Calvin retorted, his tone icy, “You hate him! But to deter me, you chose to sleep with him! Alexis, you're utterly twisted!"

Alexis showed no inclination to coddle him either.

Her connection with Calvin was destined for failure. While she permitted him to remain by her side, she refused to acknowledge their relationship publicly, particularly to her parents.

The prospect of being accountable to anyone was something she actively shunned.

Accountability, huh? It proved an excessively weighty burden.

In the present day, one didn't always get back what they gave.

Alexis stated bluntly, “Hurry up and find a woman to marry! Quit indulging in fantasies about what you can never attain. I'm not attempting to piss you off or anything. I am a woman with needs who merely sought someone to share the night with, and Leonel happened to be a suitable choice."

Calvin was so consumed by anger that he hurled her quilt onto the floor once more.

Alexis bristled, "Calvin, don't go too far!"

Yet suddenly, Calvin enveloped her in a tight embrace.

He buried his face against her neck. In no time, he dampened that spot with his tears. He was crying.

Alexis' heart softened.

She gently patted his back.

"Stop crying! It's not such a big deal, Calvin. In a few years, you'll come to realize that I was merely a fleeting presence in your life. Nobody can be indelible in another person's life."

Calvin choked on his words.

"Don't be with him. Don't Let him touch you. Don't fall in love with him! I can't bear it. I truly can't bear it!"

From the age of twenty onward, his entire existence revolved solely around Alexis.

Alexis was well aware of that.

Little did anyone anticipate that by the age of twenty, Alexis had already irrevocably lost Leonel.

It happened during that fateful evening.