Chapter 58

• "I hate that you don't remember who I am, yet I'm grateful too. Because your absence of recollection spares you from the pain we endured, the pain I inflicted on you. But it also means you've forgotten the love you once harbored for me, a love I denied and evaded. Despite my resistance, you loved me... and I yearn for that, I miss you. Sophia, the past two years have felt like an eternity." Leon's voice cracks once more, an overt display of emotional turmoil. He struggles to contain his feelings, a stark contrast to his usual composed demeanor. Witnessing his vulnerability strikes her deeply, a rarity considering his stoic façade.
• "What about your lover? The woman with whom you had an affair? Did your longing for me lead to the end of that relationship? Or is she the enduring love in your life? Does she comprehend that the woman you discarded for her is the one you're now acknowledging?" she questions, despite the inevitable pain it may evoke. Her bitterness surfaces unabashedly, yet Leon remains seemingly oblivious to the emotional impact his words have on a woman with no recollection of their shared past.
• "That chapter closed the moment I realized you were missing. She served as a temporary solution for unresolved issues between us, dilemmas that neither of us addressed. Do you think I would go to such lengths, bringing you back, refusing to part ways, if another woman still played a significant role in my life? I may be flawed, but I'm not that callous. She was a mistake... one that resulted in the loss of you in ways I never foresaw."