Fake Fiancée - Season 1 - Episode 52

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Fake Fiancée - Season 1 - Episode 52

Henry turned and glared at me. “You knew?!”
I flinched at his raised voice but I didn’t back down. “I knew that they’ve had feelings for each other since high school! They probably just decided to act on their feelings now! They’re not playing with each other!”

The room was silent until Arianne spoke up. “Now Steve, I don’t know why you are suddenly disapproving of Henry and Lainie but … Henry,” she then turned to her son and her lips parted. It seemed like she was looking for the right words to say, but she couldn’t think of any. “I … I know it seems absurd, but I really do love Steve. I’m not asking for you to celebrate, but I just want you to be happy for me. I was never happy with your father … just please; will you be happy for me?”

The three of us stared at her, awed that she was saying all this. She didn’t seem to notice Steve and me though, as she was focused on her only son. She looked so vulnerable and I really hoped Henry would accept the fact that Steve and Arianne loved each other.

“We won’t be exclusive or anything,” Arianne assured. “We don’t want the media to talk about how strange Steve and I together would be …”

I peeked up at Henry out of the corner of my eyes to see how Henry was taking it. His eyes were locked with his mother’s and the weird thing was, their eyes held the same emotion. Even though they were two different colours, they looked like the same.

“Alright,” Henry murmured with his head down. This made Arianne beam and she came forward to hug her son.

“Thank you,” I heard her whisper.

I suddenly felt intrusive to be witnessing this, so I decided to go and sit on the couch. As I stared at my hands, I felt Steve sit himself next to me. I looked up and found him staring at me sadly. “Hi,” I murmured, unsure of how he would respond.

“I know he loves you,” Steve said outright with a small sigh. “There’s no doubt that he cares for you and I’m sorry for blowing up like that … I was just surprised. I always knew he cared for you, but I always put it off.”

I bit my lip and slowly, a smile came to my face. At least my uncle approved. “It’s ok, I understand. But I want you to know that Henry will never hurt me intentionally.”

I said the last bit with confidence. Deep down, I had always known he would never want to truly hurt me.

“I know, and I just want to say that … I’m happy for you Lainie. You’ve always lived with Hazel and I know that she’s never really cared for you properly. I’m the worst uncle. I should have had you come to live with me after your father died.”

I blinked in surprise of this. Steve thought he was a bad uncle?

“I shouldn’t have bribed you to be Henry’s fiancée. I should have willingly given you that money for college,” he continued, looking regretful. “I’m sorry Lainie. I’m so sorry.”
I smiled at his apology and leaned forward to hug him. He was startled at first, but then relaxed and returned my embrace. “You are the best uncle,” I whispered.

“I’m your only uncle,” Steve muttered.