Chapter 197

Seeing his longtime friend act like this, Zaire's heart ached as if pierced by a knife.

He no longer touched the charred corpse but said to Sebastian, "Nina is here. She wants to see Isabella."

Sebastian seemed to relax slightly and began to sob quietly.

With a thud, Nina fell to her knees, looking at the charred corpse in Sebastian's arms, shaking her head. "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

"Nina." Kelsey held her, and their cries echoed throughout the room.

Nina pushed her away and crawled forward to the charred corpse.

Nina was too pained to cry. At this moment, Nina only felt as if someone had taken an axe and split her insides in half.

That kind of despair was something she had never experienced in her life.

Nina sat dazed for a while, then suddenly seemed to remember something. She got up and grabbed the charred corpse's hands to look at them.

"Nina, what are you looking for?" Zaire noticed her strange actions.

Nina said, "I'm looking for the bracelet. This isn't Bella. This absolutely isn't Bella. Bella wore a bracelet on her wrist, and this one doesn't have it!"

"Bracelet?" Zaire was puzzled. "What bracelet?"

In fact, he wanted to say, "even if she wore a bracelet, with such a big explosion and such high temperatures, the body was almost burned to ashes, let alone the bracelet."

"When Bella was a child, she had a severe illness. All the doctors said she couldn't be cured, and Bella was barely breathing. I carried her on my back, kneeling and praying all the way from the foot of the mountain to the top, and got a bracelet. The priest said that the bracelet could ward off evil. Besides, it was made of a special material that wouldn't melt in high temperatures. Bella has worn it on her wrist all these years and never took it off. This can't be Bella's body!"

The more Nina spoke, the more agitated she became. "This isn't Isabella! Sebastian, do you hear me?"

"Bracelet?" Sebastian slowly raised his head, but his eyes were lifeless and hollow. "What kind of bracelet?"

"Crystal, Bella wore it for years, and there are faint red threads on it."

Sebastian's heart was struck hard. "That bracelet is Isabella's?"

"Yes!" Nina's eyes widened. "Have you seen it?"

Sebastian didn't answer her but shouted loudly, "Jack!"

The door opened, and Jack walked in. "Mr. Landon."

"Go to the company and bring me the bracelet from the second drawer of my desk!"

"Yes!" Jack took the order and left.

Nina understood. "Bella's bracelet is with you?"

Tears streamed down Sebastian's face. "It turns out it was Isabella's. It was hers all along. I always thought it was Vanessa's!"

Jack returned quickly.

"Mr. Landon, the bracelet."

Jack handed the bracelet over, and Sebastian reached out to take it but missed Jack's hand.

Jack was stunned.

Everyone else was also taken aback.

Sebastian seemed unaware, groping around after missing. "Jack?"

Jack's hand was clearly in front of Sebastian, but Sebastian seemed unable to see it and continued to fumble around.

Zaire was shocked. He raised his hand and waved it in front of Sebastian's eyes.

Sebastian had no reaction, not even blinking.

"Jack! Where are you?" Sebastian was getting angry.

"Mr. Landon, here." Jack quickly handed it over.

Sebastian touched the bracelet, and the anger on his face faded.

He felt the bracelet and handed it to Nina. "Is this it?"

Nina took a look. "Yes, this is it! Bella wasn't wearing it? How did it end up with you?"

Sebastian's expression was serious. "Are you sure? Is this definitely Bella's?"

Nina took the bracelet from his palm, examined it carefully, and said firmly, "No mistake, Bella's name is engraved on the bead in the middle. There's no mistake!"

Sebastian froze completely.

Jack also understood. "If this bead is Isabella's, then she was the woman who crawled into Mr. Landon's tent that night during the camping trip."

"That means Vanessa was impersonating her!"

"That means." Jack's eyes flickered, looking at the belly of the charred corpse with shock.

Sebastian laughed, and as he laughed, he began to cry.

In the end, he was so hysterical that it was hard to tell if he was crying or laughing.

"Mr. Landon."

"Sebastian."

Everyone was worried about Sebastian's state.

"It was her. It really was her. How foolish I was to only realize it now!"

Kelsey and Zaire were both confused. They didn't know what Sebastian was talking about or what the bracelet meant.

Zaire asked, "What is going on?"

Sebastian didn't answer him but looked up and asked Nina, "Nina, the child in Bella's belly is mine, right?"

Nina's tears streamed down. "Yes!"

She choked up, "There were a few times she planned to tell you. At first, I was worried you weren't sincere with her, so I told her to wait. Later, Bella told me she realized you really liked the child. Even knowing the child wasn't yours, you had no prejudice. At that time, I advised her to tell you about the child. But she said she wanted to wait until the child was born to tell you. She said you would be very happy then. But..."

Thinking back to the past, who would have thought Sebastian would learn the truth at the moment of Isabella's death!

Life was too bitter, filled with more regret and sorrow than joy.

"Bella, Bella!"

Sebastian's cries were heart-wrenching, and finally, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

This time, Sebastian was unconscious for seven days.

Despite the doctors' constant attention, his vitality remained fragile.

Emily stood by the bedside, looking at the emaciated Sebastian, tears streaming down.

"Sebastian, I know you hate me, but you can't just die like this. You have to get better. Don't you hate me? Then why don't you get up and take your revenge on me?"

The doctor standing nearby shook his head and sighed. "All his vital signs are good, but he has completely lost the will to live. In other words, he doesn't want to live or wake up."

Emily fell to her knees. "Doctor, I beg you. Please save him. I beg you!"

"We will do our best, but..." The doctor glanced back at the emaciated Sebastian on the bed. Who would have thought that Sebastian was once the man who built the Landon Group from scratch?

"But what?" The door to the ward opened, and an elderly voice sounded.

Emily looked at the suddenly appearing Zoe and immediately went to support her. "Zoe, you're finally here!"