Her curiosity

Tanya and Ryan stood still for a while as they sighted Kenneth standing on the entrance of his car with a very cold gaze.

Tanya dropped the shipping bags she was carrying to rush to Kenneth side but Ryan held her back with one hand and hugged her to himself.

A malicious smirk spread to his face as he said to Tanya who was trying to wringle free from his grip.

"Look who is here, isn't this my workaholic Junior brother?" Ryan said with jest in his voice.

Kenneth ignored him and walked in long strides towards them and took Tanya's hand from him and walked towards his car.

"Won't you let her take the clothes we brought?" Ryan asked. Kenneth stopped and looked back to him with a cold gaze, he replied, "No thanks"

He opened the passenger side of his car and shove the stunned Tanya into the car without sparing his brother a glance.

Ryan took the bags and rushed to him before he could leave.

"Keep the clothes to yourself, I don't need you to buy clothes for my wife" Kenneth stopped him with that cold tone that made Ryan shiver for a moment.

"I don't need your permission to buy things for the woman I love Ken, or did you seek my permission before marrying her?" Ryan shot back with nonchalancy laced in his tone.

Kenneth became alerted as he said this and pushed his brother backwards some steps from the car so Tanya won't hear them. He grabbed Kenneth by the collar and asked with a sharp expressionless face, "What are you saying Ryan? You love who?"

Ryan smirked, "Why? Are you surprised? I said love Tanya Lewiston and I want to chase her Officially, why are you getting worked up?"

"Don't you dare try it Ryan Griffin because I'll kill you if you try it, Tanya is mine from the start and will always be mine so keep off" Kenneth barked.

Ryan ignored him and walked to the car bonnet and dropped the shopping bags before walking towards his brother and said, "I'll love to see me try Kenneth. Just wait and see how I make her mine!"

Before Kenneth could reply, Ryan had hoped into his car and drive off. While Kenneth stood there looking at him Leave.

He hoped into the car, and left with Tanya.

As they drove back to Immortal, Tanya can't help but feel that she has offended Kenneth in one way or the other. Kenneth on the other side is busy wondering how come his brother came to the sudden conclusion of loving wife.

He stared the car into the parking lot and hoped out of the car without sparing Tanya a glance. She rushed after him before he could leave and asked,

"Ken... You see.. I'm, I'm sorry for not telling you before going with your brother. He didn't give me the chance to....."

Her jabbing words was cut short by Kenneth's raised hand.

"It's not your fault Tanya, and I am not angry at you so....."

Tanya also cut him short Immediately, "But why? Everytime you always tell me that you're not blaming me, I'm the one at fault here. Did you always blame yourself for everything?"

Kenneth was silent. He could notice the apprehension that was pasted to her face even though he wasn't facing her.

Kenneth Griffin indeed blamed her for following his brother despite the insistence but thinking back at how her career fell because of him stabbed Kenneth. He can't bring himself to forgive his foolishness for that incidence.

He wondered, of Tanya could regain her memory right now, what will become of him?

He sighed and turned back, "Let's get back to work Tanya"

He wanted to walk but she stopped him again as she asked, "I'm also curious Ken. From what I could remember and seen of Ryan, he's a nice guy. He even told me in that mall that he loved you very much but things don't just click between you. Why Ken? I don't want to hear the story from Ryan, tell me what has happened in the past"

An electrifying spark escaped Kenneth's spine as he stood frozen under the sun since he was out of the parking lot.

Tanya walked up to him, "Ken, I don't remember what happened to me in high school. But I have this feeling that we have met before, tell me everything for the sake of peace"

Kenneth just stood there without moving. His brain swirling with thousand emotions and unspoken invisible pains.

As he looked at Tanya, his heart remembered that familiar incidence that lead to how they met.

At that moment, he just feels like protecting her. But on a second thought, he suddenly wondered how come she didn't remember her high school days anymore.

"Wait, you didn't remember your high school days? Why?" He asked

Tanya sighed and leaned on the car under the shade while he walked up to her as she said,

"Mum said I had an accident a day after the final exams. I don't know why, but a part of my memory was erased. Mum said it's temporary but for 10 years now, I haven't regained any of it and I also felt that it was unnecessary"

"You should have asked your sister. Bianca also went to Pyramid High"

She smiles sadly, "We're not that good to each other, she'll never tell me anything" then she faced him with a serious expression, "Now tell me Ken, what happened at Pyramid High?"

'We fell in love with each other, and you'll have been successful by now, but I ruined your career' Kenneth thought to himself as he can't break eye contact with her.

She persisted, "Tell me Ken!"

Kenneth sighed and left the parking lot without looking back despite her shouts.

He headed straight to his office and locked the door.

Then he started blaming himself over and over again as he remembered how they met.

'You're my life saver Tanya Lewiston, but I, I ruined your life' He lamented to himself again.