Roger paused for a second. He wasn't a stupid man and knew that if what you had said was true, then he was not the biological father but even with that, he didn't doubt for a second that you had been with someone whilst with him.

"I'm so sorry," you whispered. "I didn't know until today, but it lines up with a one-night stand before we were together. I would never do anything to hurt you, but I understand if you hate me and never want to see me again. You didn't sign up for another man's baby, especially not a month into a relationship."

He reached out a hand to touch your arm, gaining your attention to the hand that gently rubbed your upper arm.

"I don't hate you," he said. "I'm surprised but I don't hate you. It will take some time for such big news to sink in, but I will never hate you."

You could feel the tears welling up in your eyes as you tried to keep some form of composure. You felt stupid and as though you had betrayed the man who had always been there for you, long before you had been in a relationship.

"I don't know what you want to do, whether you want to keep the baby or take another option, but either way I will support you with that decision. I'm not going anywhere," he assured you.

"You don't need to feel like you have to stay with me because of this. I understand this isn't what you agreed to when you asked me to be your girlfriend."

He shrugged his shoulders. "There's no way to see what the future holds, but I'm not going to leave you for something that happened before we were even together. Realistically if we wanted to have children in the future, it wouldn't happen naturally, and I'm not going to force myself into the life of your child if you don't want me to and want to keep them, but if you want me to take on a fatherly role, then I will do that. I love you, and I am always going to be here to support you and if that means being a dad, then that will be something I will happily do. You aren't in this alone."

You couldn't fight the tears any longer.

"What did I do to deserve you?" You whimpered, losing the battle with tears streaming down your cheeks.

"Nothing, you just deserve to be happy."

Roger wrapped his arms around you and held onto you until you were able to calm down your emotions and think clearly again. He didn't care how long it took, he meant it when he said he was with you no matter what.

~*~

Written by Charlotte.

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