Chapter 705

Zion finally left. I knew his Achilles' heel fairly well—he was pretty sensitive and not as shameless as Eason. Silence filled the living room. Rachel was avoiding my gaze, while I sat on the chair and watched her quietly. We both sat in an awkward silence for the longest time. Rachel eventually broke the silence out of unease. "Stephie." "Don't you have anything you want to explain to me?" I asked, looking at her. The person before me suddenly seemed very unfamiliar. In my memories, Rachel was my only "friend". After I lost my memories, I started yearning for emotional connections just to fill the void I felt. As such, whether it was with Michael or Rachel, I found myself trying to fill the void within me with similar emotions—almost as a form of revenge-driven compensation. Looking back now, I might have fallen for Steven earlier than I thought. I already had the ability to love someone, but I was so clueless about emotions that I mistook it for pretense from getting too ca