"I can not," said Theodore in a low voice. He frowned while looking at Aileen and then grimaced, as if those words hurt him.
Well, those words hurt Aileen more, but they hurt differently… This was what Aileen was afraid of, that Theodore didn't want this baby anymore and was afraid to bear the consequences of his act.
Aileen knew that Theodore didn't really like children and was not thinking of having one anytime soon.
He always argued that he was not ready to become a father and preferred to delay that particular event when they got married later.
Theodore always reasoned that he wanted to spend some time alone with Aileen, but of course all of that was a lie.
What they have now as in their current relationship, was not much different from the married couples' out there.
Therefore, Theodore's reasoning couldn't be justified so easily. However, Aileen didn't say anything.
It was just that, this time Aileen seemed to have to be more aggressive about their relationship, which had always been dominated by Theodore.
"What do you mean 'you can not'?" Aileen immediately released her hand from Theodore's grip and stood up. Her face looked hurt as tears began to pool behind her lids. "What do you mean you can not?" Aileen repeated her question.
"Aileen…" Theodore said in a persuasive tone, this time he also stood up and intended to hug this woman who looked so emotional in front of him. "Listen to me…"
"No," Aileen argued. She shook Theodore's hand off her shoulder and walked away with her arms folded in front of her chest, displaying a defensive attitude which made Theodore feel even more guilty, as if he was a very evil and immoral man.
Although, it could be said that those two words could describe him very well in this situation, with what he had just said, but still, Theodore felt that Aileen was overreacting.
"Aileen, listen to me first ..." Theodore walked closer to Aileen and managed to make her stop dodging by cornering her near the door of the room.
"What?" snapped Aileen angrily, with her eyes red as tears starting to flow down her cheeks. At this point, Theodore began to regret his words. But, what can he do? He already said it. "You want me to abort my pregnancy? Our child?"
Aileen deliberately put emphasis on the word 'our child' to make Theodore feel even more guilty and when Aileen saw how the man frowned as if the words hurt his ears, Aileen continued.
"You are not really thinking of persuading me into aborting this child, are you?" Aileen narrowed her eyes and rubbed her face roughly. "Theodore, you know my background ... there is no way you could ask me to do anything much worse than what my parents did by throwing me into an orphanage."
This time Aileen did cry. She knew that she could attract Theodore's sympathy in this way.
Theodore knew very well where Aileen was coming from and looking at this situation from Aileen's point of view, did make his words sound very cruel.
He felt even worse by now.
"Aileen, I know that this sounds really ruthless," Theodore said in a low voice with a wounded expression on his face. He rubbed Aileen's head and tucked a few stray strands of hair behind her ear. "But you have to know that we can't go to my parents and say that we are getting married because you are pregnant."
"Why not?" Aileen asked in a huff. "This is their grandchild and they will accept it."
However, Theodore shook his head with an apologetic face. "The situation is not that easy, Aileen. You know how they feel toward you and how they constantly oppose this relationship, right?"
Alieen bit her lip. She had to find a better way to deal with this. Something far more extreme that could leave Theodore out of choice.
But what?
"Aileen, you understand my position, right?" Theodore embraced Aileen and this time she did not refuse. This much calmer reaction from her made the man feel a little relieved. He kissed the top of Aileen's head. "I love you Aileen and I just don't want my parents to judge you badly because of this."
That is an absurd excuse. How can a man say that as an excuse to make his girlfriend abort? His own flesh and blood?
Of course, Aileen was grateful that she didn't actually get pregnant. Otherwise, she would have felt very disappointed in Theodore if she was indeed pregnant with their children and with Theodore attitude now, it was a lost in her end.
Was this the true face of Gevano's heir whom she had been fighting for? Just to take Hailee's position as Theodore's lover and enter the Gevano family, Aileen had already done many unimaginable things.
But, was a man like this worthy of everything she had done?
Aileen hugged Theodore back and let him whisper sweet nothings, which made Aileen even more hesitant, questioning her decisions and judgments so far.
"Everything will be fine… we will get married and after that we will have children… but, not now…" Theodore whispered softly into Aileen's ear and the woman just nodded weakly.
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