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CHAPTER 4: Who are you really?

ACKIER's POV

While reading the report about Nadia these past four years, I was in shock. I couldn't believe that so much has happened to her without my knowledge. When she disappeared a year after that incident at the hospital, I almost went insane.

I knew that she was hurt but no one was telling me where she was and what her condition was. I even punched Brey in the face out of frustration and anger because he wouldn't tell me what I wanted to know.

I was so desperate and angry that I couldn't think rationally anymore that time. That was the moment when I realized that she meant so much to me. Before that, I couldn't accept how much she occupied my whole being so I was in denial.

I knew how much I wanted her to the point of being obsessed with her but realizing that my feelings for her were that deep, surprised me.

Even if those harsh words she told me before she left me kept on repeating inside my head, I knew that I had to see her and have her again.

I promised myself to find her and make her mine again but before I could even do that, I discovered something which made the situation even more chaotic than I initially thought.

I continued reading the report and when I finished, I leaned the back of my head against the headrest of my swivel chair. My head suddenly ached.

"Dissociative amnesia, huh?" I mumbled bitterly. All I wanted before was to see her and let her see me in a different light but looked like everything would be more difficult now.

I couldn't believe that she has dissociative amnesia. Mr. Lee managed to retrieve that information from the hospital that Nadia stayed to for a year before she got transferred to the Bahamas.

"Are you really that mad that you even forgot about me?" I pulled my hair in anger, didn't know how to react. Then, I opened my eyes and stared into nothingness. I had a lot of things that I wanted to hear from her, but that was out of the question for now.

Then, I was pulled out of my deep thoughts when my phone rang. I sighed and answered it tiredly.

"Yes, dad."

"Where are you? I heard that you're on vacation right now." His voice was firm and I could tell that he was mad.

"I'm here in the Bahamas, dad. It's been so long since I've had a vacation. I need to relax for a bit." He scoffed.

"Vacation or doing nonsense things again?" I released a breath as my jaw clenched.

"Since when did I do any nonsense things, dad? I've been working my a*s off since the moment I joined the company." I couldn't help but to raise my voice an octave. He scoffed again.

"You should because Savela Enterprises doesn't need irresponsible person who only thinks about playing with women and having good times with his friends. You should know that you have a huge responsibility on your shoulders. If your brother was only here, then I wouldn't have this headache right now. He's—"

"—That's enough, dad. He's not here with us anymore." I interrupted him through gritted teeth.

"Yes, I know that very much especially everytime I stare at you." That hit home. I felt like my heart just broke into tiny pieces. My grip on my phone tightened.

"It's been so long, dad. When are you going to accept that I am the one who's here not my brother? I know that you prefer him to be alive than me but please, don't rob that to my face over and over again. I need to go. I still have a lot of things to take care of here." Before he could answer, I ended the call.

My jaw flexed in anger before my eyes turned somber.

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NADIA's POV

It has been a week since then but I still couldn't forget about that stranger. His blue grey eyes kept on haunting my dreams and everytime I wake up, my body felt so hot all over for an unknown reason.

The image of his 'thing' popped up in my head and my cheeks burned.

Oh, God. Was it my first time seeing one that's why the reaction of my body was like that? I wasn't sure because I couldn't remember certain events in my life these past 10 years. I remember most things but I felt like I was forgetting important details.

"Everything is okay now, Ms. Amouretti. You don't have anything to be worried about. You can go back to your normal activities." The voice of the doctor echoed in my head. I blinked innumerably as I got pulled out of my reverie.

I bit my lower lip. Even in front of my doctor, I couldn't seem to stop thinking about that guy. I huffed and mentally shook the thoughts about him off my mind.

"Really, doctor? I can do physical activities now without holding back?" I asked expectantly and he nodded his head. Happiness surged within me.

"I don't think you should overexert yourself though. We don't want your body to get restrained." I smiled.

"I'm glad to hear that. I've been waiting for this day to come and I'm glad that it finally came. Now, I can work-out and do things that I've never had the chance to do these past few years."

"Yes, it is highly recommended for you to have physical activities but just like I've said just now, be careful and don't overexert yourself."

"Don't worry, Dr. Grant. I can handle myself." After my checkup, my private doctor left. I looked at the time and it was still early, 9:35 am, so I decided to go out for a jog. I quickly got changed and later on, I was already at the beach, jogging freely like a free little bird.

"Oh, God. Not even 10 minutes and I'm already tired." I told myself and then sat on the sand while catching my breath. I looked at the ocean. The waves were a little bit higher than normal and the sky looked gloomy.

I wanted to swim but looked like it was about to rain. Even the wind was getting stronger.

I was about to drink on my bottle of water when I noticed something. There was a parachute that was about to land and it looked like the person lost its control.

"Ahh!" I squealed when he crashed land on the sand about 15 meters away from me. I was shocked that I couldn't even react right away. How come this person landed in here? No one comes here because it's a private island.

Then, I realized something. Why wasn't the person moving?

"Oh, my God. Don't tell me, he's dead.?" I asked nervously and then finally managed to move my body. I ran towards him and saw an unconscious guy. My eyes widened when I recognized him. I couldn't be wrong!

"What the heck are you doing in here?" I asked but he was unresponsive. Worry crept within me. Looked like he lost his consciousness. Instinctively, my hand moved on its own and checked his pulse.

I sighed in relief when I felt that he was still alive.

"Mr., are you okay? Can you hear me?" I asked as I gently shook him by the shoulders. I repeatedly did that but he wasn't responding. That's when I thought of calling for Dr. Grant.

"Hello, Ms. Amouretti. What happened?"

"I'm sorry, Dr. Grant, but can you please come back here? There's an emergency!" I said in panic.

"Calm down, Ms. Amouretti. What happened?"

"A guy in a parachute crash-landed here and it looks like he's hurt. He's unresponsive."

"Oh, my. Thankfully, I'm still here in the city. Okay, I'll be there in less than an hour." Upon ending the call, I couldn't do anything other than to wait.

I couldn't explain why I was so worried. I drew my face closer to his face, making sure that he was breathing and when I did hear his steady breathing, I finally felt relieved. I was about to stand up to get away from him when I felt him encircle his arm around my waist and then pulled me back suddenly to him which made me face plant on his hard chest.

"What the—you're awake?!" I asked with a hint of anger. I was so worried for nothing!

He removed his goggles and then smiled suavely at me before raising his hand and touched my cheek. "I'm glad, I'm still alive because I still get to see my goddess." He drew his face closer to mine until our lips were almost touching. Our eyes locked.

My breath got trapped in my throat as my heart pounded like crazy.

"You're too close." Thank God, I didn't stutter. I placed my palms on his chest, intending to push him away from me, but for some reason; something was preventing me from doing so. I swallowed hard.

"I can't believe that I would see you here. I'm glad, I landed on this island." I couldn't distinguish if he was being playful or not but I knew that I should be getting away from him right away.

"You look fine so you should leave now. This is a private island and you're trespassing." I was about to stand up to get away from him but he pulled me back by my hand and because of that, I lost my balance and this time, I accidentally kissed him.

I gasped loudly as my eyes widened. I saw that he was surprised of what happened as well but that was just for a second. I pulled away like I got burned or something but our faces were still so close to each other.

"Damn. You're making me lose myself, sweetie baby. You don't know how much I've been controlling myself ever since we met again." He uttered as his eyes turned smokey with desire. I gulped inaudibly, but when I realized what just happened, my blood went into a boil. He's playing me!

I slapped him hard on the face.

"Who do you think you are to kiss me like that?!" Instead of getting stunned, he just smirked as if he was already expecting that from me.

"I didn't kiss you, baby. You were the one who kissed me."

"I didn't kiss you!" I insisted angrily but he just chuckled.

"Damn. You're really more beautiful when you're being feisty like that. Your cheeks are red and your fiery eyes are like sparkling sapphire." My heart beat erratically. What the hell is wrong with the beating of my heart whenever I'm this close to this guy?! Is there a problem with my heart or something?

"Stop saying nonsense. I am not interested to hear your nonsense, especially that you're a stranger to me." I answered coldly, trying my best not to lose myself into those tantalizing eyes of his.

"I now understand why you've been treating me like I was nothing but a stranger to you since we met at the club. You lost your memories, right?" My body went still.

"H-how did you know about that? Who are you really?" He cupped my face and then looked me into my eyes.

"You're asking me who am I to you?" He smiled bitterly. "I wish I could tell you the answer, but no. You're the only one who could answer that question." I furrowed at him.

"What the heck are you talking about. You're confusing me." I pulled away from him and then stood up. Somehow, there was this gnawing feeling that was rising inside of me while staring at him and it was making me feel those strange emotions again. Negative feelings mixed with something that I couldn't explain. It was confusing the hack out of me.

It felt like he did something to me in the past but at the same time, it felt like my heart was refusing to get mad at him for whatever reason. I couldn't explain that I wanted to shout in frustration.

"Am I really confusing you? Why don't you try to remember everything?" I looked back at him. He was now sitting on the sand, staring at me intently.

"Are you kidding me? I lost my memories and until now, I still can't remember everything. If you don't want to answer my questions, then it's better for you to leave. Playing games is the least thing that I want right now." I answered coldly and began walking away.

Somehow, knowing that he actually knew me made me feel scared for some reason. I've been living in this island for more than three years now and I was never really bothered about losing my memories. In fact, deep inside of me, I didn't want to remember everything at all because I knew that they were nothing but bad memories anyway.

"Agh!" My steps came to a halt when I heard him grunt. I looked back and saw him touching his right foot. Looked like he was in pain. Automatically, I turned around and attended to him.

"What happened?"

"My foot hurts." I looked at his foot and it was already swollen. He was looking at me like a kid who got hurt and for some reason, I felt so worried. The need to help him was so strong that I couldn't ignore.

"We need to put ice on your foot. Hold onto me." I instructed him as I helped him stand up.

"Why? Where are we going?"

"Let's just go." I answered and helped him walk. I could tell that he was having a hard time walking but he didn't complain. His right arm was over my shoulders as I helped him walk. After about seems like forever, we finally reached the house.

"Oh, my God! What happened, Ms. Nadia? Do you need help?" Carol asked when she opened the door for us.

"Yes, Carol. Can you please get the ice pack? His foot is swollen." She nodded her head and complied right away. I helped him sat on the couch at the living room.

"Is this your house?" He asked.

"Yes." I answered dismissively.

"I like it. It feels homey." I didn't comment and just let him scrutinized the place. After about a minute or so, Carol came back with the icepack.

"It's okay. I can do it by myself." He said when Carol was about to attend to him. She nodded her head and then went back to her duties.

"Damn. It actually hurts." He grunted. I rolled my eyes.

"Of course, it hurts. You're a human being." He laughed full of amusement.

"Even though you have amnesia, you're still as grouchy and ill-tempered as ever." I went silent for a couple of seconds.

"Who are you really, Mr.?" I then asked with a serious face. He just remained staring at me for a couple of seconds before he sighed.

"I am Ackier Savela."

"Who are you in my life?" He didn't answer right away again.

"Just like I told you; I can't answer that." I released a harsh breath, frustrated of his answer.

"I am not playing games with you! Can you just answer me seriously?!" He was about to answer when my phone rang. I sighed and answered it.

"Yes, Dr. Grant?"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Amouretti but looks like we can't come back to the island now. The weather is not good and they didn't give us permission to sail."

"Oh, no! What can we do now?" I looked outside the window and saw that it was already raining.

"For now, we can't do anything but to wait. Can I talk to the patient, please?" He asked and I handed the phone to Ackier. After about three minutes or so, their conversation ended so he gave me back the phone.

"Put ice on it, Ms. Amouretti to reduce the swelling. If it still hurts and has swelling until tomorrow, you can bring him to the hospital here in the city if the weather permits. I'm sorry but that's all we can do right now."

"I understand, Dr. Grant. Thank you." I then ended the call.

"Dr. Grant can't come because of the bad weather." I informed him.

"It's fine. I'll be okay." He sounded unworried.

"The weather is not good. What will you do now?" He shrugged his shoulders.

"Stay here. I mean, I'm hoping that you won't kick me out in my condition right now not to mention that the weather isn't nice, right?" My lips parted, intending to answer but not a word came out of my mouth.

I bit my lower lip as my heart beat became faster than normal. He's going to stay here?! I groaned inwardly. Don't worry, Nadia. He's just going to stay here tonight. He'll go home tomorrow. I tried to convince myself but for some reason, unknown feelings rose within me and it made me feel weird again.

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