It turns out, the child she was carrying back then wasn't his, but that man from the hotel.
They were college classmates and dated for a while. Later, that man had ambiguous relations with several girls in school. During one holiday, she went to his dorm to find him and saw him with another girl…
Caught in the act, no woman would let this slide. They had a big argument, and that man was completely unapologetic, flippantly saying if she wanted, they could have a threesome, if not, they should break up!
Catherine naturally chose the latter, slapping the man before running out of the dorm in tears.
That night, she went to a nightclub to drink away her sorrows, and by a twist of fate, ended up in bed with Gabriel Lancaster. At the time Gabriel was in his prime, and the men of the Lancaster Family were all handsome; a charismatic, successful uncle adored by young girls, and the twenty-year-old Catherine was utterly infatuated with Gabriel.
