Chapter 1 Meeting

Inside an extravagant and luxurious hotel room, the dim light reflected the shadows of two figures on a big bed. Their hot breaths mixing with the air.

The woman felt like she was going to fall apart.

As she looked against the soft lighting, she could only see the outline of the man's firm silhouette and his blurred facial features.

"Ah..."

She yelled a passionate sigh and found herself opening her eyes. To her disappointment, she realized that she was just in her bedroom at home.

The bed in the hotel and the man were just a part of her dream.

For so many years, Carolyn Xia had had the same dream.

Every time she woke up, her face was flushed.

It felt like... It felt like everything that happened in the dream was real.

However, she couldn't remember anything. She couldn't even recall the man's face!

To be exact, she didn't have the memory of what happened seven years ago. The first time she saw the world with her own eyes was when she woke up in the hospital. After that, she slowly began to understand the world like a newborn baby.

The phone on the bedside table suddenly rang, disrupting her thoughts.

When she answered the phone, she heard the manager's angry yelling.

"Carolyn! Why haven't you arrived yet? Did you turn a deaf ear to what I told you? Do you know how important the documents are?"

Although it was the weekend, the company was hosting a new season fashion show today, and all the documents were still in her hands!

It was the most important part of the project.

Without thinking about it carefully, Carolyn Xia got up to get dressed.

Half an hour later, she quickly got out of the taxi. When she was about to rush into the press conference, the security guard at the door reached out and stopped her.

"I'm sorry, Miss. Please show me your admission permit. You are not allowed to enter without it."

Carolyn Xia fumbled all over her body and was suddenly dumbfounded... She left in a hurry this morning that she only brought the documents with her. She forgot to grab her permit. If she went back home to get the permit now, then she wouldn't be able to make it back in time for the press conference.

Just as Carolyn Xia was stuck in distress, a black figure passed by her. The man showed the guard his permit and was granted entrance. When he was about to enter through the door, she called out to him, "Wait!"

The man paused and slowly turned around to look at her.

He had a chiseled face with deep and exquisite facial features. His every move seemed to extend a noble and innate aura around him.

Only one glance from him was enough to make anyone remember his face.

"Miss, what can I do for you?" A magnetic and pleasant voice slowly drawled from his lips.

After being stunned for a while, Carolyn Xia found that the man was looking at her with a faint smile.

She didn't know whether she was hallucinating or not. She felt that although he was smiling, there was a cold and sharp feeling behind him.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across her face. However, she thought about the documents and decided to walk up to intimately hold his arm. "Honey, I've been waiting here for you for a long time. The security guard told me that I didn't have a permit to enter. Please take me inside!"

In the press conference, anyone with a permit was allowed to bring another companion with them.

She took the risk because she saw that this man didn't bring a female companion with him.

He looked at her with a strange expression. Carolyn Xia was afraid that he would expose her in front of the guard. Not wanting to blow their cover, she secretly winked at him and intimately shook his arm, as if they were a real couple.

The man stared at Carolyn Xia for a while and raised his eyebrows up in confusion. However, he decided to cooperatively reach out his hand to smooth the hair beside her face. "Okay, hurry up. The press conference will start later."

Seeing that the two of them looked like a couple, the security guard saw no reason to stop them anymore.

After entering the venue, there was only less than fifteen minutes left before the press conference started. Without thanking the man for bringing her in, Carolyn Xia quickly stuffed a business card into his hand and left in hurry.

Derrick Song took the business card and looked at it. A meaningful look gradually appeared in his eyes.

This woman... Did she really forget him?

After being criticized by the manager, Carolyn Xia was finally relieved to see that the press conference went smoothly.

Just as she was about to go find the person who helped her, a sharp voice interrupted from beside her.

"I thought I was wrong. It's really you, Carolyn."

The voice seemed very familiar to Carolyn Xia.

She slowly turned around and stared at the man and the woman in front of her. She nodded lightly and said, "Dora, Eric."

Holding Eric Gong's arm, Dora Xia took a step forward and said, "My dear elder sister, what should I say to you? When I saw you flirting with a man this morning, I thought I was wrong and assumed that it wasn't you. But I didn't expect you to actually be here. It seems that your wanton personality hasn't changed!"

Looking at Dora Xia with indifference, Carolyn Xia bluntly stated, "I'm single now. Even if I actually had a relationship with a man, I'm not a slut."

Dora Xia burst out into laughter. "Don't forget too soon that when you were with Eric seven years ago, you caused Dad to die in a car accident, so that you could elope with a man. You're lucky that you are still alive. If I were you, I would never dare to hook up with a man again in my life! Fortunately, Eric had a good eye and chose to be with me. Otherwise, I wonder how many times you would have cheated on him."

Eric Gong didn't say anything. Apparently, he agreed with what Dora Xia was accusing her of.

Carolyn Xia's face darkened.

The car accident seven years ago forced her to lose all her memories. Since she couldn't remember anything, she couldn't argue against her sister. All she could do was clench her hands and helplessly stand there.

Just as the two of them were gossiping about her in an arrogant manner, several security guards suddenly came over.

"I'm sorry. I got the report that the two of you caused some disruption in the venue. Please leave now."

When she heard this, Dora Xia's facial expression changed. "What are you doing? What report? That's ridiculous!"

Eric Gong frowned and raised his voice at them. "Do you know who I am? Huh? I'm the art director of the company! I'm in charge of today's press conference!"

The security guards were expressionless. "It doesn't matter who you two are. Please leave the venue now. Otherwise, we have to escort you out of the premises by force."

The argument attracted the attention of the people around them. Carolyn Xia stood there in surprise and didn't know what just happened.

In the end, she couldn't do anything but watch Eric Gong and Dora Xia get escorted out of the building.

Although Carolyn Xia was a little confused, seeing them gradually disappear from her sight made her feel a little more relieved.

Suddenly, a deep voice came from behind her.

"I didn't expect the security guards to be so good. I just called them and they already kicked them out of the event by now."

Astonished, Carolyn Xia turned around and looked into the man's deep black eyes. She frowned and asked, "Was it you who did it?"

Derrick Song folded his arms gracefully and glanced at her with a slightly cold smile on his lips. "I couldn't stand the way they harshly conversed with you, so I decided to make a phone call. I acted bravely for a just cause. This is not a false report, is it?"

Acted bravely for a just cause?

When she recalled what Dora Xia had said, Carolyn Xia's eyes darkened. "Maybe... I'm the kind of person they accused me of..."

Looking at her sad and upset face, Derrick Song's black eyes held multiple feelings. "What's so good about that man? What do you see in him? How could you like him?"

Carolyn Xia looked at him strangely. "Did you overhear what we were talking about just now? Who told you that I liked him? Even if I liked him, it was only in the past."

Derrick Song opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but Carolyn Xia's phone rang.

She looked at screen and found that her stepmother messaged her, urging her to go home as soon as possible. There was something important.

Carolyn Xia hesitated for a moment and apologetically said to Derrick Song, "I'm sorry. I wanted to buy you a cup of coffee, but I have to go home due to an emergency. How about next time? When will you be free?"

He withdrew his gaze from her phone screen and calmly said, "Don't worry about it. I didn't help you for a cup of coffee."

Carolyn Xia smiled gratefully, "Then I'll go first."