Chapter 20

Leo couldn't let go. He tried to rush Angelina. Guards blocked him. He watched helplessly as Angelina walked away without a backward glance. "Angie!" he roared, his voice thick with despair. "Look at me! Look at me!" She never turned back. Eli stepped coldly in front of him, eyes sharp as knives. "Hayes, enough." "She has amnesia." "What?" Leo's pupils constricted, his heart seized by an invisible hand. "After that surgery... her memory was affected." Eli's voice was calm, each word a stab. "She doesn't remember you. Or the pain. So, don't disturb her again." Leo staggered back, his face ashen. Amnesia? How could she forget? How could she erase him from her life? He refused to accept it! He had met her first! She had loved him so deeply! Rage and resentment churned in his chest. Leo glared at Angelina's retreating back, fists clenched until his knuckles whitened. "Fine. Very well..." He laughed lowly, the sound rough and twisted. "If she chooses to forget,