𝖀𝖓𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖌𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖐 5

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟞

ALEXANDRITE POV
"The fuck you mean Egypt's my daughter. You better not be lying."

What have I done?

"I was already pregnant before you got in the coma. I wanted to tell you but you were already going through so much," I explain.

"Alex, you better not be lying to me!"

"I'm not! Why do you think Egypt's 7 years old?"

"If I can remember clearly, you specifically told me you were barren," he says.

"I thought I was but that was a lie James told me which I believed. I checked with the doctor and he told me that's not what he told James and that he lied," I clarify.

"So let me get this straight. You never told me you were pregnant with MY CHILD because I was apparently going through so much. AND ON TOP OF THAT YOU LIED TO ME ABOUT EGYPT BEING MINE! WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE NOW ALEX?"

"First off, I didn't lie. I just never told you the truth. And the reason I never told you was because I didn't want to imperil the bond she and Arnold had. He has—"

"Bond? Arnold has no bond with Egypt and that potential bond he seemed to have with Aziel is fading. All this nigga do is work! He barely got time for you or the kids. Then the mf had the audacity to threaten me."

"Arnold does have a bond with my kids and what do you mean he threatened you?" I ask

"What bond Alex???? You know your kids actually talk to me. Do you know how they feel about their father not being there because he has to WoRk? When was the last time he took them out to see a game or even just to the park? You don't remember? Exactly! He barely has time for his kids but he had the moxie to tell me if I don't stay away from his kids that he will remove me by force. By the obvious situation, I'm guessing 'force' is you. But I'm not what's important at the moment. I still can't  believe you never told me about my daughter and you know how badly I wanted one."

"Before Arnold and I got married I promised him that Egypt and Aziel will always be his because I didn't think you were coming back. Arnold has always been there for the kids and me and he really loves them, especially Egypt. I couldn't just give her up because her father woke up from a coma. On top of that Arnold is the black sheep of his family because he married a woman with two kids and disobeyed his parents," I speak.

"You don't make promises like that Alex! Especially in situations like ours. I get that you love Arnold and that he loves Egypt but I am her biological father and both her and Arnold need to know. The only reason why Arnold had the chance to be there for Egypt was because I was in a coma! I don't know when you're gonna tell Arnold but I'm telling Egypt the next time I see her. Egypt's my daughter so Arnold has to make his own or adopt."

"Ok now you're just being egocentric!" I add.

"Yeah, I know. Now that I'm moving out we're gonna need to make a schedule so I can spend time with my kid. I'll come to pick her up this Saturday so we can buy decorations for her new bedroom at my place. With your consent, Aziel can tag along as well because he'll have his own room too. As for us, we need to stop this and go our separate ways because we both toxic as fuck! The movers will be here at 12 to collect my stuff. I have places to be so imma go freshen up and head out," he tells before starting to walk off.

Although I shouldn't, I felt hurt that he didn't love me anymore. Maybe my therapist was right, I'm still in love with him.

I can't stop loving Micheal!

"So you think because you now know that you're her biological father that you can just take control of her???" I ask.

"No, but at least some control to make up for the years of her life I  missed."
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"Seems to me that the only reason you told him Egypt was his daughter was so that he'd stay but things didn't go as planned," my therapist says.