"It must be because of my strange heartbeat, right?" Elle continued, her jaws clenching as she tried hard not to tear up. "It intrigued you because you realized that my heartbeats were so similar to your..." she choked despite her efforts not to let her emotions get the best of her.
"Yes." Sebastian answered in a low and serious voice. "That's right, Izabelle. Your heartbeats did catch my attention and intrigued the mont I saw you that first ti."
"And that's why you took interest in and eventually agreed to marry , isn't it?" Pain brimd in his eyes as she uttered her accusation.
"That's not the only reason why I agreed to marry you, Izabelle. Your brave bargain that night had also convinced to accept your proposal." Sebastian answered her truthfully.
She swallowed the still growing ache in her throat. It felt as though it had ford a ball and got stuck at the back of her throat. "But you... you and Alexander were there in Eves Palace not because of , isn't it? It's because... the heart of a person who is still so dear to you guys is residing within ."
Sebastian shook his head. "F**k no, Iza! None of us were aware of the heart within you at that ti. Alexander was there because of you. I had found out that they had already known you since you were little. I don't know much about the details, but all I know is that you were a very important person to Abigail. That's why Alexander was there to attend your supposed wedding."
Surprise flashed across Elle's eyes before she tilted her head, trying to recall Alexander in her mories. After so monts, she creased her brows before saying, "But I don't rember anything..."
"I don't know exactly what has happened, but it appears that you have completely forgotten about them. And since you don't rember anything, Abigail didn't want to say anything to you to avoid making things more complicated before it was ti. Perhaps she just didn't want to confuse you or she's just waiting for the right ti to tell you about it. Either way, once we're back, I'm sure Abigail will reveal everything to you if you ask her about it. However, I can assure you that it wasn't intentional that either of them had kept this matter from you even up till now."
Elle's burning emotions cooled down a little after thinking and considering what was being said. She had imdiately felt the truth in Sebastian's explanation. That mory that ca back to her just now was proof in itself. And not to ntion that she indeed could not rember anything about her early childhood life. Many tis, she had wondered what happened to her mories from her younger years and why they were missing. As though sothing had been deleted or hidden deep in her mind. She had asked her doctor about this, once a few years ago, and all she had been told was that her case was normal. And of course, since it had co from the doctor, her response was to put it aside and not worry about it. More so when there were other more pressing matters that were troubling her.
"What about you?" she asked. Her voice was now barely above whisper. "Why did you co to the Eves Palace that night? What was your reasoning?"
"I was ordered to attend. I didn't ask for any explanation because when I ended up seeing you, I realized I was definitely being set up to et you."
"S-Set up? By who?" Elle was taken aback. Who would even dare to set Sebastian up?
"I'm not sure. Maybe by Alexander or... my... my damned older brother had already planned for this long before he even left."
"Ezekiel?" her eyes stretched wide as soon as she said that na. "Ezekiel is... the Kiel that Zeres is talking about?!"
"Yes, he's the Kiel Zeres ntioned."
"Tell ... did he really steal..." Elle paused. She did not know how to broach the subject about his missing older brother.
"By the ti I was freed from the dungeon, he was already gone. So, I know nothing about the things that he has done." Sebastian's face darkened a little.
"But do you believe... he did that?"
Tiny muscles on his face twitched as he dropped his head and ran his fingers through his hair. After a stretch of silence, he finally answered. "No."
A short mont of silence passed when Elle felt her heart suddenly throb. It was not exactly painful, but it was strange. Definitely not a normal throb.
Lifting her hand, she clutched it over her chest and whispered in a saddened tone. "Whose is it? The owner of this... heart?"
"I don't... really know, Iza. I don't think any of us really knows the truth. All I know is that your heartbeat is exactly the sa as... Alyssa's."
Elle's heart throbbed again. However this ti, it was a little painful. Alyssa... She uttered that na in her head and she could not help the bitter and painful smile that tugged at the corner of her lips.
Those nights she had caught Sebastian calling out that na in his sleep while he was holding her, vividly flashed in her head like taunting and haunting images. And she could not help but think that perhaps... the reason why Sebastian was so drawn to her was because... Lord... she hated the very thought in her head right now. Hated it so much that she wished she could just shut her brain down like how one would shut a computer down.
"Iza..." he called out to her softly as he reached out to touch her. But she jerked her face away just before his fingers could brush her skin, shocking him.
"Right now... I don't know why my mind is... replaying those nights when you were... calling out Alyssa's na while holding , Sebastian." She told him with a voice so weak and choked on the tears that seed to be stuck in her throat.
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