Daniel & Ivan (Love Syndrome)

CHAPTER - 16 🔞

"Mommy and Daddy didn't want you to get sick," Ivan explained, defending his parents.

"And you didn't think for a moment that if I found out later I would feel even worse?" Danil complained in a shaky voice.

"They didn't think about that. They just wanted to protect you, they wanted you to live your life happily. Your father and mother love you very much," Ivan tried to make Danil understand.

"I know... I know how much they love me... But I don't deserve to be their son," Danil said, his voice breaking.

"Why do you think so?" asked Ivan.

"I failed them... I... I..." Danil couldn't finish the sentence, as it also involved Ivan.

"You messed up? How did you mess up?" asked Ivan, curious. He had taken Danil there to talk and resolve the situation. Danil looked at Ivan with a pained expression, not knowing if by revealing everything, Ivan would become disgusted with him and move away even further.

"No... It's nothing. I just feel guilty for being rebellious and causing problems for my father and mother all the time," Danil replied, unable to confess. It was true that it used to be

confident, but when it came to matters involving Ivan, his confidence dropped by half.

"And you? When did you realize that I have no blood

"Of the Balenkovs, you've come to despise me, haven't you? Is that why you ignored me for so many years?" Danil asked back.

"I never despised you," Ivan replied firmly. Danil looked at Ivan blankly. If Ivan didn't despise him, then why had he been so cold to him?

"Danil, what you said about failing our parents... you're talking about me, right?" asked Ivan directly. Danil immediately bit his lip.

"What did you hear? Or who told you?" Danil asked with a shaky voice, trying to pull away from Ivan, but was held tightly in a hug.

"Puma," Ivan replied. Danil's eyes widened when he heard the name, and tears began to stream down his face. Her heart was racing as if it was going to burst out of her chest, and she felt her body go cold.

"Who is Puma? I don't even know who that person is," Danil denied, looking away from Ivan with evident uneasiness.

"Danil, let's talk openly. I already know everything from Puma," Ivan said in a softer voice. Danil began to struggle immediately.

"It's not true! There's nothing! He's lying to you! No, I don't even know that guy

boy! Let me go, Ivan!" Danil exclaimed, confused, not knowing how to justify himself. He knew that if Ivan had spoken to Puma

and now I was bringing it up

surface, so he probably knew what had happened the night Ivan was drugged. Danil struggled harder, but Ivan picked him up and carried him to the couch, sitting down with Danil on his lap and holding him in a comforting hug.

"Calm down... I'm not here to judge you, Danil. Take a deep breath, let's talk calmly," Ivan tried to calm Danil, who was crying profusely. The realization that his secret, kept for so many years, had been discovered by Ivan, devastated him.

"Please, don't hate me... Please! If you don't want to see me, I'll leave, I'll live somewhere else. But please, don't hate me," Danil sobbed, desperate. He was willing to walk away, as long as Ivan didn't hate him.

"Danil, I never despised you, I never hated you. It is I who need to apologize to you," Ivan said in a gentle voice, so that Danil would not torture himself.