Delgado Cousins #3: Kaden Theodore Delgado (Someone You Loved)

CHAPTER IX: LIAR

CHAPTER IX: LIAR

My husband was hiding the truth from me about his ex... and their son...

And it's after I just decided to give our marriage a chance—to give him a chance—that I couldn't help but ask myself, what did I do wrong this time? Do I deserve this? When I have already done my best, all right? But still, this thing happens to us now...

May ilang buwan na rin simula nang malaman namin ang pagbubuntis ko. And it was my pregnancy hormones that often attacked me with anxiety and depression. But I was all right because my family was there, and my husband was my biggest support. When I felt ugly sometimes, he kept reminding me that I was beautiful. He made me feel pretty as long as he was by my side. Through all my cravings, Kaden was there. Even in the middle of the night, he would get the food I wanted. And even when it was sometimes impossible or hard to find, he would still look for it. I think he gave me all the support I needed from my husband while I was pregnant with our child.

Nakita ko kung paano naging mas mabuti pang asawa sa akin si Kaden.

But then one day, it felt like something was off. I felt like there was something Kaden was hiding from me or not telling me. I'm pregnant, and I've also become very sensitive. At first, I thought it was just pregnancy hormones making me overthink. But it didn't stop there. Especially when there were times when Kaden would tell me he was going somewhere, or when it seemed like he was just making excuses for places he was going, and I couldn't clearly understand where he was going or what he was doing. One day, I just confronted his secretary.

I already knew him, and I have this instinct to tell when people around me are hiding something. The secretary was weak and couldn't lie to me, his boss's wife. And I remember that before he worked for Kaden, he had been employed in my family's company. My dad had recommended him, and he became Kaden's executive secretary. So when I confronted him and asked about Kaden's recent trips, which weren't clear to me, the secretary didn't have a choice but to tell me the truth...

"You weren't a very good liar, Kaden," I told him when I confronted him.

Imagine, I was already an overthinking wife, and we had been together for five years. Back then, I would've kept an eye on him, but I was sure he was only busy with work. But now, it was different. Kaden was always telling me what he was doing at work and with other things every day. But when he started coming home late and couldn't give me a proper explanation of where he had been, that's when my doubts about him started.

I also realized that his secretary might know something—because there were times when he would slip up. Like this one time...

"Sir, should I send the allowance now?" the secretary asked Kaden while he was busy looking at his iPad and checking his boss's schedule. When Kaden was busy, his secretary was too. So maybe the secretary didn't realize that something slipped out of his mouth...

He froze, but after that, Kaden also seemed to stop when he realized what was said. I had been sitting so close to him, and with me being pregnant and acting like a needy wife, I wanted to spend more time with him. I was probably craving for my husband too, which might have been influenced by my pregnancy cravings. So sometimes I'd even visit his office just to see him more often. I was getting bored at home since I was alone when he worked all day.

"What allowance?" I asked them.

It was so obvious that they were both shocked, and their reasons didn't match up.

After all, no secret stays hidden forever. No matter how much they tried to cover it up, I still found out the truth. Like I said, Kaden wasn't a good liar.