"Yes, Chairman Hoffman!"

The men quickly dispersed in all directions.

"I'll go too!"

Bella turned to leave, but Justin grabbed her arm. "It's too cold. Wait in the car."

Ryan chimed in, "Bella, listen to him. Wait in the car. We'll handle the search."

"No... I have to go with you!" Bella sniffled, her nose red from the cold.

The cold wind stung her eyes, leaving them swollen and teary. "This is my fault. I was careless; I was negligent. If something happens to Yvonne... I'm responsible for it! It's all my fault!"

"Bella," Ryan said, his heart heavy as he witnessed Bella's overwhelming guilt.

Justin stared at her pale face, his dark eyes rippling with subtle emotion. "It's not your fault."

Tears welled in Bella's eyes as she shook her head. "Yvonne is everything to my brother. If anything happens to her, I will never be able to face him. I don't deserve to be his sister. I have to go with you to find her."

dissuade her, they had no choice but to let her

up against the biting wind, Bella marched on ahead while the two men

she's so stubborn and tough, but she's still a

Justin walking next to him. "Bella has been through too much. She protects her family, runs a massive corporation,

"I've never asked her to do any of this. We're nothing to each other now.

Do you even hear yourself? Did that illness make you even

back, throwing

in silence, a heavy weight pressing on his

that you used a special ointment to treat

raised a

left? I need a

did not bother to deal with

simply covered it with some gauze and hurried to

study was shrouded in darkness,

filtering through the window cast a silvery

Jace has really been out of line lately! He is becoming more

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