When I pushed the door in, he was momentarily in a daze when he saw me.
My heart dropped when I saw his pained expression.
I was too late. He had watched the video.
"It's getting late. Are you going to bed soon?" I asked, a little helpless.
He pursed his lips, the pain in his eyes subsiding. He revealed a hint of a smile. "I’ll go in a while."
I nodded and tried my best to stay calm. I walked up t o his side and looked at the screen. My heart thumped a little quicker.
As expected, he was watching the video.
I opened my mouth to speak yet I did not know what t o say.
"You resented me at the time, right?"
He spoke, his voice a little cold. "Or should I say, you hated me?"
I pursed my lips and plugged out the flash drive from the laptop. I then sat down beside him. "I thought I hated you at first, but I later figured out that it was more self-blame and fear. It was my fault for not being able to keep the baby."
Theo was also looking forward to the birth of the baby, but I was not able to protect the child.
Theo lifted his hand and tucked the loose strands behind my ear. "It's not your fault."
I cast my eyes down for a few seconds, then asked with a smile, "What went through your head yesterday as you stood in the snow after I left?"
After hearing my question, he chuckled surprisingly." At first, I thought about what a rascal I was, but later, I felt a little aggrieved because you didn't even feel sorry for me."
I pursed my lips. "If I persuaded you, I knew you'd definitely come back with me, but if I really persuaded you, I knew very well that your conscience wouldn't allow it."
In fact, Theo was the one suffering the most. Initially, h e thought that he was doing me a favor by swapping Cindy and my DNA reports. What happened after that was completely out of his expectations. When he realized that he was the one who had pushed me into the abyss and that he had destroyed our love and baby with his own hands, he suffered the psychological torment alone in the quiet of the night. The pain he suffered was simply unimaginable.
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