She never expected him to come home at all.

She wondered if he had stirred up another scandal and needed her help to solve it.

Raphael had no idea what was going through Elissa's mind.

He bent down to look at the book she was holding and found that it was a parenting manual.

It seemed she didn't give a damn about him anymore, but she cared a lot about their unborn child.

Raphael reached forward and gently caressed her belly affectionately.

“Why are you back at this hour?" Elissa asked in a raspy voice.

"I just felt the urge to have lunch with you," Raphael said.

“Did you run into someone?" Elissa questioned.

Even though they didn't love each other, they were still husband and wife, so Elissa knew him well enough to guess correctly.

Raphael himself didn't deny it. He knelt down in front of her and pressed his face against her belly. "I ran into little Leyla," he said in a low voice after a while.

Right now, he looked fragile, as if he'd been hurt.

Elissa noticed this and she found it surprising. Even when Sandra caused a scene at their wedding, he wasn't so devastated. This must be very important to him.

So she gently caressed his hair.

Raphael was no longer as young as he used to be.

Having been so busy with business and constant social engagements, he had now gotten a few gray hairs.

Elissa, on her part, wasn't as indifferent as she used to be.

She was going to be a mother in a matter of months. The mere thought of the baby made her expression soften.

"Did she call you dad?" she asked in a soft voice.

Raphael's body tensed when he heard this.

Elissa knew she had guessed right and she couldn't help but feel sorry for Raphael.

As far as she was concerned, if Raphael hadn't missed out on his true love when he was much younger, he wouldn't have done all the absurd things that he did later on.

Frankly, she didn't hate Raphael at all. It was just that her feelings for him had gradually faded over time.

It was a long while before Raphael finally nodded in response to her question.