Antiseptic. The second thing was the blank white ceiling. I stared at it for a long tim

elt heavy and weak. A woman's sh

l that drama, she fina

disapproving face stood by the door. Beside her, a man who l

ping with irritation. "You jump into the pool to what? Get

e felt familiar but distant, like a word fr

ember," I said. M

his stunt every few months. Now you're adding

Helen. We came to see if she was alive, and she is. Our duty

odded immediately. Her harsh expression softened as she spoke of Scarlett. "You're right, David. Sc

via Reynolds, years ago. But their real daughter, their everything, was Scarlett Hayes. They took me in because my parents, their close frien

families' arrangement. He never wanted me. He wanted Scarlett. My entire life, as the memories slowly trickled back in fra

A tall man with a cold, handsome face walked in. He wore an expen

to the Hayeses. "How is she?" he asked, but i

Hayes said softly. "The doctor said she jus

lly glanced at me, his eyes filled with a deep, chilling in

. I needed to see. They didn't notice me trailing behind them. They stopped in fr

Liam stood by the window, his gaze fixed on her. The coldness on his face melted away, re

took her hand, and spoke to her in a low, gentle voice. The contras

t back to stone. He walked out of the room, closing the door behind

here?" he asked, h

dn't know w

ve. She lost a lot of blood because of your little performance. The hospital's

request. It

gged me towards the blood donation center. He didn't care that I

d the nurse. "As much as

just regained consciousness. She's not in a

y. Just do it." He threw a black credit card on the t

ked back toward Scarlett's room, as if I were a p

my arm, I could hear

nolds, right? Liam

d with him. Always causing t

ho suffers. She's so sweet, and she has

. I would have cried, despaired, and hated myself. But now, with the memories feeling like a story about someone e

ing me to the woman my husband loved. I watched it,

I sat there for a while, then slowly stood up and walked back to my emp

bedside table. I found a num

d the ca

ofessional vo

eady. "And I want to sever all ties wit