“Maybe we should just wake him up. He's quite heavy, you know,"

Alexis reasoned.

But already, Leonel had lifted the boy in his arms. Though his injured leg was fast recovering, he still seemed to struggle a bit while carrying Daniel. Yet, he persisted in carrying the boy up to the his room on the second floor.

Gently, Leonel laid his son down on the bed.

After he had tucked him in, he looked down at him for a while.

But Daniel's sleep seemed to be disturbed.

He kept muttering, "Dad, Dad..."

Seeing him like this saddened Leonel so much. He cradled the child's face in his hands, as if he was holding the most precious treasure in the world, and pressed his forehead against his.

At this point, the bedroom door was slowly opened and a sliver of light spilled through the crack.

It was Alexis. She was standing quietly at the doorway, watching them.

The scene brought tears to her eyes, but she had the presence of mind to gently close the door and walk away.

When Leonel finally came to the master bedroom, Alexis was waiting for him.

Even though they both looked calm on the outside after the morning's events at the school, they both knew that this was no small matter.

Neither Leonel nor Alexis could be indifferent to it.

By the time Leonel walked into the bedroom, Alexis had already taken a shower.

Wearing a bathrobe, she stood in front of the window, with a cigarette between her thin fingers.

She was quiet and obviously deep in thought.

"Why are you smoking?" Leonel asked as he came up to her. Without waiting for a response, he took the cigarette away and stubbed it out.

Alexis turned to look at him.

Her emotions were unreadable, but he found her demeanor at that moment oddly familiar. But just as he was about to say something to her, Alexis suddenly threw her arms around his neck. Standing on her toes, she gave him a kiss. It was then that Leonel noticed that she was barefooted. Her Long, slender legs which were pressed against him stimulated his senses. This was unbearable for Leonel, since he hadn't been intimate in almost two years.