The Bound Between Us

Chapter 815

Anastasia's heart skipped a beat. "Did you remember something?"

Herman looked thoughtful. "You bought me bubble tea once, didn't you? I remember the taste. It's so familiar."

A shadow flickered across Anastasia's eyes. In the end, he really had forgotten her.

She remembered what the girl at the bubble tea shop had said that day and nodded. "Yeah, I did. You said it was your first time trying bubble tea."

He looked at her, sincere. "Would you... buy me another one?"

Swallowing the bittersweet feeling, Anastasia managed a smile. "Of course!"

In the days that followed, she stuck by him, trying everything she could think of to bring back his memories, but nothing worked.

She told herself they could start over, but every time she saw the man she loved looking at her like a stranger, the pain was sharp and real-it was impossible to ignore.

She never let any of it show in front of Herman. She didn't want to add to his burden.

careful politeness, always

things were the same as always, but Anastasia knew the truth. In the middle of the night, Herman would sometimes sit quietly beside her for a long, long time, trying so hard to

afraid he'd feel

shouldn't have ended up like this, but

"Ana, has Herman remembered

hesitated, not sure how to explain everything she

was home. That was all that

said. "Finally, some good luck—Herman's back with

window and watching the world outside. She could hear a bit of noise through Monica's phone. "Are you

Jason's working on a

another string of. murders. Three women so far. These creeps, they always target women. Cowards-pick on

fired up about this stuff. She had zero tolerance for men

officers checked things out. Monica wandered down by the river, phone pressed

a crowd-locals and passersby drawn by the sirens

catching her words.