Chapter 19 – It Should Be Me

(Leigh’s POV)

Alex laughs at me, placing the milk cartons on the kitchen island as he walks back to me and wraps his arms around my body, kissing my forehead.

“How can I face my family when I do nothing but put myself in an embarrassing situation?” I bawl like my two-year-old niece, causing him to lift my chin and shower me with tiny kisses on my face. He did not stop until I stopped crying, and I ended up giggling.

“Stop it, Alex,” I said, placing my hands on his chest to push him, but I couldn’t.

He wipes my tears with his thumb and gazes at me lovingly. “Hey, it’s not as if we did something illegal.”

“I know,” I hiccup, whimpering between my words, and then I stop crying, raise my eyebrows, and ask, “We didn’t?”

He shakes h