"I will wait for you outside, Violet. Call me if you have any problem, okay?" said Carla gently.
She then turned around and closed the door behind her.
When she left, there was nothing but silence in the room.
Violet trembled with fear as soon as she was alone with William. She was standing behind him and she could feel his coldness on her skin.
The atmosphere inside the room was so tense that she could barely breathe.
Violet thought that she was brave enough to face all kinds of adversities. But falling in love with William suddenly made her realize that she had changed into a weak and timid girl.
Thinking of what Carla told her on the way here, she raised her head and stared at William who was still not looking at her.
"William, I'm the one who asked Carla to do this. If you are upset about it, you can vent your anger on me," she said through her teeth.
Carla told her that she should be stronger once she faced such and awkward and difficult situation.
William would only take her for granted if she begged before him. Worse, doing that would actually hurt her own self-respect.
"I came here because I wanted to ask you one thing! You told me that woman made you take the medicine so she could have your child. Is that true?"
she asked with her eyes blurring with tears.
That was when William slowly turned to her.
Shock immediately flooded him upon laying his eyes on Violet. She was so much thinner than he could remember.
"Why are you always fixating on this thing? It will not change anything anymore. The point is, she is having my child and we are getting married. That is something you and I should always be aware of!"
William finally managed to say after pausing for a second.
A bitter smile spread across Violet's face as she shook her head. "No. It's different, William. If she forced you to take the medicine, I could probably convince myself not to hate you for doing this to me! That you didn't betray our relationship after all."
Violet wanted nothing more than to know whether the rumor was true or not.
She was yearning for an answer.
"I never lied to you. I told you everything."
Pausing for another second, William explained how his parents got involved in the matter and how he didn't have the courage to say anything.
"Okay then." Violet smiled bitterly. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and then looked up at him. She asked, "Can I ask you one last question, William?"
William nodded his head. He knew that she was only pretending to be composed.
"If that thing never happened, would you still love me and marry me?" Her voice trembled as she spoke.
Although she knew what he would say, she still wanted to ask him because she wanted to hear it from him.
She gave their relationship everything when they were still together. She was fearless back then as she wasn't afraid to get hurt. In the end, here she was now, broken and badly needing closure.
It was pride that halted her from finding him since she heard about the news.
"No..." William knew that it would be hard for her, but he didn't want to lie.
There was no need to hide his feelings since everything had already happened.
He admitted being attracted to her before, but he also realized how powerless he was against his family's will.
"Although your family is decent, it's still nothing compared to my family. That's why my parents didn't approve of you. Even if I didn't care about what other people would say and still marry you, we still wouldn't be happy together.
I'd rather leave you than see you suffer after we got married.
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