Chapter 148: The Truth About Five Years Ago
Michael didn’t know how to explain Yvonne’s affairs, nor could he figure it out. Since in the beginning, he did hurt Wendy because of Yvonne. Michael spoiled Yvonne out of guilt, and he was ashamed of saying it.
Nonetheless, what he was about to say today had nothing to do with Yvonne.
Even if Wendy didn’t bother scolding him, Michael was not angry indeed.
At least her mood was still impacted by him.
"Wendy..." Michael said directly, "I did choose to save you back then."
Michael’s tone was full of sincerity. "At that time, you were taken away by Christian. As a matter of fact, I had been secretly sending someone to protect you, for I worried about you."
As a result, I knew you were in danger then. However, when I found you and intended to save you, you had been kidnapped. So did Yvonne."
I admitted that I did owe you too much because of Yvonne. Long before, I didn’t even know what love was. I used to think that I loved Yvonne and hated you. But when you were leaving with Christian, I knew what it meant to be heartbroken."
I was so powerless and reluctant to give up."
Back then, I didn’t know how to love someone, nor did I realize that I had already fallen in love with you."
On the cruise, not until the kidnapper asked me to choose someone did I understand that I had fallen in love with you a long time ago. Even my promise to Yvonne and my guilt to others are not enough to make me choose her. And the moment I saw you pushed down the sea, my whole heart was shattered."
Wendy sneered and said, "Go on, Mr. Lucas. It may take you a long time to memorize these disgusting and nasty lines. However, that’s a bit different from Mr. Lucas’s style."
Michael had expected that Wendy didn’t believe it. Followed by a sigh, Michael continued, "Wendy, at the time, I didn’t understand why the kidnappers still pushed you down to the sea even when I had chosen you. Later, I realized that those kidnappers were from Christian." You should also know that Christian manipulated plenty of things on the sly, including your pregnancy test slip. I sued the fake doctor, plus the hospital. The hospital shut down five years ago, and the doctor is still in jail now. You may not have paid attention to these things, but they are not trivial. If you don’t believe it, you can check the news from five years ago. They should all be foundable."
Michael was quite sincere. Wendy looked into his eyes and shook her head unbelievingly.
"That’s impossible. If you did choose to save me, even if the kidnappers who pushed me down to the sea were from Christian, why didn’t you save me later? Undoubtedly, you were on the cruise. And you can swim, you could just jump off!"
That was why Wendy thought that Michael didn’t love her at all.
He was on the cruise at the time, and it would not be difficult to save her.
Moreover, since Michael thought that the child did not belong to him, Wendy believed he had a grudge against her and deliberately chose not to save her.
"I wanted to save you in the first place, but l got knocked out soon," Michael said. "It was Christian that arranged those kidnappers. Since they wanted you to die, they must have put up a whole set of plans."
No matter who I chose at the time, you had to be pushed down. What’s more, they would not let me save you for sure. After I woke up, I went for you at once. Everyone said that you were dead. After all, you were pregnant and fell into the sea. How could you still be alive? I don’t believe it; I have been looking for you all these years. Also, as I made an all-out effort on looking for you, I failed to investigate the kidnappers in the first place. Hence, I haven’t found them yet."
Those people should have been sent abroad by Christian long ago."
Wendy shook her head desperately. She didn’t believe it. She didn’t believe a word!
In other words, she couldn’t believe what Michael said.
As Wendy seemed a little agitated, Michael reached out and grabbed her hands, knowing that his words had worked. He continued, "Believe me, Wendy. Everything I said is true. I can swear with my morals."
"Morals?" Wendy pretended to be calm and laughed, "excuse me, Mr. Lucas. You have no morals in my book."
Wendy seemed to have thought of something. She said, "Here it goes. You also forced me to the operating table. Even if you knew nothing about love before, you thought you loved Yvonne Taylor and treated her well. Nevertheless, you assumed that I cheated on you just by taking a look at the time on my pregnancy report. You didn’t believe me at all and forced me to have an abortion. Even if I knelt and begged you, you were still so cruel. Michael, how could you love me?"
"I admit that I was too stupid at the time." Michael said, "I was playing around by Christian. He knew me too well and had been waiting for me to fall in love with you, step by step. Then he created an ambiguous relationship between you two to get me misunderstood. He had already designed everything before realizing that I was in love with you. It was my hatred for him that dazzled my mind and fooled me. But, Wendy. Christian was also in the hospital at the time. Why did he bring someone there, waiting to save you by sheer coincidence? And why did he manage to take you away? All this was a trap designed by him. And at that time, I actually regretted it."
I saw you kneeling before me, crying, and begging me hysterically. At that moment, I did regret it. What I thought at the time was that even if the child was not mine, I could still keep him for the sake of you. At that point, I couldn’t believe that I would have such an idea. I, Michael, had been proud and conceited for so many years. Still, I had the idea of raising a child with another man at the time. Even it was under the circumstance that I thought the child belonged to Christian."
I couldn’t accept myself like this. Therefore, I was cruel and forced you to have an abortion."
Although when the operation door was closed, I still lost to you and called to stop. It was just that Christian tried his best and rushed over to take you away at the last minute."
"No way" Wendy swallowed and took a deep breath, trying to keep herself calm. "That’s impossible!"
If what Michael said was true, hadn’t Wendy hated the wrong person all these years?
What had supported her growing strong in the past five years was her hatred for Michael.
The one she longed to take revenge on did not exist?
She had always known that Christian manipulated plenty of things on the sly. In the beginning, he gave her a bowl of aborticide. Since Wendy found out, she ran away. It was then she got kidnapped.
All this seemed to be too coincidental. If what Michael said was true, did Christian rush to save her until the last minute because he saw Michael regretted it? Hence, he deliberately played the role of a good person.
Otherwise, Christian would be happy to see Michael force her to abort the child. If so, everything made sense.
However, Wendy couldn’t believe this was the truth.
Her persistent hatred over the past five years had become a joke.
How could she accept this result?
"It is all true." Michael clenched Wendy’s shoulder as if he was afraid of her running away. Michael could no longer accept Wendy leaving him.
"It’s been a few months since I came back. Why didn’t you tell me until now?" Since it was so, Wendy just asked all the questions.
"Because of my confidence..." Michael smiled bitterly, "I confidently thought that you still loved me. Since you had returned to Lake City, you Would come back to me sooner or later. Therefore, I used not to worry about your leaving nor think about explaining the truth. Now I know that if I don’t talk it through, I would never have a chance."
All the explanations given by Michael were reasonable.
Wendy received tremendous information tonight, which subverted her perseverance Over the past five years.
She pushed Michael away and took a few steps back.
Michael stepped forward intuitively, trying to hold Wendy’s hand.
Wendy raised her hand and made a stop-it gesture to him. "I have to think about everything thoroughly."
"Okay, think about it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at any time. As Mr. York is always by my side, you can ask him as well. If you don’t think he is trustworthy as my man, you can check it yourself then. You can also reach out to Christian for confrontation, but I hope you tell me in advance so that I can go with you. If you go alone, I will not be at ease."
Wendy did not need to confront Christian at all. She already knew what Christian had done back then before Michael did It was just that she did not expect that Christian had been controlling everything.
This man was really terrible.
Fortunately, she had deliberately kept a distance from him at the beginning. Otherwise, she was likely to end up even worse today.
Wendy was about to step out. Her footsteps seemed a little unstable.
Seeing how she stumbled and fell, Michael stretched out his hand to help her.
Wendy stopped him.
"Do not follow me. Give me a break."
Wendy did not want to hear Michael say anything at this time.
She needed to think it through on her own. Michael felt a little worried about Wendy’s state.
Yet, he knew that at this time, it was better to let her calm down on her own.
What he told her tonight subverted her perception, and it is to be expected that she could not accept it for the time being.
Nevertheless, not accepting it was better than not believing it at all.
At least for now, Wendy intended to think about these things.
Michael was telling the truth that could stand her scrutiny. He was only afraid that she did not even think about it before denying it.
Wendy walked to the gate and stretched out her hand to open the door.
Jill leaned on the door listening to the movement inside. When Wendy pulled the door, she could not stand firmly and fell to the ground.
Wendy got even angrier after seeing Jill. If she hadn’t been for Timothy Woods’s daughter, Wendy would have slapped her already. Wendy had been good enough to her for the past five years, but Jill finally lied to her with Michael.
"Sis..." Jill got up from the ground, stretched out her hand, and rubbed her painful butt. She smiled with a bit of embarrassment. "I... went for a stroll just now. It was a bit freezing, so l came back to grab my jacket. Unexpectedly, you opened the door.."
Only fools would believe her explanation. It did not matter. Compared with the words Michael said tonight, what Jill had done was not worth mentioning.
Wendy ignored Jill. She just bypassed the latter and left.
Michael stood alone in the room. Just as his thoughts became irritated, his cell phone rang. He took a glance; it was Yvonne calling.
Michael hung up the phone without hesitation. Yvonne actually tended to kidnap Jake Stewart last time. It was something that Michael could not tolerate.
Looking at the time, Yvonne should almost leave the detention center. Calling now would be nothing more than asking him to pick her up.
While listening to the beeping sound on the phone, Yvonne’s face showed a dark look; her fingers clenched one by one. "Michael, do you have to be so cold-blooded?"
Upon finishing every word, Yvonne dialed another number.
