Untamed

Chapter thirty-eight

Micheal POV
"Laila go upstairs and relax. Micheal follow me!" My dad commanded which made Laila flinched. She withdrew her hand when I made an attempt to touch her, before she headed upstairs.

"Micheal can you explain what was going on today?" He asked with raised eyebrows when we got to his study.

"Dad it's nothing. It's just women and their usual nagging," I responded calmly.

"You know women just don't nag son. Besides what pregnancy was she talking about?" He questioned whilst he looked at me with piercing eyes.

"Dad she just jumped to conclusions." I stated in a way to avoid talking about it.

" Naa. I was there. I heard that part," He responded with a chuckle.

" Ok fine dad. I visited a pregnant friend and she started accusing me of being the dad," I answered in a matter of fact tone.

"Who could that friend be?" He questioned with heighten curiosity.

"Raquel," I responded after a moment of hesitation.

" You mean my Raquel?" He questioned in disbelieve.

" Yep," I replied to which his face suddenly became pale.

"Is everything alright,dad?" I questioned in concern.

" Yeah am just shock that's all," He riposted.

"Are you the father?" I questioned in a serious tone.

"Hell no!" He responded like it was an impossibility.

" How come you are so sure?" I asked hoping for an explanation.

" Because we weren't sleeping together for sometime and she openly admitted she cheated on me," He replied with a grimace.

" Did she tell you who she cheated with?" I interrogated in an attempt to fish out information.

" Naa she didn't," He responded in a cold tone, with hurt visible in his eyes.

"Come to think of it I thought you didn't like Raquel. So how come you went over to her place?" He questioned in a suspicious tone.

"I just wanted to find out more information about the divorce since you weren't willing to talk about it," I replied in an audibly calm voice.

" Interesting and did you get what you wanted?" He questioned looking at me intently.

" Naa dad she wasn't willing to talk," I replied whilst I took out my phone to check a message I got.

"I see. When did Raquel become your friend," He questioned tilting his head sideways.

" She isn't," I replied without flinching.

" I heard you tell Laila she was your friend," He replied smartly.

" Yeah I did because I didn't want to broadcast our family issues to her," I replied.

" I don't see anything wrong with that,she is about to become family isn't she?" He rhetorically stated.

" Something like that," I answered with less enthusiasm.

"I don't understand you Michael, why don't you call off the wedding if you dont love her?" He asked his face creased with worry.

"It's complicated," I said with a sigh.

"Are you having unrequited feeling for someone?" He questioned in a serious voice.

" Something like that," I replied in a sad tone.