Never Too Far Novel

“Why is it taking so long? Emily isn’t done getting ready yet?”

“Yes, the bride needs more time to get ready.”

“I’m the bride! Arthur, I’m the one that you are supposed to marry!” Emily screamed hysterically.

“I’m sorry. Sophia is the one that I love. I’ll compensate you in some other way,” Arthur responded coldly.

Meanwhile, guests had already filled up the hall that could accommodate 300 people while Richard and Elliot were seated in the second row. Richard kept looking at the time as Arthur should have marched into the hall with Emily by that time. He had prepared the evidence and was ready to reveal it to everyone there. However, his plans were disrupted when Arthur was late.

“Why isn’t Arthur here yet? He’s always been punctual, so he shouldn’t be late.” Elliot frowned.

“Let’s wait for a while more.”

When Anastasia realized that Sophia was absent, she found out from Grace that Sophia had been unwell since morning and had sent her a text message saying that she wouldn’t be attending. Anastasia understood how devastated she must have felt, so she didn’t make it hard for her.

On the other hand, after the makeup artist and stylist reached the hospital, they immediately started putting on makeup for Sophia, besides picking out her wedding gown. Since Sophia had a slender and proportionate body figure, the wedding gown that the stylist picked out suited her well. As she lay in bed, she felt fuzzy, but she was firm about her decision to get married. Since her parents weren’t invited to the wedding, she would ask for their forgiveness once she returned home. After ten minutes, Sophia’s makeup was done, and she removed the infusion needle before putting on the wedding gown.

Emily, on the contrary, left the hospital in her long wedding gown while looking disgruntled. She looked at the bodyguard and demanded, “Send me to the hall.”

Hearing that, he shook his head and responded, “Young master had instructed us not to send you there.”

Emily bit her lip, feeling disappointed at Arthur for being cruel toward her as he had decided to abandon her and marry someone else just because she slapped Sophia. Dang it! I shouldn’t have slapped that annoying sl*t! Argh!

She took her phone out and dialed her parents’ phone number. “Emily, why aren’t you here yet? We’ve been waiting for you for a long time,” her mother gasped.

“Mom, Arthur will not be marrying me. He had decided to marry another woman.” At that point, all she could manage was complain.

“What? Who is he marrying?”

“He wanted to marry that b*tch, Sophia. Mom, Why isn’t dad’s drug working? He hasn’t seemed to have forgotten her,” Emily questioned while getting all choked up. “Is it because the dosage that Dad had administered was low?”

“Emily, where are you now? I will go over and fetch you. We shouldn’t give up just yet since you are his bride who is recognized by Old Madam Weiss, and the whole family is aware of this. Sophia is just a nobody. Wait for me there. I’ll be there soon.” Vera was reluctant to give up on her daughter’s happiness.

“Alright, I’ll wait for you here at the hospital.” Emily saw a ray of hope after listening to her mother’s words.

Meanwhile, Sophia, having a fever earlier, had been transformed into a beautiful bride. She was dressed in a pure white wedding gown, had delicate makeup on, and was accessorized with a diamond tiara which completed her look.

“Let’s go, my bride.” Arthur extended his arm, after which Sophia held onto it shyly as both of them walked out of the ward. The nurses were surprised by the sight of them. “I heard that Miss Jennings should be the bride. But this woman isn’t her,” they whispered. However, they still thought that Sophia and Arthur looked good together. As the couple marched out of the hospital, a luxurious limousine came into sight.

After the bodyguard opened the door, Arthur helped Sophia to rearrange her wedding gown train before she got into the car. The stylist who wanted to help out could only stand aside and watch the groom willingly attend to his bride. However, they were curious whether there were two brides that were getting married to him.

When Sophia sat in the limousine, she patted her chest anxiously and took a deep breath.

“Don’t be anxious. You won’t regret marrying me.” Arthur held onto her hand and comforted her. Although he had lost all the memories regarding her, he was adamant about marrying her.

Hearing that, she looked at him and nodded. Just then, her phone rang, and it was a message from Anastasia asking about her condition. She replied with a text that read, ‘Anastasia, I’m doing good. I have a surprise for you later on.’

As she was about to put her phone back in her bag after replying to the text, Arthur suddenly snatched her phone away from her, which puzzled her. He immediately scrolled through her photo album.

“What are you doing?” She laughed.

“I want to see what your boyfriend looks like and whether he’s more good-looking than me,” Arthur said with jealousy. He couldn’t figure out why she’d sleep with him when she already had a boyfriend.

Sophia, on the other hand, was calm as she looked at him, scrolling through the photo album. I’ll let him be jealous of himself.

Arthur was puzzled when he saw that all the pictures and videos on her phone were of both of them. Some of them were taken secretly, but he had no memory of the sceneries and places that they’d been to. He didn’t know when he had lost his memory. However, he wasn’t surprised at it as he didn’t have the memory of them sleeping together as well. After scrolling through her phone for a while, he didn’t see any photos of another man.

“Show me the pictures of your boyfriend.” He was determined to find out who his rival was so that he could do his best to defeat him.

Hearing that, she took her phone back and selected a picture before pointing at the man in it while saying, “Here. This is my boyfriend. He’s more handsome than you, right?”

Arthur was speechless after seeing it. Isn’t that me?

“Isn’t that me?” He was gobsmacked.

“That’s right! You’re my boyfriend!” Sophia giggled, looking at how adorable he looked when he was confused.

Upon hearing that, he felt immense heartache. He finally knew why Sophia couldn’t stop crying when she laid her eyes on him. It turned out that they were lovebirds, but he had somehow forgotten about her.

As Sophia smiled, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead before saying, “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I have forgotten about you, but I will try my very best to find the memories back.”

Right after he apologized, Sophia’s eyes welled up, but when she was about to cry, she immediately lifted her head and tried to hold back her tears. She told herself that she shouldn’t cry or else her beautiful makeup would be ruined.

“Alright, geez. Stop making me cry. I don’t want to ruin my makeup because I’ll look ugly if it does.” She wiped the tears off and looked at him as she said, “You promised that you would marry me. I’m happy as long as you can fulfill your promise.”

Have I promised that I would marry her? He wanted to punch himself in the face when he thought of how he almost married Emily today. I’d have broken Sophia’s heart if I had married that evil woman!

“What if you never get your memories back? Would you regret marrying me?” Sophia asked while looking down.

“If you’re the one, I’ll eventually fall in love with you again, so I’ll never regret my decision.” He looked her in the eyes and confessed.

He felt that after meeting Sophia, his world had been more colorful and that he had experienced happy emotions, which made his heart beat fast. As he stared into her bright eyes, he could see hope in them, which made him look forward to spending the rest of his life with her.

Sophia’s sweet smile was the best medicine for Arthur’s broken heart. She had taught him how to love and appreciate life. The best antidote to Johnny’s drug would be love.

Suddenly, Martha came into Sophia’s mind, and she asked worriedly, “Would your grandma be willing to accept me? What we are doing would hurt her if she refused to accept me.”

“My grandma hoped for me to be happy. If marrying you makes me happy, she would definitely agree to it.” Arthur was certain about it, as his grandmother loved him so much that she’d understand his choices.

He tightened his embrace around Sophia’s waist and had his eyes locked on hers as he smiled. She looked so stunning that he was certain that she was the wife he wanted.

“What are you looking at?” Her face was flushed red as he stared at her.

“Looking at you.” He stared at her intently as if she would run away if he looked away.

“After our wedding ceremony, you have to tell me about how we met and when we dated. I want to know everything about us,” Arthur said. Those forgotten memories were just too precious to him.

“Are you sure? You were unfriendly toward me in the beginning.” Sophia raised her brow.

“Have you forgiven me?” Arthur smiled as he asked.

“I have long forgiven you!” She smiled shyly, showing her pearly whites.

Hearing that, he was relieved and looked at the view outside. He then turned over and stared at her lips before asking, “Didn’t you put on lipstick?”

“I did!”

“But I can barely see it.”

“What should I do? I don’t have lipstick with me.” She sounded worried as she wanted to look her best on her big day.

“It’s ok. I can help you with that.”

have lipstick with you?” She was surprised that a man like him would have lipstick

he held the back of her head and had her body pressed against his. He leaned in and topped up her lipstick with

Her face was

did he ‘top up’ her lipstick for her, he even put on blush for her. Although he had amnesia, he had his way of getting

in a cafe nearby the hospital. Soon after, Vera rushed over with an assistant, whereupon they rearranged the train of her

in her mother’s arms as

on.” Vera dried her daughter’s tears with a tissue and said firmly,

Arthur is bringing the b*tch over

wouldn’t be accepted by the old madam since she’d never allow an outsider to join the

Emily seemed to have regained some confidence after hearing what her mother

how Sophia seduced Young Master Weiss in front of everyone. Old Madam Weiss and everyone else in the family would definitely oppose their marriage. As

as she thought that she was more qualified to be

before both of them enter the hall.” Vera rushed her assistant to speed up so that they would reach there

front of the hall. As the bodyguard opened the door, he was surprised to see the

done?” She leaned on his chest

Oh, hey, sexy! I love your flaming red lips.” He admired her lips which

Sophia hit Arthur’s

down the car.” Arthur smiled as he kissed her forehead and comforted

She nodded and clutched

here.” He held her

helped her to rearrange her train while Arthur personally covered her veil for her. Her beautiful face could be vaguely seen behind the veil. The towering church building looked majestic and sacred,

hand in hand. Just then, the steward that had been waiting since

that it wasn’t Emily. Sophia was so nervous that her palms were sweating profusely. As she looked at the guests who were smiling at them and showering

feel her sweaty hands and leaned in

her the confidence to face whatever would come to them. She took a deep breath, nodded, and walked on the red carpet as she held his hand. When the guests that had been waiting the whole morning finally saw

was seated in the front row, let out a sigh of relief after seeing the arrival of the bride and groom. She initially thought that her grandson wasn’t going to proceed with the wedding. She also noticed that Arthur’s expression wasn’t as cold as before and that he was beaming with happiness while his eyes were filled with warmth and joy. She grinned, thinking of the grandchildren she would be getting in the future as there

the brakes. The friction caused by the skidding created sparks. Just as the car stopped, Emily immediately dashed down from the car while her mother was carrying her train so the dust on the

the processional music, and they have almost

She nodded after checking her daughter’s makeup, and they were good to go. She then put down Emily’s veil, and both of them paced into the hall hand in

altar as they were about to complete the wedding ceremony in front

to read their wedding vows, the doors suddenly flung open, and someone exclaimed, “They cannot

Emily. “I’m the bride!”

carpet by herself and nonchalantly removed her veil, which

scene shocked Martha, and she immediately stood up and looked at Emily wide-eyed. She then turned her gaze at the slim figure

Sophia? Martha

seat and walked

eyes. She looked at Martha and pleaded, “Grandma, you’ll

the third row, Elliot and Richard looked at each other as they tried to

recognize the lady standing on the altar, and she exclaimed, “It’s Sophia! The bride standing

his memory?” Richard asked

impossible.” Elliot shook his

confused by the two brides that turned up at

the wedding host and said, “Please calm the guests down for now. The wedding ceremony will resume shortly.” She wanted

make the woman leave, I’ll be willing to marry Arthur.” Of course, Emily didn’t refuse to marry him after

up for his friend and protect his happiness. He patted Elliot’s shoulder before standing up and walking toward the altar. He had a strong presence as he stood tall, and

name is Richard Lloyd. I shall reveal a conspiracy that had happened within the

up in the hall, and as he took his phone out, he tapped on it for a few seconds. The next moment, the recording

forgotten about her. He still

thought that he

both of them seemed close. You

been observing his condition, and he is experiencing some neurological disorders, so it’s impossible for him to feel

after she married him? Does it mean

with Emily. I will input it into his head once it’s completed. By that time, he would fall in love

Are you

is for both of them to get married. She just has to wait a little more, and I

intently while having the translation headset on. Those

Emily’s face was as pale as a sheet now that everyone had found out about her parents’ plan. On top

to me?” Arthur’s face contorted with anger as he

made my grandson lose his memories! What exactly had your family done

that she took a

our family’s assets? Is that right?” Martha scoffed. “I never thought that you’ll be that ungrateful. You should know that we have invested a lot in your research, and now that your research is fruitful, you

very sorry about that.” Johnny was embarrassed. Initially, he was serious about his research and didn’t plan to use it for his own

of my sight! I want your family to leave now! From now onward, I will shut down all of your labs.” Martha commanded before glaring at Johnny. “If something happens to my grandson because of the drug you administered, I

dare you administer the experimental drug on Young Master

did was inhumane, making Martha so furious that she was shaking. She couldn’t believe that

she found out why Arthur had a sudden memory loss. She removed her veil and looked at

fine without any discomfort, but he had been feeling down lately. It was as if living had become meaningless, and his whole world was

He shook his head and pulled her into his arms before comforting her.

cure to it?” Martha looked over

no cure

Martha was so furious that she almost passed out. Seeing that, Arthur immediately rushed

the brain where the memories are stored and wouldn’t cause harm to one’s body. It will only affect his memory, but we aren’t sure whether there are

Johnny sighed and responded, “After observing Young Master Weiss’ mood swings, I assumed that the side effects would be an impediment to one’s emotions. The person would become indifferent and quiet. Besides, fluctuations in emotions were minimized. The best way to recover is for him to find his lost memories,

a beautiful wedding gown, couldn’t hide her jealousy. She slumped to the ground as she was on the brink of falling apart when she noticed that everyone

just for your daughter’s happiness? You should be ashamed of yourself! From now on, I want all of you to leave this

the instruction. Soon after, Richard walked toward Arthur and patted his shoulder. Arthur turned around and gave him a big hug. The unexpected hug shocked Richard, and

for being rude to you before this,”

You don’t have to apologize

away if not for your help.” Arthur let go of him and heaved a

now. Miss Goodwin must have been your cure.”

noticed a positive change since Arthur was smiling more than before. She looked at Sophia with gratitude as she was

I cannot thank you enough.” She was thankful for Richard’s

couldn’t have done it by myself. Elliot and his wife helped out too,” Richard responded humbly, making Elliot think that he

helped to

was noon and the guests had been waiting for half a day. She’d rather have them stay back a few more days and have another

can call the shots.” Arthur didn’t mind as long as Sophia was his

would be another wedding tomorrow, hoping that they would stay back for one

that, Anastasia was delighted for Sophia

walked down from the altar and stood next to Arthur. Martha suddenly pulled her into her arms and begged for forgiveness. “Child, I was wrong

blamed you before.” Sophia’s eyes welled

down Martha’s cheeks. She finally realized how she had turned a blind eye toward

for you and Arthur. Once we are

“Thank you, Grandma.”

As Anastasia walked over, Sophia went up to her and gave her a big hug. “Anastasia, thank you for

I just want you to be happy.” Anastasia patted her

as tears

and hugged two of his best friends. Their relationship was as strong as ever,

since he was being faced with legal charges. Likewise, Vera and Emily were brought to

family, and the husband that she was proud of had to pay the price. Their future was bleak; it was highly probable that Johnny, who they hugely depended on,

how life would be after being chased out of the country since they had been under the Weiss

passed out as she had lost everything in just a day. Her ostentatiousness and stupidity seemed to have accentuated Sophia’s kindness and beauty

had never thought that Sophia was someone kind since it was her presence which ruined everything. She had a

Richard didn’t have the right to release the recording that

after a long day. She had to take two antihypertensive pills to

to my grandson!” The thought of it really made her blood boil.

sat before Martha. He was ready to answer

sure that Arthur

of his emotional response. It seems like the drug would wear out after a

we achieve