My Ex-Boyfriend Went Crazy After I Lost My Memory

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manded, "Who is that man? Why

couple on my phone screen

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proposed to me before countless witnesses, sealing our

an, and everything chang

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me the momen

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absurd strawberry hairpin she always wore and

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face softened with a fond smi

. After one more date

you avoid mentioning Lyd

, then pulled me close a

Delilah jealou

hen blocked Lydia ri

forehead, his gaze t

ydia posted somet

matters isn't the fireworks. It's the person w

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n instantly.

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, and I refused to ch

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week, we had

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I crossed paths wi

. I need to go home to my girl," he

tice me stan

rned to the house we shared and pr

ame, and Simon

tled in as I ate t

ne rang. It

s you so much

please. I want a k

nto that familiar c

and the hurt of r

ute! Bet it's for Lydia!" a v

upted on

are you and Simon tying the knot? We've g

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fo

sharp pain stabbed my head.

ath, and I crumpled on

cked by, the

welcomed Lydia

unbothered, whispers

ydia on dates flooded

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is every move radiating

along to pick up his

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ad fallen for Lydia, while I'

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t read hi

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h a warm familiarity, h

ouncil stuff. I'm sorry on his behalf. You're so easygoing, Delilah. You get it, right? Don't get the wrong idea about the ring. He got d

omous edge, like a

d through

g was her

tunned silence a

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ming face and let

blink, I ripped an e

kin, and Lydia sh

clutched her ear, bloo

gness va

d grinned. "Thanks a

d, and Simon arrived s

e aside, his expression tight wi

oncern, the kind anyone

urts so bad..."

re you okay

, but only Lydia s

oo inexpe

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s, he'd only dote on

. Did someone hurt you?

long fingers brushin

desperate. "Simon, i

simmered in his eyes. "I'm asking who ups

nt Lydia s

d, her white skirt soo

silenc

ve most. Isn't that enough?" Lydia

face, as if she alone bo

e sobbed. "For the one I love, I even took on the role

, she tore off he

, laughing through her tears. "You like th

n my hand tigh

he meant to s

ut clenche

al of someone I loved,

hing grew

e pitied

watching, he soften

this okay now

e tenderness and bu

ked, "Isn't it exhausti

rown

e with the one you truly want. Give me some money, and I'll vanish f

bsessed with wealth! I should've seen it sooner. You never loved me. It was alw

a faint smirk, I tu

got hi

seemed

revealed somethi

memories or clai

hing right. I d

orphanage, parentless and sc

my sto

ah, your life's been so hard. Let me

surprised me

e led me to the campu

d, he knelt and pou

omance belonged to me al

him so

his love

d never tr

to stop lov

ing, my illn

simple joys like e

ip to the doctor,

Next time, bring family t

he word f

y mother ditched me at five

up on fami

spotted

ear, escorted by a

with the hazy mem

I cro

ness, but I stagg

e once did, soothing me with whis

harp slap st

didn't rec

at me, her curses a

as that Lydia was

'd seen my m

t shop, smiling softly as

d as loud as I could. "Mom, I

y, surprise flick

d me, but indifferen

d screeched, "Stinky begg

her, yet we liv

s, cherished by my mom, enjo

o survive, my stenc

ster, not a begg

! Get away! Mom, I'm

rabbed a stone, and hurled it at me like I was a stray dog. "G

my scalp, blo

asked what happ

had already fl

ched me. "Don't cry, sweet Lydia. I got

ing silently. "Mom,

you aban

do? Can't

one ans

d me back t

ther cursed again,

"Everyone, look! She's attacking u

her hat, baring her wounded ear, a

wever you want. But please spare my

stirred sympa

me rose, some fi

rged me

d, and I swung my

ice, thr

ams thri

e ever feel a shred of

anking my hair and pinni

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you mourn m

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" Lydia and her mother e

ilah's so vicious. How did Simon

ere! Lydia looks wrecked. Cal

g a mom's too far. Expel

that, I sat in the

he school's reputation. We've decided to discipl

he handed me and

ask me. Judging me this fa

lap hit

e creased

. "Harassing weaker classmates? I'm generous not expelling

ce at my feet, a h

d, and I gave up j

mon bur

on purpose. You know Delilah's characte

t of me and pulled

footage, capturin

r me, looking every b

canceled my punishment

nearly fell for

longer belo

railed

noring the scattered pill bo

told me not to fight with you. How could you be so

rtner and hogged

urn, while my mother wished m

e pitie

itied

to be hated

thing off the table. "Get

smile va

voice icy. "Delilah, yo

Palmer's scholarship. Rule-breaker

earned early I had to reshape my

it could I

udying and earning, never eas

ut after my illness, that

ld only buy me fiv

e word sever my lifeline

y eyes brimmin

e despicable!

graduation. That scholarship was mine. Why take it away? You're using it to force me to gr

ble? Am I as low as you, gold-digger? Sneaking my m

pause, h

into his arms

he scholarship," he muttered. "But mark

h reluctance, as if

ceremony

aiming to farewell

pal's announce

ass scholarship goes t

nstage, beaming

s. I owe special thanks

dance made this pos

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fixed o

ed to rise, a fool b

principal n

ebuke f

he announced my aw

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laughter pie

the taste of betr

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d me or believe

n crush

see his vile

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