The music ended as Nathaniel tried his best to put Maya at ease, but she still glared at him, as if he had kept the secret of Gabriel's parentage and not her.
To avoid making a scene, Nathaniel pulled her aside, to the back of the side of the stage where others wouldn't see them.
"That's why you prepared that feast the night I had to— that night, wasn't it?" he asked as he avoided saying that night that he had abandoned her.
"Yes," she said as she glared at him. "I was so happy, so excited to share with you the news that we were expecting, imagine what it was like to wake up in an empty bed. You were gone Nathaniel! You left and I had no idea why or to where!"
"I'm sorry, love," he said as he cupped her face in his hands.
Her back was turned to the crowd so no one could see her tears.
Seeing that the couple was having a serious discussion, Clark sent the bodyguards over to form a barricade.
