Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 244 A Delayed Confession

As I rushed out and ran toward the row of potted plants, I found nothing there. I stood there in confusion, knowing it wasn’t just my imagination.

Ryan suddenly appeared beside me. “Want some company for a walk?”

I looked up at his face. He was smiling warmly. A pang of guilt washed over me, so I nodded. “Sure.”

We walked together through the yard, side by side. Ryan made me feel at ease, never once mentioning why I had dashed out in the first place.

He chatted about our school days. Suddenly, I asked him, “Ryan, why can’t I remember my childhood?”

“Which part are you referring to? If it’s something related to me, I’ll help you recall it.” He looked at me with a smile.

I shook my head. “No, it’s from when I was younger. I remember everything with you, like when we first met in the teacher’s office. My dad asked Mr. Thomas to tutor me in physics.”

“Ah, yes, in Mr. Thomas’s office. You were wearing your school uniform and looked different from the others. Your hair was dark, your eyes were big, and you had long eyelashes. Some classmates started calling you Lash Princess.”

Why didn’t I know that?” I laughed.

was in the second semester of our

right! I’m talking about memories from before junior high. I don’t have any recollection of what came before. Have you ever experienced something like that?” I turned around and walked backward.

“I haven’t. My memory has always been good.”

it’s bad, but…” I pondered, unsure

He swiftly reached out, catching me and pulling me into his arms. “Be careful!

Don’t be so

tone was

these years abroad, you haven’t met a girl you like? You’re so handsome! There must’ve been plenty of girls who liked you.”

was ane girl who always

“Spill the beans!”

same college as me. She was my junior. When I was about to leave the school, she had just enrolled. She’s mixed blood…”

be very

I suppose so.”

so? Is your taste in aesthetics that

pretty or not?”

I just didn’t pay much attention.” He glanced at

do you mean you didn’t pay much attention? What were

if you weren’t friends, how can you say she

going on, but I