Chapter 524

”Protecting her is something I should do. I’ve never thought of taking credit or asking for anything in return.” Justin slowly closed his eyes as a dull pain pulsed in his chest. “It was what I owed her in the first place. Now, I’m just making up for the mistakes I made over the past three years.” “With your life?!” “With what, then? Money? Don’t you know the Thompsons’ circumstances?” Justin raised an eyebrow. Ryan scratched his head. It was true. They were rich enough to buy his life. Justin thought about Bella and how she looked extremely pale in his arms, and an uncontrollable pain rose from the bottom of his heart. Had she woken up? Had her fever subsided? Were any of her bones fractured from hanging off the cliff for so long? She was all he could think of. Justin took a deep breath, and his hands clenched tightly in the bedsheets, suppressing an impulse that felt like it was about to leap out of his chest. Had he fallen for her? He must have. Justin swallowed as his he