Chapter 2344

“Justin…?” Bella looked at him in a hazy, unfocused daze, her mind drifting and muddled, her presence faint like a delicate spring breeze. “It’s me!” Justin saw her pale face drained of color, her frail body trembling uncontrollably. It reminded him so vividly of the tiny kitten he had rescued from an alley on a bitterly cold winter night as a child—cold and on the verge of freezing to death. A strong wave of heartache stirred and burned in his chest. “J-Justin...” Bella’s lips, stiffened by the cold, struggled to say his name. Then she smiled bitterly as tears streamed down her face. Her voice was laced with self-mockery. “It seems... I’m really about to freeze to death... How could it be him... He’s not coming back... He doesn’t want me anymore...” Her words faded as her dazed gaze grew heavy, and her body started to sway to the side. “Bella! You’re not allowed to sleep!” Justin felt a stabbing pain in his chest as he watched her consciousness fade away before his eyes. Despi