Chapter 32: Make it up to you
A frown immediately appeared on his face as he looked at me with a puzzled expression. But before he could open his mouth to utter another word, I threw the envelope onto the floor, watching it land right in front of his feet with a soft thud.
"What the hell? Why did you do that?" He sneered with a disdainful scorn. "What is this?" He asked as his gaze flickered down to examine the plain, unsuspecting envelope lying on the ground.
I forced my lips upwards into a smile as I shrugged casually before I leaned back into my chair. "I don’t know. Open it."
He clicked his tongue in annoyance before sucking in a deep breath and bending over to pick it up. I watched with amusement twinkling in my eyes, seeing the way his fingers trembled slightly as he tore the envelope open frantically.
Anticipation hung on my face as a smirk started to tug at the corners of my lips. His eyes scanned the document in a hurry and realisation finally dawned upon him. His eyes shot wide open, a mixture of surprise and joy swirling in the depths of his eyes.
"The baby is mine?" He asked, his voice laced with a hint of excitement and hope as a surprise expression masked his features in a split second. "Why didn’t you tell me?"
A cold chuckle emerged from my lips upon hearing the words that left his lips. "I told you. But you didn’t believe me," I replied curtly, my voice carrying a sharp edge to it. "Do you finally believe me now?"
His features softened immediately, a hint of regret in his eyes as he walked up to me, closing the gap between us in a hurry.
"I believe you, Aurelia. Of course I believe you."
He tried to reach out to grab onto my arms but I pulled back almost immediately, recoiling at his touch. What was supposed to be happy news in the past was now a bitter one, forever tainted by the day he showed up over 2 hours late to our second wedding anniversary dinner.
"You do?" I asked, I was mostly emotionless, maybe numb would be a better word to describe how I was feeling at that moment. "I could have forged the paternity test results, you know?" I retorted bitterly, the words leaving a sour taste in my mouth as the memories from before came flooding my mind in an instant.