chapter 43

Entering their room with a tired Alexa dragging her feet on the ground, Leo kept thinking about the mole. He hasn't gotten the chance to talk to Emily about it yet. He watched as Alexa sat down looking very exhausted, and it made him wonder how she even tries carrying herself up sometimes or even walking. He's always scared of her falling.

He walked up to her and sat beside her. "Feeling okay?"

Alexa looked at him and nodded even though her breathing was uneven. "Yeah, I am. Just feeling really tired."

"You want me to bathe you, and afterward give you a massage?"

"Um,...the bathing part, I don't think so, but the massage, I'm okay with it," Alexa replied with an awkward smile on her face.

Leo furrowed his brows at her. "My love, why so shy? I can bathe you. We can bathe each other, or just shower together."

Alexa frowned at him, but inwardly, she was smiling. Her husband just refers to her as 'my love'. "Um, that phase, I don't think I'm ready yet."

"What phase? The my love part, or t