Olivia found herself unable to shake the memory of seeing Raphael a few months ago.

Thoughts of her college days flooded her mind, evoking feelings of nostalgia for the good times she had experienced.

However, she merely reminisced about those days; she never imagined that Raphael would reappear in her life, let alone play a significant role in her future.

As Alexis stepped into the suite, she was greeted by a carefully decorated room adorned with her favorite flowers, each carefully air-freighted from abroad and still adorned with fresh dew.

Smiling at the sight, she reached out to pluck a rose and inhaled its delicate fragrance.

She lowered her head and noticed a plethora of gifts scattered across the white silk bedsheet.

There were over 32 presents in total.

Alexis couldn’t help but feel her eyes well up with emotion.

32 gifts, 32 years… She had known Leonel for 32 years, and it was evident that these gifts were from him.

decades plus two, the number of presents matched

seemed, marked each year

array of gifts, unwrapping them one after another: a diamond watch here, a

whisper of Leonel’s

sat last, holding

her token

claimed

here it was,

to send by piecing it

the carpet, Alexis found herself seated, a tide of tears rising

the stirrings from within as her child shared in the swell of

belly, a soft connection with the little

baby, her name chosen and waiting, would meet

woven a bond she

sudden chirp of a phone sliced through the

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