"Mom, I can explain" Daniel finally spoke, breaking the silence in the room.

Catherine and Rachel were quiet as they both anticipated what he would say.

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Daniel looked at Rachel and she could understand his gaze, he was asking her should he tell her the truth or continue lying.

"Actually, aunt Cat, why don't you sit down first?" Rachel held Catherine's hand and made her sit on the couch.

"Water" Catherine could feel her throat go dry.

Daniel quickly grabbed a glass and poured some water in it and handed it to his mother, who gulped the whole glass of water in one go.

"Are you feeling better now?" Rachel asked her with concern.

"Yes." Catherine nodded her head.

Daniel sat on the couch opposite to them while Rachel sat next to Catherine.

"I am so sorry for hiding this for a long time now." Rachel held Catherine's hand in hers and subconsciously she kept stroking her hand while talking.

"We, We are sorry for hiding this" Daniel added.

"Hiding what?" Catherine looked at the two young people suspiciously.

"We were dating each other already for quite some time now" Rachel hesitated in between but she completed her statement.

"What? Really?" Catherine turned excited as her fear of them being casual was gone.

Daniel and Rachel sighed in relief as she was excited, it was a good start.

"Yeah mom" Daniel smiled seeing his mom happy.

"So, this Ireland proposal was a hit but because of William and Liz, you guys decided to hide it from everyone?" Catherine concluded.

Rachel and Daniel turned very guilty and were not sure what to say. Although this lie was convenient for them they didn't wish to continue with it.

The two people looked at each other and it was enough confirmation for them to understand they both were on the same page and they don't wish to fool Catherine anymore.

"Actually, we have been dating for almost three months now" Rachel finally blurted out the truth.

"Three months?" Catherine was shocked.

Then Daniel and Rachel told her the whole truth and Catherine heard everything without interrupting them.

After they were done, Catherine was quiet for a few minutes as she still tried to process the whole truth.

"So, Jim, Will and Harry know the truth?" Catherine asked.

"Dad knows because I had no idea he was my dad when I told him the truth and uncle…"

"Rachel's dad told everything to dad so…" Daniel completed her statement.

"What the fuck"

Catherine stood up in anger and headed out the room.

"I never saw aunt Catherine this angry" Rachel commented and worriedly looked at Daniel.

"Two days ago when she fought with everyone, you didn't?" Daniel asked her, reminding her of Cat's anger as this was not the first time he was seeing his mother angry.

Between Harry and Catherine she was the short-tempered one while Harry was the calm one.

"I pity our dads," Daniel exclaimed, surprising Rachel.

"Why them? We are the ones you should pity" Rachel was still feeling guilty as Catherine only showered her love till date and Rachel hurt her.

Rachel felt she could never forgive herself for what she did.

"Don't worry, my mom is unique"

"What do you mean?" Rachel was confused seeing the smirk on Daniel's face.

Daniel stood up and held Rachel's wrist, "Come with me" He started walking and she followed him.

Harry and William were near the poolside in the backyard of the house so Daniel took Rachel there and when they reached there, Rachel was surprised to see Catherine scolding William.

"When you found out about our kids dating, you shared it with Harry and not with me?" She shouted at Will.

Rachel raised her eyebrows as she never thought this is how Catherine would react to the news of them dating. She turned to look at Daniel, who was smiling as if he expected this.

"You knew this would happen?" Rachel asked him in a whisper.

"No, but the way my mom reacted when we told her about that our dads know the truth, I figured this out"

"Why is she angry with dad?" Rachel still didn't get the logic.

"Technically we are kids so she would forgive us but your dad is her best friend and he shared some juicy gossip with dad instead of mom, so obviously mom is more upset with your dad. If Jimmy would have been here then the blame would have shifted on him, but the baby got lucky." Daniel explained his mother's thought process.

"She is really different." Rachel commented.

"Cat, calm down, first tell me what happened?" Will, who was confused at getting bashed by his friend, asked her.

"She found out the truth about us." Rachel informed her dad.

"How?" Will questioned his daughter who turned quiet as she was embarrassed to tell her father she got caught while kissing Daniel.

"How is that any of your business? First you answer my question" Catherine came to Rachel's rescue and shouted at William.

"Cat, these two kids asked me to hide it from you" Will shamelessly threw the kids under the bus to protect himself.

"But in spite of that, you told my dad everything" Daniel was even more shameless right now, so he didn't hesitate in revealing the truth to his mother.

Will frowned at Daniel and signaled him to keep quiet.

"Mom, he is threatening me to keep quiet" Daniel pointed at William and when Catherine turned around to look at Will, she saw he placed his index finger on his lips and was indeed asking Daniel to keep quiet by glaring at him.

"How dare to threaten my son?" Catherine shouted at Will.

Will realized he was done for, so he looked to Harry for help.

"Dude, how could you threaten my son? This is uncalled for" Harry immediately switched his side as he was scared of angry Catherine.

She will kill him for hiding this truth from her so he would do anything to be on her side.

"You traitor, how could you do this to me?" Will shouted at Harry.