He used to hate her

Chapter 40

" That will be inappropriate. We will get distracted."

" Then what position you want in the company,"

" I'm already comfortable with this. You are not changing anything." I said, looking at his sign. I do remember his sign at the school times. There's a lot of difference in it.

" Did you change your signature? You can't do that. You know that, right?" I stood up to get a closer look at it.

" I didn't. Henry showed me how I used to sign. I got practised with it." He replied, keeping his arm around my waist.

" This is inappropriate again. Your assistant might enter her at any moment,"

" Not without asking permission," He pulled me as I sat on his lap.

" I regret coming here," I muttered as I felt his breath on my neck.

" You are lieing." He whispered close to my ear. And there's a knock on the door like I expected.

" Ten minutes over. See you later." I went out of the room as a man entered looking anxious. Xander's assistance nowhere to be found when I left.

The rest of the day went by and Sofia managed the day pretty well knowing Veronica won't be sitting next to her. In the evening, Xander and I went home in his Lamborghini.

Days passed by slowly. Xander agreed to take the rem...re..whatever the therapy is. I'm still not sure of the name. All I want is for him to remember everything and choose to stay with me. I have trust in him.

One day after some shopping I reached home to find Xander's parents. His mom is seated in the coach while his dad pacing back and forth talking on his phone. Suddenly, I felt anxious. They are here and they know I'm staying with Xander. They might be angry that I'm the reason for his cancelled wedding.

" Hello, Madison. How are you?" His mom asked me like we already know for years. We haven't really talked much. All she knows is that I'm the one who saved him from the accident.

" I'm fine. How are you Mrs. Stevans?"

" I'm fine. Is there any improvement in Xander's memories?" Not much. He can't remember everything in flash.

" Now only his name is started to feel familiar to him. He's also remembering some of his childhood memories. But the improvement is slow. It may take more time."

" I know. But we are okay with it. I feel like I did a bigger mistake by compelling him to marry after his accident. I can't stop myself from feeling remorse," she regretted. It's still not too late.

I don't know how to assure her. I only asked for her son's presence.

" Where is Xander? "

" He's attending a meeting over the phone in his room. Actually, I came here to see you,"

Me? Now, I'm nervous to the core. I can't even talk properly in this state.

" We are okay if my son chooses to be with you. But speaking of marriage, it can wait until he's fully recovered. Until he's himself." Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

" I...we didn't plan to get married right away,"

" You didn't. But he's planning for it." That makes sense. He's talking about it every day.

" I will tell him. We can wait until he recovers."

" Thank you, Madison. And..." Xander's mom stopped hearing another voice coming from the upstairs.

" Why did Xander even kept it in the story room? Did he forget that I'm in it too?"

A young boy standing with a photo in his hands. I tried to look at the faces. It's Xander, Veronica, a boy and a girl.

" I forget to tell you. He's James and she's Alexa. Xander's cousin. They are studying in a nearby high school. They came here to see him." Xander's mom introduced them. I looked at the girl standing some steps above James.

" Keep the photos back, James," Xander's voice scolded him while Alexa came downstairs.

" Hi. I'm Alexa. If you are going to be Xander's fiancée, I would like to talk with you a lot," she spoke giving me a friendly smile. Should I go? His mom is still here.

" Um..."

" You can go with her. We can talk some other day," she replied and turns her attention to James who's still keeping the photo frame in his hands.

" Does he miss Veronica? Is that why he's having the photo?" I asked Alexa, walking upstairs.

" Kind of. But that's not the reason. We both are in the photo. He's sad that Xander kept it in the storeroom. James is Xander's favourite little brother but now he doesn't remember him. That hurts him." Alexa explained.

" I'm also hoping he remembers everything. Tell James that it's not permanent,"

" I told him infinite times. He's not over the hurt feeling." She replied and walked into a room where I never been. I haven't really explored this whole mansion.

" Xander owns his place for many years. This is where I used to stay years ago when I come here on holidays," I looked at the girly room with everything in pink.

" So, it's your room. I haven't seen it till now." I looked at all the things while James entered the room.

" It's not even good. My room is much better than yours," He sat in the bed, kept the photo next to him.

" Then you can go out of here, James," she snapped.

" I will stay here. I'm here to talk with Madison." They had some silly argument over nothing for some minutes. An hour passed by as I was chatting with Xander's cousin.

" After Xander's accident, he's not sharing anything with me," James complained again.

" You are stupid, James. If he doesn't remember us, how will he even talks with you. You are not getting the point no matter how many times I explain it to you,"

" I can't stop worrying. He used to be close with me than you."

" I know that. You don't need to point it out,"

" Yeah, you know what? Xander even told me about his first kiss. I even told mine. We shared literally everything in our life. He's like my brother or I can even say twin instead of niece,"

He expressed his feeling while something hit me. He told me about his first kiss. Does James know that it's me? If he knows, he wouldn't have mentioned it.

" Do you know about his first kiss?"

" Yeah, it was years ago when he was in high school. He said he liked her."

Okay. That wasn't me. Then how the hell is it?

" But it wasn't Xander who made the first move. The girl kissed him for a dare. Even if he liked her, he regretted kissed her back when Veronica's his girlfriend. The next day, he looked mad and ignored me when I asked about the girl. I didn't even get to know her name."

It was me. I mean it's me. He did like me that's why he kissed back. But then Veronica told him I kissed him even after knowing he has a girlfriend. She made me look like a bad person who betrayed a close friend.

Now, it doesn't matter. Xander liked me. That's what matters.

Alexa and James looked at me while I got lost in my thoughts. I have to say something.

" I wonder who's the girl is," I lied.