The Divorced Heiress’s Revenge

The hot soup soaked through his suit, scalding him, but Justin barely noticed. He leaned forward, grabbing her delicate wrist and pulling it insistently toward himself. "Let me see. Does it still hurt?"

"Let go..!" Bella struggled, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Don't move. You're still injured!" Justin's breathing deepened as his fingers tightened around her slender wrist.

Her tearful eyes glistened as she waved her bandaged hands in front of him. The sight of Bella was pitiful and absurd, yet she carried an inexplicable charm clumsy, endearing, and heartbreakingly fragile.

Memories of their past flooded Justin's mind. His gaze fixed on her, a storm brewing in his once icy eyes.

In the next instant, his mind turned blank.

His thin, dry lips, parched from too much restraint, suddenly pressed against hers.

He could feel her soft, trembling lips quivering under his. Their noses brushed against each other, and their breaths intertwined as he kissed her.

His attempt was clumsy and unrefined, showing his inexperience, like a teenager exploring love for the first time. His teeth grazed her tongue, eliciting a sting, yet she silently accepted it.

Even this awkward kiss ensnared her. She could not help but lean into it willingly. It was as if she drank every bitter medicine in the world just for this single moment of sweetness even if there were shards of glass hidden in the sugar.

scent enveloped her, melting and

his vision into a momentary

stared at him, her face blank with surprise. Her lips, now kissed into

his mind. He bit down hard on his tongue, the sharp pain anchoring him. Only when he was on the brink of severing his own tongue

a semblance of humanity before Bella, rather than a creature spiraling between man and monster

Don't see him again... Please?" His voice, hoarse and uneven, broke through the silence as cold sweat beaded on his

who ended it. What right do you have to

with mockery. "What's wrong? Can't bear to see what once belonged to

into a thin line. "We loved each other once. I just don't want to see

worsened, and he instinctively reached toward the inside pocket of

what I needed to. Bella, you don't have to listen.

that, he turned and strode

voice called out suddenly, halting

closing his eyes

how to torment me,"

looking back, Justin