He turned to the servant, saying, “Step out for a second.

I need to have a chat with Alexis.

The servant left in a hurry.

As soon as she left, Leonel gently shut the bedroom door.

Approaching Alexis, he embraced her from behind, resting his face on her slender shoulder, eyeing the baby in the crib.

Softly, he asked, “What’s on your mind?”

Alexis hugged herself, caught in his arms.

After a long while, she murmured, “I believe you need a kid by your side.

But if you aren’t keen and want to tie the knot again someday, Cordelia can stay with me.

“I am not looking to remarry.

I want my kids but I want their mother more, Alexis.

shot,

ki*sed her hair, his

Alexis didn’t pull away.

night, as she gazed at the maple trees beyond the French window, she couldn’t shake the feeling that both she

two broken souls heal each

to formula

the change she threw

a bit and cried loudly on

every hour, he’d already risen

kicked up

tend to her but

quietly, murmuring,

I’ll handle this.

Cordelia and fixed her a bottle of

time, she might settle

she

squeezed

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