“I had a wonderful time tonight, Owen. Thank you for being kind to my family and bringing them here when I needed them the most.” “My pleasure, mademoiselle,” he reached out to kiss the hand he held. “How did you know? To come?” “You sent me a letter with instructions to find you and make you remember. There are parts of that letter you need to know. You can read it whenever you are ready.” “I trust you, Owen. You’ll know to tell me when I’m ready.” Regina kisses him tenderly. “I have missed you so, mon amour. I am glad that you remembered me.” Owen caresses her cheeks, and his eyes roam over her face as if memorizing every mark on her face. “I will always remember you, Owen.” Regina sandwiches his face between hands and closes her eyes before touching their lips closer. “Always,” she says, as Owen wraps his arms around her in a sweet embrace. “Owen, I don’t want tonight to end.” “Neither do I.” “But I don’t know if I’m ready to have sex yet.” “Then we don’t need to.” “I kn
“What did Raffy say? He doesn’t know I am here, right?” “No, he just told me not to sleep with you until I get my memories back.” “Do you believe him? Should I go?” Owen had been pacing since she left the room. He was behind her several steps when he heard the door to Raffy’s room open, so he held back and let the siblings talk. “You don’t need to sleep here.” Regina places the water glasses on her nightstand, just in case they need them. “I just wanted to keep talking. Maybe show me pictures of our first date and tell me about it.” “We came to Paris for our first date…” Owen recounted and told her how he planned everything as a surprise. He did not have a lot of pictures, but he painted a very wonderful image that made Regina feel they were there on their first date again. She was lying on the bed with her eyes closed as he told her about Francois and the dinner at his restaurant. “I remember the taste of his food. Tell me more.” She sighed when Owen gave her the highlights a
“Owen?” Regina looked under her bed, in the closet, and in the bathroom, but since he was nowhere in her room, she assumed he had returned to his.Regina was glad nobody seemed to know their bathrooms were connected, so Owen escaped freely without Raffy noticing.“You pushed me off the bed, you brat!” Owen grabbed her by the waist and dragged her to his bedroom. He had been waiting on the other side of the bathroom door to surprise her.Regina laughed as he carried her on his shoulder and dumped her onto his bed. The blackout curtains were drawn closed in his bedroom to block out the sun, so it took time for her eyes to adjust.“I’m sorry, you were dead to the world, and desperate times required desperate measures.” It made her laugh because she had to use her feet to push Owen’s heavy, immovable body off the bed just to wake him. “I didn’t want a lecture from Raf so early in the morning.” She said when she felt Owen lie beside her.“What are you? Five? Still afraid of your brother?”
“So you got away scot-free?” Owen asked, as he slurped on the noodles from the Chinese restaurant. They were having takeout because Regina wanted time alone with him.He had never been in her apartment before. It was a small place, but she never complained about it, and he was glad that she had decorated it the way she wanted, unlike her apartment in the States, which had none of her personality.“Yeah, Raf was acting weird.”“What did he say?”“Nothing. I think something is bothering my brother. I just told him I was going out, and he agreed. Didn’t even ask where I was going.”“And Maggie?”“She was tired from the shopping trip this afternoon.”“And you’re not?”“No, not really. I was excited to see you.” Regina smiled shyly while taking a bite of her orange chicken.“I couldn’t pay attention to work either, in case you wanted to know.”“Owen, I have a question.”“Go ahead.”“Were we friends? Is that why we dated?”“No, I avoided you like the plague because of stupid reasons. Or rat
Regina stood proudly and pulled him off the couch. Owen was initially bothered that Regina would walk around the house naked when they were dating, but now he appreciated she had no reservations when showing off her body to him. It just told him she was comfortable in her skin and felt the same about him. Regina grew her hair during the last three months in France, and Owen thought she looked like a carefree, naked wood nymph luring him into her forest. It felt appropriate because Regina covered the accent wall in her bedroom with a green wallpaper with floral blooms, and the tall leafy plants she had in the corner of her room made it look woodsy. “Regina! I know you’re here. Your phone says—” Jason barged through the door, and his eyes rounded when he saw Owen, half-naked, standing in front of her bedroom door. “Get dressed. I’ll take care of him.” Owen pushed Regina into the room and shut the door. “No—“ she protested, but knew she had to get dressed before she faced Jason. “How
“Regina?” Owen opened the door carefully. He knew his actions might have upset her when he did not find her in the living room. He searched for his shirt on the floor but couldn’t find it. “Regina?” He called out and knocked on the bathroom door. “I’m here,” she called out from the bedroom, and he changed directions. “I’m sorry for causing a scene,” he said as he entered. “I shouldn’t have lost my cool. He makes me so jealous.” Regina sat on the bed facing the wall, her legs folded to the side, and he felt bad that she might be crying. Regina let Owen and Jason air out their differences in the hallway, because she did not care for men fighting over her. Jason had mentioned something about her accident, and she figured it was just something he wanted to say to piss Owen off. Unless they were both hiding something from her. “About what Jason said.” She turned her head sideways to look at him, but he still couldn’t see if she was okay. “I don’t care, Regina. I’m jealous, but we
“Honey, it’s time to leave,” Owen whispered in the dark. She stirred and turned around to hug him, automatically nuzzling his neck when her lips touched his skin. “Don’t want to go. Leave tomorrow.” Regina settled into his arms, content with their position. After making love, Regina used his arm as a pillow, while Owen hugged her from behind. “I can’t stay. Raf will know if we walk in together tomorrow.” “Let’s tell him we’re dating. He won’t care.” “You don’t know the past and he will kill me for taking advantage.” “Tell him I forced you to have sex with me.” Owen smiled. “If only it were that easy. Come on. I’ll sleep in your room tonight, or you can sleep in mine, so we don’t get caught.” “Carry me home. Tell them you found me drunk on the street.” Owen laughed while massaging her limbs, willing her body to wake up. “Come on, so we can go home and snuggle into bed or the bath if you want.” -=- When she arrived at Owen’s place, Regina acted like she was intoxicated. She wav
Unable to sleep that night, Regina attacks the arduous task of packing her clothes. She had amassed so many trinkets and added clothing in the last three months that, by the middle of the night, there were two piles. One to take home and the other to donate to charity. She had packed the bigger antiques she wanted to take home, so at least she had nothing else to worry about.Just when she was fetching her luggage from the storage closet, Owen called to let her know they had arrived home and were on their way to see his mother.Still burning with energy, Regina decided she would sleep after she packed one suitcase. She was emptying the pockets of her luggage when she found a diary and a box she did not recognize. Excited that Owen had left her a gift, she opened the box to find a memory stick. Confused, she opened the diary to see if there were any clues inside.Regina,If you are reading this, it means you are heading home and want to know more about your past. The main reason I wr