Chapter 126: I Have Something To Say To You
"I'm downstairs in your home. I have something to say to you."
Cathryn stood up on the bed all of a sudden. She threw the phone on the bed, hurried to the floor, and ran to the window. The curtain was carefully lifted, and sure enough, she saw from the street lamp and the sycamore trees, a tall, slender figure was looking up in her direction.
Cathryn shrank and drew her head back, and after a fluster of being chased and oppressed, a tiny sweetness rose inside her. She thought she was very close to hysterical and went back to sit down on the bed.
She saw earlier on TV with her parents that there would be a heavy rainfall tomorrow. Tonight, the dark clouds were thick, hanging over the sky of the city, and the hot air outside was wet and greasy. She felt like she was swimming frantically in a sauna house.
After long distress and worry, finally, she returned him a message.
"Will you go back, please?"
She didn't want to open up with Keith right now.
Thinking of what she had to frankly tell him brought another pain in her heart.
The man waiting downstairs, who used to be obedient to her, did not resign himself today. He didn't leave after receiving the message but replied.
"I have something to say to you. After that, either you want me to go or to stay, I will follow your wish."
To this, he decided to fight for it.
He didn't know what her ex-husband had said.
However, between the three of them, this seemed to be when Cathryn was most deeply affected by Jordan, and he suddenly had an epiphany.
They two fought on the same problem for a few rounds, and finally, Cathryn gritted her teeth and decided that it was nothing but a matter of time and she could do it sooner than later. She put on her shoes, carefully opened the door, and hurried downstairs.
Keith saw this small, pregnant woman coming to him like she was coming to fight on the battlefield. Seeing that she was in good spirits, he relaxed a bit. But when he saw the decisive expression on her face, like she was so much going to kill a man, Keith stiffened.
"Don't talk, let me finish!"
The apple of his throat bobbed. Keith nodded and muttered: "Sure."
"Jordan came to me," She started. "There are things I have to explain to you."
Speaking of this name, both hearts went tight.
"When I went to that bar, I just signed a divorce agreement with him. But two days before the divorce agreement, we had sex. I never thought the child could be his, originally, because he didn't want children, so I was on pills all the time until..."
She found that she wasn't that strong after all. A flow went up to her nose, and she couldn't say it anymore. Cathryn choked and took a pause while her throat was sore and her heart was even worse.
"...Until he told me today that he had changed the pills to vitamins. So, I am sorry that... it probably is a child of his. I don't know how to face you now. I know it's very important for you. I know you have been so kind to me because of this child. But now.... now I have no face of continuing to live on your island or having you taking care of me, or staying with you. Not anymore."
Her voice went lower and lower, but Keith's strained heart rose bit by bit. Eventually, he suppressed his urge to embrace her strongly and managed a much smaller smile than it would honestly be.
"You like being with me?"
A blush rose on her painful face. But to think about the current situation, even a red face made her feel guilty. Anyway, the biggest truth had been told, and now she could go shameless.
"I do."
He smiled deeper while his heart was turning over and over. He continued to ask.
"Why do you think that I'm nice to you because of the child?"
The mother-to-be looked up dubiously at him with a blush.
"Well, aren't you?"
He felt a heart pain seeing her suffer like this. He stretched out his arms and circled her tightly. His head bowed, and his lips printed on hers. His voice was low and thick like a well-preserved wine.
"I am nice to you, of course, because I love you."
Bang! Cathryn felt her mind explode with brilliant fireworks.
The man rested his kiss on her lips, leaving some warmth. In the hot and humid air, the two were holding together. But they felt so comfortable. Cathryn was held in the arms of Keith, her eyes wide open. The man's figure was so clear that she doubted whether she was dreaming or not.
So, Cathryn bit Keith's arm. Keith felt pain and groaned. He lowered his head and saw Cathryn's big eyes. He felt bittersweet and stared at her with a pampering look. He kissed Cathryn again. When their tongues touched each other, Cathryn felt more clear. Her mind became sober. In the end, she became breathless and buried herself in Keith's arms.
It was not a dream.
All kinds of emotions rushed to Cathryn's mind. The surrounding heat boosted her feelings infinitely. Cathryn's eyes became bright. Her expression became serious. She calmed down and lowered her head. "But the child in my belly may be Jordan's," she stressed.
Even though Cathryn said so, she was responded to by a smile from Keith.
"If it wasn't my child, it doesn't matter. No matter who is the child's father, the mother must be you."
Without digesting the meaning of Keith's words, Cathryn nodded and said, "I bear this baby. It must be mine."
Reaching out his hand to touch Cathryn's head, Keith smiled again. The man's charm made every cell of Cathryn's go crazy.
"Your child is my child. I will always love him or her, just like loving you." Her lips trembling, Cathryn shed her tears again.
The heat was beyond tolerance, which made the two of them sweat when they made the short conversation downstairs.