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.”

surprised that a man

had her body pressed against his. He leaned in and topped up

face was flushed

her lipstick for her, he even put on blush for her. Although he had amnesia, he had his way of getting intimate with her, and that never

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

herself in her mother’s arms as

cry. Let’s not ruin your makeup since you’ll be the bride walking up the altar later on.” Vera dried her daughter’s tears with a tissue and said firmly, “No one can snatch the wedding from

bringing the b*tch

madam since she’d never allow an outsider to join the family.

seemed to have regained some confidence after hearing

in the family would definitely oppose their marriage. As much as he liked her, he would have to let go because of the pressure from his family.

confidence as she thought that she was

hall.” Vera rushed her assistant to speed up so

front of the hall. As the bodyguard opened the door, he was surprised to see the couple making out and

She leaned on

sexy! I love your flaming red lips.” He admired her lips which were red from all

so cheeky.” Sophia hit Arthur’s chest with

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

nodded

here.” He held her hand to reassure

for her. Her beautiful face could be vaguely seen behind the veil. The towering church building looked majestic and sacred, which caught Sophia’s attention. The golden domes of the building glistered

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

nervous that her palms were sweating profusely. As she looked at the guests who were smiling at them and showering them with good wishes, she bet they

her sweaty hands and leaned in before whispering,

it was also the best thing that had happened to her. His comforting words gave 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

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 was hope

down from the car while her mother was carrying her train so the dust

processional music, and they have almost reached the

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

up to the altar as they were about to

the pastor was about to read their wedding vows, the doors suddenly flung open, and someone exclaimed, “They

the bride!”

the red carpet by herself and nonchalantly removed her veil, which revealed her face. The family members instantly recognized that she

looked at Emily wide-eyed. She then turned her gaze at the slim figure holding hands with her

it be Sophia? Martha thought

from his seat and walked toward her with a look

made herself Arthur’s bride.” Tears welled up in her eyes. She looked at Martha and pleaded, “Grandma, you’ll have to help me. The woman on the altar isn’t your granddaughter-in-law. I should be the one.

and Richard looked at each other as they tried to

the altar, and she exclaimed, “It’s

recovered his memory?” Richard

impossible.” Elliot shook his

had just happened. They were confused by the two brides that

Martha tried to comfort her. After that, she turned to the wedding host and said, “Please calm the guests down for now. The wedding ceremony will resume shortly.” She

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

walking toward the altar. He had a strong presence as he stood

Lloyd. I shall reveal a conspiracy that had happened within

everything up in the hall, and as he took his phone out, he tapped on it for a few seconds. The next moment, the recording of Emily and Vera’s conversation was being played within the

hasn’t completely forgotten about her. He still has

That’s impossible. I thought that he

and Johnny. “Johnny, today Emily told me that the girl Arthur met overseas is here, and both of them seemed close. You have to think of a way to completely wipe off all the

condition, and he is experiencing some neurological disorders,

cold treatment after she married him? Does it mean that she won’t have

a code about happy memories that he had with Emily. I will input it into his head once it’s completed. By that time, he would

Are you confident about

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

the translation headset on. Those who didn’t understand English could easily understand

Emily’s face was as pale as a sheet now that everyone had found out about her parents’ plan. On top of that, she realized that her high-pitched voice was really

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

who made my grandson lose his memories! What exactly had your

she took a

assets? Is that right?” Martha scoffed. “I never thought that you’ll be that ungrateful. You should know that

are very sorry about that.” Johnny was embarrassed. Initially, he was serious about his research and didn’t plan to use it for his own good. It had come to this because of

out of my sight! I want your family to leave now! From now onward, I will shut down all of your labs.” Martha commanded before

up in rage and chided, “Johnny, how dare you administer the experimental drug on Young Master Weiss? It was

shaking. She couldn’t believe that

in anger when she found out why Arthur had a sudden memory loss. She removed her veil and looked at him worriedly.

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

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

to it?” Martha looked over at another researcher and

sorry, Old Madam. There’s no cure to it as of

out. Seeing that, Arthur

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

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, which would stimulate

dressed in a beautiful wedding gown, couldn’t hide her jealousy. She slumped to

on, I want all of you to leave this place and this country! I

bodyguards were already in position, and they dragged the family of three out after receiving the instruction. Soon after, Richard walked toward Arthur and

for being rude to you

You don’t have to apologize to me.”

I would have let the woman that I love slip away if not for your help.”

that you’re back to normal now. Miss Goodwin must have been your cure.” Richard

She looked at Sophia with

you enough.” She

done it by myself. Elliot and his wife helped out too,” Richard responded humbly, making Elliot think that he

helped to analyze the

preparations?” Martha sighed since it was noon and the

shots.” Arthur didn’t mind as long as Sophia

and announced that there would be another wedding tomorrow, hoping that they would stay back for one more day. The guests responded positively

for Sophia as she

and stood next to Arthur. Martha suddenly pulled her into her arms and begged for forgiveness. “Child,

before.” Sophia’s eyes

Martha’s cheeks. She finally realized how she had turned a blind eye toward Sophia’s kind nature when it should’ve been the main criteria that her granddaughter-in-law

and Arthur.

“Thank you, Grandma.”

banquet hall to have their lunch. As Anastasia walked over, Sophia went up to her and gave her a big hug.

least I can do for you. I just want you to be happy.”

happy.” Sophia pursed her lips as tears of joy rolled down

hugged two of his best friends. Their relationship was as strong as ever, and they’d always have each

had already arrived at Johnny’s house and he was apprehended since he was being faced with legal charges.

brought the demise of her whole family, and the husband that she was proud of had to pay the price. Their future was bleak; it was

being chased out of the country since they

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

since it was her presence which ruined everything. She

the right to release the recording that was obtained secretly as

the manor, was feeling lethargic after a long day. She

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

and sat before Martha. He was ready to

based on your opinion, are you sure that Arthur won’t experience any

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

do we