Chapter 73

“Hey, hey.” Keith began in a soft tone as he raised his hands, moving closer to her bed. “You know me, you know how I’ve been whenever I’m with you, and you know that I wouldn’t lie to you no matter what the situation is.

“You lied to me,” Cassandra choked as she tried to fight back the tears that were becoming a lot more prominent now. “You broke my trust. Why didn’t you tell me from the first day we met?”

“Because I had no idea you were the girl whose memory I erased that night all those years ago, Cassie. You were only a child then, and you’re a beautiful woman now. I never meant to keep a piece of information this raw and delicate from you; it was why I was rather puzzled at first before I began to piece it together, and it made sense to me.” Keith began, sitting down on the edge of her bed. She wasn’t scared of him any longer. He was getting through to her slowly but surely, trying to make her understand the reasons behind his actions that night.

“When I took