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.
Bella 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.
The 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.”