Alexis remained silent.

She rebuffed his assistance, opting to fasten the bathrobe belt on her own.

Unfazed by her aloofness, Leonel dressed in his lounge wear and exited the room.

Once he left, Alexis leaned against the washbasin, feeling her legs tremble with weakness.

Tonight, Leonel neglected to use contraception.

There was a possibility she might conceive, a deliberate act on his part.

She couldn’t bear his child.

Leonel descended the stairs and instructed the servant to deliver food to Alexis.

Subsequently, he made his way to Evelyn’s room upstairs.

In the soft-pink room, Evelyn had drifted off to sleep, tears staining her cheeks, nestled on the cherry-pink princess bed.

noticing Leonel’s arrival, the servant promptly rose

Evelyn

been holding onto

sharp pang of

his emotions, he said lightly, “Please step outside for a

promptly exited, thoughtfully shutting

bedside, Leonel tenderly pulled the covers over Evelyn

face radiated warmth, her delicate hand still shielding one

lowered

blinking as she gazed at her father

just as he always did, but Evelyn sensed a difference, though she couldn’t quite

recalled her father’s kindness toward her, Daniel, and

her mother always wore

her mother’s

her father in

to return? She

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