As a result of the pain, her face turned pale.

It was at this point Luis finally understood what was wrong with her.

Being a grown-up who had lived with her for years, it didn't take him long to put two and two together. "You're in your period, right?" he asked her.

Elva, who was wearing a thick pajamas and was curled up on the bed, grunted in the affirmative.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Luis asked.

“Why didn't you tell me earlier that you cheated on me?" Elva shot back angrily.

Both of them were stunned when she said this.

She had not meant to bring up the past.

Luis couldn't help but feel highly embarrassed. He knew it was all his fault. Regardless of what happened between him and Holley, he had to admit that he failed Elva. That was why things ended ugly between them.

He felt so guilty and was determined to make it up to her. So he boiled some water to make ginger tea with brown sugar and handed it to her.

“Is this medicine?" Elva asked warily. “I hate anything bitter!"

She was such a sensitive person.

"Well, you'd better drink it yourself, or I'll feed it to you with my mouth," Luis threatened her.

Elva was behaving like a spoiled child.

But Luis knew she was really weak, and he felt the urge to help her, so he spoke to her persuasively in a low and gentle voice, “Come on, how can it be medicine? It's just ginger tea with some brown sugar that I threw in it."

Still, Elva refused to drink it.

Instead, she wrapped the blanket around her whole body, leaving out only her eyes. It was in this position that she haggled with him.

"No! It will only make me fat," she protested like a spoilt young girl.

"Just try it. I promise you'll feel a lot better after drinking it,"

Luis insisted patiently. "After that, you can take a hot shower. The warm water is ready."