---- Chapter 144. Half a minute passed after Tara asked the question , but the man didn't respond. Confused, she called out again, "Soren?" The man standing not far from the door slowly turned around. Shawn smiled gently at her. When he saw the surprised expression on her face, he said slowly, "I love how you called me 'honey.'" The moment Tara saw Shawn, she froze in shock. Soren hadn't invited him, so what was he doing here? "Mr. Wilhelm, I'm already married to Soren. Please leave.

" Shawn wasn't wearing his usual gold-rimmed glasses today, making his refined, handsome face even more striking. He walked toward her slowly, openly admiring her beauty and ignoring her demand. Just as he was about to speak, the dressing room door opened again. He turned his head to see a tall figure entering. Hearing the sound, Tara felt a flash of joy, thinking it was Soren. But as the figure drew closer, she saw that it was ---- actually Lance. "What are you two trying to do?" she asked.

Lance didn't answer her. Instead, he stared coldly at Shawn. In the next moment, he landed a punch squarely on Shawn. It was a heavy blow-strong enough to make Shawn, tall as he was, stumble back half a step. Still smiling , Shawn wiped the blood from the corner of his lips. "You got your memory back too?" Lance looked at Tara. His silence basically confirmed it. When Tara heard the words "memory back", she froze in her seat, completely stunned. "Come here.

I can overlook everything between you and Soren," Lance said coldly to her. Tara's heart had never raced this fast before. They had regained their memory? But didn't Stella say it was impossible for them to do that? Before she could respond, the dressing room door swung open again. Soren entered, and when he saw both Shawn and Lance inside, his expression darkened instantly. Fury burned so hot in his eyes that it turned them red. "Are you trying to steal her away from me?" he roared angrily.

---- Shawn smiled and said, "Soren, there's an order to everything. Lance and I have our memories back, and I'm guessing you have yours back too." Without a word, Soren threw a punch at him, but Shawn. was able to dodge it this time. Still grinning in a chilling way, Shawn said, "Tara is someone I fought to take from Lance. You're the last person who has any right to her." Soren chuckled coldly. "After we lost our memories, Tara and I were together for a whole year.

She's long since fallen in love with me, so you two are nothing but the past. Lance's voice was even icier than the others'. ''The past? Did you ever ask me for permission? Tara is my girlfriend. He was determined to beat up these two so-called friends who had stolen his girlfriend. Soren didn't back down in the slightest . "She's already my wife." Lance stepped forward and grabbed Soren by the collar. His tone was frigid.

"You don't have the right to call her that." Tara was too caught up to care about anything else. She ---- moved to step in and stop them from arguing further. "Stop fighting!" she exclaimed after getting up and walking over to them. Lance let go of Soren and grabbed Tara's wrist, forcing her to look him in the eyes. When she saw the pain and sadness in his eyes, she was momentarily at a loss for words. As someone always in control, he now seemed completely lost.

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His voice choked as he asked, "How could you do this tome?" After a long silence, Tara sighed and told him the truth about how she had felt back then. "I thought you'd mind what happened between me and Shawn. Besides, since you've lost your memory, you wouldn't have believed me even if I told you." Lance stared at her silently , then he started to lead her out by the hand. "Let's go back first," he said.

Soren stepped in front of Lance and tried to pull Tara back from his grasp, but Lance refused to let go. Shawn walked over, and when he saw the red marks on Tara's wrist from being held too tightly, he couldn't help but frown in distress. ---- "Both of you, let go of her!" He stepped forward, trying to pull Soren and Lance's hands apart. Tara winced from the pain, as both men were simply gripping her far too tightly. Soren noticed too and let go of her.

Then, frustrated , he swung a punch at Lance. Lance also released her at the same time. He couldn't stand to see her in pain and was about to carry her out of the room when Soren's punch landed. With his tongue pressed against the inside of his cheek, Lance returned a heavy punch of his own. "What gives you the right to take my woman?" he asked ina low, threatening voice.

Soren gave a short laugh and, ignoring the pain in his face, said, "After losing our memories , I was the first to fall for her at first sight. So, neither of you has more claim than I do." Lance let out a cold chuckle. "You're right. I've always been reserved and wary by nature -clearly no match for your charm and easy affections." Soren knew those words were aimed at Tara. It was a deliberate attempt to turn her against him right in front of his face.

---- Worried she might misunderstand, he quickly explained, " Darling, don't listen to him. That was the first time I ever fell for someone at first sight." The word "darling" was like a trigger. Lance punched him again, and Soren fought back. Shawn pulled Tara into his arms and tried to get her out of there. But the next moment, Lance grabbed him and punched him too. Tara tried to stop them. Her voice turned hoarse from shouting. But they ignored her cries and fought in a full- on brawl.

She turned to run for help, reaching for the doorknob, only to find that she was completely frozen in place. Ten minutes earlier , in a villa on the outskirts of town, Stella was in her room preparing to end her life. She couldn't accept the reversal of fate. The system had clearly said she was the one meant to be loved by Lance and the other three men. Just as she was about to do it, everything in and around the villa-including herself -froze.

Back in the dressing room, Tara couldn't move at all. A shrill beeping sound echoed in her mind. "Warning! Plot destabilized! Unable to recalibrate! Unable to recalibrate ! Foreign soul detected -initiating ---- expulsion protocol!" The long, high-pitched beep nearly drove her insane. She tried to raise her hands to cover her ears, but her body wouldn't respond. "Insufficient energy. Expulsion failed." Suddenly , everything went black. Tara felt like she was falling into an abyss.

Her consciousness was nearly torn apart. When she regained awareness, the first thing she felt was heavy rain pounding against her body.