Chapter 241 - Missing Vega

Because he almost recovered from his gunshot wounds and the scandal with Amelia had started to subside, Ren decided to contact Vega. He wanted to tell the girl that Alaric asked him to hold a press conference and announce his marriage to Fae Muller.

He also wanted to know where Vega was progressing with her memory recovery. Had they managed to fully recover Vega's memory? He had heard from Sophia about Lauriel's ability to make medicines.

Lauriel once recovered the memory Jean-Pierre Wang, their family friend who lost his memory for several years due to a potion made by Aldebar. His memory did not return a hundred percent, because there were some parts of his memory that never fully recovered, but that didn't bother him at all.

Now Jean's life has gotten a lot better because he had lived so much longer since the time when he lost his memory. When the incident happened he was only 25, and he had lived well for over 40 years after the incident.

Vega's case was a little different. Apart from giving her the same memory potion from Aldebar, Ren also ensured that Vega's memory would never recover by using hypnotherapy and intensive brainwashing methods.

That's why he wasn't too worried about letting Vega return to her family and they tried to recover her memory. He was quite sure of the process he used on Vega to erase her memory.

Whenever he thought about it now, Ren now always felt guilty. But his fear of being abandoned by Vega was much bigger than that his guilt. No matter what happened, Vega must not remember what happened, because…

Ren sighed.

He didn't want to imagine that possibility. He promised to make amends by doing anything for Vega all their life. Vega lost 16 years of her life because of Ren, but the man would dedicate his whole life, which would be dozens or even hundreds of years to come, to make his wife happy.

[I miss you. How are you at Targu Mures?] He sent a message to Vega.

During the last few days he had purposely asked Vega not to contact him because he wanted her to focus on her recovery process.

[I miss you, too. Are you all right?] Vega's reply immediately came.

A smile spread across Ren's lips when he read that Vega also missed him.

[I want to call you. Can you pick up the phone?] Ren texted again.

Less than a minute later, his phone was ringing. Apparently, it was Vega who called Ren.

"I really miss hearing your voice," said Vega, on the other end of the phone. "Are you okay?"

Ren shook his head as if Vega could see him doing it. "Not very good. But at least I'm still alive."

"Jeez ... what happened?" implored Vega. "Are you hurt? Are you sick? Have you had bad insomnia again?"

For some reason, Ren's chest felt warm, knowing that this woman was so worried about him. Vega was indeed a very good wife.

She was always attentive and concerned about Ren, even though she herself was in a bad state. Ren could imagine Vega's feelings over the past few weeks must have been very mixed.

Vega did reunite with her family, but to some extent, they too were strangers as she couldn't remember them. She had a sense of inner closeness with her parents, siblings, and extended family, but she could not be able to participate in their collective memory.

She would not know whose birthday was when, what events occured at the end of each year when their extended family decided to go on vacation together, nor will she remember any events they experienced together.

They would sit together for dinner and discuss something from the past, and Vega would be the only one who didn't understand or couldn't remember. That would certainly make anyone sad.

However, instead of complaining and thinking about herself, Vega was worried about Ren.

If Ren could love a woman ... that person would be Vega, Ren was sure of that.

"I'll tell you what happened as soon as I get to Targu Mures to visit you," Ren said, comforting Vega. "It won't be long. I have something very important to do tomorrow."

"Oh .. what is it?" asked Vega in surprise. "But are you all right now? Do you have Karl and John with you? Can you sleep?"

"John and Linda are here. I decided to go home to the mansion," said Ren. "Karl is working on lots of things. I can sleep with the help of sleeping pills from Doctor Henry. My health isn't too bad."

"Oh ..." Vega's voice sounded worried and sad. "Wish I could go to Moravia to be with you."

"It's okay. I'm the one going to Targu Mures to be with you. Right now, you need to spend time with your family. You haven't seen them in a very long time." Ren looked thoughtful for a moment. "Give me a week. I'll come over to your parents' house."

He didn't want to linger. Within a week, he should be able to get rid of Karl and Sophia.

"Is that true?" asked Vega in a very enthusiastic voice.

Ren's guess was right about Vega, who sometimes felt like a stranger among her family. He inability to remember her past made Vega often feel confused and lonely. She really missed Ren because Ren was the closest human to her in this universe.

"I promise. In one week, we'll meet soon," said Ren. "After that, we won't be apart again."

"I can't wait," said Vega happily.

"Me too. But you better not think about it. What's important now is how you can recover."

"Fine. I understand." 

They were silent for a while. It was Ren, who then took the initiative to hang up.

"I have to rest now. We'll talk again tomorrow, okay..." he said.

"Of course. Have a good night," whispered Vega. "I love you."

"I love you too," replied Ren.

He had already told Vega that he would start saying words of love to the girl even though he couldn't feel romance like a man in general, and Vega was able to accept it.

But now, it seemed that Ren was getting used to those words of love for his wife. To him, saying 'I love you' to Vega had become so easy and natural. It was only for her.

After he hung up the phone, Ren immediately took his laptop from the nightstand. He entered as Skia and went through various layers of security to hide his tracks. He had to carry out his plan in secret so that they wouldn't get suspicious.

***

Elios frowned when he received a mysterious message in his personal email. He didn't know how did the person got to know his email and then sent a direct message to him.

No ... it was not a message.

It's a slander, he thought.

[If you want to know who is the mastermind who kidnapped your daughter, I suggest you investigate her husband, Prince Renald.]

Who is this person? thought Elios in surprise.

Why did he tell me to investigate Ren?

Is this....? Elios was deep in thoughts.