Before the wedding, Maximilian Reitman was on duty at the hospital when he encountered a medical disturbance.
He didn't die but forgot about me. Maximilian only remembered that Jocelyn Reverie was the one he loved.
His coworkers and colleagues said he was suffering from intermittent memory loss. He would soon recover as long as he remembered more of what happened when he was in love. They also had to recall the things when they had relations with Maximilian.
It happened that the kitten I adopted with Maximilian, Rosie, gave birth to three kittens. These were our sweet memories. I believed it would be able to recall his deep love for me.
I went to him with the filmed video with enthusiasm. But when I came to his room, I only overheard a conversation between Maximilian and his parents.
“My son, you are the one who has this idea. I know you pretended to get amnesia to fulfil Jocelyn's wish. How about you accompany Jocelyn for one last year? She also has cancer. So pitiful!”
“No way, Dad. It’s impossible. I only love Pauline. I will only let her down this time in my life, Dad. When I finish compensating for Jocelyn's feelings, I will be back to being that good husband only for Pauline.”
Maximilian’s mother said, “So sadly, Jocelyn has been chasing you for half your life, my son. Where is she not better than her? Why do you only see Pauline Moonstone all the time?”
Maximilian retorted with a cold face to his mother, “Pauline is ten thousand times better than Jocelyn. I remind you two to treat Pauline as your only daughter-in-law!”
He then took a breath for a while. “It was agreed that I would only pretend to be lovers with Jocelyn for a month. I hope this matter must not delay my wedding to Pauline, okay?”
I trembled as I withdrew my application to stay in school. I then resolutely decided to go abroad for further study.
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When I sorted out my expression and entered the hospital room, there was only Maximilian Reitman.
As soon as he saw me, he scolded me in annoyance. “I already said I don't remember you, right? Can you stop bothering me and leave me alone now? I was a childhood friend of Jocelyn. How could I possibly like you?”
Looking at the man who was guarding me like a flood and a beast, my heart aches for a while. I couldn't figure out how the gentle and considerate man who cried and begged me to marry him would pretend to have amnesia and lie to me.
I then replied, “I just wanted to tell you that our cat, Rosie, had three kittens. One is white…”
Before I could finish, he interrupted impatiently, “I don't like cats at all. I also don't remember anything about us.”
I looked straight into his eyes. I was just trying to find a trace of guilt emotion in his gaze. But there wasn't anything at all.
“Cats are such troublesome creatures, only you girls like them. You should stop trying to jog my memory, what can be forgotten is not important.”
Maximilian's face was full of disgust as if it was too annoying to even look at me. “You hurry up and leave me. My girlfriend will be here soon.”
I was just about to leave when the door was pushed open.
“Sorry, Pauline. Maximilian doesn't even remember you now. It's not too good to still live in Maximilian's house, right?”
Without waiting for me to speak, Maximilian hurriedly spoke, “Enough, Jocelyn. If she wants to live there, let her live. You have to help me pack up my things now. Please, don't gas yourself!”
Maximilian said it with a few hints of warning. Even though my heart was almost dying from the pain, I still managed to force a smile on him.
“I'll move out, Maximilian. Don’t worry.”
I took a taxi back to the villa. When I opened the door and looked at a piece of festive red. My heart was slightly sour.
The cell phone ding-donged a few times. It was a message from Jocelyn Reverie.
Jocelyn: [Maximilian wants you to move out in a hurry, Pauline. We will especially come to help you pack.]
I was just about to refuse for a while. But the door opened the next moment.
Jocelyn smiled condescendingly. “You have to move it all out before nightfall, Pauline, or else throw it all out!”
I looked at Maximilian. I felt somewhat incredulous at that moment. But he didn't even look at me at all. Maximilian just rubbed Jocelynn's head with some pampering.
“You have to take a rest, Jocelyn. I'll clean up.”
I looked at his gentle movements. It made me a little dazed. I knew that he had a cleanliness fetish. It made him not want to touch or contact outsiders casually. Even though Jocelynn was his childhood friend, he treated her like a stranger in front of me before.
