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 the

seemed, marked each year

gifts, unwrapping them one after

note, a whisper of Leonel’s love, or a

sat last, holding a round glazed object

token of

claimed it,

was, mended and

he mean to

herself seated, a tide of tears rising

child shared in the

gentle arc across her belly,

chosen and waiting, would meet the world come autumn’s

a bond

sudden chirp of a phone sliced through

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