Chapter 135
hapter 135
TIMOTHY POV
A week had passed since Timothy had reluctantly agreed to take the paternity test, and the
anticipation had gnawed at his every waking moment. He had spent countless hours tossing and
turning in his small, dimly lit apartment, dreading the oue of that test. He had never imagined
that he would find himself in this situation, tied to Ste in a way that left him conflicted and
resentful.
As he paced back and forth in his living room, the phone rang, breaking the oppressive silence. He
snatched it up, his heart racing as he answered, “Hello?”
Ste’s voice on the other end of the line was monotone. “Timothy, I have the results. Can you
come over?”
He hesitated for a moment, the weight of the impending revtion pressing down on him. He had
hoped that the test would absolve him of any responsibility, that he could cut ties with Ste once
and for all. But now, as he contemted the gravity of what she could potentially tell him, he knew
there was no turning back.
“Okay, I’ll be there,” he finally replied, his voice tinged with resignation.
Minutester, he found himself standing outside Ste’s door, his heart pounding in his chest. He
knocked, and she opened it with a solemn expression. In her hand, she held an envelope that bore
the weight of their uncertain future.
“Come in,” she said quietly.
He followed her into the apartment, his eyes avoiding the gaze of the woman who had brought him
so much turmoil. They settled on the velvety sofa, and Ste gestured for him to sit. She hesitated
for a moment, as if gathering her thoughts, before finally handing him the envelope.
“The results are in there,” she said.
Timothy tore open the envelope with trembling hands, his heart pounding in his chest. He unfolded
the document, his eyes scanning the words that would either release him from this entanglement or
bind him to it forever.
“Probability of paternity is 99 percent.”
The words hung in the air, heavy and irrefutable. Timothy’s mind reeled as he
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tried to process the implications of what he had just read. A mix of emotions. surged within him–
anger, frustration, and a sense of betrayal.
Ste watched him, her eyes filled with a mixture of hope and fear. “Timothy. I know this is difficult
for you, but we need to talk about whates next.”
He clenched his jaw, struggling to contain the anger that threatened to spill over. “Whates
next?” he asked breathlessly.
Ste’s eyes welled up with tears, but she didn’t back down. “We have a child on the way, and that
child deserves a father.”
Timothy could barely catch his breath. It was as if someone dropped a barbell on his chest, crushing
his insides on impact. He ced a hand on the wall and began counting his breaths.
Ste’s shoulders slumped. and she looked down at her hands. “I know you hate me, Timothy. I
can’t change that right now, but we have to put our differences aside for the sake of our child.”
He couldn’t bear to look at her any longer, so he turned away, his gaze fixed on the wall in front of
him. “What do you need me to do?”
She hesitated for a moment before responding, “I want you to ept the responsibilities of being a
father.
Timothy’s heart sank. He had thought about this moment many times over the past week, and he
had always imagined that he would walk away. But now, as the reality of the situation settled in, he
found himself torn.
The child was his flesh and blood, and while he had yet to see it born, he couldn’t abandon it.
However, thinking of Evie, the woman who was his everything, made it feel like a tragedy. If he
wanted to care for any child. it would’ve been hers without question.
He tried to think about what Evie would have wanted in the moment. She believed in doing what
was right, even if it hurt her. She had even helped him with his case, despite all he’d put her
through.
Abandoning this baby would’ve been an injustice to her.
With a heavy sigh, Timothy finally nodded, the pain didn’t subside in his heart. “Fine.”
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Ste’s eyes brightened with a glimmer of hope, and she reached out to touch his arm. “Thank you,
Timothy. That means more to me than you’ll ever know.”
“I’m doing it for the kid. Not you,” he stressed, moving his arm away from her grasp.
She brushed this off, already shedding her hesitant demeanor for the usual self- involved smirk.
“You know, Timothy, I’m going to need your support soon. I can’t afford to be stressed out during the
pregnancy.”
Timothy raised an eyebrow, puzzled by her statement. “Why would you get stressed?”
Ste hesitated, as if debating whether to share her troubles. Finally, she spoke, her voice tinged
with faux sincerity. “I’m being sued by my sister, Scarlett, and Evie is thewyer representing her.”
The revtion hit Timothy like a thunderbolt. He had heard about the tensions. between Ste and
her sister, but the fact that it had escted to awsuit was beyond hisprehension. And the
fact that Evie was representing Scarlett in the legal battle left him feeling conflicted and torn.
“Why is Evie involved?” Timothy asked, his voiceced with disbelief.
Ste shrugged. “Family feuds can get ugly, Timothy. I don’t know all the details, but Scarlett ims
that I’m not entitled to my share of our grandfather’s inheritance, and she’s determined to take it
away from me.”
Timothy struggled to wrap his head around the magnitude of the situation. It was a bitter twist of fate
that had brought him back into Evie’s orbit, only to find. himself on opposite sides of a legal battle.
“What do you even expect me to do?” he asked, his voice filled with genuine concern. His concern,
however, wasn’t for the woman in front of him.
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Ste looked up at him, her eyes searching his for reassurance. “I need you to be there for me,
Timothy. I need your support and strength to get through this. Evie can be ruthless, and I can’t let
her take everything away from me.”
Timothy hesitated, torn between his reluctance to confront Evie and his desire to do right by their
child. He hadn’t personally met Ste’s sister, so perhaps she was more vicious. Of course, now a
child was involved, so leaving Ste to deal with it
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all could’ve led toplications.
“I’ll look into it, if that’s what you really need,” he finally said, his voice firm. “I need to hear a little bit
more about thewsuit though.”
Ste’s gratitude was palpable, and she reached out to take his hand. “Thank you, Timothy. I knew I
could count on you.”
Timothy cringed as her cold fingers inteced with his own. He felt her take his other hand and
press it against her belly. They sat quietly for a few moments, and in that time, Timothy wondered if
he could feel the life that was blossoming within her.
He didn’t want to be like his father. He didn’t want the kid toe into this world already not having
someone to rely on, and he doubted Ste would provide much care herself.
Ste squeezed his hand, her voice filled with a steely determination. “It’s time to put Evie in her
ce, Timothy. She can’t just walk all over us. We’ll fight thiswsuit with everything we’ve got.”
Timothy went still, her words passing through his ears with hardly any sense to them. He didn’t want
to think about what “putting Evie in her ce” entailed, especially when he’d wanted her to find
some peace.
But he would be forced to find out.
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