Chapter 117: The Tension Unfolds

At that moment, Alex knew that it was something serious, so he nodded to her. “Let's get home, then we will discuss.” 

“Very well.” He melted to her before holding her hand, and both of them walked out. Of course, Lily was to be held hostage the next day when she would be taken to court, or maybe the third day after, because they would have to come up with a time for the court sentence to start. So, they all had to dispatch one after the other, and of course, Mirabel had faced everyone to leave. 

Just at that moment, James hurriedly walked in as he had a drink in his hand, clearly for Isabella, but was surprised to see that they were just leaving. He was about to say something, but Isabella just looked away. He looked at Lily, and Lily was already stretching her hand to him, signaling that he should come over as quickly as possible, so he had no choice but to let Isabella go. 

As he opened the drink and began to sip from it, he walked toward Lily and scoffed. “Why are you calling me? What do you want?” he said to her as she laughed.

“Oh, you don't know what you're about to lose. You're about to lose something huge, something you never expect. Do you know what Isabella just came to tell me?” 

James laughed. “I don't care about anything she tells you. Whatever she tells you, have it your way. Don't force me to know what I don't need to know,” he said to her angrily and was about to walk away again, but she gripped his hand. 

“Don't you walk out on me like that,” she mouthed through gritted teeth as James also saw that this was clearly something serious. He looked around, and everyone was very busy. Only he, only him, was close to Lily. 

“What do you want to see?” he muttered to her as she stood confidently, folding her hands before having a smirk on her face. 

“It turns out that Isabella is remembering things. Isabella is having little pieces of memories coming back, and aside from that, something even funnier is happening. She is only remembering being the bad person and you being a mistake in her life. She believes that she is doing something very bad to Alex and wants to tell him the truth. Today, I tried to talk her out of it, but she did not listen. She says she wants Alex to know, and if their relationship has to end, then she does not care. I know she loves you, which you think she loves you, but at this moment, she doesn't remember loving you. She only remembers cheating on Alex and being a bad person.” 

“Really?” said James, waiting to be in shock. And of course, James was in huge shock as he opened his eyes in surprise. 

“What do you mean? What exactly do you even mean by she's going to tell Alex the truth? She can never tell Alex the truth. I don't even think she would do it. The Isabella I know loves me too much to ever tell Alex. She knows what would happen if Alex dared to tell anybody anything about me,” he said to Lily as she laughed. 

“I know Isabella very well, and this is like Isabella without her memories. She is brand new, so I am telling you she would tell everyone. I swear to you she would watch her do it, and I would laugh at your stupidity. When she lets the whole world know that you give her the chance, you continue to pursue her. Do not forget I also still have evidence. If I want to go against you, I will do it,” Lily threatened as James felt frustrated, running his hands through his hair. 

He knew he had to stop Isabella. “She is leaving. If she leaves, you would not get the chance again to redeem yourself. So I think you should try better. Do you understand?” Lily commanded, and of course, even though James did not want to follow Lily's words, he knew he had to stop Isabella. He had to find every way to make sure that Isabella does not tell Alex anything. 

He ran outside as fast as he could only to see Isabella was about to tell Alex, and she looked scared. She was already fidgeting with her fingers, just like she always did. He ran quickly toward them and quickly stood in between both of them. 

“Isabella, we need to talk,” he said to her very quickly as Alex was also surprised. He walked forward and pushed James backward. 

“What exactly are you even trying to do here? What do you want? Why are you coming here and telling her you have to talk? I don't care. You guys don't have to talk about anything, okay? Stay away from her. She does not belong to you. All these things are over, and you know you are at fault for everything that is happening,” Alex said angrily as James looked at him and scoffed. 

“I am not here to talk about you, okay? And I am not intervening or trying to change her mind or trying to be the good person all of a sudden. I am not doing any of that. I am only saying that I want to have a conversation with Isabella, and that is all,” he said, hoping that Isabella would give him a chance. 

Isabella shrugged and walked away from him straight to Alex before holding his hands. 

“I don't want to have anything to talk about with you. I don't know you. I have never had any serious conversation with you except for fights—always fighting with Alex, always finding one reason or another to make things complicated between you and Alex, and I don't want to be in that situation anymore. I don't want to talk to you. I don't want us talking,” Isabella disagreed as James felt so frustrated and even more angry at the fact that Isabella was acting this way. 

The Isabella he knew before she lost her memory would never do something like this. She would never say she doesn't want to talk to him. Instead, she would find a way to even make him talk to her.