All Chapters of The Billionaire Forgot He Hated Me: Chapter 41 - Chapter 48

Victor’s POVMy lawyer’s name flashed across the screen.Finally.I answered, still watching Claire from the corner of my eye. She stood beside the sofa, her fingers twisting together, looking as though she wanted to escape the conversation we’d been having.“Tell me you have good news.”“I do,” Donavan replied. “Mrs. Graham has accepted the deal.”A satisfied smile touched my lips. “Good. I assume she understood the consequences of refusing.”“She did. She’s agreed to every condition, including settling the matter without taking the company to court.”“As she should.”I had made it clear to Mrs. Veronica Graham that dragging the company into a legal battle would cost her more than she stood to gain. Once I put the facts and consequences in front of her, the sensible choice became obvious.Still, her sudden eagerness to close the matter was worth noting.“When did she agree?”“This afternoon. She contacted me a few hours after our meeting this morning and said she was ready to proceed

Victor's POVBefore the accident, you would have looked at her CV, noticed what she lacked, and rejected her application before it ever reached the kitchen manager. You know that.”I held his gaze.Perhaps he was right about the man I'd been.But that didn't mean I had to keep being him.“Then perhaps losing my memories has given me a chance to reconsider a few things.”Tyler went quiet.I could see him struggling with that answer, as though I'd spoken a language he understood but didn't want to hear.“Victor, I'm not saying Claire is incapable. I'm saying you're too emotionally involved to make an objective decision about her.”“Which is why I won't make the final hiring decision.”He frowned.“She'll attend the practical assessment like every other candidate. The kitchen team will evaluate her performance, and the restaurant manager and head chef will make the recommendation. If she doesn't meet the standard, she won't be hired. If she does, her lack of a prestigious culinary degree

Victor's POVI had heard other names since waking up with a past I couldn't access. Some had belonged to friends. Others to colleagues, former acquaintances, and people who insisted we had shared memories.Bonnie's name, for instance, had been mentioned before.I could not remember Bonnie either, but hearing her name had not affected me like this.Jasmine felt different.Strangely familiar.Almost intimate.It was as though some part of me recognised the name while the rest of my mind stood helplessly outside the locked room where the memory was kept.I pressed my fingers against my chest.Nothing made sense.I wondered whether Jasmine had been a woman I loved.The thought should have been simple enough to dismiss. I had a girlfriend now. Claire was the woman I wanted beside me, the woman whose presence had begun to make this unfamiliar version of my life feel less like a punishment and more like a second chance.I didn't want another woman.I didn't want to search for someone from a

Claire’s POV“Jasmine.”The name fell from Victor’s lips, and my entire body went cold.For a moment, I couldn't move. I simply stared at him, my heart pounding so violently that I could hear it in my ears.No. No, this couldn't be happening.Why would he dream about Jasmine?How did her name find its way into Victor's dreams? What if it wasn't just a dream? What if his mind was beginning to piece together things he couldn't consciously remember?What if he was remembering her face? Her voice? What she meant to him?My stomach twisted.Had Jasmine gone to see him at the office? Was there something else happening behind my back that I didn't know about?And what if she came looking for him again?I had spent so long trying to keep the pieces of our life together from falling apart. Every lie, every carefully avoided question, every time I had watched him search my face for an answer I couldn't give him. I had convinced myself I could manage it, that I could protect him from the past un