With his arms wrapped around her waist, Leonel rested his chin on her shoulder. "What's wrong?" he whispered in her ear.

“What did I do wrong? Are you upset because of what I just said?"

His arms were still wrapped around her and the closeness of his body almost made her tremble, but she tried her best to keep her voice steady as she said in a dismissive tone, “Forget about it. Aren't we going to have dinner? Remember, Evelyn... she's just downstairs."

But Leonel chuckled and said, "The cook said the dinner will be ready in half an hour. That's enough time for us."

Alexis knew Evelyn would come up at any time to find her parents, so how could she agree to this proposal?