Chapter 440 - Lauriel Lied (1/2)

Alaric was still thinking about Aleksis who had suddenly shown up in Singapore. If she really was Aleksis, surely something serious must have happened to cause the girl to lose her memory. Because he was sure that the real Aleksis would have tried all means to find him ...

But this Aleksis did not do such things at all.

What should I do if she has really forgotten about me? What if she really lost her memory and her condition became permanent? Can I live without her after this? If in time her memory recovered ... what would she do if she found out I was the one that caused his father's death?

Those thoughts made his chest feel heavy.

Finally, after pondering for a while, Alaric decided to make a decision ONLY after he had made sure who this girl really was. If she really was Aleksis, he would take her home with him, take care of her and help her recover. Then, he would explain his role in her father's death and ask for her forgiveness ... with all in the open, they could start anew.

If the girl was indeed Aleksis and her memory did not recover, Alaric would fight for her love and make her fall in love with him again.

The heart couldn't lie, could it? If she once loved Alaric, of course no matter what, that love was still there, in her heart, waiting to be revived.

Alaric realized, at this point, he could not imagine his life without his wife, Aleksis, beside him.

My wife ...

For some reason he was very happy to repeat the words when mentioning Aleksis' name.

He really missed her.

All right, I have a way to find out if she is really Aleksis or not, he thought.

Alaric took his cellphone and looked for the phone number he had kept for 18 years. Uncle Rory had been indebted to him 18 years ago when he had saved Aleksis. In exchange for one million dollars, Alaric had one request he could exchange at any time.

Now he would use that one request, which was worth one million dollars, to establish once and for all if the girl was really Aleksis or not.

Considering Uncle Rory was Aleksis's godfather, he was the only person Alaric could trust to give him truthful information about Aleksis' condition. Rory was a person with great integrity and wouldn't lie.

[It's me, wanting to collect the one million dollars you promised me] Thus is the message from Alaric.

Lauriel was very surprised to receive an unexpected SMS from an unknown number.

If Prince Siegfried was indeed Alaric Rhionen ... didn't this mean that the person they were looking for was the person who was now sending him this SMS?

He hurriedly replied. [Please send the account number where I have to transfer the money to].

[What I want is information worth one million dollars. Information about Aleksis. After this there will be no more debt between us.]

Lauriel was stunned. He became increasingly convinced this was indeed Alaric Rhionen. With a deep breath he typed his reply.

[What information?]

[Where is Aleksis now?]

[Why do you want to know?] Lauriel replied.

[I have no ill intention towards Aleksis. You know that you can trust me. I have met her three times and I have never hurt her.] Alaric refrained from saying that Aleksis was his wife. He remembered the girl's reluctance to reveal the secret to her family.

If Aleksis was indeed still alive, he would wait until Aleksis herself told her family, he would not do something the girl might not want him to do.