Spoiler
From the beginning he remembers all lives. He had memories of the prior timeline even when he married Ines. Then he committed suicide in the timeline he was married to Ines and the timeline he ran away. That’s two times he regressed. Anyone who commits suicide is punished with memories of the timeline in which they committed suicide. Therefore, in a nutshell, he remembers three timelines before this current one.
Yes, he really wants her. More below:
Ines thinks he went crazy after she shot herself to death in front of him. He tells her he keeps seeing the moment over and over again. Carcel thinks the crown prince thought he could trample on Ines and treat her terribly but in the end he’s still obsessed with her.
Later, the crown prince tells Carcel to his face that he should have killed him when he was 6 years old. This was the major incident Carcel’s mother hinted at a few chapters ago. Crown Prince tells Carcel this because he realizes that Ines genuinely loves Carcel even after he and his wife tried to break up Carcel and Ines by using the painter’s paintings to reveal to Carcel that Ines had a past lover. When that didn’t break them up, Oscar felt desperate and Ines was certain he will try to kill Carcel on the battlefield. To prevent this, Ines turns Carcel into a war hero at home by publishing his wins on the battlefield every single day in the newspaper to rally incredible support for Carcel and the navy as they risk their lives for Ortega on the battlefield. I like to joke and say that all of Mendoza, the capital city, became Ines and Carcel shippers. All of it is Ines’s doing. She started the series of articles with a romantic painting of her and Carcel published in the newspaper then pieces on the wives who are left behind and then the bravery of the men on the battlefield. This became a major power in winning public opinion throughout the country that strongly supported Ines/Carcel against the crown prince and his wife.
Damn oscar has memories from the past life?? He said Ines was always the same??