All Chapters of Where The Melody Remembers Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

The day Chance Hart brought Jenny Young home, she was wearing a white dress.Her face was unusually pale, making her look fragile and pitiful.I only glanced at her once, then went back to wiping the table. I was nothing more than a servant in the Hart household, after all."Nora, Jenny isn't feeling well. Your piano room will be her room from now on so she can get some sunlight."I felt frustrated and mildly annoyed.That piano room was a gift from Chance when I won my first Asia Pianist Award. It was built the way I liked it. He also committed to buy all lots when he bought that piano in the auction.He had told me, "Nora, your hands can play the most beautiful music. You deserve the best piano."However, those hands were marked by years of labor, and it was because of him.I looked at them coldly and replied, "Alright."Jenny lifted her brows at me tauntingly. Her gaze was fixed on the unique ring on my finger."I'm sorry, Nora. It's only because of my poor health that Cha

Chapter 2

Chance suddenly ran over to grab my wrist and twisted it hard.The edge of my ring dug into my flesh, but I kept my hand clenched, refusing to let go."Nora, are you done making a scene?" he scolded.The veins of his temple bulged as he shoved my head down toward the floor."If my family hadn't paid for your mother's debts, you wouldn't even be qualified to work as a servant here!" he yelled.His words cut through me. It reopened an old wound I had buried for eight years.I pushed him away and laughed abruptly.He froze; he did not expect me to fight back.I threw the ring into the pile of broken porcelain by the time he let go.The shards cut the band. The diamonds were streaked with blood as they rolled to Jenny.She screamed and stumbled back, and it revealed a ruby anklet.Last year on my birthday, Chance claimed that he was too busy to get me a birthday gift, but he had arranged for someone to bid for that precious anklet.They had been in contact even then.I had bee

Chapter 3

The man who once swore to protect me from all harm would not even spare me five minutes to explain.I stared at the massive wedding portrait in the living room before taking it down.It was a portrait of Chance holding me tenderly.Tears streamed down my face. I could not believe how unworthy all those years of love had been.I smashed it with a hammer, strike after strike. It tore and vanished slowly like fragments of my memory."Nora, you're the one I love most in this world. I'll only ever love you. We'll be together, till death do us part," he had vowed.What a laughable vow.What a laughable love.All of it, nothing but empty words.Chance looked angry when he came back.He grabbed my hand without warning and dragged me to the door. He said, "You're coming with me to the hospital.""For what?" I asked.I struggled to pull away, but he slammed me against the entryway cabinet."Jenny needs surgery. Your heart is a compatible match."I froze, unable to register the fact

Chapter 4

"You're so dead!" he yelled.He slammed on the brakes. The tires skidded across the rain-soaked street before the car slammed into the roadside barrier.I took the chance to open the door and bolt into the rain. His furious yells echoed behind me.The rain and my tears blurred my vision as I stumbled through three blocks, until the flashing red-and-blue police lights came into view."Officer, I want to make a report…"Before I could finish, I felt a sharp pain from the back of my neck.The last thing I saw before I blacked out was Jenny Young standing there, bloodied wrench in hand. She had a cold and sinister smile."Sorry, Nora," her voice was sinister, "but your heart is mine."…The scent of disinfectant hurt my nostrils.I found myself lying on an operating table when I opened my eyes. My wrists were strapped with leather restraints.The overhead light blazed on me."Are you awake?"I heard her voice from behind me. Jenny wore pale blue scrubs, she had a syringe in he

Chapter 5

"Here's fifty million dollars. Once you've recovered, we'll have our wedding in the Maldives. You always said you wanted…" he said."Wedding?" I repeated.I took the check and slowly tore it into pieces, hissing, "Do you think I'd ever marry a murderer again?"…A pair of high heels owned by Jenny was by the entryway when I returned to the Hart villa.I could hear sweet laughter coming from upstairs."This necklace is gorgeous, Chance! It's so much prettier than the pearl necklace Nora has."My fingers tightened weakly around the banister. The mechanical heart in my chest began to burn.I heard his voice threaded with intimate laughter as he said, "Buy a few more if you like it."He wrapped his arm around her waist, and he was twining his fingers through her hair. He did that with me eight years ago.Jenny waved her phone at me."Nora. Look at what people are saying online. 'The socialite wife of a rich heir is actually the daughter of a call girl.' Haha! So your mom was a p

Chapter 6

The moment seawater flooded my nose, I heard my mechanical heart fall silent.Fragments of my life flashed before my eyes as I sank.I saw my mother playing piano in a club when I was eight.The nervous 16-year-old me, brought back into the Hart household by Mr. Hart for the first timeThe joy of marrying Chance when I was 23.My 26th birthday, when Chance placed a bid to buy me that piano.None of that love was real.I finally loosened my grip on the diary as the water closed over my head.The yellowed pages fanned out under the waves. I could still see the last line of words clearly.'I'm sorry, Nora. I couldn't protect you.'"Chance, Nora jumped! Should we send someone to look for her…?"Jenny had gone pale. She only meant to scare me and drive me away. She did not expect that I would jump."Don't worry, she can swim. She won't die," he said.In the days that followed, Chance acted as if I no longer existed. He devoted himself to taking care of Jenny.Still, he felt em

Chapter 7

Chance shoved Jenny away. The prenatal report trembled between his fingers.He finally understood what this 'fourth life' I was referring to.He frantically dialled my number.He knew how difficult it had been for the child to exist.The Harts sank into despair when he had been diagnosed with low sperm count. Even his grandfather, who always adored him, could not hide his disappointment.I was the only one who stayed by his side through the treatments. I monitored his exercise and medication daily.The only response he got from his phone was that the user was unavailable.Chance searched through the villa like a madman. Eventually, he found a diary inside the piano in the piano room, and on the pages were my handwriting.'I went to the hospital today. The doctor says the baby has a heartbeat. How should I tell Chance this wonderful news?'The following pages were filled with my joy for the pregnancy.The last few pages were blurred by water stains, with the ink bleeding away.

Chapter 8

"Sir, Mr. Hart said that the basement is off-limits…" said the butler.The butler attempted to stop Chance but was cut off by the slam of the door.The damp air in the basement carried a faint moldy smell. Chance found a tin box at the very bottom of the basement.A list slipped out when he opened it.'One Hundred Things to Do with My Boyfriend' was written on it. Only a little over a dozen items had been checked off.Next to item #12--'Ride the Ferris wheel at the amusement park with my boyfriend'--was a glaring red X.'He said it was childish, so I went alone. When the Ferris wheel reached the top, it suddenly rained.'Chance suddenly remembered her birthday in the second year of their marriage.He had spent that day sulking after seeing Jenny post her relationship announcement on social media.Later, he had found an unused amusement park ticket in her drawer. Only then did he realize Nora had planned to invite him to the amusement park.Item #37 was 'Raise a cat together'.

Chapter 9

"Chance! You're insane!" I yelled.I stopped in front of the surgical light, and I stared at how frightful Jenny looked.Chance dropped to his knees before me, and he slapped himself in a frenzy."I'm sorry, Nora. This woman tricked me! She never came back for me. She knew long ago that your heart was a compatible match, and that was why she came back. You can switch back your hearts now," he said.Jenny let out a muffled whimper.He suddenly turned to strike her across the face."It's all because of you that Nora won't forgive me. You deserve to die!"The gauze on her chest was soaked through with blood. I stared at him in horror. I never imagined he could lose his mind like that.The man who once protected Jenny so dearly was willing to rip her heart out.Chance was eventually taken away by the police.A week later, news of the Hart Corp bankruptcy dominated the financial headlines.I stood before Mr. Hart at his hospital bed as he took his final breath.Then, accompani

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