“You want to ask me whether I remember what happened back then, right?”
“Cathy…”
“I don’t.” Cathy denied it. “I’ve forgotten everything in the past, but they told me about what happened back then, including everything we went through.”
She said calmly and indifferently. Her expression looked calm as well, but there was a wave of emotions flashing across her eyes silently and without a trace.
“Felipe, can I ask you a question?”
After Cathy said that, Felipe felt as if something had struck his heart.
She had not asked anything, but he already felt extremely nervous.
However, he looked very calm despite this apprehensive contradiction.
“Go ahead.”
His black eyes were staring straight at Cathy, and he did not hide at all.
“Have you ever regretted this?” Cathy’s voice sounded light. However, when it landed on Felipe’s heart, it felt as heavy as if it weighed a few thousand pounds.
She was asking him whether he regretted this.
Of course.
Of course, he regretted this.
However, he knew it was too late to feel regretful now.
Felipe looked at the face that used to feel so familiar yet was foreign now. He curled his pale lips and smiled.
“I’ve never regretted it.”
‘I don’t regret giving up on the huge power and wealth that I wasted so much time and effort building. I also don’t regret almost dying just to see you again.
‘Cathy, I don’t have the right nor the ability to make you stay and make up for the cruel hurt that I caused you.
‘Since you’ve forgotten what happened in the past, then don’t remember any of it.
‘Your emotions won’t be affected whether I regret this or not.’
After hearing Felipe’s answer, Cathy seemingly furrowed her brows. However, her expression still looked calm.
“I understand,” Cathy said flatly. Her eyes scanned Felipe’s face before she turned around. “Even though I can’t remember what happened between us back then, don’t worry, I’ll show up to court to prove that you didn’t kill me.”
Felipe looked dazedly at Cathy as she turned around carefreely. He was more shocked about what he had just heard.
How could she still help him like this?
No. Impossible.
He had brought this upon himself. He was guilty and deserved to be punished.
He did not deserve forgiveness and was not worthy of her help and resurrection.
On the other hand, Felipe could not deny the joy that was surging from the bottom of his heart.
It was all because she was still looking at him.
Felipe felt the brink of his eyes getting warm, and tears were blurring the figure that was walking farther and farther away from him.
He parted his lips and called out her name with a sob, “Cathy.”
Cathy stopped in her tracks after she heard him calling out to her. However, she did not turn around.
“I’m sorry.”
In the silence, Cathy heard those two words from behind her.
Felipe’s apology was clear as it entered her ears.
Cathy stood quietly and motionlessly. A few seconds later, she finally said indifferently, “You don’t have to apologize to me because I can’t remember what happened back then. So, it doesn’t matter how you had hurt me back then or how you had asked someone to kill me because I can’t remember.”
She paused after saying that. Then, she let out a chuckle.
“So, I don’t need your apology.”
After she said that, Cathy walked out of the door decisively.
However, tears silently escaped Cathy’s eyes from where Felipe could not see.
Felipe’s eyes were wet with tears as he watched Cathy’s figure disappear from his vision.
The moment the door closed, his heart plunged into an icehouse.
After Cathy got out of the room, the Interpol agents went back inside.
Kendrick temporarily composed his frustrations and walked toward Cathy.
He saw her being dazed. There were visible tears in the corners of her eyes and on her cheeks. She had been crying.
She was crying for Felipe, so Kendrick knew what it meant in his heart.
He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Cathy. “You remember the past, including what happened between you and Felipe, right?”
Cathy lowered her gaze and looked at the handkerchief Kendrick handed her. Tears welled up in her eyes even more wantonly.
The past that she could not bear to look back at was all appearing in her head as clear as day.
“Yes, I remember everything now, including all of the cold-blooded and cruel things he has done to me.”
Cathy admitted. She remembered everything.
However, the moment she finished saying that, a figure appeared behind her.
“When did that happen?” Adam’s tone was peaceful as he asked. There was even a slight smile on his handsome face. “When did you remember?”
Cathy turned around after she heard him. While looking at Adam who was standing in front of her, she felt intense remorse and also endless gratitude for him.
“Adam.”
She was calling his name the way she had used to call him back then.
Adam felt a disparity in the bottom of his heart immediately, but at the same time, he felt relieved.
Actually, he knew that this day would come. He knew the memories she lost would be retrieved one day.
When the time came, it would mean that he was going to lose her.
However, he did not expect this day to come so quickly and suddenly.
He thought he was still able to spend more comfortable and unrestrained time with her this way.
“Adam, thank you for taking care of me and the children for more than a year. I want to thank you for helping me get back to a new life.”
After listening to what Cathy said, Adam understood that this whole time, Cathy had only felt gratitude and appreciation for him. There was never any romantic relationship between them. He smiled magnanimously, “As long as you’re safe and well, then everything I did was worthwhile.”
After experiencing so many things, Cathy knew very well how Adam felt about her. However, at this moment, she was unable to give him an answer regarding this.
The two of them knew that they never had a moment when they were each other’s sunshine. There was only a companionship of mutual respect between them.
Despite his natural and unrestrained behavior, Adam could not neglect the disappointment and listlessness in his heart.
At this moment, the door of the room opened. One of the agents walked out and approached Kendrick.
“The related procedures have been completed and we’ll hand Felipe Waldburg to the administration of justice. After that, we’ll arrange for them to officially charge him with his crimes.”
He said while looking at Cathy who was standing at one side.
“We’ll verify whether Felipe had indeed hired someone for the murder. Even if the victim is still alive, we’ll still charge him with attempted murder.”
After Cathy heard this, she furrowed her brows.
At the end of the day, he still could not hide from this.
“If he’s convicted of this, how long will he serve in prison?” Cathy asked. She looked emotionless, but in reality, she felt extremely anxious.
“If he’s convicted, those crimes would be enough for him to get the death penalty.”
Death penalty.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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