By the tenth time, Dominic finally lost it. He hit the gas and rammed straight into her, only to plunge off a cliff himself with her.
It took seven days and seven nights for Hazel to find him at the bottom of the mountain. Her hands were torn and bloody from scraping against tree bark, but she never cried out in pain.
Fortunately, Dominic survived, but his brain injury was severe.
When he woke up, his memory was scrambled, and he no longer loved Hazel.
Instead, he loved Caroline Summers, the woman who claimed to be his lover from a past life.
From then on, Dominic treated Caroline like a precious jewel. She only needed to say, “Whatever I’ve been through, Hazel has to go through too.”
And Dominic obeyed.
He had Hazel’s tendons cut from her hands and feet, then threw her into a crowd of beggars. He also made her kneel in the freezing snow and smashed a thousand bottles against her.
Despite everything, Hazel never gave up. She tried again and again to bring his memories back, even though each attempt only earned her more pain.
Finally, she discovered a method that might help him remember.
Overwhelmed with hope, she rushed to find him, only to freeze at the door when she overheard Dominic’s conversation with his friends.
“Bro, when are you gonna tell your wife you never actually lost your memory? You’ve been pretending this whole time.”
“Is Caroline really worth it? You’ve been torturing your wife for her. Aren’t you afraid she’ll give up on you completely?”
Through the crack in the door, Hazel saw Dominic exhale a smoke ring, his tone lazy and cold. “She won’t. Hazel loves me so much. She’d never leave.”
“Dude, we all saw how much you used to love her. What made you fall for that lunatic Caroline?”
“Because she’s crazy enough to love me back. Even after everything I did to her, when I was falling off that cliff, she still held onto me just to kiss me. She’s not afraid of dying… only of me not loving her,” he explained.
His words came out calm, almost gentle, but every syllable felt like a knife slicing through Hazel’s heart.
“Hazel could never do that. No matter how much she loves me, she still puts her family first. But Caroline is different, one look from me and she’s completely lost,” he added.
“You’re really risking it, dude. You hurt your wife this much for a woman who came out of nowhere. Careful, you don’t burn yourself alive.”