I even threw the paternity test in his face, but he didn’t even look at it. He only rubbed his temples like he was exhausted beyond words and said, “No matter whose child it is, I’ll raise it as my own. You didn’t need to bribe a doctor and make up something fake to lie to me.”
Tiredly sighing, he continued, “Melina already told me that you seduced those men just to survive. I don’t blame you. Just let’s not bring this up again, okay?”
I argued and confronted Melina face-to-face and told him she was lying.
But he didn’t believe me. He even thought I was deliberately embarrassing her.
A bitterness rose in my throat as I looked at Cedric deeply. “That child was yours, Cedric. I would never joke about something like this.”
He hesitated, then spoke carefully. “The child…”
Before he could continue, Melina suddenly dropped to her knees in front of me, as if she’d lost her mind, banging her head on the floor. “If you say I lied, then I lied. As long as you and Cedric stay together, that’s all that matters. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have taken your child without permission.”