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Charlotte felt as if her blood was flowing in reverse. The ringing in her ears was so vivid, for a moment she wondered if she was just imagining

it.

He said he’d fallen for her long ago.

“Is that so?” she stared at a patch of sunlight on the wall, voice steady. “You claim your heart was mine from the start, yet you forced me to play second to Tricia. You never trusted me. You’re the one who pushed me away, made me feel utterly alone, weren’t you?”

There was only silence behind her.

With the same calm, emotionless expression, she continued, “You were never truly on my side. Even if you hesitated for a moment, your loyalty was always with Tricia.”

“I sided with her because I thought I owed her. But after she came back from abroad, whatever I’d once felt for her was gone. And I realized–it was meeting you that made me lose control of my heart.”

“All those years, I didn’t really want to shut you out. I just hated myself for betraying her, and so I kept my distance from you.”

Charlotte grew dazed for a moment, unable to answer.

He’d never shared what was on his mind back then. She’d never really known what Evander was thinking.

“I admit it,” he said quietly, “I suppose I did fall for someone else. But after I lost my memories of the kidnapping, Tricia just happened to be there when I needed someone most.”

“Before high school, I’d been at a private academy overseas. Because of my family, people–students, teachers–approached me with an agenda. I hated socializing. My mother brought me home, enrolled me at a public school, hid our family’s background so I could fit in. But I was awkward, withdrawn, and the other kids shunned me. Tricia was the only one who

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reached out.”

lowered her gaze, lips pressed

the kidnapping, she hadn’t seen Evander again. She knew nothing of what happened

him, she was already

into his arms. “Only now do I realize–when I first saw you, that strange flutter in

how you looked. We’d known each other before; my memory just buried it. But even seeing you again,

gave a soft, rueful laugh, then

eyes,

he tried to convince himself it didn’t sting, he couldn’t lie about the disappointment.

jolted

night, but

she glanced at the man beside her. She

was so deeply asleep, his breathing

“Evander?” Charlotte nudged him.

No response.

reached out tentatively to check if he was still breathing, and–thank God–he

brow furrowed before he slowly

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