Masuk100Andrea watched her approach with amusement dancing in his eyes.Honestly, he had expected many reactions from her.Fear,shock, and confusion.But definitely not this level of anger.Before he could even properly greet her..SLAP!The sound echoed sharply across the quiet road.Andrea’s head turned slightly from the force, even Lucas gasped loudly inside the car.Issabella glared at Andrea furiously, her chest rising and falling heavily.“Are you insane?” she snapped. “Is seeing us dead your mission?”Andrea slowly turned his face back toward her.Instead of anger, amusement slowly spread across his expression.Interesting.Very interesting.Most women trembled around him, but this one slapped him, just like seven years ago.Andrea rubbed the side of his cheek slowly before laughing softly.“You slap quite hard you know.”“Don’t play with me!” Issabella fired back angrily. “You almost caused an accident!”Andrea straightened slightly. “I only wanted to talk.”“By blocking my car?”
099Vanessa stormed out of the school building with fury burning through her entire body.Her heels hit the tiled floor sharply as students quickly moved out of her way. Nobody needed to be told she was angry. It showed clearly on her face.By the time she reached the parking lot, her breathing had already become uneven.She yanked her car door open aggressively and threw her bag into the passenger seat before entering.The door slammed shut loudly.For a few seconds, she just sat there gripping the steering wheel tightly.Then suddenly—“Damn it!”Her scream filled the car as she hit the steering wheel hard with her palm.Her chest rose and fell violently.Everything had gone wrong.Vanessa shut her eyes tightly, trying to calm herself, but the image of Isabella yelling at her inside the dean’s office only made her angrier.“You almost killed him!”The humiliation still burned her deeply.In front of teachers.The dean.Everybody looking at her like she was some criminal.Her jaw ti
098Isabella arrived at the school not long after, already worried.But the moment she stepped inside and saw the panic on the teachers’ faces, her heart dropped instantly.“What happened to my son?!” she shouted immediately, rushing forward.A teacher stepped in front of her. “Ma’am, please calm down—”“Calm down?!” Isabella’s voice cracked sharply. “Where is Lucas?!”“He has been taken to the school hospital—”“Hospital?” Isabella repeated, her face draining of color.She didn’t wait for another word, she turned and ran towards the hospital.The teachers followed suit.“Lucas!” Isabella screamed the moment she entered.A nurse stopped her quickly. “Ma’am, please, you need to stay back—”“That is my child!” Isabella cried, struggling forward. “Tell me what happened to him!”“He is receiving treatment right now—”“What did he eat?!” she shouted, tears already filling her eyes.The teachers who followed her looked nervous.“It was a snack… chocolate,” one of them said carefully.Is
097Isabella walked into her room slowly and closed the door behind her.The sound clicked softly, but in her mind it felt louder than it should have.She leaned her back against the door for a moment, exhaling deeply.Her thoughts were everywhere, and the face of the stranger who claimed she knew him.Miguel’s refusal to explain anything.Ethan’s silence.All of it kept looping in her head like a broken record.Then she remembered something Andrea had said.“Your brother is hiding things from you.”Isabella opened her eyes slowly.“What if it’s true?” she whispered to herself.Her chest tightened.Because the more she thought about it, the more everything felt… incomplete.Like parts of her life were missing on purpose.She walked slowly toward her bed and sat down, she leaned forward and placed her elbows on her knees, staring at the floor.“I need my memory back,” she said softly.That thought didn’t leave her anymore.Before, she had agreed to stop her therapy sessions because Eth
096The event center was already closing for the day when Isabella stepped outside.Soft music still drifted faintly from inside, but the outside air was cooler, and quieter. She adjusted the strap of her bag on her shoulder and started walking toward the parking area alone.Her heels clicked softly against the pavement as she approached her car.Then she stopped abruptly.Someone was leaning against it.The man from the mall.His arms was folded casually across his chest.Back resting on her car like he belonged there.Isabella frowned immediately.“What is he doing here?”The man slowly lifted his head. His eyes locked onto hers instantly.For a second, neither of them moved.Relief flashed across his face the moment he saw her properly.“I finally found you,” he said quietly.Isabella took a step back.Her brows pulled together in confusion. “Excuse me?”Andrew pushed himself off the car slowly and took a step toward her.“Isabella… it’s me.”She stared at him like he was speaking
095Isabella grabbed the bedside lamp quickly, panic flashing across her face.The figure moved slightly, then the light came on.And her eyes widened.Lucas?The little boy stood there quietly in his pajamas, clutching his small blanket tightly against himself.His sleepy eyes blinked at her.“Mum?”Relief hit Isabella so hard that her eyes instantly filled with tears.“Lucas…”She rushed out of the bed immediately and pulled him into her arms tightly.Lucas blinked in confusion.“Mum?”Isabella hugged him like she was afraid someone would take him away from her.Her hands shook slightly against his back.Lucas slowly hugged her back.“You’re squeezing me,” he mumbled softly.That almost made her laugh through her fear.She pulled back slightly and cupped his face gently.“What are you doing awake?”Lucas rubbed his eyes tiredly. “I can’t sleep.”Isabella’s expression softened immediately.Maybe because of the nightmare.Maybe because seeing him standing safely in front of her sudden
027Andrea slammed the door open so hard it crashed against the wall.He stormed into the living room, brushing past his guards without even sparing them a glance as they greeted him.He dropped heavily onto a chair, dragging a shaky hand through his neatly styled hair. His fingers clawed through i
024“The number you dialed is not available at the moment.”Andrea angrily dropped the phone on the table. He had been trying to reach issabella again and again, but her number was not connecting. Did she block him?He picked up the phone again and stared at the screen. “Isabella,” he muttered.
023Miguel and Ethan stared at the doctor, there were already growing impatient, the doctor had asked them to come to his office few minutes ago, which they did and instead of telling them how the surgery went, he was busy scribbling what they had no idea of into a sheet. Miguel sigh in frustration
021It was the seventh time Miguel had called Isabella, but there was still no response. His thumb hovered over the phone, trembling slightly. This was unusual. He remembered that the last time she didn’t pick his calls, she had been kidnapped by Andrea. That thought alone made his chest tightened







