?Chapter 695:

    “Hello? Elliana?”

    A faint wind crackled in the receiver. Elliana, having just left the cemetery, was making her way toward the far edge of Blehstin. Weariness clung to her, but her mind kept circling back to Cole.

    She wasted no time. “Ruben, tell me, how is Cole doing?”

    A pause followed. Ruben sounded uncertain. “Elliana, he’s awake now, but there’s something you should know…”

    Sensing the hesitation in Ruben’s voice, Elliana reassured him, “Ruben, whatever has happened, I need the truth. I can handle it.”

    He described everything as simply as he could, his words ending on a somber note. “Elliana, he remembers almost everything, even making up memories that never happened. But you… he doesn’t remember you at all.”

    A heavy breath left him. “Elliana, please don’t let this break your heart. If he still trusts me, there’s hope. I’ll tell him about you myself, so he understands what you meant to him.”

    Elliana’s voice was firm and sudden. “Ruben, don’t do that.”

    His confusion showed. “Why not? Are you angry with Cole about this?”

    The line fell silent as Elliana searched for her response.

    “Ruben, maybe we should just let things unfold naturally,” Elliana said into the line.

    A confused look crossed Ruben’s face. “Elliana, weren’t you the one who said that even if Cole forgot you, you wouldn’t walk away? You promised you’d pursue him and make him fall for you just like before. But now it seems like you’re not as eager to chase after Cole anymore.”

    With a gentle smile, Elliana answered, “Ruben, what I mean is, for now, I’ll let things be. Cole’s only just regained consciousness, and I need to make sure there aren’t any more health issues. On top of that, I’m actually pretty interested in the girl from the Campbell family.”

    It really made Elliana wonder what sort of person this Campbell girl was, leaving such a strong mark on Cole’s mind that he wanted to marry her after he woke up from the slumber caused by the Psychephrenia treatment. The third injection could have created new memories, but those memories still relied on what was already there. There had to be a real link between Cole and that Campbell girl. Maybe the two of them once had feelings for each other, and the third injection only made those feelings even stronger.

    Elliana had to admit she felt jealous. Very jealous. He woke up and had no memory of her, but decided to marry that Campbell girl. Did that mean she was never the one he truly cared for, and it was always that Campbell girl he loved most?

    As Elliana drifted deeper into her thoughts, Ruben spoke up. “Elliana, do you know this Campbell family Cole keeps mentioning?”

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    “No, I really don’t,” Elliana replied honestly.

    Among all the well-known families in Ublento, not one of them bore the name Campbell. Yet, the head of the world-famous Sun Group was named Arthur Campbell. Power in the financial world belonged to the Sun Group, which stood unmatched everywhere. No organization or family dared challenge its rule, and its leader, Arthur, had a reputation that inspired awe and fear.

    Generations of the Campbell family had built a legacy that stretched back centuries, with whispers of royal blood and roots buried deep in history. The Sun Group had always passed from one Campbell to the next, expanding its reach across the entire globe. One move from the Sun Group could shift the course of the world’s economy, or so the stories went.

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