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

snowflakes. In the intense white light, her dark hair whipped around in the wind,

car

Bella greeted him with a faint smile,

the cold. She must have been waiting outside for quite some

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

any expectation of his

together. "We can

slight distance that felt respectful

to

Bella

at her from the corner of his eye,

need a gift," Bella spoke again, catching

what you

his voice low.

time to keep

gaze smoldering with intensity. "Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m., I want you to meet

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