It was rare for Alexis to take the initiative. She pulled him in and kissed him so passionately that it lit his whole body on fire. He then bent over and kissed her back with the same intensity, making sure that she would feel good.

After a long time, she relaxed in his arms.

Her skin was drenched in sweat.

"What's wrong with you?" she murmured as she leaned her head against his neck. Although it was just as good as usual, there was something different about it this time around.

Leonel grazed her cheek with his thumb. "What? Is it not enough?"

Of course it wasn't enough. They didn't really do it just now.

However, Alexis was too shy to say this out loud. She would've come across as sex-starved if she did. So, she gently kicked him away and said, “I'm going to take a shower."

Leonel stood up and let go of her.

As Alexis walked towards the bathroom, he stared at her back and swallowed hard.

He was ligatured today. As such, he couldn't have sex for a week.

He didn't want Alexis to know about it. However, if the two of them didn't have sex for a whole week, Alexis would surely begin to doubt.

Once she was done showering, Alexis came out of the bathroom.

Leonel was outside, talking to someone over the phone. After a while, he hung up the phone and said lightly, “I'm going to Heron tomorrow on business. I'll be there for about a week."

Alexis wasn't the clingy type, so she didn't mind that he had business to do.

She simply sat on the sofa and began applying nail polish on her feet.

“Are you leaving tomorrow morning?" she asked.

"Yes," he answered.

“Then I'll stay at my parents’ place this week. I miss Claribel's cooking."

Leonel stared at Alexis for a while. Although he wouldn't be here, he was hoping that she would stay here. If she did, it meant that she belonged to him, and it would be like they never parted.

"You just stay here. I'll be back in a week."