Chapter 286 Ending of the Story 1

The familiar and warm embrace makes Karin let down all her defenses. She leans on Troy's arms,
feeling the stirring of her heart at this moment.

The two are speechless for a long time as they just embrace each other. WIth their bodies get close to
each other, their hearts are close together. And the farthest distance is always the distance between
people’s hearts.

"Karin, I'm sorry for making you suffer..."

Troy's magnetic and hoarse voice rings in her ears. She shakes her head and chokes as she denies it,
"Not at all. Not suffering at all. As long as you are alive, as long as you hold me like this, I will be the
happiest woman in the world."

He sniffs and hugs her tighter, feeling eager to integrate her into his body. Although Karin covets his
embrace, she wants to know what the truth behind the lie is as soon as possible.

She asks in a trembling voice, tilting her chin up and gazing at the figure close at hand in the darkness,
"Honey, can you tell me why you pretend to have amnesia?"

"Let me hold you a little longer."

Troy presses her head back to his chest, increasing the force of his embrace of her. Only God knows
that over these days, he has been intending to hug her and that he almost goes crazy...

She leans over his chest and places her both hands in the position where his heart is. As she feels his
heartbeat, her tears slowly seep out.

She sobs as she reminds him, "I can barely breathe."



Only then does Troy let her go. Then he slowly lowers her head, kisses the corners of her eyes, and
sucks all that salty liquid into his stomach until it mixes with his blood.

"Come with me."

He takes her hand, walks to the sofa in the middle of the living room, and presses the lighted switch.
She finally sees his face. Yes, it is her Troy, the man she has been thinking of day and night to her
bones.

He asks warmly, "Would you like some water?"

She shakes her head, "No."

Troy feels some trembling in her body, hurriedly takes off his jacket, and drapes it over her. Looking at
his gentle action, Karin, whose tears were sulked dry by him, bursts out crying again. Such a scene
makes her think of the scene when she first met him many years ago. At that time, he was also such a
gentleman with poise. In the blink of an eye, it has been so long. And such a warm scene, as always,
touches her.

He asks, sitting next to her, "Do you hate me?"

"No."

"At the beach, I knew who you were. But I pretended I didn't know you and ruthlessly left you and
followed Molly. Don’t you hate me at all?"

"You had your reasons. I was sad. But I never hate you."

"I'm sorry. I indeed had to have my way."

Troy sighs slightly and tells her the reason why he pretended to lose his memory these days…



"That day with Robert, I was attacked on the boat. Before jumping into the sea, I already knew that the
person who wanted my life was Uncle Emmanuel. I suspected him a long time ago. I suspected him
even earlier than you did. However, I didn’t doubt him as early as he began to carry out his
sophisticated plan. Based on his power and methods, it is much more difficult to deal with him than we
thought. So when being targeted by six people with guns, I told myself in my heart, ‘I surely can’t die
like this. I surely can’t leave the people who love me and the people I love in this world. Uncle
Emmanuel won’t spare me. Naturally, he won’t spare my family.’ I jumped into the vast sea without
hesitation. And for the first time, I, who didn’t believe in God, entrusted my life to God. Thinking that I
would be lucky, I firmly believed that I could survive. It turned out that I did survive. Of course, I owed it
to Molly."

Karin asks with uncertainty, "Is it true that she saved you?"

"Yes, the first person I saw when I woke up was her. However, it is not as she said that I remembered
no one else except for her. I didn’t lose my memory. The first person I saw was her. But the first person
I thought of was you. When I didn’t wake up, I thought about you in the dream. After I woke up, I
thought of you more frequently than I did in the dream. But I couldn’t go to see you immediately. After
the accident and the rebirth, what I had to do is to put aside all the personal feelings and fight with my
enemies wholeheartedly. The first step of the plan was to pretend to have amnesia, which was to
confuse the enemy's attention. As long as I was still in Zurich, Uncle Emmanuel would know that I am
still alive sooner or later. If I returned to his vision as I did in the past, I could only fight him hard. But if I
show up in front of him in this condition now, they will be in confusion. And they will spend a lot of time
studying and guessing whether I indeed have amnesia or not. And then, they will find evidence that I
don’t lose my memory."

"So you're hiding it from me to prevent them from finding evidence, right?"

Troy nods, "Yes. Only when you have deceived the person you love the most in success can you cheat
your enemies. Uncle Emmanuel sends people to monitor you all day long, which is to prove whether I



have amnesia or not. You are the best breakthrough point for them. They think that even if I can cheat
everyone else in the world, I can't cheat you. So any of your actions or even emotions may become the
traces they capture. If you know that I don’t have amnesia, you surely can’t pretend more vividly as you
do now. To give you and Esme a stable future, I can only temporarily ruthlessly treat you. Even if I knew
that you would hate me, I still did that. When I said that I didn’t know you, my heart was dripping
blood..."

Karin's heart is in pain. The reason why she feels so isn’t because of the aggression she has suffered
but because of Troy's patience. How much fortitude does Troy have to face his beloved, making him
pretend that she doesn’t know her? How much determination does he need to have so that as he hears
the call of his lover, he turns a deaf ear to the call and continues to move forward?

"Was there someone watching us the whole time we met?"

Thinking of the person who sneakily took pictures of them at the beach in the afternoon, she has
already had an answer.

"Yes, there was when we met at the seaside last time. I waited there on purpose, which was just to put
on a show in front of the person who was following you so that he could see with his own eyes whether
I would be a little intolerant in front of the person I loved so much. That day, I was cruel to you. And I
almost pinched the palms of my hands with my nails. Even so, I still said some cruel words to hurt you.
The more you suffered from the bottom of your heart, the more you could make the enemy believe that
I indeed had amnesia."

Troy pauses for a moment, "Besides at the beach, you have been followed anywhere else, including to
England."

"England?"



Karin opens her eyes wide in shock as she asks cautiously, "Could it be that the person who secretly
helped us in England is indeed you?"

There is no need for Troy to conceal anything now. So he nods, "Yes."

"Weren’t you discovered by the people sent by Emmanuel ?"

"No, they spied on you for a few days and found that I indeed didn’t secretly communicate with you. So
they gradually believed that I indeed had lost my memory. Naturally, they let down their guard on me.
And although I followed you to England, I rarely showed myself during the day. I arranged for
detectives to report your whereabouts to me. So naturally, I knew when you met the fake Mr. Simon.
And I knew when you met the real Mr. Simon, he was unwilling to help you. The person who sent the
letter to you is me. The one who changed Mr. Simon’s mind is also me..."

"Wait a minute."

Karin interrupts him hurriedly, "You mean, the reason why Simon later agreed to support us is that you
had sought him out, right?"

"Yes, that afternoon, he refused you. That evening, I went to his residence to meet with him and told
him my situation. He agreed to help you, saying that he will also keep my secret for the time being."

"And did you know about him being my grandfather?"

"I didn't know."

Karin's eyes suddenly become confused. It seems that she misunderstood Simon. It turns out that the
reason why Simon changed his mind isn’t that he wants to make up to her. Asking them to wait in his
office and letting her find her grandmother's photo wasn’t an act. Everything was destined. And it is all
a mistake.



"So when I was wrongly accused of being Gloria's murderer, it was also you who submitted evidence to
the police, right?"

Troy nods once again and sighs helplessly, “I know that if I go on acting like this, I surely will arouse
your suspicion. However, I can’t just ignore you. However hard I try to be cruel on the surface, I can’t
bear to see you be wronged in the slightest.”

"How did you know I was in danger? Have you been following me as well?"

"I haven’t been following you. But I have arranged for people to protect you. In addition to Robert, I also
have a few special confidants. Their movements are very hidden. And even Emmanuel doesn’t know
that they exist."

"Special Assistant Robert would be very upset if he knew you didn't even trust him."

"It is not that I didn’t trust him. In my heart, Robbert is as important as you. However, based on the
current situation, the fewer people know about my situation, the better it will be. And the more people
know about it, the greater the possibility of my exposure will be."

"So when | was wrongly accused of being Gloria's murderer, it was also you who submitted evidence to
the police, right?"

Troy nods once again and sighs helplessly, “I know that if | go on acting like this, | surely will arouse
your suspicion. However, | can’t just ignore you. However hard | try to be cruel on the surface, | can't
bear to see you be wronged in the slightest.”

"How did you know | was in danger? Have you been following me as well?"

"| haven't been following you. But | have arranged for people to protect you. In addition to Robert, | also
have a few special confidants. Their movements are very hidden. And even Emmanuel doesn’t know
that they exist."

"Special Assistant Robert would be very upset if he knew you didn't even trust him."

"It is not that | didn’t trust him. In my heart, Robbert is as important as you. However, based on the
current situation, the fewer people know about my situation, the better it will be. And the more people
know about it, the greater the possibility of my exposure will be."



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