and lilies. Sunlight filtered through the b

he sound was d

rmchair where he had been

en with an axe. She reached up, her fingers brushing

voice was wea

us." He glanced at his phone, where a dozen frantic messages from their PR team were waiting. The

er memory. It was a blank slate

up his tablet. He hesitated, then decided sh

yed th

crying, clinging to a man in a dark suit. She heard her

r up. She watched him shiel

rative to explain the emotion she was seeing. Her brain, protecting her from the trauma of Andre's bet

dreamy, spread a

me," she

ctually trying to get you out of the

ead. "Look at how he

s Charls Wiley. You hate

king a foreign language. "Nemesis? Don't b

t. It clattered onto th

n keeping it a secret. You know, because of the merger.

the abyss of her memory loss. It made perfect sense. The intense f

ed, hitting the cal

ng to the door. "I want to see him. I n

, panicking. "There is no relation

r lips. "You just don't know

ed. But it wa

as C

check on the legal situation, to make sure the F

the doorway, s

said, his voice

mile took Charls aback. He had never seen her look at him like that

She held out her hands

ming she was talking to someon

me?" Cha

ith tears. "Did you get hurt protecting

stunned into silence

, She thinks

om under him. This was a nightmar

forward to correct her. "I think

trembling. "I know I messed up. But I rem

he bruises, the IV drip. And that look

't bring himself to shatter her reality right there. Not w