Deep Love Hidden From Him

Chapter 74

"Everleigh, don't get me wrong. I don't mean anything else." William retreated his hand and explained, "I know it's rude, but please give me a chance. I apologize to you and your children on Erica's behalf. I have so many things to say to you, Everleigh! Had you not left the country so suddenly, I'd have..."

"I'm sorry, William. I have nothing to say to you."

Everleigh interrupted William, her face sullen. She walked past William and was about to leave.

"You went abroad because you were pregnant, am I right?"

William's voice came from behind Everleigh, stopping her footsteps. She clenched her fists before turning and fixing her astonished eyes at William.

William took two steps forward and continued, "You are Dr. Harrison's prized student and you were going to pursue a doctorate under him. Anyone would have thought it sounded fishy when you suddenly applied to study abroad. However, I understood everything when I saw your kids today. You left the country back then because you were pregnant, correct?"

Everleigh clenched her fists tighter, but she did not deny William's claim. She blurted, "How is that any of your concern?"

Knowing both Adrienne and Alastair' ages and with a little investigation, anyone could discover that she had left the country because of her pregnancy. In fact, she had decided not to hide the truth from anyone ever since she had decided to return home.

"My guess is that it has nothing to do with Stainley, right?" William started taunting Everleigh.

Everleigh's face darkened and she uttered, "As I said, this has nothing to do with you. Now, I still have matters..."

"You don't know who the father is, right?"

Everleigh stared at William in surprise, and her intuition told her that something was wrong.

William seemed to be deep in his thoughts before he finally said, "I saw it that night."

"What do you mean?"

"That rainy night."

Every single word from William's remark beat heavily on Everleigh's eardrums before they exploded in her mind.

Step by step, William walked up to Everleigh, his handsome face wearing a paled expression. He looked like he had just recalled something he felt guilty of, and he said lowly, "That night, it wasn't my intention for not saving you. I..."

Everleigh took a few steps back, trying to keep calm. When her heel bumped into the roadside curb, she lost her balance and fell backwards.

"Everleigh!"

Amidst William's panicked tone, Everleigh did not fall to the ground. She was instead steadily supported by a pair of hands placed on her shoulder and waist.

Everleigh subconsciously raised her head and tried to look at the person who was holding her. Her mind went blank and she failed to say anything at all.

Theodore's eyes went from glancing at her and then towards William, asking, "What is a lecturer from Ocpeace Medical University doing to a fellow alumni in broad daylight?"

William froze for a moment. Then, he quickly said, "This is a misunderstanding. She's my junior. We were... We were just having a discussion."

"Really? I'm wondering what you were discussing since it scared the wits out of this lady."

William retorted, "What does that have anything to do with you? By the way, would you mind letting her go?"

William did not know Theodore and so he had retained his formalities at first. However, as he saw that the man was holding Everleigh and did not intend to let her go, he eventually became irritated.

William's words brought Everleigh back to reality. Only then did she realize that she was still being held in Theodore's arms. She subconsciously tried struggling out from his grasp, but the hands holding her tightened, preventing her from escaping.

Everleigh stared at Theodore in surprise.

His eyes darkened as he shot a gaze at William as he said, "You're messing with my girlfriend. Of course, this has everything to do with me."

"Your girlfriend?" William's face fell at once.

Everleigh's face was also stiff, and her feelings were mixed.

"Everleigh, is he telling the truth? Aren't you in a relationship with Stainley?" William simply would not believe that a man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere would be Everleigh's man. He had to hear it from Everleigh herself.

Everleigh frowned. Without waiting for her reply, Theodore threw an answer back at William, "It has nothing to do with you."

After that, he grabbed Everleigh's shoulder and said, "Evie, let's go."

The nickname "Evie" stunned Everleigh. There was only one person in this world who had and would call her that. She thought she would never hear it again ever since the relationship had ended seven years ago.

William was left far behind as Theodore led Everleigh away from the small pathway. They only stopped when they could finally hear the voices of the crowd from the backstreet. Theodore retrieved his hand from Everleigh's shoulder. Everleigh froze for a while before she turned around and awkwardly took a few steps away from him. "Thanks for the help." "Why didn't you answer my call?" Theodore asked.

"Your call?" Everleigh was dumbstruck. She took out her phone and sure enough, she saw there was a missed call from Theodore. "My phone was muted. Sorry."

She was giving a lecture a few hours ago and muting her phone before that was her habit.

After a few seconds of hesitation, she asked, "Why were you looking for me?"

Theodore replied, "Did you just leave two kids to fend for themselves in the middle of nowhere? I thought you were attending to some urgent matters. I didn't expect you to be with William."

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Theodore thought William had offended him a lot. It was all because William had never stopped pursuing Everleigh back when she was together with Theodore.

"It's not quite what you think it is. I..." Everleigh wanted to explain everything but swallowed back her words. She did not know where to begin the story and decided to change the topic of conversation instead. She questioned, "How did you know about the kids?"

"I met them at the backstreet. Moses took them for lunch, and I was going to inform you about it." Theodore looked a little impatient as he answered.

Could there really be such a coincidence? Everleigh was taken aback yet again. Nevertheless, she said, "Thank you."

There was a moment of silence.

Then, she spoke again, "The thing you told William... About me being your girlfriend..."

Everleigh thought Theodore did not have to say that in order to get rid of William. It was broad daylight, so William could not do anything even if he had intended to. However, Theodore had to mention that Everleigh was his girlfriend right in front of him.

"It's my habit to resolve matters by using the most efficient solutions."

Theodore's answer shook Everleigh to her core. She panicked after she raised her head and saw his indifferent eyes.

She forced a smile and responded blandly, "Oh, I see."

"What were you thinking?" Theodore rested his hands in his pockets as he kept a sizable distance from Everleigh. His face looked cold and distant.

"Did you think that I would be like I was back then? That I would be jealous because of gossip about you and some unknown guys?"

"That's not what I meant." Everleigh denied in a hurry, but her voice was lower now. "There's nothing going on between William and me."

"I have no interest in knowing that." Theodore's eyes were showing hints of annoyance as he said, "Let's stop talking about the past, shall we?"

Once again, Everleigh was floored. She stared at Theodore guiltily.

Was he not the one who kept talking about the past?