Chapter 135

Hearing that, Charles's pupils shrank. He had noticed something was off with Stella recently. But he never imagined... she actually went through a memory erasure procedure. A terrifying thought crept into his mind—did she really hate him so much that she'd rather forget everything? Or was it that trauma from the kidnapping pushed her over the edge? From what Edward told him, it was probably the latter. She was simply too broken to handle it. He had already been drowning in guilt for not being there when she needed him the most. Instead of comforting her, he'd doubted her. Just knowing how much pain she endured almost broke him. And now, hearing she'd erased those memories because of it... it felt like someone stabbed him right in the chest. Charles froze, every drop of blood in him going cold. His fingertips trembled, completely out of his control. She had wiped away their past. She'd rather erase him from her life than keep even a single memory. His chest felt like it was being torn i