The Divorced Heiress Revenge (Bella Thompson) novel Chapter 2279

Mila’s emotional cry echoed down the entire hallway. Naturally, Jace heard it loud and clear.

He froze for a moment, locking eyes with the middle-aged woman, whose eyes were brimming with tears just a few meters away.

For some inexplicable reason, his heart felt heavy and sluggish, his breathing laced with an indescribable gloom. It was the same feeling he had when he watched the severely injured Bella crawl out of the overturned car.

“Hugh... Is it really you? Hugh!” Normally dignified and composed, Mila now stood sobbing uncontrollably, completely losing her composure. “Hugh... It’s your mother! You’re still alive... You’re really alive!”

‘Mother...?’ Jace stared blankly at the woman approaching him, his heart seeming to pause as though someone had pressed the spacebar. His fingers holding a cigarette trembled slightly.

The next second, a sharp headache pulled him back to reality.

Jace quickly extinguished the cigarette on the balcony and disappeared like lightning before Mila could reach him.

“Hugh!” Mila, ignoring everything, rushed forward but lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground. She scraped both knees, the pain and sadness overwhelming her as she lay on the floor, unable to get up.

Meanwhile, on the adjacent balcony, just a wall away, Jace took a deep breath, listening to the woman’s sorrowful cries.

His muscles tensed as he suppressed the headache, his eyes turning bloodshot.

...

Inside the hospital room, Wyatt and his daughter were finally having a long-overdue heart-to-heart conversation.

“Dad... Please don’t worry.”

Wrapped in a loose hospital gown, Bella looked so small and fragile. Her face was pale as snow, as though it would melt with the lightest breath. Yet she smiled while looking up at her father, trying her best to appear strong. “I’m fine. At first, it was really painful, but now... I’m over it.”

“You and Justin have broken up?” Wyatt gripped his daughter’s cold hand tightly, his eyes filled with concern. “You’re my precious daughter. Do you think I can’t tell what you’re feeling? I’m old, not stupid, and certainly not blind!”

Bella choked up, “Dad…”

“Sigh! I’m just an old man with one foot in the grave. What’s the point of dignity at this age?” Wyatt sighed heavily, gritting his teeth. “Tomorrow, I’ll go to the Salvador family and have a proper talk with Justin. Let’s see if there’s any chance of reconciliation.