The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

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!"

but the sight before him made his heart skip

snowflakes. In the intense white light, her dark hair

fell heavily. He opened the car door and

Salvador." Bella greeted him with a faint smile,

cheeks were flushed from the cold. She must have been waiting

hated the cold. Whenever it got chilly, she would always nestle into

lacking any expectation of his concern. She did not seem to mind his silence and just quietly waited for

lips pressed together. "We

a slight distance that felt respectful yet unsettling

to give the

your birthday." Bella broke

her from the corner of his eye,

as he was about to say, "I don't need a gift," Bella spoke again,

remember what you promised me, don't

his voice low. "Of

time to keep

with intensity. "Tomorrow at 3:00