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Bella rushed towards the washroom as her breaths became uneven and it became harder for her to breathe properly. She was not going to show him that today she had just lost something she did not even know she had inside her heart for him. Even though he had refused to accept her as his mate from day one, she could not believe that he had gotten engaged to someone else in front of her eyes. She felt like he had slapped her without touching her.

As tears threatened to fill her eyes, she turned on the tap and splashed the water on her face until the cold had numbed her senses and she could not feel anything.

Once she had better control over her breathing, she turned the tap off, patted her face with the tissue, reapplied her lipstick, and came out of the washroom. She had barely stepped outside when a hand shot out and grabbed her arm, pu