CHAPTER 196: CHAPTER 197: NO REASON NEEDED (2)

When he turned back to the bedside, Vera Wave had already sat up, propping herself with her arms. She looked Kris Cooper up and down, pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke.

"Did you buy my family’s old house?"

"Yes."

"Why?" Her big eyes fixed on his face, Vera added a sentence, "I want to hear the truth."

Kris Cooper looked at her for a moment and then told the truth.

"It was... meant to be your birthday gift."

His plan was initially to take her to the old house on her birthday.

Wearing the shirt she gave him, on the Grassland, placing a birthday cake, singing that song to her—the song he sang to her six years ago on her sixteenth birthday.

She should remember that night very clearly; he just hoped that this stimulation might help her recover her memory.

Hearing his answer, Vera’s heart tightened, her breathing became somewhat erratic, and she took a deep breath, coughing softly.

"Did we... know each other before?"

Kris Cooper’s eyebrows twitched, and instead of answering immediately, he sat down beside her, his amber eyes gazing into hers.

"Why do you ask that?"

"I..." Vera raised her hand to press on her slightly aching temples. "When I just watched you play the piano, that scene felt so familiar... like I’ve seen it somewhere before, so..."

She tried hard to think, and her head started to hurt again.

Seeing her frown and press her temples with both hands, Kris Cooper frowned with heartache.

After a moment, he took a deep breath, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally uttered two difficult words.

"No."

If it had been before she fell unconscious and she said something like this, he would have told her everything.

He would tell her what happened on her sixteenth birthday night, he had already brought her beloved Bailey back from America, how much they once loved each other, and even decided to secretly go to Las Vegas to register for marriage...

But now, he changed his mind.

If making her remember those memories also meant causing her pain, he would rather she forget them all completely.

"Then..." Vera frowned, "It doesn’t make sense!"

Giving her a hundred million casually, spending tens of millions to buy her old home for her as a gift... Even with his wealth, he couldn’t do such things easily. If they hadn’t known each other before, there was no reason for him to do these things!

Kris Cooper reached out his palm to gently cover her small hand.

"Liking someone... doesn’t need a reason!"

Even if she forgot everything, so what? At worst, he could chase her again.

On the back of her hand, the man’s palm was broad and warm. Feeling the temperature of his palm, Vera’s little heart once again raced out of control.

She quietly lifted her face to steal a look at his expression, then immediately lowered her gaze.

"You... you’re not mad at me anymore?"

Kris Cooper looked at the slightly pale face in front of him, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then his lips slowly curled into a smile.

Stubborn girl, it’s always like this. Even though he’s the one infuriated by her, in the end, he has to be the one to compromise first.

"Silly girl!" He raised his arm and embraced her in his arms, fondly ruffling her hair with his big hand, "If I were really mad at you, I would’ve been driven to death by your antics long ago."

The man’s chest was very warm, the texture of the shirt was also very comfortable to lean against, and she could clearly hear his heartbeat with her ear.

That feeling was very reassuring.