Chapter 205
Before I could finish, Jonathan suddenly yanked my arm and pulled me straight into his arms. He held me tightly while I knelt on the couch, knees apart.
The position felt a little dangerous, but Jonathan didn’t seem to have any other intentions. He just held me like he wanted to pull me into his very being.
“Don’t say that. You lost your memory, so I won’t hold it against you.”
His voice was low and hoarse. “Once you remember everything, then we’ll talk about this again.”
I thrashed in his arms, completely on the verge of breaking down. “Jonathan, will you ever stop? You don’t love me. You’ve never treated me right. Why should I stay with you?”
“So what if I lost my memory? I hated the version of me who kept chasing after you, who had no sense of self! I like who I am now. I don’t love you anymore, do you understand? I’ve wanted to leave you for a long time!”
The moment he realized I’d been wanting to leave him all this time, he only held me tighter.
“No,” he said. “This is just a fight. Elise, I already explained it to you. That day… It wasn’t intentional.”
He cupped my face. “I didn’t want to bring this up again because we know each other better than
anyone. Even if I saved Alicia that day, you should have known it wasn’t what it seemed.”
Jonathan pressed his forehead to mine and let out a sigh. “Now that you’ve lost your memory and don’t remember me, I feel like I need to explain it properly. It’s not what you think between me and Alicia.”
“The Fords and the Zimmers have known each other for generations, and her grandfather once
helped mine. When we were kids, there was talk of an engagement, but I’ve never had any romantic feelings for her. After I married you, Grandpa felt guilty toward her and asked me to look
after her. That’s all it ever was.”
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