The Divorcee's Redemption

26: Parents

"Thinking about you so late at night
But I can't stop once I start it's like an avalanche
Thoughts coming and I just wanna hold your hand
Hold your breath, I'm going under"

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I never wanted this.

Fuck, I never expected this.

That night with Danny wasn't supposed to lead to... A baby... Growing inside me... His baby.

Mom was disappointed in me from all the sighs and curt talking. Dad didn't even want to look at me. Nobody else knew, including Nick. He had been blowing up my phone for a while.

Even though I had doubted this possibility a few days back, I wasn't brave enough to buy the test.

But when I threw up badly last morning, I knew that I'd have to make sure.

My life was falling apart.

First, the cheating.

Now, this...

What was I going to tell Nick?

Right then, the door flung open and Nick stepped inside. He closed the door behind him, his face was cold as he stuffed his hands in the pocket of his jeans, a crease on his forehead as he walked over to my side of the bed.

"You're pregnant?"

I was too scared to speak.

"How, Lucy? Nothing happened between us"

"Nick... I- I can explain..."

"Explain, then"

He sat down next to me, both furious and disappointed.

"I... I... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."

"You can't explain, can you?" He scoffed, then stared at the floor.

He was right, no matter what, I can't bring myself to say that I slept with Danny.

"It's fine, anyway. I should have seen this coming instead of getting carried away" He grunted.

"W-what...?"

He turned to me, icy blue eyes holding me on edge.

"At first, it was all an act. Pretending to accidentally meet you at the coffee shop, getting close to you slowly, all of it. I thought that you'd be a spoilt brat because your father was none other than Leonardo Xander. Every businessman aspires to be him, even me and my dad. At least, I aspired to be as rich as him one day. There's no easier way to do that than marrying his only daughter" He gave me a wry smile.

"To be honest, I wanted the wedding and everything to happen within the first month itself because I was sick and tired of being ridiculed by my dad. He thinks I'm hopeless because I don't work as hard as him. It's such a pain in the ass..." Nick sighed, "I thought that I'd be able to keep up this farce of actually being in love with you till we get married"

He turned to me, immediately squeezing my hand, his eyes were warm all of a sudden, "But Lucy... You were the sweetest nicest girl I'd ever met. You were always so caring, so beautiful, smart, and funny... There's no guy in their right mind who wouldn't fall in love with you"

"When I asked you to marry me... I swore that I meant every word. It wasn't a farce anymore. I loved you... But now, I don't know" He gulped, "I am a cheater. I've done it so many times behind your back hoping that one day, I'll be able to get my head back in the game and forget about the money but no slut made me feel the same way you did with a smile" Nick gave a dry laugh.