Chapter 4. All These Time, She's Hiding Her Pregnancy

[FIVE YEARS LATER] 

KALE'S POV. 

"You've been married for five years, but no sign of pregnancy?" 

This was not the first time Watson, my father, had asked the same question. 

I was really fed up every time Watson brought up Jessy's pregnancy that never happened. My marriage to Jessy had been going on for five years, but there was no sign of pregnancy from Jessy. 

"We tried, Dad. You know..." 

"You've been saying that, Kale, since four years ago," Watson interrupted, his voice becoming very stern-almost sounding like a threat. 

I noticed Jessy's somber face after hearing Watson's words. I realized she was holding back her grief. 

"Dad, can we not talk about this like it's a big deal?" I asked. 

"Of course it's a big deal, Kale! The investors are hesitant to make you the heir to the company, you have no successor!" Watson replied. 

I felt somewhat jolted after Watson raised his voice. The intensity of the tension in this dining room suddenly increased. 

"I told you, I arranged your marriage so that both of our families' businesses would be profitable, but if-"

"Do you know how hard we've been trying to get a child, Watson?" cut in Jessy suddenly. 

I saw the look in Jessy's eyes radiate sharp emotion towards Watson. Tears welled up in Jessy's eyes-and made me think she was trying to hold them back. 

"You don't know that we've done everything possible, even to the point of IVF, but everything failed," Jessy continued. 

My heart seemed to be stabbed after Jessy's voice sounded almost trembling. Secretly, I gritted my teeth as feelings of anger and indecision mixed together now. 

"It's best if you don't understand anything, Mr. Watson, you don't have to say we didn't do anything," Jessy added more to her sentence. 

Watson rattled the table until the sound of clinking cutlery startled us all. His jaw hardening on Jessy, he gave her a stern look. 

"What are you saying? You mean, I'm stupid for not understanding all that?!" Watson's voice raised even higher. 

Jessy did not answer. She just stood still and gave Watson a glare. 

In this situation, my head was spinning. I didn't know which side to defend. I felt a sense of indecision choking me-on the one hand, I didn't want Jessy to be further tormented, but on the other hand, Watson was the owner of our family company.  

"Hey, don't you know that I gave your family the benefit of your marriage to Kale?" Watson interjected. 

"Didn't your family company almost go bankrupt? What do you call profit?" 

I glared at Jessy's words. 

"Jessy! Watch what you say!" I scolded, suddenly feeling my pride being stepped on. "You don't remember what my family and I have given up?"

Jessy seemed surprised by my snapping. She flinched for a moment, the tears she had been holding back falling down her face. 

But I didn't feel sorry to see Jessy cry. For some reason, what Jessy said just now scratched my ego. 

"You think you've given the world to me? Seriously?" Jessy asked with a sardonic smile. 

Jessy stood up from her seat, equalizing her height with mine. I saw her raise her head despite the emotional look in her eyes. 

"You don't give much of yourself to me, Kale! Just so you know, if I compare you to the other conglomerate men who want to be with me, you're inferior to them!" Jessy continued. 

"JESSY!" Watson snapped at Jessy. 

Jessy's words pierced me instantly. I suddenly remembered what I had said to Yvonne, my ex-wife, five years ago. I said the same thing Jessy had said to me. 

My mind went blank in an instant. This was not an unfamiliar feeling. 

Was this how Yvonne felt during the time I insulted her?

I couldn't believe that the woman I loved and made me leave Yvonne insulted me with such a degrading sentence.

Yvonne never did this to me-not once did she look down on me. Even when I preferred to give everything to Jessy so that Yvonne got nothing, she didn't get angry. 

Reality slapped me hard. Jessy was so different than Yvonne. 

Why... did I leave Yvonne for a woman who looked down on me? 

"Are you insulting me, Jessy?" I asked trying to control my emotions. "I gave you everything you wanted, and now..."

"Yes, you did, but don't forget that my family also gave your company a huge cash injection!" Jessy emphasized her sentence. 

"How dare you bring that up, Jessy! That was our marriage agreement!" I raised my tone as well. 

Jessy immediately laughed wryly. "I don't want to bring it up because obviously you'll look inferior-"

The emotion that exploded in my chest made me raise my hand, almost throwing a slap at Jessy's face. Jessy's words were cut short after seeing my reaction. 

"You want to slap me?" asked Jessy, her gaze looking disappointed. 

I finally made a fist, then lowered my hand. I turned around to walk away from the dining room. I left Jessy yelling my name over and over again and swearing repeatedly. 

I stepped into my room-the room I used to share with Yvonne. I didn't understand why my intuition brought me to this room. 

"Gosh... how can I... have a child?" I muttered with a heavy sigh. 

Something felt off as I thought about Yvonne. Despite my confusion, I stepped into the closet. I found the safe that I hadn't realized was there. 

I opened the unlocked safe to find a document folder. When I pulled out the contents, I was stunned. 

There were ultrasound results and a testpack with two red lines-positive for pregnancy. 

"Yvonne... did you hide this?" I muttered. 

I was shocked, but also gained a glimmer of hope. My body fidgeted for a split second, wondering why Yvonne would hide this from me. 

I read the year of the ultrasound result: 2020. Five years ago, before Yvonne and I divorced. 

That means... 

"Yvonne didn't say she was pregnant with my child all this time?"