A/N: Hello guys! So here is it the second chapter for this story. I hope you'll enjoy this! I own every mistake in this chapter because it was not beta'ed. Please follow, favorite or review so I know what you guys want. :) Enjoy this chapter! :)
Present day at Regina's house
She just admitted to him that they share a child together. But where is he? Who does he look like? Does he look like him or her? What's his name? More questions entered Christian's mind and Regina better answer him with the truth, he thought.
She can see the anger in his face and his stance.
"Why did you hide him from me?" He asked in a cold manner, trying to contain his emotions.
It took some time before she answered because she knows that no matter what her reasons were, it's still wrong. But then she knew what he wants at this moment is the truth and he deserves the truth so she answered, "Mother. When we found that I was pregnant, she reacted badly. I was shocked. I didn't know what to do. Then mother suggested to abort my pregnancy but I can't do that. After a few hours, she talked to me. She said that she'll allow me to continue the pregnancy but I have to stay away, away from home, away from you. So she sent me to our rest house in the Philippines, away from the eyes of the judging people here. She dropped me out of school and said that I can't continue talking to you and that the pregnancy will jeopardize the relationship of our families. So I left. Because as much as I want to tell you and go against mother's will, I cannot risk the life of my baby. And I also don't to ruin your life." She said, also trying not cry.
"Regina, I thought you were smarter and stronger than that!" He said a bit loud.
"And what do you want me to do? Risk the life my baby. You of all people know how manipulative and heartless my mother is!" She said, almost like shout.
"Yes! You could've come to me!" He said.
"And what would you do if I did that, huh?" She asked.
"I could've protected you. We could've protected you. My parents love you Regina!" He said.
"And then what? Ruin your life in the process?" She said.
"How could having a child and protecting both of you ruin my life?" He asked.
"A lot of things may happen. If your parents found out they could disown you. And Christian, you were in a loving relationship with Ana at that time. The morning after our night, we had a talk. We both agreed it was a mistake, a moment of weakness." She said.
"Still Regina! You could have told me! I have the right to know! You should have not assumed that about my parents. Have you forgot that I was adopted?" He said. He wanted to cry but he won't.
"If I told you, what would you do? Will tell Ana that I am pregnant with your child? Will you be willing to support us or the baby at least while knowing that Ana is hurting?" She asked.
It took a little while before he answered, "Yes. I will tell her. Because I know how difficult and heartbreaking it was to not have a father."
Regina felt more guilt stabbing her in the chest. "What if Ana can't accept our baby? Who would you choose? Christian, I didn't want to ruin your life and at that time Ana was your world. I've seen your sacrifices just to have her. Hell! I even helped you in courting her. You know what, when I found out I was pregnant, I thought that this could be our chance to be together but I immediately dismissed that thought because I knew how happy and in love you were with her." She said sobbing. She almost didn't realize that what she just confessed to him.
Christian's eyes grew wide. Hearing those words stirred a buried feeling of his. If he only knew. If she only knew.
"Oh God Regina! Why are you just telling me this now?" He inquired.
"Why? Because Christian I know that you only saw me as your friend and nothing more. It cannot be extended. When you met Ana, I badly wanted to be her! But then I saw how happy you were so dismissed every feeling I have for you and tried to be happy for you. And when thought of your happiness with her, I thought that maybe mother was right." She said.
Christian wanted to hug her. Because no matter how angry he was to her, he could not stand to see her like that. Emotional. Vulnerable. Just like he was during their night together at his parents house. So he closed their distance and enveloped her to his embrace and it felt comforting.
"I'm sorry Christian. I'm sorry please forgive me." She sobbed. He shushed her while stroking her hair.
"If I only knew. If you only knew. God Regina! I have loved even before Ana. I was just so scared to ruin the friendship we established. I was too much of a coward to admit my feelings for you so I just buried them deep. When I met Ana, I thought she could replace you and for a long moment, I thought she did but that night in my cabin, ever emotions I had for you came rushing back and what we had didn't feel a mistake." He confessed while still enveloping her in his arms as she continued to sob.
For a long moment, they stayed like that. In each other's arms. Feeling the comfort they were giving to each other. Christian wanted to ask more so he pulled away from the embrace and faced her.
"Regina, I want to know, where is he?" He asked.
Shock.
That was her first emotion. She was frozen on where she was standing. Eyes widened from his question. She didn't know how to answer his questions. She didn't know what to answer with his question because she herself was still looking for answers.
Guilt.
That was second emotion. Tears was once again forming in her eyes. Threatening to fall from there. It was all her fault. If she was only strong enough none of this will happen to her.
Silence.
That was her only answer to his question. Because she really has no answer to his question and she didn't want to lie to him anymore. But she was scared to tell him the truth. She heard him sighed. She knew he was getting impatient and frustrated.
"Regina, where is our son?!" He asked once again, slightly raising his voice.
Hearing the frustration in his voice made one tear fall from her eye. She was contemplating her options on what her answer should be or how should she answer him. Regina just shook her head lightly, and it was the only answer she could conjure at that moment. Christian was getting really impatient, frustrated and angry. This was not the answers he wanted from her. He just wanted to see his son, to meet him, to tell him that he has a father that will love him because he doesn't want him to grow up like him. Resenting his parents for their awful choices in life.
"Regina answer me! Where. Is. Our. Son?!" He asked angrily, he didn't want it to come out like that but his emotions is overpowering him.
Regina jumped from his tone of voice. She was scared but she knew she needs to answer him no matter how heartbreaking the answer would be for both of them. She conjured all her remaining strength and willpower before having the courage to answer him. He deserved the truth, she thought. And it's the only thing she could give him for now. Truth. The reason he was in there from the beginning.
"I...don't...know." She said with a cracking voice.
Christian glared at her. Not sure if he heard her correctly. "Come again?" He said.
"I don't know where is. I'm sorry Christian." She said.
"What do you mean you don't know? Stop with the bullshit Regina! Please!" He pleaded with a harsh tone.
"I swear Christian, I don't know where he is. My mother - " she was cut off by him, "Regina! Please! For once, stop pinning this to your mother!" He was clearly angry, but it was the truth.
"You want the truth right?!" She asked raising her voice a little. He nodded. "Then let me finish." She said.
"My mother...she...she said...he died hours after I gave birth to him." She said and the memory hit her, tears was released from her eyes.
He couldn't believe what he just heard. One moment he found out they have a son then next thing he was dead. It broke his heart into a million pieces. He shook his said, refusing to believe. "Please! Tell me the truth! That's all I want Regina! Stop lying to me! I deserve at least to know the truth from you Regina!" He pleaded and tears were also running down his face from his beautiful grey eyes.
"I'm not lying to you Christian! Our son! I know he's alive. I know mother lied to me. When I was pregnant with him, I had no complication, the birth went well, and I...I heard him cry and I got to hold him in my arms for a brief moment. The doctor said he was healthy. I know that mother was behind all of this. When she delivered the news to me, papers were already arranged and the funeral as well." She told him while sobbing and trying to be strong.
He just watched her tell him what happened and what did her mother do. He knew her mother. He knew how manipulative and greedy she was. But he did not realize that she could do that to her own flesh and blood. She really was a heartless bitch. Christian felt so bad for her. He felt guilty. He felt angry. He should have been therer for her and for his son. If he only knew, he would've been there to protect them from her wretched mother.
He saw the loneliness, the longing, the anger, the guilt, the hope, and the love that Regina must have been feeling all those years. Even though he felt mixes of emotions, it still pained him to see Regina like that. So he stepped closer to her once again, lessened the gap and finally hugging her once again. He wanted to comfort her.
While she was enveloped in his arms, she kept saying sorry and that she will find and that she will make sure that he is alive and safe. He pulled her closer while listening to her apologies and sobs. He was stroking her hair like a child needing assurance and comfort.
"Shhh Regina. Stop crying. I will help you find our son. Okay?" He informed her and asked permission. She just nodded in response.
"Thank you Christian. And I'm sorry. I wish I was strong enough to stand against my mother's will and come to you and tell you the truth instead of running away and assuming things that from the beginning I knew that you would never do. I should have known of all people that you will not do anything to harm our child." She said.
"Shh Regina, I understand now. Though I'm still furious with your assumptions. And I'm sorry I wasn't there for you and our child. I should have come after you when I found out you left school and didn't talk to me after that night." He said.
She just nodded, accepting his apology and understanding where he was coming from. He pulled away from their hug and told her to take a seat.
"Regina please tell me something about our son. I want to know his name, who does he look like." He said.
A small smile formed on her lips by just remembering their son and Christian caught a glimpse of her smile.
"His name is Henry. I named him after my father because dad died months after I moved to Philippines. He looked like us. Both of us. He had my hair and my nose and his lips, eyes, and skin are your. He was so beautiful. And he had an apple-shaped birthmark on his back." She described their son with a loving voice and love in her he also caught a glimpse of loneliness in her voice. Christian listened to her and where he was and what does looked like growing up.
"We will find our son. I promise. Even if I have to use all my money just to find him, I will. We will." He said with conviction.
"I've been trying to find him since I got my trust fund from my father but I still can't find. Christian what if he really was dead and mother was not lying?" She asked with dark thoughts swirling in her mind.
"No Regina! You said it yourself a while ago! Our son can't be dead. We will find him." He said with a stern voice. She just nodded and tried to push her thoughts away.
"Do you have his papers? Birth certificate, death certificate?" He asked.
"Yes, I do. Let me just get them and other papers from my investigators. Maybe we could start from there." She said while wiping her tears.
She headed upstairs to get an envelope containig the papers about their son. She went back down. She saw him talking to someone on his phone. She cleared her throat to make her presence known.
"These are the papers. You can look at it. Discuss it with your investigator and please inform me if you've found something." She informed him.
"Yes, of course. Thank you Regina. And I'm sorry for going here and scaring you." He said sincerely.
"Don't be. It was my fault in the first place. I have no right to be mad at you. Believe me, I understand." She said while holding his hand.
"Alright, I have to go now. I have an early flight to catch tomorrow. I'll call you if we've found something." He said.
"Goodbye. Have a safe flight. I will still continue to do my investigation." She informed him of her plan.
"I'll walk you out." She said.
She lead him to the door but before he went to his car she said, "Please inform Ana about this. I don't want you to keep secrets from her. Relationships are built in trust."
"Regina -" he was cut off by his phone ringing. He looked at it and saw it was Killian. He turned around and answered it.
"Mate where are you? Come back now! We still have to catch a flight early tomorrow and you still have to pack your things and work on some papers before going back." Killian reminded him. He turned to face Regina again.
"I need to go now." He said and hugged her goodbye. It felt like before, when they were still friends. Before any of this happened.
He arrived at their hotel after almost 30 minutes of driving. Killian was waiting for him in lobby of the hotel.
"Mate!" Killian called him from the lobby when he entered the hotel.
"What are you doing here? Enjoy the rest of the night but not too much. Early flight tomorrow." Christian reminded him.
"I was waiting for you. Here are the papers for the deal. You just have to sign it. I definitely will enjoy my night and you also. See you tomorrow." He said.
Killian walked out of the hotel and climbed into the back of the town car he rented for the night. He has a date with a certain blonde that he just met that morning.
The car pulled up at the address she gave to him. It was an apartment building and he buzzed the doorbell for her room to let her know that he's already there. Ten minutes later, she walked out of the elevator and was greeted by him.
"Hey, do you need a bucket?" She asked. No reply for him so she snapped her fingers in front of him.
"Wow! Emma you look so gorgeous." He complimented her. And she replied, "You're not bad yourself."
They headed out and into the car. She kept asking the place where they were headed but kept his mouth zipped.
They arrived at the harbor. She was confused and shocked.
"What are doing here?" She asked.
"To have a dinner." He replied and shrugged his shoulders.
"Where? There are no restaurants here unless you're thinking of fishing in the middle of the night and in the middle of the sea." She said, really confused. He chuckled a little.
"We're not going to fish okay? Just follow me." He said and grabbed her hand and led her to one of the yachts that has lights on. A brunette man welcomed them aboard and left them to enjoy the night.
A table for two was already set up inside as well as the food. They had dinner. And over the three course meal, they've found out a lot about each other. After dessert, they went out and gazed at the stars and moon that was shining down on them. After gazing at the stars and moon, they went back to the dock and head to the car. They headed to Emma's apartment.
"I had a lovely evening Killian. Thank you." She said.
"Me too. Thank you." He said then hugged her.
"Goodbye Killian." She said.
"Goodbye Emma. I'll see you soon." He said then kissed her knuckle.
He felt different. This wasn't him. Definitely far from the usual Killian Jones. Someone who'll take a woman to a lovely evening then bang her to oblivion. But he felt different around her. Different in a good way and he's liking it even though it was a little confusing because he's not used it.
After saying goodbye, he headed back to the hotel.