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Chapter 516
Justin nervously put his hand on her hot forehead, and the burning temperature left him distraught.
He quickly took off his jacket and shirt, which were still warm from his body, and wrapped them around
Bella to shield her from the cold.
Bella weakly opened her eyes. The man had given her almost all his clothes. At this moment, he was
only wearing his black vest.
His muscular body was a work of art. His rugged and untamed charm stood out in the wilderness.
“Do you still feel cold?” Justin asked in a raspy voice while fixating on her flushed face.
“Uh… It’s cold. I feel so cold…” Bella hugged herself and shivered.
Justin drew a deep breath. With downcast eyes, he spread his arms
apart.
He carefully pulled her into his arms and rubbed some heat into her.
“Do you still feel cold?” The man lowered his face, his heart beating
out of his chest.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBella rested her chin against his shoulder blade, nestling up to him.
Justin heaved a deep breath and dug his fingers into her wet hair to massage her head. He tried to
help her relax and assure her.
Bella felt her tensed muscles easing in his embrace.
She was sleepy, barely able to keep her eyes open.
Justin sat alongside her, providing her with warmth and taking her hand to check her injuries.
Bella’s fingers were bruised and battered. Mud and blood were stuck under her fingernails. These
fingers did not look like they belonged to
an heiress.
The man pursed his lips as his mind wandered back to her grasping at survival while clinging to the
cliff.
His heart went out to her.
“Bella, I hope this won’t ever happen again. You’re not a cat. You don’t have nine lives.” Justin’s lips
shook in rage as he shouted at her.
“Uh… You don’t mean anything to me. Who are you to tell me what to do…” Bella rested her head on
his shoulder. Her judgment was clouded by the fever.
Despite the circumstances they were in, she did not hesitate to snap
back at him.
“Can’t you tell?” Justin’s ears flushed.
“I can’t. Tell me then.”
Sure enough, he chickened out when push came to shove.
“Ha… Whatever. Your answer doesn’t mean anything to me.” Bella closed her eyes, not wanting to give
him any more attention.
The only thing she wanted to do right now was take a nice, hot bath and lie down on her bed for a good
sleep.
She felt so tired.
“Why did you marry me, Bella? Was it because I saved your life? Was it just to repay me?” Justin
clutched her hand and held it to his chest.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe fever blurred her ability to think clearly.
She answered all his questions because she had no energy to argue
anymore.
“I married you because I loved you.”
Dumbfounded, Justin breathed heavily.
“I have always hoped to marry you. I didn’t expect my dream to come
true.”
Bella’s eyes welled up. “I played catch-up to you for 13 years, Justin. Throughout my teenage years, I
kept searching and chasing after
you.”
“What about now? Do you still love me, Bella?” Justin teared up and asked eagerly.
He held Bella’s left hand, including her crippled little finger, tight.
She pulled her hand away from his grasp as if to save her broken
heart from him.
Bella was still hurting, afraid she would be back to square one in her
healing process.
“I don’t resent or hate you. I’m not angry anymore. That also means I don’t love you anymore.”
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