They stared at each other for a moment.

Then Alexis smiled and started the car.

After rolling up the window, she drove off.

“Alexis!” Leonel called out to her.

But she didn’t stop.

Leonel knew she wouldn’t come to any harm, so what he should do was to go back upstairs and think about how to deal with the days ahead.

But he didn’t seem to want to move at all.

He just stood there, staring in the direction her car had just gone.

But all of a sudden, he remembered the maple tree in the backyard.

Ignoring the pain in his leg, he slowly walked towards the tree.

red leaves hanging

the tree had now started changing

lips trembled and his facial muscles

tree had changed color, would he really have a chance to start

her way back, Alexis took some

wound appeared daunting, yet it was

she reached home,

The villa was silent.

the drawing room, Waylen sat on the sofa, a financial

however, seemed

doorway, Waylen looked

“What happened, Alexis?”

voice,

remained the little girl who would snuggle on his lap, listening intently to the fairy tales he read her deep into

fine, Dad,” Alexis

me, girl! It’s written all over your face… Did you find out

blinked, giving Waylen

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