The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love & The Missing Heiress - Chapter 333

“How was the interview earlier?” asked Altair when he saw his sister come over to him at one of the Holodeck counters. Vega just shrugged and smiled. Altaïr pulled her hand closer and handed her a bottle of drink. “This is for you.”

“Thank you,” said Vega as she accepted the drink and took a sip.

“Nothing special at all?” Altair asked again, still trying to get information from his sister.

He and the rest of his family were eager to know how Vega responded when she met Ren. However, he tried to restrain himself and did not appear pushy.

“Hmm … let me think.” Vega pondered at his question. “Well, the lunch interview with Mischa was really nice. You know Mischa is friendly, warm, and open. Tatiana really had a lot of fun with the interview. Mischa also answered all of her questions, even the personal ones.”

“Oh, is that so?” Altair nodded in agreement. “He is indeed friendly and warm.”

“Then, the next interview was held over tea in a pretty lounge. They served delicious tea and cakes. For some reason, Tatiana suddenly felt scared and refused to interview Professor Renald Neumann. So she set me up to replace her,” Vega continued her story while rolling her eyes. Tatiana pretended to be busy and not hear her.

“Hahaha .. Why was she scared?” asked Altair. “I haven’t seen Professor Neumann since he returned to SpaceLab, but to my knowledge, he isn’t that scary. He is reclusive yes, but not scary.”

“I thought so too. He was actually quite friendly and very, very smart. You can hear from the way he speaks… Whoaa … no wonder he is called a genius,” Vega added. “I feel sympathy for him because it turns out that his life is very unfortunate …

“Unfortunate how?” asked Altair, looking very interested.

“So … not many people know about this, it turns out that since last year’s accident, Professor Neumann has had a very severe memory loss. He can’t remember anything about himself from the time he was born until the accident. And I am so sad to hear that he also can’t remember anything about his wife…” Vega’s face was filled with pity when talking about Ren.

“Oh, really? He got into a cruise ship accident, right?” asked Altair, feigning ignorance. “The accident killed his wife… So, it also took away his memory? That is quite unfortunate indeed.”

Vega nodded. “That’s right. When we asked him to tell us how he met his wife and how they fell in love … he couldn’t say anything because he didn’t remember. What a shame …”

Altair was relieved to hear Vega’s explanation. “So he doesn’t remember anything at all? Hmm .. then, didn’t he try to find out about his wife so he could at least get back some of his memories about her? You didn’t ask him about it?”

Vega shook her head. “I didn’t ask that on purpose, because I didn’t want him to feel like he had made the wrong decision.”

“Wrong decision? How? I don’t understand.”

“Look … I guess Professor Neumann intentionally didn’t try to find out more about his wife, because he couldn’t remember anything about her. Do you understand what I mean? He must have tried to remember and gather everything he could about his past and about her from all sources. It was the most logical thing to do. However, after getting that information, nothing was awakened in his memory. So, he must have decided to bury everything as a part of the past,” Vega explained.

“Doesn’t he want to know more?” asked Altair again. He was very interested in hearing what Vega had to say.

Apparently, even though Vega didn’t remember Ren at all, that girl was still very capable of understanding the man.

This sister of his was truly extraordinary. She had great empathy and could understand other people very quickly.

“From what I understood, Professor Neumann has made peace with the fact that he has forgotten everything about his life and decided to move on and live his life with a clean slate.”

“I don’t think this is an easy decision, and he must have thought about it for a long time before he finally decided to start his life anew and rejoin SpaceLab.”

“He has tried to recover his memory and failed. Then what else could he do? Fighting with the past and forcing himself to find out everything he has forgotten? If he continued to focus on the past .. how can he move forward with life?” Vega said, continuing her explanation.

“We talked about that a little bit … I shared with him my own experience of losing six years in my life. I understand how he must have been feeling. At first, I was really frustrated that I couldn’t remember those six years.”

“However, after a while, I decided to change my mindset and accept the reality. I chose to be grateful that I am still alive and can carry on with my life well with a family that loves me so much.”

“Sometimes, I wonder if there is something so awful and traumatic that happened to me in those six years that I should forget … or if there is something so beautiful that I should remember …” Vega sighed.

Her voice sounded trembling as she continued her words. “However, instead of thinking about things that I would never know … wouldn’t it be better if I just took the bright side? Imagine, if in those six years something really bad and traumatic happened … wouldn’t it be better if I forget it?”

Altair gazed at Vega with tears in his eyes. This was the first time he heard what was in his sister’s heart regarding how she felt about losing her memory.

“You’re .. very wise,” he said, stroking Vega’s hair. Altair let out a long sigh.

“I think Professor Neumann was thinking the same thing. We talked about that, of course, I didn’t tell him that I lost my memory too. He thought it was a girl I know. From the way he spoke, I can conclude that he too has decided to come to terms with reality and start a new life. He has so many dreams that he wants to achieve with SpaceLab. So, I guess, that’s enough to keep him busy.”

Altair felt very relieved. Apparently, Vega really understood Ren, even though they were no longer husband and wife and had even forgotten each other.

The girl could still understand the situation Ren was facing and what was in the man’s heart.

“Looks like you guys discussed a lot of personal stuff,” Altair commented. “As far as I know Professor Neumann is cold and introverted. I didn’t expect he would be so open to you.”

Tatiana immediately blurted when she heard Altaïr’s words. “I think Professor Neumann is interested in Vega. Even a blind person can see how well he treated Vega. He likes her so much!”

“Is that true?” asked Altair. He stared at his sister closely, trying to find a change in the girl’s expression.

He wanted to know how Vega felt about Ren, as two people who just met each other as strangers. Did Vega feel attracted to that man? “Do you like Professor Neumann?”

His chest was pounding while waiting for an answer from Vega’s lips.

The girl chuckled and shook her head. “You guys are so nosy. I think Professor Neumann was just interested because he never met someone like me. We haven’t known that much to like each other.”

“But Professor Neumann openly asked you to go out to dinner with him,” argued Tatiana. “I think his feelings for you are quite obvious.”

Vega shrugged. “Hmm … let’s not discuss the poor man again, okay? I’m not interested in him and don’t want to give him false hopes by accepting his dinner invitation. I don’t want to hurt him. That man just lost his wife and his whole life. Leave him alone. Let him start a new life and be happy.”

Altair’s pair of blue eyes sparkled with emotion when he heard his sister’s answer. “Are you serious? Why aren’t you attracted to him? Do you like someone else?”

Vega opened her mouth about to answer, but suddenly her expression changed. Her pretty face was lowered.

The astonished Altair immediately turned, realizing that Vega’s change in attitude must have been because she saw someone.

When he turned his head, Altaïr found Mischa walking towards them with a smiling face. The man looked more handsome than usual. Altair didn’t know what made Mischa look so attractive today.

Was it because he was in a really good mood? Did he smile so wide because he saw Vega?

Altair looked back at his sister and found Vega’s face flushed red.

Wait … did Vega like Mischa? Was that why she blushed when Mischa appeared?

Did Vega refuse Ren’s invitation to dinner because she already liked Mischa?

All these questions filled Altaïr’s mind and he was dying to know the answers.

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From the author:

I will not beat around the bush and give you the closure that Vega is not interested in Ren when they meet again as strangers.

It is natural for her to fall for Mischa because she has had feelings for him since she was young and the flame is still there.

Memory-wise, she is only one year away from her 16-year-old self who had a crush on Mischa. This doesn’t mean she is not mentally mature as we can see from how she talks and thinks.. that she is actually quite mature for her age (23).

However, everything that she knows now is mostly what she knew from back then, minus Ren and all the suffering she experienced during her kidnapping. She resumes her life in all aspects, including her romantic interest in Mischa.

She is very, very lucky in this regard because she could restart her life, and get it back on track. Other people in similar situations can only dream of getting such luxury.

As for Ren, I think he gets a second chance too. As he did not really care about romance from the beginning, starting his new life without the wife that he had abused wouldn’t really affect him much.

He could work on achieving his father’s dreams which become his dreams too. Imagine if he and Vega finally remembered everything and had to go through the pain for regret and hatred all over again… It wouldn’t do anyone any good.

And Mischa.. doesn’t he deserve to get the girl?

He is such a sweet, sweet man. He cared about her and helped her so much even when he didn’t know Fae was Vega.

Vega’s life would be rich, fulfilled, and loved if she stayed with him.

Mischa knew everything about Vega and he accepted her unconditionally. The emotional baggage is there and he knows that he has to tread carefully because she was abused and lost so many years of her life.

What’s more important is that he is CAPABLE of protecting Vega on his own. We know how much she hates being surrounded by her protection squad.

Mischa is the only man that her father trusts to protect her. She could have a so much easier life with him.

I will keep publishing several more chapters about how Vega lives her new life as she builds a new relationship with Mischa. How they spend more time together and finally, the wedding, and maybe even kids.

But please be patient with me, because I can only write those sweet chapters when I have time. I still have my day job and two kids to take care of.

Before I end this chapter, I would like to share a little bit about why I wrote this book. The topic of this book actually came from a familiar place. It is about an abusive relationship.

If you didn’t already know, Vega and Ren were in an abusive relationship, and Ren abused Vega.

He trapped her and conditioned her in a way so that she would have such low self-esteem and fall in love with him so he could use her as a pawn for his revenge.

Things went wrong and he ended up falling in love with her, but it doesn’t change the fact that he abused her. I didn’t even go into detail about the first year after Vega was kidnapped. What kinds of methods of torture were used to brainwash her and remove her memory to change her into Fae Muller.

I don’t want to go into deep because it wouldn’t be pleasant and can be triggering for some people.

So, I hope, for Ren’s supporters, you can understand why the story ends this way.

Ren doesn’t deserve Vega.

He abused her, and he never even owned up to his sins. He only confessed because he was found out. He initially planned to take her away from her family and started a new life with Vega by making her happy. He still wanted to hide his crime. I think it was quite cowardly.

Like I said before, this topic came from a familiar place. Here is why.

I went through three abusive relationships in the past 15 years of my life. I am a well educated and smart woman, but I fell for abusive men. Not just once, but three times. Crazy, right?

So, this is what happened.

The first one happened when I was young and had no one to defend me. He abused me physically and mentally. I won’t elaborate but I was often black and blue and I feared for my life. However, it was hard to leave because I was conditioned to cut ties with my family and all my friends.

I finally escaped, but so much damage was done, to my health, my self-esteem, etc. I also end up with two kids that I have to raise on my own.

Fortunately, we are never married, so I didn’t have to go through complications with custody, etc. Thank god for that.

With self-worth close to zero, I met the second man who abused me mentally. I didn’t know I was in another abusive relationship because he didn’t lay his hand on me.

He was just being so negative all the time, being super depressed and always in need of mental support and validation. He dragged me down to the abyss with him. Only after it ended, did I realize that I was mentally abused by him. He might not even realize that too.

Luckily it ‘only’ lasted for 1.5 years. When it ended, I was free and became so happy. Then, I started to rebuild my life.

Years later, I met the third man, who seemed like a really nice guy. However, I was still unlucky. I didn’t know it would be another abusive relationship because 1) He didn’t abuse me physically, and 2) He only showed his true colors after three years.

He always made me question my sanity, the words that I said, my decisions, and he kept changing his mind about stuff.

And on the fourth year, he told me he was BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) or in short ‘psychopath’: a mental disorder that explains SO MUCH of his past behaviors.

So, I’ve had my shares of abusive relationships and abusive partners. I KNOW what I’m talking about when I discuss the topic.

I am fine now, and I am living a good life, only taking care of myself and my kids. I no longer have to deal with men who only give me headaches. So, you don’t have to feel sorry for me… hehe.

The types of abuse are different, but those three men have similarities. They always made me feel like I have to lower myself and make myself small so they could feel good about themselves.

It was hard to shine and follow your dream when you have to work hard to make your partner happy by making yourself small and insignificant.

Do I want to get a memory potion like Vega so I can forget about the bad stuff in the past? Sometimes I thought about it.

But, if I have to choose, I will choose to embrace the pain and live with it. I wouldn’t get my two wonderful kids without that painful past.

Also, after the third man, I hit rock-bottom. The pressure and frustration of dealing with him (for months he threatened to kill himself) caused me to get burnout and depression.

I was contemplating ending my life in January 2019 while I was at my lowest point. I couldn’t leave my bedroom for weeks and I struggled just to do simple tasks like responding to emails or picking up my phone to talk to people.

It was a wake-up call.

I immediately got professional help and medication to treat my depression. I mean, who would take care of my kids if I killed myself, right?

Around the same time, I also found the “Create A Novel” button on Webnovel.

I started writing again (after not writing for 15 years). It became a life-changing experience.

I started publishing my first novel, “The Alchemists” in February 2019. The responses and love I received from readers gave me so much joy and it gave me a purpose to do something with my life. Now, I’m at my 4th novel after writing “Finding Stardust”, this novel, and the new one is “The Cursed Prince”.

Writing became my therapy, and together with my medication, I finally got better mentally.

My life is ALMOST normal now. I am still battling mild depression, but I’m no longer on medication.

I am also not traumatized by love or relationship, so you can see that I am not writing bitter stories about men. I believe that there are many good men out there. I prefer to write about those good men than the bad ones.

Our lives are already hard enough, why write and read about depressing stuff, right? XD

If you read all my books you will see that most of the male leads are good men and doting husbands.

Ren, however, is not one of them.

So, I hope, by reading my long-ass author’s note, you can have more understanding and insights about the story and why it flows the way it does.

If you are Team Mischa, you’ll have fun reading his love story with Vega from the next chapters.

For Team Ren, I hope you can understand my decision in giving such closure for him.

Love ya! xx

Vina – Missrealitybites

PS: Gosh… writing this note is mentally draining, but I need you to understand this part.