She turned away from him, pulled the blanket over herself, and spoke coldly in the dark. “It's pointless. Leonel, you might as well give it up. We'll never have another child."

Leonel remained silent.

He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, placing his warm hand on her belly.

Her belly was still soft and flat, but maybe another baby was already on the way... He knew Alexis was on the pill and believing it to be contraceptives, but in fact, what she was taking was just folic acid.

He whispered, “Alexis, after all this time, don't you feel anything? Look, we've been doing okay lately. We can go back to how things were."