"I knew it." Jared rubbed her head. "I'm not blaming you, Amber."
Amber stuck her tongue out. "You could take the initiative to talk to me about the ring. You didn't need to wait for me to notice it. What if I hadn't noticed it just now? Would you still not tell me you had worn the ring?"
"Nah." Jared shook his head. "If you still didn't notice it, I would find a chance to let you know. All right. Wait for me here. I'll get the ring."
With those words, he stood up and walked into the room.
Amber watched him enter and come out.
He returned to his chair, reaching out a fist to Amber. Under her gaze, he opened the fist slowly. A sparkling diamond ring was lying in his palm.
Amber picked the ring up and took a closer look. It was indeed her ring.
She played with it. "I thought you had spent a million dollars buying this ring for Makenna Gardner, but I didn't see her wearing it. Then I knew you hadn't given it to her. Otherwise, she would have worn it and showed off in my presence for sure."
"I never thought of giving her a ring," said Jared. He took over the ring from her hand. "If I loved her, I wouldn't buy the ring that had been worn by another woman for her. Since I didn't love her, I wouldn't buy her a ring."
"You hadn't known Makenna wasn't me at that time, and you were still hypnotized. You still loved Makenna at that time," said Amber in jealousy while looking at him.
Jared held her left hand. "No. I didn't love her at that time. It was all because of the hypnosis, so I thought I loved her. In fact, all my behaviors showed I didn't love her, and I had never loved her. On the day of the charity auction, I saw you donate the ring. I got angry instantly, blaming you for dumping the ring. Then I decided to buy it and not let someone else have it. At that time, I was certain I couldn't accept this ring to appear on another woman's finger. Hence, Makenna asked me for the ring at that time, but I didn't want to give it to her."
"For real?" Amber doubted. "You were still hypnotized at that time. How could you have that feeling?"
"It was real, Amber." Jared nodded affirmatively. "I'm not lying. In fact, when we first married, I cared about you. Before I had been hypnotized, I loved you all the time. After being hypnotized, I forgot my feelings for you, but I still cared about you in my subconsciousness. This pair of rings are the evidence."
"What... What do you mean?" Amber was taken aback. She couldn't get the picture.
Jared raised the ring, showing her the inner side. "You didn't know I had bought them in person."
"Impossible!" Amber retorted. "I bought them myself. I went to the jewelry store to choose them alone."
Jared nodded. "You did choose them in the jewelry store, but I was the one who had bought them. Look. What's in the inner side?"
Amber glanced at it. "It's the initials of your name."
On his ring was hers.
Jared nodded. "What else?"
"Else?" Amber frowned.
After choosing the rings, she asked the store owner to carve the initials of their names on the rings. There was nothing else.
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