She was startled for a moment. After the initial surprise, his gaze didn't show the kind of joy she expected. On the contrary, it seemed even colder, which made her heart even more anxious and tense.
"I... I wanted to tell you about this... and then... also wanted to tell you that what happened between us was a misunderstanding. I thought I couldn't conceive, so... I avoided you..." she stammered, his gaze seemingly carrying an invisible pressure that made her take quite a while to finish her sentence.
He listened to her words and suddenly started to laugh, but the laughter was so cold, "Alice Conley, do you take me for a three-year-old? A misunderstanding? You thought you couldn't conceive? Then why did you find another boyfriend after breaking up with me? One is that Archibald guy, and the other is the one I saw in the restaurant before. You avoided me, but sought them out, what does that mean?"
