"Yes."

Once again, his short reply filled her heart with a hot mess of conflicted feelings!

"Why would you do this?"

"Why?" He suddenly lifted both of his arms to pull her into an embrace, almost in a cautious manner. "What about you? Hmm? Why did you go to that psychiatrist to get hypnotized? To retrieve the memory of Lucas? Are you so reluctant to part with that memory? You only knew him for a day when you were little anyway, and besides, you have me by your side now."

His voice was calm,