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

not wanting to

It did not make sense that she had his child, yet they’d been seeing each other for the past three weeks, and not once did

way she stared at him that that was

her gaze. “Is Samantha mine! Even as

swallowed as she nodded,

had been ripped out from under him. He sank into the couch, his face pale and his hands trembling slightly as he tried to wrap his mind around the reality Evelyn had just

got to

under

I know this may come as a

surprise..

said as he rose to face her, “What exactly are you trying to tell me. Evelyn? You expect me to believe di Samantha is my daughter, yet you deliberately kept her

the sting of her own guilt clawing at

Derek asked agat, bu

it! Derek snapped. “Why didn’t you tell me De voire hunter

going in” Evelyn shaped her voice

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standing in front of her

see if 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 that our

the best thing to do was to keep it to yourself?” He

resolved. I didn’t want to bring my child into this. I

tell me after you cleared your name?” Derek echoed, incredulous. “Can you hear just how selfish that sounds?” Derek asked, staring at

I was going

your Mom came in. I was only trying to do what I thought was best for us all.

the beginning. Not once have I lied or kept secrets from you! That is the same thing

to feel annoyed when she was the one who had messed up. Evelyn took a deep breath

about her sooner, but I wasn’t in the right space of mind to handle it. I was scared. And I wanted to proiect Sam and myself. I don’t care if you call that selfish or stupid, but I did what I believed was right for us,” Evelyn

free.

his forehead on the wall. “Thave a daughter. Sam is my daughter,”

You and me?” He asked, turning to look

lip and nodded. “We can have a

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 first six years

he asked his voice hoarse. “I would have been there for you,

at her eyes. “I know that now. But back then, I couldn’t see it. I thought I was doing the right thing, hiding her

into his features. “You should’ve trusted me. You should have let