Someone had tampered with his mind through hypnosis. And all signs pointed to Rosanna.

Rosanna wasn't just a med student dabbling in books.

Even though psychology hadn't been her focus, she'd studied enough of it to grasp the fundamentals of hypnosis. It could Manipulate memory, bury the past, shift the truth-everything that lined up with what had been done to him.

Before his head injury, the woman burned into his meory had been her.

It had to be Rosanna who shut the door on what he originally remembered.

But for what reason? What could have driven her to erase something so crucial?

The pieces were falling into place—the woman he had slept with five years ago hadn't been Rosanna. It was Tilda.

That could only mean one thing. Sheldon wasn't just any child. He was his son.

A wild rush of emotion stormed through Lyndon. Elated one second, stunned the next, and then wrecked with uncertainty.

It was too much, too fast, and the pressure in his skull spiked all over again.

"Mr. Fernandez, are you there?" Zahra inquired.

"Thanks, I'm ending the call now." Lyndon forced the words out, his eyes remaining shut, then suddenly cut the call without waiting for a reply.

The silence that followed was suffocating. Even the faintest noise would've echoed through the room like a siren.

Only when the ache in his head started to ease did Lyndon open his eyes.

He took a slow breath. His thoughts, still chaotic, were beginning to settle.

One question floated to the top of his mind-why had Rosanna chosen to do this to him?

And Tilda—what had she been thinking all this time? Why didn't she come clean?

The memory of their reunion at Rosalynn's family event hit him like a slap.

All at once, he realized why Tilda had held so much bitterness toward him.

The damage he inflicted on her that night five years ago had clearly cut too deep, planting the root of her hatred.

Lyndon's breathing grew heavier; that night, he hadn't been himself—he had been under a spell, and he had caused her pain.

He couldn't begin to grasp how she had managed to shoulder the weight of it all by herself in the aftermath.

Strangely enough, after everything that had happened, with all the chaos and complications, they somehow wound up as husband and wife!

What puzzled him most was how she could stay silent even after they were married.