Chapter 2 Secret Baby

For the second time, Max laughed discordantly at Cylin's words. It made Cylin hold back her anger, she felt mocked by Max's laughter.

"Pregnant? Are you sure it's my child?" asked Max very casually, looking at Cylin's flat stomach.

"What do you mean?" snapped Cylin in disgust, here his pride was completely trampled by the man in front of him who was now standing up, so Cylin had to look up to give Max a sharp look.

"I don't think you're so stupid that you don't understand what I'm talking about," Max replied carelessly, the corners of his lips pulled up in a mocking, one-sided smile.

It seemed that Max didn't believe Cylin's words at all. Maybe it was because Max had learned from previous incidents, many of them claiming to be pregnant with Max's child and demanding accountability just like Cylin was doing now, the difference being that they were all clearly lying because Max had never touched them while Cylin was clearly not lying because last night's incident was completely real, she had had sex with Max, both of them were in a semi-conscious state so they still saw each other's faces clearly.

But what Cylin knew was that Max had been fully conscious last night, so he was very emotional when he got the mocking and belittling words from the man.

"But obviously last night you..."

Max raised his hand. "Stop it! For last night I admit it was wrong to drink too much and end up pulling you into the room without me knowing, I apologize, but to take responsibility I can't, I'm not sure if it's my flesh and blood, seeing as you don't seem like a good woman," the man cut in, making Cylin unable to contain her anger anymore.

Plakk!

The hard slap came from Cylin and went straight to Max, right on the man's left cheek. The severity of Cylin's slap caused Max's head to turn to the right, and the atmosphere was silent after that, with Cylin's chest rising and falling.

"Don't just talk!" snapped Cylin, tears coming out in a stream that the woman couldn't stop.

Max looked back at Cylin, his gaze cold and penetrating. "How dare you hit me!"

"Fuck off! It's okay if you don't want to take responsibility! I swear you have karma and remorse!" The shock from Cylin filled Max's office, the woman rubbed her tear stained cheeks before walking out of Max's room with wide strides.

Max watched Cylin leave, holding his still burning left cheek. "What did she say? Regret? Never!" he shouted sarcastically before grimacing at the corner of his sore lip.

"Not bad for a bitch slap!" muttered Max, who then sat back in his chair and continued his work as if nothing had happened in his office.

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Tonight was a heartbreaking night for Cylin. The woman tearfully packed all her clothes and belongings into the two suitcases arranged on the bed, occasionally rubbing roughly at the tears that kept rolling down her cheeks without stopping.

This afternoon, as Cylin lay in the bathroom crying over the fate of herself and the baby in her womb, she didn't realize that her mother came into the room looking for her to talk about something.

Unfortunately, by the time Cylin was almost out of the bathroom, her mother was somehow already holding the test pack that Cylin had hidden under her pillow. At that moment, Cylin was forced to confess to her mom and was brought in front of her whole family, consisting of her dad and her two older siblings.

While Cylin was finally honest with her parents and siblings, the four of them were so disappointed in Cylin that the woman's father and mother angrily kicked her out of the house, saying that they no longer considered Cylin their child. That's why Cylin is now packing all her belongings, because tonight she's leaving home.

In any case, Cylin didn't even get a defense from her siblings, this afternoon Cylin only saw her siblings looking at her silently with disappointed looks.

Cylin understood why they were so disappointed in her, but she also didn't want last night's unexpected incident to lead directly to the fetus in her stomach. Whatever it was that had happened, it seemed better that way, because Cylin didn't have the courage to be honest with her family.

"You have to be strong, Cylin!" Cylin encouraged herself in front of the mirror after she had finished packing her things.

She looked at every corner of her room with a sad smile and tears that wouldn't stop coming. "Why did Papa and Mama have the heart to kick me out right away? If I'm still here, I'll definitely be a disgrace to the family and an embarrassment to them," Cylin murmured with a sob.

Two suitcases stood ready in both of Cylin's hands. Fortunately, the woman had enough savings to find a temporary place to stay before she started looking for a job. Cylin had to let go of the fact that she wouldn't be able to continue her education and achieve her dreams, which she might have to bury deep down.

"Huh! Cheer up Cylin!" Cylin sighed heavily as she wiped away the tears from her face.

After she stopped crying, even though her face looked puffy, Cylin decided to leave her room, which she had cleaned up.

Arriving at the ground floor, Cylin saw that her parents and brother were already in the living room, they seemed to be silent with the TV on. Cylin could feel that the air around her was uncomfortable, unlike usual.

"Ma Pa Kak, I say goodbye," Cylin said as she looked at them in turn.

But Cylin didn't get an answer, everyone was still silent, even her dad and mom didn't look at her. Cylin was already standing in front of them, she thought she needed one last hug from them, but instead they all remained silent, as if indifferent to her departure.

Don't cry, don't cry, okay,' Cylin calmed herself.

"What are you still doing here? Please leave this house immediately!"

"I'm ashamed to have a son like you," Papa Cylin continued sharply, making the woman look down and hold back her tears.

Not wanting to be further hurt by her father's words, Cylin finally decided to leave without a word, leaving her parents and siblings in silence.

"Hiks." Cylin's defenses crumbled as she reached the gate, and in the end the woman could not help but weep as she remembered her father's piercing words that hurt her deeply.

She cried quietly as she walked to a taxi she had ordered outside her gate. Cylin glanced back before she disappeared behind the gate.