Chapter 276
Jonathan’s POV
Vance’s Office
Vance had finally told me everything about Veronica.
Fact: she was no stranger to me.
Fact: she is my legal wife.
Fact: we built a life together after facing betrayal, danger and still managed to make a life with our two children.
I listened to every word as Vance spoke.
Yet all I was remembering was Veronica’s hesitation in reminding me all this.
Somehow I began to feel guilty towards Veronica.
I exhaled.
“I can’t pretend anymore p>
“Fact is Veronica has become distant since I lost my memory p>
“Jonathan?” Vance questioned me.
“But that’s cause of the doctor’s words p>
“Nonetheless p>
“I said we could have made new memories if I forgot her in remembering p>
“But she never took the effort in making me remember her even once p>
“I know she’s important p>
“I now know she’s my wife p>
“But since I don’t remember her, and she also took no effort in making me p>
I trailed off a bit.
“I feel I stole a life that doesn’t belong to me p>
“And I can’t drag Veronica in this mind loss game anymore p>
“I don’t know when or even if I will remember her p>
“And she deserves everything better than this p>
“I can’t tell her to keep waiting for me, especially now that I’ll be marrying Imelda p>
“I know this decision will hurt her, but it’s the best honest choice I have p>
“Can you bring Veronica over p>
Veronica didn’t take much time to come over.
I looked at her for a long moment.
She was supposed to be the woman of my dreams and now to her, I don’t remember her.
“Vance told me about our marriage and kids, and what we’ve been through p>
“Vance??” Veronica retorted.
“How could you? Don’t you remember what the doctor said p>
“Don’t worry, it’s the same,” I told her.
“Nothing new and nothing less p>
I knew she must have thought I must have remembered something.
“I don’t remember anything about you p>
“I can’t keep you trapped in this marriage as I don’t remember a thing about you p>
“Honestly, when I woke up, I thought you were dead, and you never explained about yourself and me p>
But since I’ve regained my conscious, Imelda has done all she could to make me remember our past p>
“You know I’m marrying her this Sunday, so I request you to sign the papers allowing me to marry her p>
“We have kids so I won’t divorce you p>
“Unless p>
“I agree,” Veronica cut my words midway.
“I won’t divorce you either p>
“Only, I will wait for you for the day you remember me, and I know you will p>
I could see Veronica was clenching her fists in anger.
She was devastated as I waited for her reaction.
“Why her?” Veronica finally asked.
“After all she did, you can give her a chance, why p>
“Why? Because she made me remember our past, and you p>
“But the doctor said p>
“I know if you force me, I could forget you completely,” I said, cutting her words.
“But I already don’t remember you p>
“What more can I forget p>
“If I could at least realize you are my wife, we could have built new memories p>
“But now things are different, I’m going to marry Imelda p>
“You know every time I met you, I was hoping to find something familiar from you, you never did p>
“I can stop if you tell me to p>
I looked at her.
I remembered the doctor’s words.
His warning, what I remembered now, would shape my future.
I began to wonder if forcing Veronica into a corner would make things worse.
Maybe she would understand.
Maybe she would fight for me.
Inside, I hoped she would not sign the papers as Vance placed them before her.
She looked down at them for a while.
Her face went blank.
She didn’t argue.
She didn’t accuse me of anything.
I became increasingly nervous as her silence was not what I expected.
I wanted her to fight for me.
I wanted proof she still believed I could remember and she would be willing to do anything to make me remember.
For the first time in my life, I feared I might lose her forever.
Veronica exhaled as she picked the pen up.
She signed the document as I watched every word she wrote.
She didn’t ask me to stay.
She didn’t tell me she belonged to me.
She just signed and placed the pen down silently.
I suddenly felt empty inside as I reached for the paper.
“So, you’re really willing to let me marry Imelda p>
“I never wanted to, but since you can’t remember me, I can’t force my love on you p>
“If you don’t remember me, I can’t make you pretend you know me, can I p>
For a while, I began to question myself.
Did I really know the woman I loved?
I realized what she meant by agreeing to sign the document.
I exhaled as she had signed after all.
My gaze fell on the paper and her signature on it.
I froze as I saw the name she signed:
Veronica Harmon.
She didn’t sign Veronica Rollings or Veronica Smith.
I understood what she meant by using this name.
I got a strange pull towards her as I realized her reason behind all this.
“Do you know the meaning of signing Veronica Harmon p>
I clearly knew what signing this name meant, did she?
Veronica looked at the name, but didn’t say a thing.
I exhaled.
“Do you know the meaning of using that surname means p>
“I’m a Harmon so I signed it p>
“What’s the difference, I sign Harmon or Rollings p>
“I signed it, didn’t I p>
I felt my first undeniable crack in my certainty as I was the only one who forgot.
I couldn’t believe she didn’t hesitate in signing and she used this signature.
Did she really not care anymore about us?
Was she really not bothered about me marrying Imelda, she didn’t even hesitate signing?
“Will you stay at Harmon Mansion from now on p>