Chapter 88

"About you... not being the real father of her baby." My jaw clenched with anger, and I also felt in my fists that I wanted to punch. "You lied to me, Henrix! Even the wedding... that's... that's actually not true?! You just let it be known that you're getting married?! Did... Why?!"

"Kris... I'm not lying-"

"Maui has confessed to me-"

"You don't understand!" He tried everything he could to reach my body, and when he did, he didn't let go of my hands he was holding. "When did I tell you that I am the father of her baby? Did I take on Maui's daughter? Have I told you she's my responsibility?"

"And the wedding, Kris... I didn't say I was going to marry her. Nothing like that, okay?" His lips touched my hand held by Hen. "It's not like... I'm lying to you. Because what happened, Kris... you believed with the things your eyes have seen and your mind has been thinking."

"You thought I had a child with Maui for reasons I don't know. And you also think I'm planning to marry her, because of what? I don't understand how you come up with that kind of conclusion."

Thoughts began to float on my mind... thinking he was right. I thought that Henrix is ​​the father of the child Maui is carrying because I believe they got back together, reconnected with each other... and also seeing them together... going to an OB to have Maui a companion with her check-ups... that's one thing included to the base I have. And as for the marriage, my eyes clearly saw that Henrix proposed to Maui; right in front of Maui's parents. So, why wouldn't I think that the two of them are getting married, right?

Well, it looks like Henrix's mother who met me at the hospital, also voted for Maui–believing that Henrix is ​​the real father of the baby... when actually, he's really not.

"If Maui didn't mention to you the real reason why we had to fake the engagement... that perhaps you saw us that day." I haven't even gotten over what I know, Henrix talked again. "Maui called me that night... asking for help. Something happened between her and Echo when she met that guy at the bar. It was one week ago when she asked for my help, and then she found out she's pregnant."

I let myself be quiet and just listen to another bunch of information my mind would have to receive. Even though my brain is really full with the many things I learned these past few days.

"She doesn't want her parents to find out the real father of her baby... is actually someone who... she can't be held responsible."

"Because of that man's reputation. His image." Henrix is ​​now talking about Echo. "That's why Maui begged me if it's okay for me to take over as the father of her child first. While she's finding a perfect time to tell her parents the truth, she wants-"

"Is she out of her mind? After convincing her parents that you're the father of her baby, will she find time to tell the truth? After telling lies, how could she find time to tell the truth?" Really insane that woman as for me, I couldn't stop reacting.

"Seemed that it's paradoxical her idea becomes, yet she's doing it now... slowly." Guiltiness is all over his face. "She started with you telling the truth about the two of us." He heaved a sigh. "I'm the one he approached about this matter because his parents can accept me to be their in-law. So, I'm the one who temporarily takes care of her baby, at first."

"But then, when her parents found out... or rather they thought Maui and I were going to have children, until the news reached Mama, Maui and I were forced to settle a proposal."

"Well, we... we really have to show them we're in love... that the proposal is sincere. They want marriage since we will have a baby. And so, that happens. That's why I talked to Maui about this. The situation happening right now is already beyond the plan we had before."

Now I realize everything. That's why when I tried to challenge Henrix to tell me the truth, he couldn't speak.

"If the plan continues, everything will only get complicated. So, I tried my best to convince her to be brave enough to tell the truth to her parents. Especially now that Mama actually came home here in the Philippines because she hopes that Maui and I will marry." He hesitantly looks at me and immediately avoids me. "You know... I don't want to bother my parents who work abroad just for an occasion that isn't true... so, I begged Maui to start speaking the truth to everyone who deserves to know about it."

And when Maui began to be honest with me regarding the real father of her baby, perhaps I'm one of many beneficiaries of knowing the truth.

"Kris, forgive me if I didn't tell you right away. The thing between us is very confidential. Maui and I have been careful because I respect the time she is asking to find a time to tell her parents the truth. So , I hope... your doubts about me were clarified."

Regardless of receiving the good news, I think I can't be happy. I... I just can't.

Knowing that the person I suspected had an affair with his ex–although it's not actually a big deal to me if he's going to have a secret affair with Maui since I'm not her wife--but then the jealousy I felt the old times when I started to doubt Henrix that he has someone else... apart from the fact that everything is just a delusion… The hardest truth to accept, additionally, is the fact that I cheated.

As I remember that night again... with Liam. I'm mad at the world. Hen fills my heart with resentment... and... Fvck.

"Are you okay, Kris?" I came back to my senses when Henrix talked. "I understand if you can't handle what you just learned. So, I think you should rest for a while. Let's go?"

"Uh... no. I have a car with me." The forced smile I gave to him was my remarks as I left him alone there.

Because I thought, if I let him be nice... be too nice to me, I'll just hate myself even more.