Chapter 4

After the birthday party, we returned home. Once inside, Jonah suddenly pulled me into a kiss. Then he looked at me seriously.

"Gina, you're one of a kind. No one compares to you."

I stared at him in a daze. It was as if he knew everything about me—my favorite foods, colors, and even the movies I loved most.

Jonah kissed me again, and I slowly wrapped my hands around his waist. I felt his back tense for a moment, but then in the next second, he scooped me up and carried me into his room.

Eric had been my first and only, but he had pushed me into someone else's arms. If that was the case, then maybe it was time to move on to someone new. Things with Jonah moved so fast that it almost felt like we were a real couple.

The weekend rolled around again, and everyone decided to take a trip to a resort.

While checking into the lodge, Eric pulled Jonah aside, his expression dark. "Are you two really sharing a room? Can't you stay separately?"

Jonah laughed. "It's just sharing a room. What are you so worried about?"

…

The next morning, Eric called Jonah aside, his voice cold.

I happened to be heading downstairs and overheard their conversation.

"Jonah, I see you as my best friend. Yet you slept with my girlfriend!"

Jonah scoffed. "Your girlfriend is Lila, so don't accuse me of something like that."

"Jonah! I'm not joking!" Eric snapped. "Stop pretending to be Gina's boyfriend."

"Oh? And how do you plan to tell her? That you got bored and wanted to try someone new, so you lied and said I was her boyfriend?" Jonah smirked. "Do you even have the guts to say that?"

"I…"

Jonah continued, "You've got a new girlfriend now, and you seem to like her a lot. Didn't you say so yourself?"

"Lila and I agreed from the start that it was just a fling!" Eric sounded almost desperate. "I never said I was giving up on Gina. Not to mention, I'm the one she loves! Jonah, how could you take advantage of my girlfriend like this? I thought you hated her."

Jonah chuckled. "I never said that. You all just assumed."

"I never thought you'd have such disgusting intentions toward Gina," Eric growled furiously. "You're just taking advantage of the situation!"

"Eric, don't get it wrong. You were the one who told Gina I was her boyfriend. You were the one who pushed her into my arms. Since that's the case, how about you be with Lila, and I'll be with Gina? Wouldn't that make everyone happy?"

Eric chuckled coldly. "I'll break things off with Lila right now and win Gina back. I know she loves me, so there's no way she'd choose you!"

I sat in the nearby dining room, leisurely eating my meal. But then I noticed Lila, who had been eavesdropping outside Eric's door, suddenly ran off in a panic after hearing what he said.

That afternoon, Lila suggested we take a walk by the river. Then, she suddenly handed me her phone. "Gina, I want to show you something. I took these from Eric's phone."

Her phone was filled with intimate photos of Eric and me. I handed the phone back to her. "What's your point?"

Lila sneered. "Eric is your real boyfriend. That's why there are so many intimate photos of you two. He lied to you. Jonah was never your boyfriend—it was always Eric! He just used your memory loss as an excuse to push you onto Jonah so he could be free.

"And Jonah went along with it. They've both been playing you this whole time. You're nothing but a joke! As your friend, I couldn't stand watching you be fooled any longer. I had to tell you the truth!"

Lila spilled everything, hoping that the truth would hurt me enough to make me walk away.

Yet, my expression didn't even change. Instead, I smiled, asking, "So what? I'm quite happy with things as they are now. Jonah isn't any worse than Eric."

Lila stared at me in wide-eyed disbelief. "How can you possibly be okay with this?"

Suddenly, a thought seemed to hit her, and she stammered, "You… You didn't actually lose your memory, did you?"