Love Me Again

Chapter 10 - Hating her easily succumbing heart

Chapter 10 –Hating her easily succumbing heart

As soon as she returned, she hurriedly went to her temporary room. She did not bother stuffing all of her belongings into her luggage properly. Her crumpled clothes were ignored, as she planned to get out of here before Sean came back. But fate did not allow her to succeed, for Sean announced his return by slamming the front door before his loud, pounding footsteps headed toward the guest room.

It was just in time for her to finish packing and zip up her luggage when the door slammed open. Ashley wondered how many doors in his life he had broken from his disregard for property care.

She ignored him and pulled her luggage out of the room.

"Don't go." Ashley was so surprised to hear his voice sound so broken and sad that her legs stopped moving. "I know I'm a jackass for treating you so badly, and now that you have returned to my side, I act badly as well. I always act unlike myself when it comes to you."

"Sean-"

"No, let me have my say. I know you are angry, and I am angry with myself too for lying to you. I'm sorry that I had not told you I recovered my memories-"

"...Wait, what? You... got back your memories? You remember?"

"Yes."

Ashley took a deep breath before asking, "When?"

"After you scolded me yesterday."

"Sean Donovan!" Ashley yelled furiously and smacked her innocent luggage. She doubted she could succeed in smacking Sean.

"I've called you a liar earlier because you were not honest with me four years ago until I had to find out the truth from your daddy dearest! Now, you dare to hide your recovery from me?"

They had a silent dinner last night, giving Sean his chance to tell her that he had recovered his memories, but he did not! Was this not because he had the intention to continue lying to her?!

"I wanted to have you back, even if I had to continue faking amnesia," Sean admitted with a sad pair of eyes as he silently pleaded for her forgiveness.

But she wanted none of it.

"You have wasted my time here playing your games when I could have had the time to work and ease my mom and my brother's workload! I could have used that time to take care of my hospitalized father!" Ashley glared at him through her tears.

"Advin is hospitalized? What happened? Ashley-"

"You know what? Just stay the fuck away from me. I truly regret agreeing to go out with you. I regret marrying you. I regret ever loving you!"

Ashley shoved him out of the way and marched out of his house. And out of Sean Donovan's life for the second time. She was fucking glad he did not chase after her because she might have just assaulted him with her luggage.

Thankfully, the wheels of the luggage were obedient and did not embarrass her during her righteous exit.

Ashley tried to ignore everything that had happened in the past few days and submerged herself in her work. But when she returned to her small apartment, alone and tired, her mind betrayed her and always circled around Sean's image from her memories.

Her current state was one she was familiar with because that was how she was after the divorce, only that she had been much worse in the past.

Every night, her dreams would be filled with the fond memories she had with Sean, and it made her mood worse. It made her long not to be alone, and to have someone she loved and be loved. It was even more maddening when she knew clearly that she did not want anyone but Sean.