Love Me Again

Chapter 9 - Just an add-on in his life

Chapter 9 - Just an add-on in his life

"I will be going as soon as his wife returns."

"Are you saying you won't help Sean?" Doctor Evan rested his chin on top of his hands.

His blue eyes peered over his glasses at the woman seated opposite his table with disapproval.

He did not have the right to stare at her like that.

Ashley sneered. "It does not matter who will be helping him, as long as there's a result. It will increase the success rate if his wife is the one to help him. I have no experience in helping a man regain his memories, and he definitely won't want the memories of his arguments with me to surface first."

"Did you ever think that perhaps it's you that is the reason why he chooses to lock his memories?"

Ashley's heart jolted, but her face maintained her sneer. "Impossible. With his personality, I doubt he would feel guilty towards me."

"Guilt? No, I doubt it's guilt that drove him to seal his memories. Maybe a small part, but that's not the main reason."

Ashley stared at Evan suspiciously. "Are you onto something?"

Evan shrugged. "Just analyzing Sean's mind."

"You are his doctor, not his psychologist."

Evan laughed. "As a doctor, my job is not only to heal my patients' physical health but also their minds. If their will is broken, how would they get well willingly?"

"...Can't refute that."

"You can leave after his wife returns. But I still think it would be better if you stayed. Not for Sean's sake, but also for yours."

Ashley arched an eyebrow. "Why is it for my sake?"

"If you truly want to get over him, you have to face it instead of running away," Evan said with a knowing look.

Ashley crossed her arms and leaned back on her chair. "The way you said it is as if you had experienced it before."

"I had fallen in love with a woman that I shouldn't have." Evan was smiling as he said it, but his eyes contained his sorrow that he tried to downplay.

"...What did you do then?"

"I tried to forget her, but she always haunted my dreams every night."

"Did you-" Ashley was cut off when the door slammed open and a very pissed-looking man stomped into the room. Kyle followed behind with a charming smile. He was the one who offered the angry Sean a ride to the hospital since Ashley had driven his car.

"You are running away?" Sean said, darkly.

"I did not, and lower down your voice, Sean."

She had thoughtfully left a short note at the kitchen table to notify him where she was going. Perhaps it was naïve of her to assume Sean would sleep longer, allowing her to finish the conversation with his doctor.

"You are." Sean's eyes flashed in anger, but he did lower his voice slightly. "You are asking him," he said, nodding his chin at Evan, "to hand me over to someone while you run away."

"What if I did? What are you going to do? Tie me up and carry me back to your cave like a barbarian?" Ashley's voice was harsh with anger.

"That's not a bad idea. This way, you will forever be with me."

Evan cleared his throat as Kyle covered his mouth with a hand as his body trembled from laughter. "Mr. Donovan, I will have to ask you to refrain from doing that."