Return With the Billionaire Baby Daddy-Chapter 44: Requesting to end the arranged marriage

"I am glad that you know about us," Damian said anxiously, biting his lower lip as if hesitant to reveal the truth.

Karina nodded, placing the phone in front of Damian again.

"Is there a problem with her?" she asked. "She looks sad? I thought you two were no longer in touch... It’s a bit strange," she continued, furrowing her brow.

"She didn’t have any issues before coming back here. She left me on our wedding day because I had an affair with her friend after the bachelor party," Damian explained, occasionally biting his lower lip and looking down. "I’m not as good as you think, even now I’m still very messed up," he continued, looking back at Karina.

"What do you mean by saying this?"

"I decided without much thought, a decision about our relationship," Damian explained, looking at Karina very seriously. "That night, I was stressed because I knew Valerie was engaged to my friend. It hurt, especially since she had been hiding about our child... I felt betrayed by her with my friend, even though it all started with my mistake. Finally, I decided not to chase her anymore, and suddenly my father offered a marriage proposal to you... I accepted it."

Karina fell silent, disappointment evident in her gray eyes.

"Yesterday I met her again, and I couldn’t resist my longing... Turns out, she had ended her relationship with my friend. In reality, she never truly loved my friend... And there’s a possibility she still loves me... We still have the same feelings, and a strong reason to be together, that’s for our son," Damian explained cautiously, not wanting to hurt Karina. "I truly apologize because... Because I thought about trying to get her back. That’s why I can’t continue our relationship... I didn’t mean to play with you or even demean you... Not at all... It’s purely my feelings... I..."

"I understand," Karina said before and after finishing speaking. "There are many reasons for you to choose to pursue her again rather than starting a relationship with me... You almost got married, which means you had a strong love. Especially now, you also have a son who certainly needs complete love from both of you... I can understand that... It makes sense."

Damian blinked somewhat quickly, furrowing his brow in surprise.

"What do you mean by saying that?" he asked.

Karina just remained silent, glancing at the waiter who arrived with food on a tray.

Damian allowed the server to place the food on the table, and another server came with a beautiful glass of drink and placed it next to the food.

"Enjoy your meal," the female server said with a friendly smile.

Karina just smiled, nodding, and then they quickly left.

"You haven’t answered me," Damian said.

"I know what you want," Karina replied while taking a knife and fork, then started cutting the steak. "I won’t stand in your way if you want to go back to her... But I know if you want to go back to her now, it will only cause problems between our fathers... And, of course, it will affect our company," she continued, then began eating the steak.

Damian fell silent as if understanding Karina’s explanation.

"I can’t force a man to be in a relationship with me while he still has another woman in his heart, especially if the reason is strong enough... Having a child," Karina continued slicing the steak. "I don’t want to be the cause of a child’s suffering... The photo made me sad, so I can’t bear to look at it any longer... If I could turn back time, I would ask my father to cancel his plans for our arranged marriage." She continued eating while looking at Damian, who seemed confused.

"Oh..." Damian seemed surprised, then smiled faintly and cut his steak. "I didn’t expect this kind of response from you. You understand what I should do as a father... I’m very grateful that you understand..."

Karina tightened her lips, looking at Damian, their eyes meeting.

"But I can’t end our relationship just like that. Everything needs a process so that our parents can understand and it won’t negatively impact their friendship and our company," she said.

"I understand," Damian replied.

"Maybe for now, we should pretend to be trying to love each other, but then we have to show that we can’t truly love each other, so they will let us decide whether to continue or stop... We’ll make them not suspect you, and of course, Valerie won’t be blamed."

"I agree, that’s a good idea!" Damian said enthusiastically. "I think it will make it easier for me to be with her..."

Karina smiled faintly. "Hopefully what I do won’t be in vain... Hopefully, she wants to come back to you."

"I’m not confident about it because she’s still avoiding me because my father asked her to... But I’ll convince her," Damian said anxiously. "But it seems my father has already said something about us... So, whether I like it or not, I have to be open with her... I’ll tell her that you won’t be angry even if I cancel our relationship."

"That’s true... you have to say that so that she doesn’t feel guilty and keeps rejecting you. And I have a plan so that you can freely meet her without your father suspecting that you will go back to her."

"Wow, what plan is that?" Damian put down his fork and knife, looking at Karina seriously.

"Well..." Karina sighed. "We will show our closeness and also meet Valerie, so your father thinks that you are already accepting me, and Valerie doesn’t mind our relationship. It will just be a formality so that your father won’t press Valerie to stay away from you anymore... Poor your baby."

Damian furrowed his brow.

"Let me meet Valerie, be her friend too," Karina suggested.

Damian nodded. "I think that’s a good idea, but maybe we can’t apply it now because she’s still very sensitive to me."

"Let me know when you’re ready to introduce me to her," Karina requested, then shifted to eat the vegetables available beside the steak.

Damian nodded, silent with a sense of relief, and looked at his phone again. He opened the message from Hannah, continuously staring at the photo of Valerie and Daniel.

’For now, I’ll let you be calm, but I promise I will meet you again, we are sure that you will believe that we can be together again. Give me a chance,’ he said in his heart.

Karina observed Damian constantly looking at his phone, ignoring his food. ’This is like an insult to me. But it doesn’t matter, you will be part of my game... There won’t be a chance for you to go back to her,’ she thought calmly and resumed eating.

Note: Karina is an antagonist, a dangerous woman, much more dangerous than Samuel.