MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Looking at his son, old Sterling asked eagerly, "Dylan, how could you not tell me about Savannah's returning? Where does she live now? Ask her to come here. I want to see her."

"She won't want to come." Dylan paused for a few seconds before he answered.

"She's... still mad at you? But she must miss Kaiden, right? Call her and ask her to come here, I'll talk to her. She always listened to my words. It should be all right." Old Sterling said. Three years ago, Savannah gave birth to a boy and went abroad without a word. Old Sterling guessed that there must be some misunderstandings between the young couple, and it should be related to Charlotte, for whom Dylan postponed the wedding.

"She won't go back to Sterling's house, and she's not your daughter-in-law. She's just my subordinate now. Don't look for her."

"What do you mean? I know you've got a marriage certificate, and all you need is a wedding ceremony now. She's also Kaiden's biological mother, how could she live outside? Now that she works in your company, she should have forgiven you? Why do you say that she's only your subordinate?" Old Sterling was confused by Dylan. What exactly happened to the two of them? 

Was it because…

"Does Savannah have other men around?" Old Sterling asked tentatively.

"No," Dylan snorted.

Although she lived with Kevin in Italy for three years, they kept a proper distance and did not live together when they returned home. That was, they were not going steady. 

Old Sterling looked relieved. In fact, even if Savannah had a man around her, according to Dylan's temper, he would not care about it and would grab her back by all means. 

"Now that Savannah's back and she didn't become another man's wife, why don't you take her back as soon as possible? What are you waiting for?"

Looking at old Sterling's eager face, Dylan knew that it would be difficult for him to step out of the house without telling the truth. After a long silence, he finally mumbled, "She doesn't remember many people and things."

"What do you mean?" Old Sterling asked perplexedly.

"Before she disappeared three years ago, she had a sign of miscarriage and was sent to the hospital for Cesarean. She suffered a massive hemorrhage and was in a coma for a long time. When she woke up, she lost a part of her memory, including the baby and me." He said quietly.

Old Sterling gasped.

No wonder Dylan said she couldn't come back. 

"A few days ago, she learned about our relationship and that Kaiden's her child with me. However, she still could not remember our past. In her eyes, Kaiden and I are strangers to her. Under such circumstances, she cannot come back to be my wife and your daughter-in-law. I also promised her that I wouldn't disturb her life or even see her again."

"Are you really willing to see her living outside?" Old Sterling caught his breath. 

For Savannah, who didn't remember the past, it didn't matter.

But for Dylan, who bore the past in mind, wasn't it torture?

In the past three years, Dylan never mentioned it and never sent anyone to look for Savannah. However, like his father, he knew very well that Dylan never let her go.

Finally, he saw Savannah again, but she completely forgot him and took him as a stranger now. He must feel as if a knife were piercing his heart.

"No. So?" Dylan's thin lips curled up in a self-deprecating smile.

Kevin was right. He was to blame for making her suffer a lot. He shouldn't do anything that made her hate him again.

He stood up and walked over to Kaiden, who was not far away from Cooper. He picked up Kaiden and said, "All right. Say goodbye to grandpa. Let's go back."

"Goodbye, grandpa. I'll come to see you in a few days." Kaiden leaned himself over Dylan's shoulder and waved at old Sterling.

Old Sterling watched them walking out of the door and sighed.

* * *

Savannah had just finished her work before the end of the day. She powered off the PC and clocked out.

Since My Girl changed the actress, whose shape and temperament was different from Abby's, the costumes for her should be altered accordingly. The whole design department was reworking on it these days. She had been working overtime for a few days. Today, she could go back home early, and she planned to prepare the dinner herself and asked Kevin to eat together.

She hummed as she walked out of the office building. Hardly had she gone down the steps when a gray-haired old man in a neat suit walked to her and stood in her way.

"Miss Schultz, long time no see. My master knows that you're back, and he would like to invite you to Sterling's house for dinner. Would you go with me?" He asked with a polite smile.

Savannah stood rooted to the spot. The old man in front of her looked familiar, as though she had seen him somewhere.

Yes. He was the old butler, Cooper, who was always at old Sterling's side.

Though she had lost some of her memory, she still had an impression on many people in the Sterling family. When she was still Devin's fiancée, she had visited old Sterling several times and knew Cooper.

She just never expected that old Sterling would send Cooper to invite her for dinner.

Cooper sighed secretly at Savannah's distant and alarming appearance. He didn't believe it when he was told that Savannah had lost part of her memory. But it seemed to be true.

He continued, "My master misses you a lot. Don't worry, Mr. Sterling's not there. Besides, the young master, Kaiden, is at the house."

Savannah's heart softened at the thought of that cute boy. Kaiden liked fastening on her for stories. She hadn't seen him for a few days, and he must be disappointed if she didn't go to see him.

She missed the little guy, too.

Anyway, the man was not there...

Finally, she nodded and followed Cooper into the car.

***

The car stopped in front of the gate of Sterling's house. The gate was wide open, where rows of servants stood on both sides, waiting for orders respectfully.

The big luxury house out of the window seemed at once familiar and strange to Savannah.

The door was opened by the driver, and Savannah got off. 

"Miss Schultz, welcome." All the servants bowed to her.

She gasped and didn't know what to do.