Chapter 531 Just Who Do You Think You Are?
The moment the word marriage came out of her mouth, the man’s already cold expression took on an even sharper edge.
Dan let out a low, mockingugh. “Marriage? You really n to marry Derrick?”
His voice was frigid,ced with an unmistakable note of danger.
Yes, his tone was filled with thinly veiled threat.
Marie raised an eyebrow. “What, you want me to stay single for life because you forgot about
me?<b>” </b>
<i>Yeah</i><i>, </i><i>right</i>.
She didn’t bother hiding her disgust anymore.
His stare turned even icier, but before he could speak, Marie continued, “Or are you about to tell me there’s actually a woman on this who’d stay loyal to a man who forgot her for five years? And even if she existed, would he even be worth it?”
<i>Would </i><i>he </i><i>even </i><i>be </i><i>worth </i><i>it </i>
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she bit down hard on those words, each sybleced with scorn.
It wasn’t even clear whether the mockery was aimed at Dan, or at herself.
Maybe a bit more at herself.
Dan’s expression froze for a second.
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He stared at her in silence.
Marie met his cier–cold gaze head–on. “What’s the matter? From the looks of things, you don’t seem all that forgetful.”
She’d been hauled straight from the marriage office while trying to get a license with Derrick – by Dan’s men no less.
Tell her again how that lines up with a man who’s lost his memory?
Dan said calmly, “My people told me you were obsessed with me five years ago.”
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The second she heard that, her expression went even colder.
<i>Obsessed </i>with <i>him</i><i>? </i>Wasn’t he the one who couldn’t let
go back then?
<i>What </i><i>a </i><i>joke</i>.
She tilted her head and
neered, “What are you trying to say? Five
Cars ago…?”
The moment those words came up, her entire face turned frosty.
Her mind shed involuntarily to those recent memories in Frapucu.
The image of him whispering intimately to that woman. The soft smile that woman gave him. It still felt like a punch straight to the gut.
It only made her more certain that everything she and Dan had shared five years ago nothing but a bad joke.
Now he wanted to talk about five years ago? The chill in Marie’s eyes deepened.
They locked eyes.
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Neither backed down. Both their stares could’ve frozen the air between them.
Dan said, “Until I figure out what really happened, you can’t
marry Derrick.‘
Marie scoffed. “What, and I’m supposed to listen to <i>you</i>? Who the hell do you
She stared him down, unbothered.
<i>Until </i><i>I </i>figure it <i>out- </i>and in the meantime, she was just supposed to sit there twiddling her
thumbs?
Dan’s face darkened at the mockery in her tone.
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Marie pressed, “If I’m not mistaken, isn’t your wedding with Eing up?”
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She didn’t know the exact date, but she’d overheard back in Frapucu that it was less than a month away.
“Your wedding’s in a few weeks. What exactly are you trying to figure out? Or maybe the better question is why even bother figuring it out?”
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She narrowed her eyes.
Seriously. What was he nning to <i>do </i>with this ‘figuring out‘?
From what she’d heard in Frapucu, Dan and E were in love. Truly in love.
They’d been together for five years.
Five years. So what, the second he left Falvaria, he started something with her?
The moment she brought up E, Dan’s face went even stiffer.
“In any case, you can’t marry Derrick right now. Whether you can or not, just give it a week. That’s all I’m asking.”
Marie stared at him.
A week<i>? </i>He thought he could figure out whatever happened between them in one week?
She let out a low, bitterugh. “And then what?”
Even <i>if </i>he figured something out —
then what?
“You and E have been together for five years. There’s emotion there, but also business interests too, right?”
Five <i>years</i>…
<i>That </i>wasn’t <b><i>just </i></b><i>some </i><i>fling</i>.
No one knew exactly how it felt when Marie first heard about Dan and E’s five–year rtionship.
A couple together for that long – you could bet they’d been through everything.
Now he wanted to investigate his past with her? What for?
“You really lost your memory?” Marie asked, raising an eyebrow. “Saying you want to figure out what happened between us – doesn’t exactly scream ‘amnesia‘ to me.”
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She’d doubted it from the start. The guy didn’t seem like someone whose brain would just short<b>–</b>circuit like that.
Frankly, if anything, he looked more like someone who might get senile.
Dan’s face darkened further, clearly catching the doubt in her tone.
“You’ll stay with me for the week.”
His voice was t and cold, an outrightmand.
Marie didn’t hesitate. “Not a chance in hell.”
He was about to marry someone else, and she was supposed to stick around as his sidepiece for a week? What would that look like if word got out?