Love in Prime Years

Well, she really should have grabbed a bite before taking painkillers.

So before having painkillers, Amelia had a few cakes and some appetizers, then she actually felt much comfortable in her stomach.

After resting for a while on the high stool, Amelia walked upstairs.

The room upstairs was more like a VIP guest room than a break room. Though Amelia knew which room Rufus was in, it was not that easy to get in. Rufus wouldn't for sure open the door for her since he hated her that much.

On the way to the break room, Amelia thought a lot about how to get Rufus to open the door, but to her surprise, his door was already opened. Amelia then knocked on the door and entered the room gently.

"Rufus..."

Amelia called his name lowly and then suddenly felt there was a black shadow approaching her. It turned out that Rufus had already stood in front of her.

Amelia was uncontrollably saddened by Rufus' indifferent look.

But it was certainly not time to be sad. After clearing her throat, Amelia tried to speak briskly, "Rufus, I'm here today for a really important thing. Can I have a minute to have a talk with you?"

Rufus didn't speak and just started at Amelia. Those pair of eyes would just look at her with affection before, but now, all it left was coldness and doubt.

Amelia then just took his silence as tacit approval.

Suppressing her inner bitterness, Amelia carefully took Leigh's notebook out from her bag.

She then showed Leigh's words to him and said, "Rufus, I didn't lie to you. This is really Leigh's last words. He really wished that you could sing Little Star to him again."

"Rufus, I know it's a lot to ask you to sing for Leigh in front of his tomb, but you won't feel that way if you do remember me and Leigh. Back when we were in the dungeon, you would sing Little Star to Leigh almost every night." "Rufus, I'm begging you. Would you just please sing Little Star again? Just once. I'll be forever grateful of you if you could just do it."

"Dungeon?" Rufus sensitively caught the extra information in Amelia's words. "What dungeon?"

"Rufus, we spent four years in the dungeon together. Leigh is me and Lawrence's baby. Leigh was born half a year after I was in the dungeon. We three went through a lot of hardships together. You were super sweet to me and Leigh."

"You and Leigh had a special bonding. You taught him how to count and read in the dungeon and sung Little Star to him. Rufus, you really don't have the slightest memories of me and Leigh?"

Rufus sneered and said coldly, "Amelia, you really can do anything just to get in my pants, huh?"

"Well, you are really barking up the wrong tree. I never lost my memory. Maybe there were things that I can't recall clearly in the past four years, but I knew I got sick and was recuperating in a sanitarium. It was Madeleine who was always by my side and took care of me!" "I've never seen you or that Leigh before!"

Amelia looked at Rufus unbelievably. She really didn't expect that he would have a span of wrong memory.

Well, could it be that Rufus didn't really lose his memory but was hypnotized by some evil guys who had other motives?

Though it was reported by the press that Moss brothers, Rufus and Jimmy had a harmonious relationship, but she knew perfectly well what horrible things that Jimmy had done to Rufus.

If Rufus was really hypnotized, he wouldn't guard against Jimmy. He then definitely would be hurt by Jimmy's tricks.

Who on earth had hypnotized Rufus? What were his/her motives?

While deep in her own thoughts, Amelia's shoulders were suddenly grabbed by Rufus violently. Amelia even felt that her shoulders were about to be crashed.

"Amelia, I have seen a lot of gold diggers who would do anything just to climb the social ladder like you before! Well, I really don't like shameless women like you. My true and only love is my Madeleine!" "Rufus, I really didn't!"

Realizing that Rufus was taking her wrong, Amelia hurriedly explained, "Rufus, I swear that I don't have any other wild desires to you!"

"I only see you as my good friend! I got to admit that I'm really sad that you forget me and Leigh."

"I really don't have much left now that Leigh was gone, so actually it's really doesn't matter that you've forgotten us."

"I only want to meet his final wishes. He was... he..."

Though it had already been a few days since Leigh had that accident, Amelia still felt that she would have a hard time of breathing every time she though the image of Leigh being thrown down the cliff. She opened her mouth and struggled for air. It seemed like she can't even breathe.

Amelia then turned away and didn't want Rufus to see the vulnerability and despair in her eyes.

"Leigh... Leigh was thrown off the cliff and was even eaten alive by those wild beasts..."

Amelia then can't bear to recall anymore and said, "Rufus, if do remember us, you will also be heartbroken hearing his death."

"Actually, it may be a great thing that you don't remember us..."

Amelia then let out a sigh. 'Well, at least he won't be depressed after me and Leigh both left this world.'

After sobbing for a little while, Amelia said, "Rufus, please believe me. My love for you is not the kind of love between man and woman. I just want to you to help me so that Leigh can leave this world without any regrets." Rufus' fingers clenched uncontrollably. He always hated this woman who would pester at him a lot, but hearing that she didn't love him, he was weirdly upset.

He was goddamn upset!

This woman was talking nonsense again!

She almost killed Madeleine to get him! He really didn't believe her words.

Noticing that Rufus was furious, Amelia was afraid that he might tear Leigh's notebooks to pieces like what he did to his photos before, so she hurriedly hid Leigh's notebook in her bag.

She then uttered cautiously, "Rufus, as long as you can meet his final wish, I will do anything for you in another lifetime."

"Would you stop faking?"

Rufus didn't want to waste time with Amelia, but just when he was about to throw her out of the room, he suddenly felt weirdly hot.

He was schemed like this before, so he immediately figured out that he was drugged.

Thinking that the waiter who brought him the wine said that a girlfriend of him sent this drink, Rufus was sure that what happened tonight was just Amelia's trick.

He thought that "girlfriend" of him was Madeleine, so he drank it without hesitation. It turned out this "girlfriend" was actually Amelia!

How dared she to pull this sort of cheap shot to get in his pants!

Rufus then suddenly pressed Amelia against the ground violently.

"Okay then, since you are so shameless, I will give you what you wanted!"☐☐☐☐☐☐