Chapter 210

I had no idea how much time had passed. His scent was all over me.

Still, all I wanted was to get away.

“Jonathan… this won’t work…”

I knew the reason he was still holding on was because I’d lost my memory. He thought that once I remembered, I wouldn’t have the heart to leave him.

But he was wrong.

“I know myself. Maybe I’ve stopped loving you because of the memory loss, but deep down I can tell that even if I remembered everything, I’d still divorce you.”

As soon as I finished speaking, I saw a flicker of panic on Jonathan’s face.

I’d never seen him like that before. He gripped my hands tightly, our fingers locked together, holding on so hard it actually hurt.

“No, Elise. You love me. We were in love… You just forgot…”

In love?

I almost laughed. I took a step back, only to slam the back of my head against the wall.

A sharp pain shot through my skull. My face instantly drained of color.

Jonathan panicked. “Elise, are you okay?”

I held back the pain and shoved him away. “I’m fine. Don’t touch me.”

He had no choice but to stand there, arms braced on either side of me. He wouldn’t hold me down, but he wasn’t willing to let me go either.

His breath lingered dangerously close before he kissed me with desperate passion. My whole body felt weak, completely powerless against the way he was kissing me.

But just then, the dull ache in the back of my head started bringing vivid flashes of memory to the surface.

My legs gave way slightly, and I stumbled.

Jonathan cradled the back of my head, his kiss growing more intense by the second.

In that moment, the scattered fragments in my mind began to piece themselves together, until the memories became crystal clear.

I remembered our first time, how we got together, and how we ended up married.

I remembered how Alicia and the others used to laugh at me. I remembered how I embarrassed myself in front of Jonathan’s parents, and how his friends mocked me. I remembered how we kept fighting because of Alicia.

So that’s how it was.

Tears streamed down uncontrollably as the pain of the past came rushing back. Not even amnesia could spare me from that torment.

Our first time was pretty cliché. It happened after a party. Jonathan was drunk, and I’d had a bit too much too.

He looked into my eyes with a tipsy smile and asked me to walk him to his room. I don’t know who made the first move, but by the time I realized what was happening, I was already in his arms.

I was so nervous I could hardly breathe. All Jonathan said when he looked at me was, “Be my girlfriend.”

I’d had a crush on him for years, so of course I said yes.

After that, we fell into a passionate relationship, just like any other couple. We were both extremely possessive. He didn’t want me to be close to other men, and I couldn’t accept him getting too close to any women.

We were loyal to each other, but everything shifted when Alicia came into the picture. He told me she was like a granddaughter to his grandfather, so he couldn’t be cold to her.

It made sense, but I couldn’t bring myself to accept it.

Ever since we got married, I’d always felt inferior. He came from a wealthy family, while I was just an ordinary girl. If I hadn’t made it into a top university, someone like me probably never would have crossed paths with someone like him.

Alicia was a wealthy heiress from his world. Even though Jonathan told me her family had fallen on hard times and needed their support, her status still carried weight.

So what if they’d lost their money? She was still the kind of woman I could only look up to.

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