Chapter 3

A few days had passed. The morning sun poured through the window and cast a glow upon my face. I gradually opened my eyes and felt a splitting headache.

"Lydia Zeller! Why did you only wake up now? You didn't attend the mate bonding ceremony yesterday. Why did Caspian marry Sarah? I thought the two of you had confirmed to be each other's mate?"

The deafening voice of my best friend, Eva Newman, and the knock on the door echoed in the room.

Rubbing my temples, I tried my best to recall who this Caspian she mentioned was, but my mind was blank.

"Eva, who is Caspian?" I asked in confusion.

Eva was dumbstruck. She stared wide-eyed at me like she was looking at a freak. "Lydia, are you okay? Caspian is your fiance!"

Frowning, I swept my gaze across my surroundings. I was the only one on the single bed, and I was alone in those artistic photos on the wall.

I grabbed my phone to check the contact list and photo album, but I couldn't gather any information about Caspian. It was as though that person had never existed in my world.

"Look! Did you forget all this?"

Eva took a stack of photos from her bag and handed them to me.

In the photo, I was hugging a tall, handsome man tightly and smiling brightly.

Somehow, I felt my heart aching when I saw the man. I couldn't help tearing up.

"This is… us?" I asked in a trembling voice.

Eva felt sorry as she looked at me, then nodded.

"Yeah. This is the two of you. Lydia, what happened? Why did you suddenly forget about Caspian?"

I shook my head, tears blurring my vision.

"I don't know. I really don't remember him."

Clenching her jaw, Eva called Caspian and turned on the speaker mode.

On the other end of the line, Caspian's cold and distant voice rang out.

"Hello, who is it?"

"It's me, Eva! Tell me. What happened between you and Lydia? Why did she suddenly forget about you?" Eva roared furiously.

It was silent on the other end of the line. Then, Caspian's indifferent voice sounded.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand. Stop calling me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sarah's coughing could vaguely be heard in the back. Eva ended the call angrily, her gaze full of distress.

"Lydia, how could he do this to you?"

I lowered my head, tears rolling down my face and spreading on the photo. I asked, choking up, "Was I in love with him?"

Why didn't I remember anything about him?

Eva held my hand tightly, her gaze determined. "Lydia, I'll help you regain your memory."

She tried various methods and finally found the surveillance footage of Caspian and Sarah's wedding ceremony. As the footage played before my eyes, I felt a sharp pain in my chest again.

In the video, Caspian and Sarah stood amid the bed of violets. They held each other's hands, their gazes filled with affection.

Violets symbolized faithfulness. If Caspian were my fiance, why would he be with someone else? It just didn't make sense to me.

Eva smashed the glass on the table indignantly, her eyes red.

"That jerk! How could he do this to you?"

Staring at the familiar yet strange figure in the footage, I only felt lost. I looked up and stared at Eva, my voice trembling as I said, "Forget it, Eva. I don't want to remember him."

No matter what my memories of Caspian were, I didn't want to recall them. It didn't matter anymore, for he had become someone else's mate.

Eva hugged me tightly and teared up. "It's okay, Lydia. You'll meet someone better. It's not worth feeling sad because of him."

Eva wanted me to get some fresh air, so she took me on a trip to the beach. The sunlight, beach, and sea were perfect.

At the same time, Caspian was traveling around the world with Sarah, living their "happy" life.

Sarah had even sent their intimate photos to me on purpose. She seemed to be showing off and provoking me.

I was unmoved when I saw those photos because I didn't know Caspian.

Even if Caspian used to be my fiance and we used to be in love, that was the past. Everything had been reduced to ashes, and the cold reality was the only thing left.

Eva deleted those photos furiously and widened her eyes as she looked at me.

"Lydia, did you really let him go?"

I raised my head and flashed a smile of relief. "Yeah, I did."