82 82. Telling the Truth


    Dave read the paper in his hands, trembling. At first, he was a little confused. However, he immediately understood after reading ra’s name on the test results. His gray eyes stared awkwardly at ra, rereading the test results even though he knew nothing would change.


    “This must be a mistake,” Dave said with trembling hands. His face was pale, as white as the color of ra’s bedroom walls.


    “It wasn’t a mistake, Dave,” ra whispered, smiling bitterly. “Not at all.”


    Silence fell over ra’s room. They could only stare at each other in silence. ra swallowed hard. The word she was about to say next would definitely hurt Dave.


    “I haven’t taken pills for a year,” ra said, smiling bitterly.


    “What?” Dave asked in disbelief, not expecting it because he’d never imagined ra would lie about birth control. “You said that-”


    “I lied. I want us to get married soon. I’m trying to get pregnant so we can get married soon. But there’s no result, right?” ra looked away and didn’t want to look at Dave at all. “And that’s what I got. No pregnancy.”


    Dave shook his head, unable to believe ra’s statement.


    “I wanted to do a fertility test immediately, but I was afraid of the results. I’m such a coward,” ra paused for a moment, wiping the tears from her cheeks. “I think we can adopt a childter if you are the infertile one. However, when I found out that you impregnated Lea, just by a one-night stand, I immediately knew that I was the infertile one.”


    .....


    ra gulped, biting her lower lip. She wiped the tears, turning her attention to Dave. “The test confirmed all my worries.”


    Dave shook his head in disbelief. His eyes glistened with tears. His lips trembled, unable to say a word.


    ra couldn’t hold back her tears anymore. If only she wasn’t applying waterproof mascara, her face would look hideous by now because of the smudged mascara.


    “You’re not doing this to kick me out of your life, are you?” Dave asked in suspicion, making sure that ra wasn’t lying.


    “Did you think I would use my abilities to do dirty things?” asked ra irritably. “I’m a doctor, there’s no way I could lie to you in this way.”


    Out there, there were indeed one or two doctors who used their skills to deceive people. However, Dave’s suspicions almost made ra want to p him because she felt that her profession was belittled.


    “We have to keep this a secret from our parents,” Dave saidter, pleading with ra not to rush into a decision. He fixed his sses, staring at his fiancee hopefully.


    “What do you mean? Do you want your father to keep hoping that he will have a grandchild from me?” ra snapped loudly, her hazel eyes smoldering with anger. “It would be best if we ended all this quickly.”


    “Baby, we can adopt a childter! And our parents don’t need to know about this!” Dave was adamant. He didn’t want to lose ra, no matter what.


    “And why should you adopt a child when you’re already expecting your own, Dave?” ra raged. “Don’t give me any nonsense ideas!”


    “ra, look! You have to keep this a secret from our parents because I guarantee that they will not be able to ept this easily. They can-”


    ra shook her head quickly. “Deceiving them would be the worst, Dave!”


    ra immediately snatched the test paper from Dave’s hands and immediately stomped out of the room, and back to the dining room. At first, she did not intend to tell everyone but her parents and Dave. However, anger had overtaken her. It wouldn’t make any difference if she had to say this to Dave’s parents too. The pain would only increase a little.


    Confidently, ra walked through the hall. She could only hear the sound of stilettos against the shiny marble floor. She was half running because Dave was after her for sure. She was lucky since the dining room was second next to her room.


    Arriving at the dining room, ra caught her breath as she looked at everyone and said, “I have something to tell you ....”


    Everyone looked at ra in amazement. ra swallowed heavily. It is more difficult than she previously imagined.


    “We have to call off this engagement,” ra said in a trembling voice.


    Dave, who had just arrived in the dining room, could only stare at his fiancée’s actions. The moment his gaze shifted to another, that was when he was sure that this would not end well.


    “Why are you suddenly saying that ra?” asked Marissa, she had no idea what happened between the loving couple. Just like the others.


    “What kind of joke are you telling?” Patrick looked displeased. If it weren’t for the Decker’s presence, he would definitely p ra for saying things that didn’t go ording to his n.


    “This is not a joke, dad!” ra swallowed a few times. Her hands were drenched in a cold sweat, clenched tightly to keep her from shaking. “I ... I can’t ... I won’t be able to bear a child.”


    “Liar!” Patrick immediately snapped, disagreeing with ra’s statement.


    “ra, I get it, couples get into trouble sometimes. But anything can be discussed, dear,” Jack said casually. He knew that ra and Dave had a problem, and he tried to convince ra that it wasn’t a big dramatic thing. “All couples will experience that kind of thing. There’s no need to exaggerate.”


    Marissa supported her husband’s statement. She smiled motherly and said, “That’s right, honey! You don’t have to make up stories.”


    Meanwhile, Linda’s response was different. She believed ra’s statement. However, she still tried to argue. “How is that possible? In our family, no one has had problems having children?”


    raughed bitterly at the reaction of the people around her.


    “You guys are ridiculous. I’m telling the truth. Why do you think I’m making it up?” ra shook her head, sneering at them.


    “ra, stop! We have to talk things over ... just the two of us.” Dave finally spoke up. His face paled, letting everyone know that there was indeed a big problem between the two.


    “Why only the two of us, Dave? Are you afraid that everyone will find out your w?” quipped ra, sneering at him.


    ra then turned to face the parents again. She smiled like a queen who refused to ept defeat. The me shed her eyes, and light reflected on her wavy curly brte hair.


    “But I don’t think the Johnsons need to worry about it because ... soon ... you will have a grandchild from your son,” ra said without hesitation, confidently. Her smile was not friendly at all, letting the Johnsons know that the problem their son was facing wasn’t as simple as they thought.


    “You said ... you were infertile? Did I hear wrong?” Jack asked without a smile. His eyes stared intently at Dave and ra in turn.


    “Dave and-”


    “ra, please!” Dave squeezed ra’s hand, asking her to stop.


    “What? Is this how the eldest son of the Johnsons behaves?” ra quipped fiercely. “Coward?”


    “Just continue, ra! Tell us everything,” Patrick said with an equally sharp look. He didn’t want her daughter to be on the guilty side. “We want to know.”


    ra smiled at her father. She was happy because of her father’s support. “Dave has had a wonderful night with a woman other than me ... and she is now pregnant with his child.”


    ra’s words took everyone by surprise. All of them could only gape silently.


    The Johnsons’ faces were red with embarrassment. They didn’t expect that Dave would do such a shameful thing despite having such a beautiful fiancée.


    ra gulped, looking at Dave with a faint smile. While Dave held tightness in his chest, his jaws clenched hard.


    “So, with great regret, we have to call off the-”


    “Impossible! It was all a mistake. A mistake that can’t change my love for ra,” Dave interrupted quickly.


    “Dave!”


    “ra, I also have the right to speak!” Dave argued seriously.


    “Mr. and Mrs. Decker, I’m sorry I made a mistake. But I didn’t do that on purpose! I still want to marry ra because she is the only woman I love.”


    ra burst outughing. “How dare you say love after what you did?”


    “I agree with Dave!” said Patrick with a burning face, making ra shocked at her father’s statement. “No one will cancel this marriage.”


    “Dad!” (Patrick!”) ra and her mother yelled at the same time.


    ra felt as if she had been struck by lightning, not expecting her father to say something that upset her. She thought that her father would defend her.


    Meanwhile, Patrick who harbored feelings of disappointment at Dave’s behavior immediately stood up and left the table. ra chased after him because she did not ept his father’s decision.


    After a few seconds of chasing Patrick, ra was finally able to overtake and block her father’s steps.


    “Dad, wait! Why do you keep forcing me to marry the man who cheated on me?” she asked disapprovingly.


    Patrick stared nkly, looking sharply at his daughter with his hazel eyes. “This is a marriage of convenience, there’s nothing to do with your feelings.”