All Chapters of The Forgotten Vow (MM Romance): Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

156 Chapters

Chapter 142- Leander Confronts Conrad

Leander POVI had thought about this moment a lot since I got my memories back.I did not think about it like people think about getting revenge, with a lot of anger and satisfaction. I thought about it quietly. I imagined sitting across from Conrad Vladmoss with everything out in the open, no pretending, no acting like a family, no fifteen years of putting on a show. I imagined what it would feel like to have all the facts and look at him with that knowledge.I did not expect to feel so tired.The room was set up by my lawyers, so it was all correct and official. We were in a conference room on the thirty-second floor of a building that our law firm owned, not Voss Corporation, so it was ground. Two police officers stood near the door. My main lawyer sat next to me. Conrad's lawyer, who had been called in with two hours' notice and looked surprised, sat next to Conrad. The table between us was ordinary. The chairs were ordinary too. Everything was ordinary except for the fifteen year

Chapter 143-Elena Testifies

Avelin POVI had never been to a courtroom before.The courtroom was really big and really quiet. It had ceilings and wood on the walls. The air in the room felt special, like it does in places. The seats were hard. Every little sound was loud.Leander was sitting in the row. He had saved me a seat. I sat in the back instead. I wanted to see him and the door through which Elena would come in. He did not say anything when I told him I was going to sit in the back. He knew I needed some space. I could feel him from far away. He smelled like cedar and rain. That smell reached me even where I was sitting.Shen stayed with Madam Lia. I had kissed him goodbye that morning. He knew something big was happening. That he needed to stay away. He asked me if the bad person was going to go now. I told him yes. He. Went back to playing with his dinosaurs.The courtroom started to fill up with people: lawyers, police officers, and reporters. Some of these people were from the board meetings and the

Chapter 144- Conrad's Fall

Conrad POVThe holding facility smelled like disinfectant. It was a flat smell that reminded me I wasn't living my life anymore.I sat on the bed and stared at the wall. The concrete blocks were grey and rough with chips near the floor. My mind worked like it always did, going over each detail without feeling anything. I needed to know where I went wrong. I didn't feel scared or sad. Those were feelings for people who let emotions control them. I just needed to look at the facts.The charges against me were made official two hours ago. My lawyer read them out with a tone, watching my face for a reaction: kidnapping, conspiracy, and asset fraud. The last charge was trying to kidnap Avelin Mirei. My lawyer said that name carefully, pausing to see if I would react.I didn't react. I had already reacted two nights ago in the back of the car, watching the police surround me on my phone. The numbers didn't work out in my favor. I had no moves left.I was right about Leander's intelligence a

Chapter 144- The Real Apology

Avelin POVThe apartment was really quiet.It was not empty feeling we had when Shen and I lived here by ourselves. That old silence was like a weight on the walls. This was the quiet that comes after a big storm has passed. All the noise and fear just stopped. I stood there in the room, listening to my own breathing.Conrad was in jail. The police had officially charged him. Elena had told her story. That part of our lives was finally closed. The people in charge of the company had changed. Our lawyers were handling all the details now, so we did not have to deal with the stress. Even the guards outside our apartment were not watching us closely as before.Shen went to bed at eight without any fuss. He seemed to know that this night was different. He asked me to tell him one story, not two. He fell asleep before I even finished. His favorite toy, a wolf, was tucked under his arm. His face was relaxed. He was breathing slowly and steadily, like a child who feels safe.I sat at the kit

Chapter 145- Remembering Together

Avelin POVWe did not plan to stay up all night. That is what happened. We had a lot to talk about. Important conversations like this one just happen when you stop trying to control them and let them go where they need to. We moved from the kitchen table to the couch at some point. We started with tea, then switched to water. Finally, we did not need anything to drink. The city outside our window changed from evening to night to the light of dawn. We did not notice any of it because we were too busy talking about things that had been on our minds for three years and longer.Leander told me about the journal my father-in-law had read. I had no idea he had read it. I did not know that Richard Voss had sat alone in his office at night with my pages and understood what his son was capable of being when he was not a Voss. Leander told me what his father had said in the sitting room afterward. I did not say anything. When he finished, I put my face against his shoulder for a moment because

Chapter 146-The Board, The Record and What Remains

Avelin POVElias came to our apartment on a Thursday evening. He was holding a paper bag from the bakery on Mercer Street. Shen had been waiting by the door since five. He had his face pressed against the glass until he saw Elias, the head of the department, step out of the elevator. It was quite a contrast. Elias in his charcoal suit, looking like he had just walked out of a high-stakes merger. Then he was immediately brought to his knees by a three-year-old demanding to see the crust on the bread."It is the one," Elias said. His voice was entirely serious as he handed the bag over. "I checked with the baker personally."Shen took it like a prize. His small shoes squeaked on the hardwood as he marched toward the kitchen to show Leander.I watched them from the counter. The chicken was already roasting in the oven, filling the room with the smell of rosemary and garlic. It was the time we had hosted anyone since the restructuring. For three years, this apartment had been a place, a p

Chapter 147- Leander Proposes Again

Leander POVI didn't tell him where we were going.I told him it was a drive. I told him to bring Shen's beach bag and a sweater for himself and not to ask questions. That request worked on Avelin like it always had. Not at all. But he learned not to interrogate me when I had made up my mind, so he packed the bag. Put on his sweater. We stood in the hallway while Shen said goodbye to each of his toy dinosaurs. It was a thing that was going to cost us five minutes every time we left the house."Shen," I said."Almost done," Shen said. "I am telling the Triceratops we are going to the beach."I looked at Avelin. He looked at the ceiling.Eventually, we left.The drive took an hour. The city gave way to the coast. The buildings thinned out. The light changed to that brightness that only exists near the water. Shen fell asleep twenty minutes in. He used up the last of his energy from the dinosaur goodbye ceremony. He woke up when the car stopped, looked out the window at the ocean, and sa

Chapter 148 — Second Wedding

Avelin POVThe car crested the ridge, and the sharp scent of salt water hit the open windows. Shen pressed his nose against the pane, leaving a smear of grease on the glass. "Home," he muttered. He did not mean the narrow city flat or Madam Lia’s high-ceilinged estate. He meant this patch of gravel and grey water.The tires crunched onto the harbor road. Ahead, the low timber of the pier groaned under the weight of the morning tide, and the smell of hot lard and sugar drifted from the bakery vents. Auntie Liling stood on her porch, aproned and red-faced, before the engine even cut out.She did not wait for us to open the doors. Her hands came up to her cheeks, her chest heaving as she marched toward the gravel turnout. She looked at Leander, whose shoulders had dropped the moment we crossed the village line. She looked down at Shen, who was already scrambling out of his seatbelt, and then her eyes locked onto mine."You came back," she said, her voice cracking."We came back," I said.

Chapter 149 — The Morning After the Second Wedding

Leander POVThe grey light of dawn filtered through the low window frame. Outside, the steady rhythm of the tide hit the cliffs, vibrating through the old floorboards. Avelin lay motionless beside me, his weight warm against my side. He slept with one arm tucked under his pillow, shifting just enough to keep the edge of the mattress from creaking. The small bedroom smelled of damp cedar, salt, and the faint tracking of woodsmoke from the kitchen below.I stared at the water stains on the ceiling panels. My chest moved in time with his. The phantom ache that usually kept me awake was gone, replaced by a low, rhythmic pulse against my collarbone. Beneath my shirt, the skin of the mark felt hot, a steady broadcast answering the sharp press of his shoulder against mine.I leaned down, brushing my mouth over the curve of his neck.Avelin stirred with a soft grunt. His fingers twitched against the sheet, then his grip tightened on my wrist. "Shen," he rasped, his voice thick with sleep."I

Chapter 150 - Going Home

Leander POVThe car engine cut out in front of the brick apartment building.Two years ago, Avelin hauled three suitcases up these steps, holding a toddler who barely reached his knee. This was the exact door where I knocked as a stranger, sat on a rug, and let a small boy show me plastic toys until my frantic mind went quiet.Avelin stepped out of the passenger side and looked up at the brick facade. "Temporary.""Temporary," I agreed, opening the trunk. "Just until we find the house.""It does not have to be fast.""No. But the house needs a garden."Avelin smiled, his shoulders dropping.Shen bolted upright the second the tires hit the curb. He scrambled out of his car seat, shoved his small hand into my pocket, and pulled out the brass key ring. He marched up the stairs, his boots thumping against the steps. He jammed the key into the lock with a look of pure focus, turned it until the deadbolt clicked, and threw the door wide."Home," Shen announced to the empty hallway.He dropp

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