SUDDEN MARRIAGE

Fourty three

"I don't know where that kid came from!"

"Let me go, Mark…" I grit, warning him to let go of me or I'll hurt him just so I can get out, by any means.

"H-Hurt me all you want, then." Mark stuttered, his voice shaking very very badly. "I'm not gonna let you go."

"He's crying…" I sob. "Your kid—"

"Stop with that your kid, Lee Donghyuck. That is not mine." He argues, tightly grasping my thighs. "Love, please? Let's talk about this."

"Good for you…" I cried, collapsing onto the floor and looking at him with dead eyes. "After all, you already have what you wanted."

"Love…" He pleads with eyes so wet and lips quivering. "Love, please? I-I can't do this. That child is not mine… Hng… L-Love…"

"Why are you still denying it? That picture holds everything, Mark." I sob into my hands. "W-Why did she even find you if you're not the father?"

"I don't even know her." He replies. "W-Why? Why are you believing that?"

"It's you. It's her. You both did it…" I huff. "A-And don't tell me you'll get rid of the kid. He was not at fault for what you did!"

"I told you, he's not mine!" His fists clenched on his hair as he looks at me with pleading eyes. "Donghyuck, please? Let's return him."

"Take care of him." I cried, slowly crawling backwards away from Mark. "She already told you she can't provide for the child."

"Love…" His cries broke me. I know whenever Mark is sincere but I just can't believe anything at this moment. "Come here, love. Let's talk about this. I won't let you go just because of the child."

"What are you gonna do about what I feel then?" I cried, heart breaking into tiny pieces and I could hear them. My eyes can't even stop crying. "This broke me. I-I don't know which is real or not. I don't know what to believe anymore, Mark…. Why are you doing this to me?"

"I'm telling the truth—"

"Then is that kid just an illusion?" I huff.

With me thinking nothing but the child and the real father, all of a sudden, I felt Mark's presence in front of me, hugging me tight.

"Hng… I-I hate you…" I cried on his chest, also hitting it with my weak fists. "I hate you so much."

"I'm sorry, Donghyuck. Love, I don't know how it became like this—"

"Y-You don't know how much… this hurts." Endlessly sobbing, I clench on Mark's suit and wet it all over. "We were so eager to have a child, b-but then, this came about. M-Mark, you already have one all along. Hng… It hurts to know, that it's just yours and not ours."

"Stop it, please?" Mark hiccuped and collected my cheeks on his palms. His wet and shaking lips met mine and so we kissed but we both know what this holds. The pain of knowing this kid.

"Lee Donghyuck, baby… I'll prove this wrong. This kid isn't mine…"

"L-Let me go…" I pushed him away after he kissed me gently. "I want to l-leave…"

His grasp on my waist became tighter. "You're not leaving, Lee Donghyuck. Love, you're not… Oh my god… No, y-you're not!"

"I don't want to see you." I sob. "I don't want to see the kid. Let me go!"

"You're not breaking up with me right?"

"L-Let me go." I huff. "And take care of the child."

"Fuck!" Mark hisses when I started running towards the door but before I could even go out, he locked it. Door shut and loud thud welcomed me. "Go back. Love, sit down and we'll talk about this."