Chapter 2705

Half an hour later, Alexis emerged, wearing a modest two-piece pajama set, clearly an attempt to temper any desires.

Leonel put away his phone, eyeing her attire.

He teased, almost provocatively, “Rest assured, I won’t touch you now.

We can’t conceive at the moment, and with Evelyn here, what could I possibly do?”

“You’re overthinking,” Alexis responded, her tone even more indifferent and restrained than his.

Leonel let out a soft chuckle and, once Alexis was settled on the far side of the bed, turned off the light.

The room plunged into darkness, and Alexis found herself unable to sleep.

After a while, she broke the silence with a whisper.

“We could actually consider in vitro fertilization.

wouldn’t be much

voice laced with sarcasm,

it from the start? Bringing it up now, after everything, seems a bit

pointed, yet Alexis seemed to have

tired to argue, she focused on Evelyn, gently holding the child’s tiny fingers, her gaze resting

found solace in

watched her silently,

like Alexis hadn’t truly considered their relationship at

like a puppet, being with him solely for the sake of having a child, without any real consideration

deeply, but he kept it

ask her about her feelings towards Calvin, but his pride held him back from

wrestled with a mix of love and resentment for Alexis, desiring to

night wore on, Alexis eventually fell asleep in the

hallway for a cigarette, a

he longed for her to show any emotion towards him-laughter, anger, even a slap-anything but this cold

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