Forgotten Romance: Take Me Back To You - Chapter 170

She cried in frustration.

Jade decided to go back to his small apartment room for the time being. Good thing Jessa and her mom agreed to bring mother Tess and her child along with little Sam in the city for the time being.

The other children were left at the mountainside along with the few volunteer staffs who were hired by Dr. Kerie and his team before they left the region. They need to go back to Paris since their medical mission has already ended.

The children need to stay in the mountainside for the meantime until the new orphanage house will be built. Dr. Kerie and his colleagues sponsored a new building for the children and they decided to have it build in the city of Benjamin. They also hired a few staffs to look and teach the children since Mother Tess is too old to do it all by herself.

As for Jade, she decided to resign from her job to look after Marcus. If he doesn’t wake up after a month then she will contact Sonny to come and pick him up. But since Marcus has been lying at the hospital for 5 days now then it won’t hurt her to wait for 4 more weeks.

But to her surprise, Marcus woke up on the 5th day but he does not even remember her!

The doctor told her that he lost a lot of blood that day and his brain might have been greatly affected by it. He was on deathbed that day and no one knew if he will ever survive. It was merely by miracle that he was saved.

His brain could only remember things from 2017 so Jade is not a part of his life right now. Selective amnesia as the doctor explained it to her in details and no one knew when he’ll be able to remember everything.

“Mother…” She sobs as she tells what happen to Marcus. “What am I gonna do?” She cried on the old woman’s ŀȧp.

Little Sam is with Jessa’s mother right now. She’s helping her watch their mini grocery store. As for Eli, he is sleeping soundly in Jessa’s room.

“Why am I being punished by the heavens, mother? What grave sin did I commit to merit such unfortune?” She keeps on sobbing while Mother Tess ċȧrėsses her hair gently. She can feel the woman’s anguish.

Who won’t be in such a pain? The time she finally decided to go back to him was also the time that Marcus have forgotten her. Seems like the heavens doesn’t want them to go back to each other—yet.

“Even the heavens are against us. Guess I need to…..”

“Honey, I know it’s hard but you need to be patient. Do you want him to be like that forever?” The old woman asked. Jade shook her head in disagreement.

“Then you need to work hard to make him remember you. I know he loves you so much. Can anyone risk their lives for a mere stranger? That’s love, honey, that’s pure love.”

Jade paused for a few seconds. She’s right. Marcus risked his life for her. She can’t let that effort go in vain.

“You’re right, mother. I should not give up on him at times like this.” She wiped her tears and put powder on her face. “I’ll just wait for Eli to wake up before I go back to the hospital.”

IN THE MEANTIME, Marcus gathered his strength, stood up and went near the window. He pulled the gray curtain to get a glimpse of the outside view. Mist is everywhere… ah, it’s almost morning.

The unknown place validates the doctor and that woman’s claim. He is indeed in another region. The unfamiliar city gave him a strange feeling. 2020? But his brain is only giving him memories of 2017. What happen to him for the past 3 years? Who is that woman? What is her role in his life?

She called her honey when he just woke up. She kissed her passionately. He can feel her sincere feelings towards him. Her tears gave him the feeling that she missed him greatly.

The doctor said that the woman was her acclaimed wife. But he cannot remember her at all. Did the doctor said he risked his life to save that woman as well? Well, that story of selfless love and heroism was the talk of the hospital as per the nurses’ claim.

Wife? But what happened to him and Rachelle?

Speaking of Rachelle, where is she? What is she doing right now? Why did they break up and how did she end up marrying that timid woman?

What the hell happened the past three years?! How hard did he try to rummage his brain for his past memories! Why does he feel like he forgot a very important thing?

“Ahh!” He couldn’t help but fall on his knees when he felt the stirring pain inside his head.

“Marcus!” Jade immediately placed the food on the bedside table as soon as she heard the man’s cries. “Don’t force yourself, it’s not good for your body.” She embraced the man in pain and gently ċȧrėsses his hair. When she felt him calm down a little bit, she ȧssisted him back to his bed.

“I brought you breakfast.” She immediately fixed the food before presenting it before him.

Seeing a detailed diet, Marcus creased his brows and looked at the smiling woman. Is it a coincidence or did she know those dishes were his favorite? Now he’s thinking.

Looking at his confused reaction, Jade sat on the edge of the bed and picked up the spoon. She then took a half spoonful of rice with curry on it then motioned the man to open his mouth.

“Don’t insult me. I have hands.” Marcus snatches the spoon from her and took the initiative to eat the seemingly delicious breakfast before him. Hmm… He must admit, the woman is a good cook. It’s delicious and the aroma gives him a familiar feeling within him. However, he couldn’t tell what it is.

“You… who are you, really?” Marcus coldly asked. His cold stare along with his serious voice reminds her of their first months after their wedding.

“I’m Jade… Jade Arria.” She nonchalantly replied.

Marcus rolled his eyes. Of course, he already heard her name because she introduced herself last night.

“What I mean is, who are you in my life? What do you do? How did we meet? I don’t believe that I am married to you. How the hell should I fall in love with someone like you?”

Jade felt a pang in her heart. His tone and his words clearly tell her that she’s back to square one. Back to when Marcus doesn’t love her, even one bit.

“That… I don’t understand as well as to how we ended up together.” She smiled bitterly. “But to tell you the truth, I don’t really know if we are still husband and wife. We were supposed to be divorced but you came to me saying that you did not file our divorce paper.”

“What? You tried to divorce me? You? Not me?” He looked at her suspiciously but Jade laughed at his proud reaction.

“Yeah, I decided to divorce you. Silly, but it’s the truth.”

She looks innocent… and sincere. Is she saying the truth? “Why?” He has a lot of doubts. “If that’s the truth then why?”

Jade took the left overs on his plate, gathered it in one plastic, stood up and walk towards the trashcan.

“Because you don’t love me.” She answered. Her back was facing the man.

There was silence between them for a few seconds.

“We got married because of your grandmother. But you never loved me. You’ve been planning to divorce me after a year but I can’t wait for a year when I saw how much you loved your ex-fiancé. Yes, I do love you but I don’t want to stand on your way to happiness that’s why I chose to let you go.” She explains.

“Then why the hell am I here?”

“You were on a business trip when we accidentally saw each other.”

“Then this thing happened to me? I was shot on your behalf? Tsk!” He scoffed.

His disgusted scoff pained her. As far as Jade remembers, that unfortunate day, before Marcus fell on the ground, he whispered, “I love y—”. His brave act gave her the ȧssurance that his love is true. But seems like she’s too late to respond to that love anymore.

“Then what happened after? What about my Rachelle?”

“That I don’t know. We’ve been separated for almost a year now. I’ve been living here since then.”

“I need to go back to Z city then.” He reached his phone and dialed Sonny’s number.

Jade bitterly smiles. Looks like the blossoming love ended before it even begun. It’s too late to start anew. She started to fix the lunch box and was about to leave the room.

“Where do you think your going?” He voiced. Jade turned around and met his cold stare.. “Don’t you dare go anywhere cause you are coming with me.”