Chapter 389


    “It’s the same as what all the other doctors said. No one can pinpoint the specific reason as to why I


    lost my memory. The experts need more time to observe my condition,” Brandon exined. He handed


    Natalie a handkerchief and asked with concern, “Have you caught a cold?”


    Natalie gratefully epted the handkerchief and wiped her nose. Shaking her head, she mused, “No.


    Maybe someone’s talking about me behind my back.”


    Brandon smiled faintly at her, but his heart was heavy. Only he knew that his condition was getting


    worse as time went on. Every single time he tried to recall the past, he’d have a migraine, which would


    put him in a bad mood. Natalie had no idea. She thought that he was just upset that he had lost his


    memory.


    “Now that she had epted the fact, she could only try tofort him. ‘Come on. Don’t be so stressed


    about regaining your memory. Even if you can’t remember our past, it’ll be okay. We can just start


    over,’” Natalie reassured him, hoping to ease his worries.


    Brandon, however, felt it wasn’t fair to Natalie. He expressed his concerns, “No, it’s not fair to you.”


    Natalie pursed her lips and turned her face away from him. However, the smile on her face betrayed


    her true feelings. She was very happy. Although Brandon didn’t remember anything now, slowly but


    surely, he had begun to care about her feelings. Maybe he would return to the former Brandon


    sometime soon.


    “Brandon, I know you’re doing your best. Don’t worry. I’ll always be with you,” Natalie raised her head


    to look at Brandon firmly. She was willing to wait for him to recover his memory.


    There were two other reasons that Natalie was not worried about this matter. On the one hand, the two


    of them got along well with each other now. Brandon’s lost memories had no effect on their current


    rtionship. On the other hand, she wanted to do something during this period of time. She would


    make Charis pay for everything she had done to them…


    Charis continued to dy the discharge date of the hospital. She just couldn’t ept the fact that she


    was now disfigured and crying in her pillow all day for days and days.


    She was once a calm and confident woman herself, but now her ego was stagnant, and she gradually


    became depressed and mncholic. Sometimes it just takes a crucial moment to destroy a person’s


    pride and joy.


    When Charis saw her reflection in the mirror, every ounce of pride and confidence that she had


    umted in thest twenty years was destroyed.


    The day Charis returned to work at the Larson Group, Catherine was very anxious. She personally


    apanied her daughter to the door of the Larson Group building, as she apanied her to school


    on its first day.


    “Don’t force yourself, dear. You don’t have to work at this moment. I’ve been talking to your father, and


    we want to go on a trip with you. You can take some time off and rx for a while…”


    “I’m fine, mom. Sooner orter, I have to face reality, right?” Charis stood up in front of the door of the


    Larson Group, shaking slightly.


    It took all the courage she could muster to go back to the office. She put on a mask to cover half of her


    face. When she was sure she waspletely covered, she took a deep breath and began to walk


    towards the building with difficulty.


    It was November now, but the weather wasn’t too cold. Charis covered herself from head to toe,


    exposing only her eyes and nostrils. Naturally, her appearance caught a lot of attention.


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    When the employees of the Larson Group walked past her, they couldn’t help but look at her in a


    strange way. These curious nces made Charis, who had recently be very sensitive, feel very


    ufortable.


    She felt as if those people could see the scars on her skin under the fabric. Hugging herself with


    strength, Charis lowered her head and walked quickly to her office.


    When Brandon learned that Charis had returned, he went to see her during lunch. “Thank you for


    coming back to work so soon, but you have just been discharged from the hospital. You should stay


    home and rest more.”


    Brandon was somewhat surprised when he heard that Charis would be back so soon. His words also


    surprised her. “Thank you, as long as you don’t me me for dying the work of thepany, I’m


    fine.”


    Charis lowered her head and unconsciously adjusted her mask to cover more of her face. Seeing her


    awkward gestures, Brandon asked, “Doesn’t it feel suffocating to wear a mask and a scarf in here? No


    one will mind.” His attitude towards Charis was as cold as before. Nothing had changed even though


    she was disfigured.


    Charis smiled bitterly. She couldn’t tell how it felt. She knew clearly that it was because Brandon only


    saw her as a business partner, nothing more. Her heart tore bitterly. She turned around and shook her


    head. “It does not matter if others see my appearance now. I don’t want to disturb the other


    employees.”


    Charis tried to work the same way she would have done before. That way, at least she could maintain


    her rtionship with Brandon.


    But she soon realized that her ability to work was not as good as before. She had been crestfallen for


    about a month.


    There was a lot of work that piled up during her absence. To tell the truth, this was not the problem for


    her. The real problem now was her inner demons. Charis used to be a calm and rational woman, but


    now that her confidence was destroyed along with her beautiful face, she couldn’t keep calm.