with intensity. "Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., I

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