From Best Friend To Fiancé (Savannah and Roman) novel Chapter 481

Chapter 481

Chapter 273: It Never Left

Savannah

I died in that moment.

Not figuratively. Not poetically. I actually, genuinely, literally felt

something inside me collapse so completely that breathing became

optional.

Roman had forgotten me.

My greatest fear–the one I wasn’t afraid to say out loud, even to

myself–had now crawled out of the dark and wrapped its hands

around my throat.

Who is she? Those three words echoed in my head like gunshots.

Everything we’d been. Everything we’d survived. Every whispered

promise, every fight, every argument, every laugh in the middle of the

night when sleep wouldn’t come. Every memory came crashing down

on me all at once, brutal and merciless.

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Memories of us. Memories that suddenly belonged to only one of us

now. Me.

Because Roman didn’t remember.

Reese looked down at his hands like he couldn’t bear to witness the

damage anymore. River finally caught up with me. The machines kept

beeping–steady, cruel, indifferent–like the universe was mocking me

for thinking I could ever get a happy ending.

And then I broke.

I burst into tears so hard it felt like my ribs might crack. I didn’t care

how I looked. Didn’t care how insane I probably seemed–some

strange woman sobbing in front of a man who had no idea who she

was.

My knees buckled and if River hadn’t rushed forward and caught me, I

would’ve hit the floor.

I clutched her like she was the only solid thing left in a world that

had just tilted off its axis, sobbing into her shoulder so violently my

entire body shook.

“Savannah?” River asked, panic flooding her voice. “What’s wrong?

What happened?”

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She hadn’t seen him yet.

“He’s awake,” I choked out. “Roman is awake–but he doesn’t

remember me, River. He doesn’t know who I am anymore.” My voice

cracked completely. “What’s the point? What’s the fucking point of

surviving all of this if he doesn’t remember me?”

That was when she turned. That was when she saw him.

“Oh my God,” River gasped, visibly jumping like she’d just seen a

ghost. “Roman! You’re awake!”

My heart shattered even further when he smiled. Not at me. But at

them.

Does that mean he remembers his siblings but not me?

“Gotcha,” Roman said.

Reese snorted. Actually snorted.

I hiccupped mid–sob, my brain lagging behind reality. “…What?”

River blinked. Once. Twice.

And then Reese laughed. A full, unashamed laugh.

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I pulled back from River, my face soaked, fat, ugly tears probably

running down my cheeks like I’d lost a fight with gravity. “What is

going on?” I asked hoarsely.

And then they all laughed. All of them.

Roman’s laugh didn’t last long because he winced after a few seconds,

pressing a hand weakly to his chest–but the damage was done.

I stared at him. At his face. Really looked at him.

He was looking at me the way he always did.

Warm. Soft. Familiar. That unmistakable affection in his eyes that I’d

memorized long before he ever fell into that coma. Not the distant

confusion of a stranger.

Realization hit me like a slap.

“…Did you just prank me?” I asked shakily.

Reese lost it completely. “I swear to God, I told him not to–but then I thought about it for half a second and realized it was way too funny to stop.”

“Reese!” I shouted, half sobbing, half furious.

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Roman grinned, utterly unrepentant. “You should’ve seen your face,

my love.”

I stomped my foot like a child on the verge of a meltdown. “That’s not

funny! I thought-” My voice cracked again. “I thought you didn’t

remember me.”

“I’m sorry, baby,” he said gently, his tone immediately softening. “I

couldn’t resist.”

“That was mean.” I pouted. “I’ve been miserable for weeks without

you.”

He smiled.

“No hugs for me?” he added weakly. “I just woke up from a coma and

this is how you treat me?”

I hesitated for exactly half a second.

Then I crossed the room in three steps and threw myself at him-

careful of the tubes, mindful of the machines, but still desperate

enough that my heart was pounding violently against my ribs.

I pressed my face into his shoulder and sobbed. Real, ugly sobs.

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I pulled back slightly, cupping Roman’s face in my hands, scanning

him like I was afraid he might disappear again if I blinked too long.

“You’re really awake,” I whispered.

“Last I checked,” he said dryly. “Unless this is the world’s most

elaborate dream.”

I laughed through my tears. “You scared me.”

“I know,” he said quietly. “I’m sorry.”

I rested my forehead against his. “Do you remember… everything?”