Chapter 182 Everything Matched Perfectly

Caden’s POV:

Meanwhile, at the hospital.

I looked at the woman resting on the hospital bed.

Could she truly be Tessa?

Old, dust–covered memories flickered through my thoughts.

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The distinctive birthmark on her shoulder, the way she called out “Caden“, everything about her mirrored Tessa from years past.

Yet, when she lost consciousness in my embrace, she felt like a complete stranger.

Was she really Tessa?

Keeping my face emotionless, I allowed my mind to drift.

Just then, a faint and fragile voice whispered, “Caden,” pulling me back to the present.

Looking down, I saw she slowly opening her eyes. Her pale lips trembled as she spoke, her tone filled with astonishment and joy. “Caden, is that really you? Did you rescue me?”

I met her gaze and asked, “What’s your name?”

eyes full of emotion, she softly answered, “Caden, my name is

“Heidi Tessford?” I repeated.

use Tessa as a nickname. Caden, do you remember when we were kidnapped and locked in that dark room? You haven’t

of emotion stirred within

locked in a dark room–everything

a bear loose to frighten us. I was terrified of the dark, and you feared the bear.

scene replayed vividly in

a small girl clung to me, her tiny body shaking. In a voice full of determination, she whispered, “Caden, don’t be scared. I’m strong. I’ll

found myself asking, “Tessa …

of the dark. I

that Rosaline feared the dark, I once believed

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standing before me, Heidi Tessford, could

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a trembling right hand, Heidi reached up and gently traced my face. Her voice was soft yet

warmth of her palm against my skin made me uneasy

hand

of them all was a man missing a front tooth. Everyone called him Thrice. We feared him the most. Every time he stepped into that dark room, he

through

were

trying to chop off my hair. Caden, you shielded me without hesitation. He slashed your chest, and blood poured out. Caden, does the scar on your chest still

us food from time to time. One day, she even gave us a chicken drumstick. Caden, you refused to eat it and saved it entirely for me. You told me, “Tessa, I’m not hungry. You should

moment, I had no

of us knew about these

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