Olivia withdrew her hand heartlessly and questioned, “You’re telling me you don’t know who their mother is when they’ve already gone to your doorstep?! Whom do you think you’re fooling, Nolan?”
“I’m not lying, Olivia!” Eugene explained anxiously. “I talked to Blake at noon today. Ask him what I asked him!”
With that, he looked toward Blake, who only blinked his big, round eyes like he had nothing to do with the conversation at all. “Godmother, Carter, Terry, and I have discussed, and we don’t want to acknowledge him as our dad.”
Carter and Terry nodded in agreement, rendering Eugene speechless. “I asked you who your mother is, didn’t I?” “Haven’t I given you the answer already?” Blake retorted with a frown, leading Olivia to gaze suspiciously at Eugene. “Who is it?”
Eugene was on the verge of a panic attack at this point. He and Olivia would be over for good if he couldn’t clarify the issue. Worse, the triplets weren’t helping the situation. He suggested desperately, “We’ll do this. I’ll say, and you guys interject if whatever I say doesn’t match up.”
With that, he turned to Olivia and explained, “We’ve had far too many misunderstandings lately. I don’t know if you feel the same, but I can’t shake off the feeling that I’m being played. I was on guard when they came to me, thinking someone sent them to screw with me, so I didn’t believe them. I also threatened to feed them to the sharks if they didn’t tell me who sent them.
That’s why they say they won’t acknowledge me as their father. I was shocked and baffled when they pricked my finger and collected my blood sample on the spot because of my poor attitude toward them. It then occurred to me that they wouldn’t do this if it wasn’t real. As such, I did a DNA test with them.”
Then, he looked toward the triplets, asking. “Does what I say match what happened that day?” The boys looked at each other, then nodded in agreement.
At that, Eugene gazed back at Olivia and related his conversation with Blake at noon to her. “Blake said an elder raised them, and everyone called him Professor Gedding. However, that man lied to them, saying their parents had died. It was after Terry overheard them saying their father was the owner of Promise Island that they traveled far and wide to find me. Olivia, I’m not Alex. You’re the only one I’ve ever given myself to. That’s why I don’t know who their mother is.”
“Fine.” Olivia frowned. “I understand why you’d want to hide this from me, but don’t you think it’s a little absurd that you don’t know who their mother is? I can see it as a story and move on if it has nothing to do with me, but do you expect me to believe you have no idea who their mother is when they’ve already gone to your doorstep?!”
Eugene rubbed his throbbing forehead. He also found it outlandish, but that was what happened, and the triplets were proof. Olivia genuinely didn’t want to fight with Eugene in front of the kids, so she stood up and told him to follow her before walking out.
Eugene, on the other hand, swept his gaze across Jewel and the kids before following Olivia. After entering an unoccupied private room, Olivia went straight to the point. “I want the truth and the truth only. Who is their mother, Eugene? I hope you won’t lie to me even if we end up breaking up!”
“I really don’t know, Olivia!” Eugene groaned in frustration. “I’d have told you from the get-go if I knew. I swear I’m not lying.”
“Stop telling me you don’t know! You dare tell me you don’t know whomever you f*cked?!” Olivia exploded.
Similarly, Eugene was becoming exasperated at this point. “You’re my only woman! I’ve never approached any woman other than you my whole life. Why can’t you believe that?! Must I yank my heart out for you to believe me?!”
Feeling a little weak, Olivia leaned her back against the wall and asked, ‘Let me put it this way, then. Is Azalea their mother?”
“I don’t think so,” Eugene answered after pondering for a moment. “I’ve promised you I would never lie to you. I’ll tell you this, but don’t jump to a conclusion just yet. I was on a constant fever during my coma after suffering a severe injury six years ago, wasn’t I?
One day, I found Azalea lying next to me when I woke up. She told me it was because she saw me shivering that she held me to give me warmth. That was the closest I’ve ever gotten with her. If the triplets are really hers, she could’ve only done something to me while I was unconscious. After all, the timing matches. It concerned me at first, but after thinking it through, I thought it was a little far-fetched.
Not only were we fully clothed, but I was still recovering from a serious injury. Even if she did get pregnant with my children against all odds, how could Sirius let this opportunity to collaborate with me slip by? Also, how could Azalea say nothing about it for six whole years?”
