“Call your father first, tell him this is all a misunderstanding, and then I’ll explain everything slowly, okay?”
What worried Johnny more now was that Tilda’s parents, whom he had worked so hard to win over, would get mad at him. That meant all his efforts had been in vain!
But Tilda remained completely unmoved. She just stood there, waiting for her father to come get her.
“Tilda! I’m begging you! Call your dad and tell him not to come yet! Can’t I talk with you first, and then take you back afterward?”
Tilda simply turned her face away, refusing to communicate with him at all.
Johnny was completely out of options. He took out his own phone, wanting to call Tilda’s father, but somehow his finger just wouldn’t press the button! He knew Tilda’s father wouldn’t listen to him anyway. Any explanation would only make things worse!
“Just make a call, and let me explain, okay?”
“It’ll take my dad at least fifteen or twenty minutes to get here from my house. Say what you want.” But she chose not to listen.
Johnny anxiously ran his fingers through his hair several times, went back to the car to get cigarettes, and then walked back. “Caroline’s daughter got sick, and she asked me to help out! Nothing happened between us, I swear! If you want, I can get the surveillance footage to show you! I didn’t even touch a finger to her!”
Tilda finally reacted. She turned to look at him and snorted with derision.
“You’re so concerned about your ex-girlfriend’s child. Why? Is she your daughter?”
Johnny froze.
“Johnny, it’s not like I haven’t given you chances! Haven’t I always given you enough trust? Even when I saw your car at the hospital, I didn’t doubt you! I even thought maybe you had lent your car to someone! You said you were busy at the company, so I trusted you!” Now looking back, she realized what a fool she’d been!
How could Johnny lend his car to someone else? He would only drive his ex-girlfriend around to show off! It was so typical of him!
“I was busy at the company. I didn’t lie! But then Caroline called me…”
“And you answered her call? Johnny, what did you say before? You promised you wouldn’t contact your ex-girlfriends and you’d pretend not to know them if you saw them! Now that we’re engaged, you think I can’t leave you, so you want to test my limits by flirting with other women?”
Well, he was certainly wrong about that! Tilda had never been a pushover!
“I was wrong, okay? I won’t answer her calls anymore.”
Johnny had originally wanted to tell Tilda about Caroline’s daughter, but seeing the current situation, if he told the truth now, his relationship with Tilda would be completely over!
“Do whatever you want! It has nothing to do with me anymore.”
“How can it have nothing to do with you? You’re my fiancee! Tilda, you can be angry. If you want, hit me, scold me, or whatever you want, but don’t break up with me!”
Tilda let out a cold laugh. “Have you ever seen me as your fiancee? What if I stayed out all night with Howard and turned off my phone? Could you understand that?”
“I’m telling you this because I don’t want to hear you keep making excuses! I can tolerate your numerous past girlfriends, but I cannot tolerate you fooling around after you have me!”
Johnny smoked one cigarette after another, still unable to figure out what to do when Tilda’s father’s car arrived.