Rosalyn sighed and clutched Charles’ hand in comfort as they slowly left. Inside the room, Jim held
Bonnie’s hand. As he watched Charles and Rosalyn leaving through the window, he finally could not stop
himself from sighing. He squeezed Bonnie’s cold hand and said, “Bonnie, they’ve already agreed for us
to get married…
“I know that if you woke up right now, you’d still reject me because you don’t think I mean it, that I’m just
marrying you because of Harvey or just to mock you. The truth is…” He lowered his body and placed
Bonnie’s palm against his face.
“I haven’t been telling the truth.”
He closed his eyes, and a tear slid down his cheek. When did he fall for Bonnie?
It was probably from the first time he laid eyes on her. The first time he saw her was not at Tea Cottage
but when he caught sight of the photo on his laptop.
Inside that picture, Bonnie was standing underneath a maple tree, dressed in red. Even with her back
facing the camera, she still looked carefree and alluring.
This photo reminded Jim of the little girl he had met at the orphanage, Number-9, and made him
reminisce about the old feelings buried deep within his heart.
He was with Charlotte at that time, and he had always thought Charlotte was Number-9. However, no
matter how many times he tried to compare Charlotte to the photo on his computer screen, he could not
convince himself that it was a match. Jim did not know what he had experienced before losing his
memories, but he knew that at one point, he must have loved this woman.
Even though he had lost his memories, Jim believed that deep down, his core personality had not
changed Jim preferred to keep his desktop free of clutter and only kept items that were truly important to
him. It was clear that by the location of the photo on his computer desktop, he had placed it there
deliberately and would constantly look at it in the past. Ever since then, Jim could not help feeling curious
about this woman dressed in red until one day Bonnie asked him to meet her at Tea Cottage. On the day
they met, she was not wearing red clothes, but for some reason, Jim recognized her as the woman in the
photo almost instantaneously.
Nonetheless, his dignity prevented him from asking Bonnie about the photo directly.
Every word that came out of Bonnie’s mouth every tear that slid down her cheek pained him terribly, but
at that time, he was still with Charlotte.
He kept insulting Bonnie in hopes that she would give up on him, but at the same time, he could not help
blaming himself for being so unfaithful and falling for another woman.
Now…Charlotte had been exposed as a liar.
However, his impulsivity had landed Bonnie in this situation. This was probably God’s way of punishing
him, was it not? God was punishing him for ignoring and hurting a woman who loved him with all her
heart. However, if this was meant to be a punishment, why was he not the one lying on the bed,
unconscious? Why was he not the one poisoned?
Bonnie was innocent… Jim closed his eyes as he wrapped his arms around Bonnie’s body. If only he
could turn back time, he would rather he be the one who got into the car crash, not her.
“Mr. Jim,” a young boy’s voice rang out from the door. Jim immediately lifted his head and came face-to-
face with Harvey, standing by the door, his little face bright red and panting as he held onto the doorway.
“Mommy… Did she really miscarry her child? Is it true that she only has a week left to live?” Jim’s
expression darkened upon hearing this.
“Who told you this?” The only people who knew this were his parents, the doctors at the hospital, and
Christopher.
“June told me.”
Tears brimmed in Harvey’s eyes as he wailed, “Is this true? Answer me!”
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