It's TIME

"J-Jullius... W-wait..."

Julius didn't listen, he unbuttoned his shirt in front of Bella. And now he was shirtless. Julius's beautiful body always mesmerized Bella, even though many scars on his back and waist had become permanent marks that Julius didn't want to erase at all.

But that was not Bella's focus now, it was something else. Another wound, still fresh, still reddish, although some had dried up.

Bella immediately sat down and grabbed his hand. Seeing his hands covered with new wounds, Bella looked carefully at the hands full of scratches and then looked at Julius, who was now just staring at her blankly.

"These are new wounds," she muttered. She gently stroked the wounds, even though they were still fresh, when she touched them, Julius didn't flinch at all. He seemed numb to the pain.

"Who did this?" Bella asked with an investigating gaze.

Julius didn't answer at all. Instead, he approached her face, then invited Bella to kiss him. Bella was tempted by his gentle behavior. Sh