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Memories of Nobody

Not your average romance story. A thrilling journey of love, loss, love triangles, villains, dark secrets, restoration and romance of course! Roxanne Jonas, a stubborn but promising young woman who struggles with her mental health coupled with the fact that she has no memory of her life beyond the past year. Ethan Alexander Hernández, a wealthy and handsome man who tries to cope with the rejection and me receives from his family by drowning himself in excessive alcohol consumption, sets himself up to marry Maria Elvis Richmond -- the daughter of a fellow CEO. These two lead their own difficult lives, trying to escape from the overwhelming burdens they carry. At their lowest moments, they finally meet in a most unusual fashion. Though their first contact with each other is brief, it automatically binds them together as later on the product of their first moments together is revealed -- A Marriage Contract! With the two of them forced into a union which must be kept hidden from the public eye. They must now cope with each other's problems while still dealing with their own personal relationships. EXCERPT. "What do you mean?" "What I mean Ethan is that i can't live with a man who i am not married to." Maria snapped at me, her face flushed with emotion. This was the first time she had ever raised her voice at me. I could tell she was hurting. "So what do you want me to do?" Though i asked, a part of me already had a clue as to what she might say. "A divorce. I want you to divorce her so-." "I can't" I quickly cut her off. "Why not? Is there some law which says you can't?!" Maria paused. Her body trembling with rage," For God sake you were drunk Ethan! So was she! You have enough reason to get.-" "That's not what I meant." "Then what do you mean?" I didn't understand it myself. I had no idea what had come over me, but the flame. It burned deep inside my chest. I had to understand what it meant. "I want to feel it." "Feel what Ethan? You're not making any sense!" "I'm not stupid. Even though I was drunk i still had some Sense. There's no way i could have married her if i didn't have a reason. If i didn't feel something." "What are you trying to say to me Ethan." Maria slowly approached me, tears dripping down her face. I looked away from her, i didn't want my gaze to meet hers. I knew what i was doing wasn't right, i just couldn't stop myself. I had to find out what happened that night. "What I'm trying to say is that. I need to feel it. I need to understand what i felt for her that made me marry her. I need to understand that feeling and until i get that... I can't divorce her." "What?" "I'm sorry Maria." I knew i had hurt her, i knew what i was doing was wrong. But there was nothing more i could do. My mind was made up.

CrimsonAngel_99 · Urban
Not enough ratings
33 Chs

We are going to have so much fun!

"Good morning boss!" I yelled as I made my way into the Shaky Cakie. Lately I had been waking up pretty early to get to work. Though I had to fix the the alarm clock which I 'mistakenly' threw off my lamp stand.

"Roxanne Jonas, how are you?" Mr Kim Shin my boss, greeted back. Honestly this man was the only person on the earth who called me by my full name. Hashtag weird.

"It's Roxi and I'm fine Sir." I corrected politely. A smile plastered across my face. I didn't know if it was the meds, but I had been super happy for a long time now. I felt free. Relaxed.

"So sorry, I Keep making that mistake. I just get so flustered around you." He smiled back.

"Oh no is there something I can do to fix it?" I asked. I got really concerned after he said that. I could not comprehend why my presence would make my boss flustered. Was he sick?

"You're as oblivious as ever." He chuckled. "Anyway it's fine, just do your best today. I'll see you later." He nodded to me before heading out on his motorcycle.

What a strange man. I thought to myself.

"He's hot right?" Someone piped up from behind me.

"Oh my! You scared my Mirabella." I held unto my chest. Mirabella Vasquez. The coolest person i knew, who was also surprisingly my friend. "When are you two going to stop flirting and finally get together." She bumped her hips against mind as she held unto my hand.

"G-get together? What do you mean?" I stuttered as i tried to tuck my hair behind my ear. Mirabella was fond of saying things that didn't make sense to me. For a year and half, i had been stuck either at the hospital or in my apartment, plus i didn't have access to a television so i was pretty ignorant of certain things.

"Ugh you sweet virgin." She playfully rolled her eyes "I mean GET TOGETHER." Mirabella interlaced out fingers together. She bit her lips as she lifted her eyebrows. Immediately it hit me like a lightning bolt.

"Oh no no no!" I separated our fingers. "Mr Kim isn't like that. He wouldn't ask me for such." I rebuked her. This caused Mirabella to laugh heartly. She walked to a table and sat on it.

"Just because he hasn't said it doesn't me he hasn't thought it." She said, crossing her legs. Confidence beaming in her eyes. Was that supposed to be a wise saying? I asked myself. A crease formed on my forehead.

"We should setup, customers will soon start coming in." I diverted. Mirabella really thought about a lot of unnecessary things, I said to myself. However, her words struck me in a way. What if I was like Mirabella. It made sense to me, i had no memories on anything that happened earlier than last year, what if I was like Mirabella? A person who thought and did a lot of unnecessary things. What if I had a life worse than the one I was currently living. These thoughts filled my head. I felt dizzy.

"My meds." I checked the clock on the wall. It was nine thirty. I had missed my morning dose. Shit! Maybe that explained why my mind wondered so wildly. I quickly rushed over to my bag which was hung up on the staff rack. I searched through it with my hands then brought out a blister pack.

I was just about to take the prescribed dosage when a thought popped into my head. Maybe i didn't need the drugs anymore. I was fine, and doing great. I held the blister pack in my hand as i thought up all the pros and cons.

"Roxi!" Stacey the floor manager called.

"Coming!" I immediately dropped the drugs back into my bag. As I started advance towards the kitchen, I occasionally looked back at my bag. I fidgeted. Everything is going to be alright. I encouraged myself. Soon, I started skipping the scheduled time for taking each pill and before long, I had forgotten about them entirely.

It was already halfway through the working day. Rush hour had ended and the customer size reached an average. I had already come to the end of my shift and was about to check out when I got an unexpected surprise. Mirabella informed me that a customer specially ordered for me to make her some chicken noodle then serve it to her. I was puzzled but energized by the request. I instantly rushed into the kitchen and was well on my way to the customer's table.

"Roxi!" Annie called out to me. I froze. What? Was she the customer?! I gulped hard and nearly tripped over my foot. Seeing Annie wasn't a problem, however, seeing Annie when I had deliberately stopped taking my medication now that was a huge problem. Guilt embrace me. Act normal, act cool. I encouraged myself as I held tightly unto the tray in my hand.

"Here you go." I said as i laid the tray carefully on her table. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" I chuckled dryly. My mind kept telling me that I was in for a huge confrontation.

"Well..." Annie smiled brightly as she stared at the person sitting across her. I was so nervous about meeting Annie that i completely ignored the person she was sitting with. "I got off early from work so i thought it would be a good idea to introduce my little brother to my favourite patient and friend." She giggled. Brother? Annie had a brother? Why wasn't i informed?

"Hey come on now." The young man smiled. He playfully threw a toothpick on Annie's face. He was handsome. Literally a masculine version of Annie -- same dark brown hair, blue eyes plus his accent was thicker and extremely appealing to my ears. "Nice to meet you, like this frog here said." He teased Annie and they laughed in unison. "I'm her younger brother. My name is Andrew Tucker." He smiled as he held out his hand to me. I was dumbfounded.

"H-i I am Roxanne Jonas." For some stupid reason, I involuntary tucked my hair behind my ear in an awkward way before shaking Andrew's hand. I wanted to die. I felt dumb for the way i reacted but Andrew, he simply smiled. I kept staring at his smile for some reason. I wondered also why he hadn't let go of my hand. Oh shoot! I was the person holding onto his.

"Uh-hum." Annie cleared her throat. Immediately i retracted my hand and smiled awkwardly once more. "Well Roxi i have good news. The fish headed brother of mine happens to be the PA of a very affluent person. And he has invited us to his boss's dinner party." She shrieked, "That great news innit?"

"Why would you do that?" I stared at Andrew's face. "You don't know me so how could you invite me to something so important?"

"Well i don't know you but my sister talks about you all the time. Besides my boss gave me the liberty of inviting two guests." He explained. "If you don't want to come though, i fully understand-."

"Of course she's coming!" Annie cut him off. Ignoring him she turned to me, "It's a week away on Saturday. We'll have lots of time to prepare if that's what's bothering you." Annie gave me a reassuring grin as she lightly squeezed my hands out of excitement.

"But-."

"No buts. We're going. Okay?"

I paused for a while. A lot of things ran through my head at once. I couldn't shake off the bad feeling i had about this. But Annie looked so excited, i couldn't bring myself to ruin her fun. Besides, i was going to be with her all through the night so i was going to be okay. "If it's alright with you." I stated as i slowly turned to Andrew. Annie followed my eyes and we both ended up staring at him. My eyes were dark with uncertainty, Annie's glistened with expectations.

"I'm cool with it." He shrugged.

"Yesss! We're going to have so much fun!"

"I didn't realize you liked parties so much sis."

"Oh hush you."

They continued with their conversation, however I tuned them out. A lot was going through my mind for no apparent reason. I felt tense. Though i didn't know why. Was it because I hadn't been taking my meds Or the nervousness that gripped me from my encounter with Andrew Or the sheer mystery that surrounded his invitation. Whatever it was that aroused my tension, it didn't feel right.

"Oh well." I sighed.