Read an exclusive extract from The Wife The Spaniard Never Forgot by Pippa Roscoe where an amnesia misdiagnosis provides the ideal opportunity for Javier to finally discover why his estranged wife, Emily left.

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The moment she felt Javier’s focus shift from the nurse to her, she looked back to the doctor. Javier’s attention might have been as gentle as a caress but it was as hot as a flame and just as dangerous.

‘You are concerned about his memory?’ she asked.

‘Yes. He has a concussion. Scans show a little bruising that will go down in time, but we will need to run more tests to know if there is cause for significant concern.’

She forced herself to meet Javier’s eyes through the window to his room, but what she saw in his gaze stopped her thoughts. Calculation. Determination. There was absolutely nothing hindering Javier Casas’s mental processing. But the doctor didn’t seem to see what she saw.

‘What does this mean? If it is…amnesia?’ she asked.

‘It will depend on how much he remembers, what he remembers. But, in rehabilitation terms, the main goal is to make him comfortable and keep things familiar without forcing a return of memories.’

Emily tried to get at what the doctor wasn’t saying, but knew it was pointless until they knew more. ‘Run your tests.’

The next few hours passed in a blur. Emily waited outside the room while the tests were conducted, which was fine by Javier’s mother. His half-sister Gabi came out and sat next to her without speaking. Emily was surprised when the young woman she remembered as a beautiful teenager took her hand and held on tight. It was as if neither wanted to say anything until they knew what was going on.

What would she do? Whatever the outcome, Javier would need help. Maybe he’d hire someone to stay with him? She’d read that he’d moved into an apartment in Madrid, ashamed by how greedily she’d consumed information about him in the gossip columns over the years. He’d be fine, she reassured herself like a mantra, over and over and over. That was all she needed to know and then she could leave. If she was lucky, she might make it back to London having only missed a day.

But…she knew that was a lie. Six years might have passed since she had last seen her husband, but she felt it. Time was up. There would be no more hiding from her marriage to this Spanish billionaire.

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The Wife The Spaniard Never Forgot by Pippa Roscoe

Can he win back his wife?

An amnesia misdiagnosis provides the ideal opportunity for Javier to finally discover why his estranged wife, Emily left. And to remind her of the connection he’s not ready to forget…not when every heated look makes it clear she still feels it too!

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