He used to hate her

Chapter 26

" Xander used to hate me because he was unaware of everything. Sofia and I know Veronica's hanging out with Peter without Xander's knowledge. But we couldn't say it. He would never believe me. And I liked you, Henry. That's why I kissed you back and we don't have any chance to take our relationship to next level. Even if we got the change, I don't think I could have done it. All these years, I still love Xander."

" I loved you, Madison. But then you went far away. But I'm glad you told me now. I don't want my expectations to get high."

" Do you still had any expectations when you came here?"

" Maybe. Just a hope. But if you love Xander, I'm okay with it. I want things to work out with you and him. Actually, it's kinda unbelievable that you love Xander. All these days, I thought you both hated each other."

" I wanted to hate me. I tried to but I couldn't. But he hated me until the day a car hit him."

" Yeah, I never asked you this. But how did you met him after many years? I know Veronica's going abroad for a business meeting. Did you follow them? That's how you found him when he got hit by a car." Henry imagined something stupid.

" No. I'm not studying in school anymore. Why would I follow them instead of working for my life? I was a waitress at dinner. They both showed up. Veronica and I had an argument and I just poured the juice on her suit and I resigned before the owner fires me. I was refreshing my mind by walking on all nearby streets. I spotted Xander again on a road. When Veronica departed, Xander got hit by a car. If she went five minutes late, nothing would have happened." I explained to Henry.

The alternative situation would have not changed my life at all. By this time, Xander would have been preparing for his wedding while I would have been earning my living as a single woman.

" All these things happened. I'm sure you wouldn't have told anyone except Sofia and now, it's me, right?"

" Yeah, who else do I have?" I can't share it with Xander even if he's ready to hear it all.

" That means you haven't told anything about his past to him, right?"

" No. I didn't and I won't until he gets his memory back."

" That's stupid, Madison. We can't be sure if he will get his memories back or not. You should tell him before anyone else does. You know what I mean?"

Veronica?

" I can't dump him with everything. There's no use in it. I'm not saying anything and I know he won't believe Veronica's words. When the right time comes, I will tell him"

" It's your decision, Madison. But you should have told me all this when we were in school. Xander will believe my words. I would have told him whatever Veronica did to get him. We could have prevented all the problems and you wouldn't have left the school. Why didn't you told me anything? Is your trust in me isn't enough?" Henry let out the words in anger.

" I trusted you. I still trust you. That's why I'm talking to you now. I don't know what should I do. The next day after the dare, I tried to tell Xander that I never knew Veronica was his girlfriend. I failed in all attempt because Veronica didn't let him hear me. I gave up and left. I don't want to talk about this anymore."

" Okay. I won't ask any question about it. I just told you what you should have done. It would have saved your life and Xander's too. Veronica wasn't good enough for him. He suffered a lot due to her. She hurts him and tries to get get back to him asking for forgiveness. There will be problems in the

relationship. There will always be a reason for a problem. With Xander and Veronica, the problem is nothing but her. She doesn't deserve his trust and love. All I can say is, he wasted his love for a wrong person." Henry said, feeling sorrow for his friend.

" Now, what can we do? We can't change the past but we can prevent the future. Xander's stubborn that he doesn't want to marry her."

" Like I already said, that's the only good decision he ever took. By the way, I'm not mad at you for telling me all this. I won't kick you out of my house or ignore you. I'm happy that something works out between you and Xander. You both are important in my life. You will be perfect for each other." Henry said. The only person who's happy for me and Xander.

Henry stayed silent for some minutes, taking everything in mind and then he's back to being himself. Being cool and funny sometimes. We talked like how we used to be years ago.

" I had a good time here. I will go back to the hospital. Are you coming?" I asked Henry.

" I don't think it's a good idea. He's going to talk to me like a stranger. It feels weird to hear him talk like that."

" Xander has no hatred towards you. You can introduce yourself and start a new beginning."

" Or maybe I can wait till he gets his memories back. That will be more convenient."

" Are you sure?" I asked him twice but he's stubborn in his answer.

" Okay. I will see you tomorrow," I waved at him as he smiled. I reached the hospital and Xander was using his laptop.

" What are you searching for?"

" Just looking at my photos. There's a lot of photos here. No matter how much I concentrated on it, I can't remember a single thing. Not remembrance of the place in the picture. My mind is literally blank." He complained, tapping the key furiously.

" I told you not to stress it, Xander. Let go of the attachment, it will happen." I told him, leaning down to kiss him. He opened his mouth slightly to kiss me back. I pushed the laptop away from his lap and got on top of him. A sudden notification sound from his laptop distracted us.

" It would be nothing but Amazon recommendations, Reddit or something. Who cares?" He said, as his hand goes to close the laptop. But my eyes caught something in the email. It's from the person.

" Don't close it," I turned it and clicked it to open the full email.

Hello, Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

This is me, Veronica. I know all you have is the laptop. Please don't ignore this email. I know you want to cancel the wedding. You don't how much I'm worried about it. Give me a chance to change your decision. You once loved me. I know you still love me even when you can't remember it. I have a lot to say to you. I will visit you tomorrow.

Sent from my iPhone.