LOGINLydia POVIf there was anything I knew about Anna, it was that she was dying to know what went down yesterday night.And I was dead-ass sure she already had an inkling about what happened.Me and Anna had been friends for close to a year now. Yeah, roughly a year.Let me just call it a year.And in that time, I had learned quite a lot about this girl.For one, Anna had absolutely no shame when it came to talking about her personal life, especially her sex life.She had told me all about her sexual experiences with her husband on multiple occasions, and every single time, I was like, I’m not interested, girl. Keep seducing.But when it came to me?Suddenly, she was a journalist.An investigator.A detective.And considering that I had the twins after my first intimacy with Dave, I didn’t really have a lot of sexual experience to begin with. At least, not compared to Anna.So Anna was usually curious.Very curious.Curious, curious.And I also knew there was absolutely no way I was gett
Lydia POVAfter the kids walked in on me in Dave’s room, and then asked, “Are we back together?” and Dave, with absolutely no hesitation, said, “Oh yeah, we’re back together,” and all of that, it was noon already.And honestly, I was overwhelmed.Not in a bad way. In a good way.A very, very good way.But still overwhelming.So I was like, Okay, I need to do something important.I think I need a walk.Actually, no. I need to run.I needed to get out of the house for a little while and just breathe because everything that had happened felt like too much to process all at once. Dave. The kids. Us being back together. Everything I had remembered. Everything I had forgotten and then somehow found my way back to.So, yeah.I needed to run.And that’s when I realized that I had actually not been taking my fitness life seriously since all this whole memory-loss thingy here.I mean, who could blame me?I had bigger things to worry about.But now that my life was slowly beginning to feel like
Lydia POV “Hi, Lydia. What’s up?” I leaned against the doorframe for a moment. “Hmm. I’m chill.” Dave looked at me carefully. There was something about the way he looked at me that made my heart do this strange little thing in my chest. “I actually have something to tell you.” He sat up a little straighter. “What?” I smiled. “But first, let me show you something.” Gosh. I was so scared. Like, so scared. Because this was the man I had apparently loved for years, and somehow I had woken up one morning not remembering a single thing about that love. And now, somehow, all of it was back. Every conversation. Every argument. Every stupid joke. Every time he’d looked at me like I was the only person in the room. And I remembered. I remembered him. I walked toward him. He watched me curiously. Then I wrapped my arms around him. He immediately caught me. “Lydia?” “Carry me.” “What?” “Carry me.” He laughed softly, but he lifted me anyway. And the second I was in hi
Lydia POV “Hmm?” “You owe me two trips.” I stared at him. “What?” “Two.” “Two what?” “Two vacations.” I laughed. “Already?” “Yes.” “Your mother just got her memory back.” “Exactly.” “And this is what you’re negotiating?” “Yes.” I shook my head. “Unbelievable.” He grinned. “I already have two locations.” “Of course you do.” “I’ve been thinking.” “Apparently.” He started explaining his vacation plans with the seriousness of someone presenting a business proposal. Ava waited until he finished. Then she looked at me. “Mom.” “What?” “I have a question.” “Go ahead.” “When I’m ten, can I go to the space?” I stared at her. “Oh my God.” “What?” “You two are really doing this right now?” They both laughed. “So?” I sighed dramatically. “Okay.” “Yes?” “We’ll see how it goes.” They looked at each other. Then Eli nodded. “Okay, Mom.” Ava nodded too. “We can see how it goes.” I laughed. “Exactly.” And just like that, we moved on. Like we hadn’t spent t
Lydia POV Honestly. I didn’t even get the chance to explain anything. One second I was standing there, looking at everybody’s faces, and the next thing I knew, the room started spinning. Like, literally spinning. “Wait…” I grabbed the side of the door. “Why am I feeling dizzy?” Anna immediately looked at me. “Lydia?” “I’m fine.” I was absolutely not fine. My vision blurred for a second. Then everything went black. I fainted. And apparently, that was enough to send everybody into another round of panic. I vaguely heard someone calling my name before I completely lost consciousness. When I came around again, I was being carried. I opened my eyes slightly. Dave. And Theo. Both of them were carrying me toward my room. And honestly, if I had been fully conscious, I probably would have found the whole thing ridiculously funny. Because these two men had probably spent the last week silently competing over who cared about me more, and now they were literally carrying m
Anna POV I was still staring at her. Like, genuinely staring. Because I needed to be sure. I needed to know that I wasn’t imagining things. “Lydia…” She looked at me. “What?” “Oh my God.” “What?” “Are you for real?” She frowned. “What kind of question is that?” “Are you actually back?” She blinked. “What?” “Like, are you back back?” She stared at me for a few seconds. Then she rolled her eyes. “Girl, shut up.” I froze. My mouth literally dropped open. “Wait.” She shook her head, laughing. “I got my memory back.” I screamed. “Oh my God!” I practically threw myself at her. “LYDIA!” “Careful!” “I’m sorry!” I pulled back immediately, staring at her face. “You got your memory back?” “Yes!” “All of it?” “Most of it.” “Most?” “Anna, please.” I started crying. I didn’t even realize I was crying until I felt the tears running down my face. “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.” She laughed. “You’re crying?” “Do you know what you just did to me?!” “You w
Bernard stepped in, hands clasped neatly in front of him.“I apologize for disturbing you, ma’am. I came by earlier, but there was no response.”I rubbed my eyes. “I was asleep.”“Yes, ma’am.”He said it so respectfully that I almost felt bad for sounding irritated.Almost.“Would you like dinner?”
Lydia POVAfter what seems like forever, a black Rolls-Royce pulled into the court compound, I had already imagined three different ways to murder my husband.Future husband.Potential husband.Missing husband.Whatever.At that point, I wasn’t being picky.The sleek black car glided through the ga
Lydia POVOh.That was… unfortunate.Because he was beautiful.In a sharp, expensive, dangerous kind of way.Dark suit.Sharper jaw.Dark eyes that looked almost black under certain lighting.Everything about him looked controlled.I clicked another picture.Still no smile.Another.Same expression
Lydia POV“You’re getting married to Dave Ashton tomorrow by eight a.m.”Those were the words that ended my life as I knew it.One sentence.One Tuesday evening.One announcement delivered with the same emotional weight my father would have used to ask someone to pass the salt.For a moment, I hone







