Broken Dreams Stories

Chapter 97

velyn words seemed to suck the air out of the room. For a moment, Derek just stared at her, his expression unreadable, as if trying to process what she had just said. The silence stretched between them, thick with tension.

Finally, Evelyn spoke again after gathering her thoughts, “Earlier, you asked me why I waited six years to return. It was because I found out I was pregnant

“You found out you were pregnant!” His voice was a low rasp,

Evelyn nodded, her throat tight. “Yes. I found out I was pregnant. So, I didn’t want to return, considering how I left things,” Evelyn said, watching him and waiting for his reartion.

he processed what she had just said. “Is this what you were going to tell me earlier?” He asked, and when she

Derek was silent for a moment as be nodded, he sighed.

It made sense that she had been resisting his advances this whole time because she had a child for Michael and probably didn’t know how to tell

him about it.

He could also guess that she had kept it away from him because she didn’t ward Michael to know about his child, and she probably feared that he would tell Michael if she told him. And she was telling him now because she believed she could trust him

I’m sorry, I know I should have told.”

At the same time. Derek spoke. “That is why you’ve been turning me down this whole time, asn’t it?” He asked in a tone that suggested that he had figured out everything and he understood.

Evelyn stared at him in confusion, wondering what he was talking about, “What are you talking about?”

“I mean Michael’s child. I would have been more understanding if you had told me from the start. And I can assure you that I don’t care that you have a child for him. It doesn’t change how I feel about you.”

“Samantha is not Michael’s daughter.” Evelyn cur in immediately.

“But you said.

“Yes. She is mine, but she is not Michael’s,” she said and then paused to let her words sink in.

Derek frowned, “If the child is not for Michael, then whose trailed off, when he remembered that when she had told him earlier about what happened between her and Michael, she had told him that Michael was her first love and he, Derek, was the only other guy she had been with after

Michael.

No way. There was no way Ex daughter

child for him, Derek mused, not wanting to consider the possibility that Samantha was

three weeks, and not

from the way she stared at him that that was precisely

her gaze. “Is Samantha mine! Even as he asked, his

as she nodded,

He sank into the couch, his face pale and his hands trembling slightly as he tried to wrap his mind around the reality Evelyn

got to

under his

Derek. I know this may come

surprise..

expect me to believe di Samantha is my daughter, yet you deliberately kept her away from me this whole! Wait, did you leave the hotel

swallowed hard, ferling the sting of her own

Derek asked agat, bu

explanation. A good one, damn it! Derek snapped. “Why didn’t you tell me De voire

Evelyn shaped her voice barely

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in front

I could find you and maybe check if you’d be interested in co–parenting. But then I saw you and realized you were Michael’s cousin. What was I supposed to do? How was I supposed to tell you

do was to keep it

tell you. After all, the mess has been resolved. I didn’t want to bring my child into this. I thought I’d tell you about it

Derek echoed, incredulous. “Can you hear just how selfish that sounds?” Derek asked, staring at her like he didn’t

I was going

earlier at the hotel before your Mom came in. I was only trying to do what I thought was best for us all. What the could I have done?” She asked feeling frustrated and

Evelyn? I’ve been honest and straight with you from the beginning. Not once have I lied or kept secrets from you! That is the same thing I expected from you. Plain honesty! Do you have any idea what

one who had messed

I was scared. And I wanted to

free.

forehead on the wall. “Thave a daughter. Sam is my daughter,” he said as if saying the

You and me?”

nodded. “We can have a DNA

anger he had felt moments ago was now tangled with shock, disbelief, and something far more profound–a deep ache that he had missed our on the

Eve?” he asked his voice hoarse. “I would have been there for you, Evelyn. For both of

then, I couldn’t see it. I thought I was doing the right thing, hiding her away from the mess of my past I didn’t want her to be dragged into any of this mess. I

his features. “You should’ve trusted me. You should have let me protect you both