But Leonel refused.

“I want to stay here,” he said stubbornly.

“Isn’t your leg hurting? That’s why you should go to bed early and get some rest,” Alexis insisted.

She’d hardly finished the statement when Leonel shot back, “Just because my leg hurts, you think I shouldn’t stay here? Just because my leg hurts, you consider me to be useless, huh?”

He had spoken out of anger, but after the words left his mouth, he immediately regretted saying them.

After all, he had vowed to Korbyn that he would take care of Alexis for the rest of his life.

Yet, barely hours later, he was shouting at her.

“I’m sorry, Alexis,” he quickly apologized.

Alexis had not taken it to mind.

they didn’t need to walk on egg shells around each other or think too much about each other’s feelings when

she assured him

I’ll send the maid

Leonel nodded in agreement.

tension

the flames cast a faint red

felt there was

so frustrated that he clenched his fists

and called out to him softy, “Mr.

look at Leonel and saw a gloomy

alert him to the fact that he was being called by

day, the funeral service

all returned to living their lives as they had done before Korbyn’s

Alexis and Leonel hadn’t seen each other

contact they had was because of

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