Chapter 34

34 34. Big Fat Liar

The night sky was dark. It had been raining since an hour ago. However, there was no sign of it stopping soon.

Meanwhile, the large living room of William’s parents’ house was so quiet. Only Lea’s sob and cursing were heard in a low voice.

“Don’t be so angry! It’s also your fault that you couldn’t take care of your man,” Samuel said in a flat tone. He took the phone back from Lea’s hand and put it in his pocket. “You don’t know how to satisfy him, do you? To the point that he had to seek pleasure outside. Don’t you know how to satisfy your man in bed?”

Lea was silent, staring at Samuel fiercely. How could she possibly please William if he always refused to bring her home for many ridiculous reasons? Let alone living together, just having dinner at his parent’s house, he was reluctant to do it.

“Shut up!” Leah snapped. “You don’t know anything about my problems.”

“I’m just saying it as it is. You are not good at taking care of William,” said Samuel. He took out a cigarette, about to smoke to ease his anxiety and anger. However, he gave up because he remembered Lea was pregnant. “Sorry, I forgot you are preggers!” Samuel added flatly when Lea almost scolded him.

Silence struck again. Samuel and Lea were lost in their thoughts. They both feel like they failed to get what they wanted.

“What does Paula have that I don’t have?” Lea asked in a barely audible whisper. “Is she much prettier than me?”

Samuel looked at Lea and felt a little pity. Of course, Lea was beautiful as well. The mistake? Surely, there was no mistake. It was just fate who played the role-who got married first. And that was when things changed.

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William was married to Paula. He no longer belonged to Lea although his feelings for Lea would not completely disappear.

However, it was not Samuel who can say positive things when he was angry. “You are too weak. You stupidly believe that love is not worth fighting for. Do you think in this world there is a loyal man without overturns back? Don’t let him get bored with you! Don’t let other women take him away from you! That’s the rule.”

Leah widened her eyes at Samuel’s words. She had been too careless and overly confident that William would never turn his back on her. During dating, the two of them only kissed, and never did more than that because Lea grew up in a conservative family. If only she was brave enough to give what a man wanted, perhaps the situation would be better.

Perhaps.

“It’s useless for you to regret everything,” Samuel commented as if he knew what was going on in Leah’s head.

“Then, what can I do now? Everything has changed. I’m not the only woman for William,” Lea muttered in despair.

“Oh, are you innocent or pretending to be innocent?” Samuel quipped slyly. “Is it true that you’ve always been honest? No cheating?”

Leah swallowed. She was always scared when William started talking about Paula. When Paula fainted at the charity event, she tried to keep William from knowing Paula’s real condition. When Samuel kissed Paula in the hospital, she even made up a story to make William believe that Samuel and Paula do have a special relationship. However, if all of them couldn’t turn William’s attention away from Paula, what else should she do?

“Huh, it’s useless if you can do nothing like this. I’ll figure it out myself. Instead of discussing with a weak woman like you.” Samuel, who was getting bored, now stood up from his seat. “Just a waste of time.”

Samuel walked away, leaving Lea, who could only stare blankly in the area, alone. However, he remembered one thing that he should tell Lea.

“Oh, I remembered that Paula always gets what she wants. She is confident and always takes the challenge. She isn’t like you who can only run away when you lose.” Samuel’s sarcasm made Lea’s heartburn even more. He even had the heart to say the worst thing that Lea didn’t want to hear. “Aah, I heard that Paula was the one who helped you to get the blessing from William’s parents, no?”

Lea’s mouth shut. Her body trembled due to shame and anger.

“Indeed, from the start, you were already a loser. If you love him, win him over!” That was what Samuel said before he completely disappear from Lea’s sight.

On his way out of the house, Samuel passed his aunt and uncle who had just arrived from a dinner party.

“Oh, Sam! Is that you?” Lisa greeted him. She looked tired but still tried to smile for her nephew.

“I wanted to see William. However, it turns out that he is not here,” Samuel answered, lying.

“Ah, since getting married, William has not lived with us. There’s only Lea at home, did you see her?” Alex asked. He reached his nephew and gave him a warm hug.

“Well, it looks like Lea isn’t feeling well. We talked for a while,” Samuel replied as if he did nothing wrong.

“Oh, poor her. I hope William will get a divorce from Paula soon so Lea can live with him,” Lisa said with concern.

“I sometimes feel sorry for Lea. She is staying here like a prisoner. What can we do? We have promised to help William with his plan,” Alex added again.

Samuel nodded, listening to the ramblings of his uncle and aunt who had no idea of what his son was doing with Paula at the hotel at the moment. At this rate, they couldn’t get divorced.

“I hope William can take responsibility for everything he did,” Samuel said pleasantly. “Well, it wasn’t easy. I understand William’s position because I’m in the same position as him right now.”

Lisa and Alex’s eyes popped out. They didn’t expect Samuel to give such shocking news.

“Oh, really?” asked Alex after he came to his senses. “Are you going to be a dad soon?”

Samuel nodded with a wink. “Unfortunately, my future wife is still someone else’s wife. I hope the divorce process will be finished soon and we will get married asap.”

Lisa and Alex were now speechless. What did they do wrong to have such a shameless child and nephew? They impregnated women who were not their wives.

Exhaled lightly, Lisa got her composure and was able to force a smile on her nephew again. “If you and your girlfriend’s problem is over, don’t forget to bring her here. We also want to get to know her later,” Lisa said sincerely. She faced her husband, asking him to do the same for Samuel-giving him total support.

Samuel smiled and shook his head slowly. “Uncle, aunt, I don’t feel comfortable saying this. However, you two know her well,” Samuel said quietly as if he felt bad about what he was about to say.

“Oh, who is she?” Alex asked impatiently.

“The daughter of our business partner?” Lisa asked hopefully.

Samuel gave a gentle wink. His gaze turned to Lea who had just come out of the living room, about to greet William’s parents.

“Correct. My lover is the daughter of your business partner,” Samuel replied with a light smile, full of secret intentions.

“Who?” Alex asked, probingly. “Don’t make us curious to death, Sam!”

Samuel glanced at his watch. His brows furrowed. “It’s quite late. Next time we’ll talk about her again. I don’t want to go home late tonight,” Samuel excused himself.

“Oh, young man! Don’t make me sleepless tonight! I know you don’t have a curfew,” Alex insisted.

He didn’t want Samuel to mess around with his business partner’s daughter. Paula and William’s divorce almost brought trouble to them because Paula’s father was about to withdraw his investment. Fortunately, a few days ago Robert said that he would keep the investment, so they didn’t have to worry about going bankrupt. However, Robert was reluctant to tell them the reason why he changed his mind in such a short time.

“Samuel, do your parents know about this?” Lisa thought that Samuel was afraid because they would leak the shocking news and tell his parents.

Samuel shook his head. “If I tell you, will you keep this a secret from my father and mother?” He mentioned his condition.

“Sam, what’s the point of hiding something like this from them?” Alex objected furiously. He opposed this idea.

“Uncle, it’s not that I don’t want to tell mom and dad, but I’ll tell them later,” Samuel said calmly, patting his uncle’s shoulder.

“Alright then, just say it. I won’t tell your parents,” Lisa promised. “Is that so, Alex?”

Alex nodded. He would not be able to withstand the curiosity until dawn.

Samuel remained silent, considering what he should say. But suddenly, unexpectedly, Lea said, “Is that Paula?”

All eyes turned to Lea in disbelief.

Lisa, who couldn’t buy it, immediately refuted, “How could it be-”

“I’m sorry, aunt! But Paula and I had this planned.” Samuel told his lies. “We are lovers.”