I Deleted You Traitor Even My Blade Forgot Your Name novel Chapter 18

went to the hospital alone and signed the consent form for memory erasure.

he doctor picked up my file, his tone calm but firm.

Ms. Carter, memory erasure is permanent. Once it’s done, those memories are gone forever. You can’t get them back. Are you absolutely sure?

nodded. “I’m sure.”

efore Mom died, she held my hand so tight. Her voice was weak, but she meant every word.

he didn’t want me to end up like her–wasting my whole life on someone who’d already moved on.

ie and Dad spent their entire lives tangled up in each other. Hating each other. And they never divorced.

ad never got to come back to the Carter estate with his head held high.

nd Mom? She never got free. Not once.

le didn’t want me to repeat her tragedy.

he cold liquid slipped into my veins. My mind started to drift.

rough the haze, I saw him–Grayson, down on one knee, swearing he’d never let me down.

saw the disgust on his face the first time he met Serena and her mother. How he didn’t hesitate to have them thrown out of New York.

saw him holding me close, promising he’d always be on my side. No matter what. Always.

it in the end, all that warmth shattered the moment he brought Serena back to the estate.

irned to ash.

hen I came to, the doctor’s voice was steady in my ear.

he procedure was successful. In three days, you won’t remember any of this.”

tree days. Just enough time to finalize the divorce.

dragged my exhausted body back to the apartment Grayson and I used to share.

ver since the affair started, he’d tried to divorce me countless times.

ach agreement offered me more money than the last. But I never signed.

ow? I was ready. I just needed to grab one of those signed agreements and be done with it.

ut when I subardtied the divorce application online, the clerk told me something I wasn’t expecting

Ms. Carter, our system shows you are divorced

When I heard the clerk’s words, I couldn’t help laut laugh

Divorced?

he date on file? My birthday

Suddenly, it hit me–that document Grayson handed me that day.

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