I Used To Cling To Him At Night, Now I Turn My Back Chapter 08

I Used To Cling To Him At Night, Now I Turn My Back Chapter 08

They were looking at the same phone, standing close enough that their shoulders nearly touched.

The comments, quiet only moments ago, exploded again.

[She’s about to throw hands, isn’t she? Look, the male lead’s already stepping in front of the female lead to shield her.]

[Once her pregnancy starts showing, she’s done for anyway. They’re on a date. He doesn’t want to see her either.]

[Let her go for it. One dramatic showdown later, they’ll definitely get divorced. Hurry up and let the male and female leads get back together.]

[Hold up… they’re both in business attire. This doesn’t look like a date. More like they’re searching for someone.]

My thoughts spiraled into chaos.

So they really were together. Callan had even skipped work for days just to be with her.

I tugged at the tiny party hat on my head, trying to hide my face.

It was useless.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught Callan looking this way before the crowd blocked his view.

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Suddenly, he yanked his hand free.

His booming little voice echoed through the shop.

“Selene! You’re a bad lady!”

OMG. I was done for.

I stopped. A familiar figure was already walking toward me.

Callan had always been rigidly disciplined.

No matter what he felt, he usually wore the same expression.

When he was annoyed, he’d frown.

When he was happy, the corner of his mouth might lift by the tiniest fraction

I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen him look this angry.

He stopped less than a step away. Then his eyes locked onto my stomach.

When he looked back up, his bloodshot eyes were rimmed with exhaustion.

His voice was rough, like he hadn’t slept in days.

“You wanted a child so badly… You’d rather be someone else’s stepmom?”

“And now you’re carrying our baby… where exactly were you planning to run off to?”

Without another word, Callan bundled me into the car.

He drove straight toward it

Panic swallowed every other thought.

“The… the baby’s already four months! It’s too late now!”

“Four months?”

“Y–Yeah!”

I nodded so hard my neck hurt.

It was a lie. I was only a little over two months along.

“So…” His voice came out between clenched teeth. You hid this from me. For four months.”

Seeing the anger still written all over his face, I forced myself to stay calm.

“Callan, even if you don’t want this baby… can you please let me keep him?”

The car kept moving.

I swallowed hard before adding, “If we get divorced, you won’t have to pay child support.”

It’s okay, sweetheart.

Mom has more than enough money.

Even if you never have a father’s love, you’ll never want for anything.

Just… please be born safe and sound.

The car sped past the clinic without slowing. Callan had no intention of stopping.

As we reached an intersection, the traffic light turned yellow.

He slammed on the brakes.

His voice trembled as it reached me.

“What did you just say?”

The sudden stop threw me forward.

The man behind the wheel took a shaky breath.

His voice nearly broke. “You want a divorce?”

Had I imagined it?

His eyes were red. They even glistened with tears.

The comments covered my vision again.

[Why does it look like the male lead’s about to cry?

side character at all.]

[He finally tracked down his wife and kid, and the fi

about to become the most pitiful husband on earth

Looking into his red–rimmed eyes, I felt a tight ache

I’d thought that if I stayed away from Callan, things

predicted.

He’d give the female lead the place she deserved.

Instead, he never brought it up.

And now he’d found out about the baby.

Maybe he took duty and promises too seriously to

My hand rested gently over the tiny life growing ins

The comments kept reminding me to stay awake.

A man as rigid as Callan would still throw conventio

Just then, the female lead called agam

It rang twice before Callan shot it off and silenced the call

1 steadied myself and ignored the interruption.

“Callan, Grandpa and Grandma have been gone for two years now.”

“You don’t owe my family anything anymore.

“You don’t have to keep up this sham of a marriage just because you feel duty–bound.”

Over the years, Callan had carried the Cross family back from the brink.

He’d paid off enormous debts and recruited some of the best talent in the industry.

Whenever people spoke of the once–crumbling Cross family, the story was always the same.

The one who saved it had been an adopted son.

Without Callan, I probably would’ve lost everything long ago.

The car rolled to a stop beneath the covered parking area at the villa.

The overhead lights flickered, casting shifting shadows across Callan’s stunned face.

I unfastened my seat belt.

“I’ll explain the divorce to my parents myself.”

“You can finally live the life you want

“Starting today. neither of us owes the other anything

I was letting Callan ge

No matter how fightly rd tried to hold on, I was only ever a side character in his story. Someone

else’s supporting role

A man like Callan had never belonged to me

A warm hand suddenly wrapped around my wrist

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The car door was already half open, but I couldn’t move another inch

His breath brushed against my ear

“I won’t allow it.”

“What?”

His grip tightened

His voice was firm, leaving no room for argument.

“Stop trying to push me away, I’m not divorcing you!

“Selene. You were the one who seduced me. And now you’re the one asking for a divorce?

“You pulled me into this forbidden mess. What makes you think you can just walk away

unscathed?”

My mind went completely blank.

How could he be so shameless?

Did he hate me so much that he’d rather destroy his own freedom than let me go?

From the back seat, Milo finally couldn’t hold himself back.

His wide eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“Uncle Callan, Aunt Selene, are you guys gonna fight?”

“I’ll just… get out of the car.”

“I’m not scared anymore. Lila and her husband always fight with their mouths.”

The comments were having the time of their lives.

[Milo’s living for this drama. Kid’s probably smashing the buttons on his smartwatch calling

everyone right now.]

[How could the side character be the one asking for a divorce? Everything the male lead did for the Cross family was basically building their future together. They’re already family.]

What were they even talking about?

I couldn’t think anymore.

Because Callan’s lips came down on mine–warm and desperate.