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!"

opened his eyes wearily, but the sight

by a flurry of snowflakes. In the intense white light, her dark hair whipped around in the wind, as if it might carry her away with

He opened the car door

Bella greeted him with

flushed from the cold. She must have

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

soft, lacking any expectation of his concern. She did

pressed together. "We can talk in

a slight distance that felt

exited the car to give the former lovers

Bella

from the corner of his

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

remember what you promised

voice

to keep that

with intensity. "Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.,

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