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.

give it another shot,

he ki*sed her

Alexis didn’t pull away.

at the maple trees beyond the French window, she couldn’t shake the feeling that both she and Leonel were stuck, unable

broken souls heal each other by

to

the change she

a bit and cried loudly on

to check on her every hour, he’d already risen four

kicked

to tend to her but her

rose quietly, murmuring, “Stay

I’ll handle this.

pacified Cordelia and fixed her a bottle

she might

the bottle, she

squeezed

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