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"Because of the babies."She whispered softly,averting her gaze from his.

Now she's beginning to wonder if he knows the truth or not.Him doing all of this tells her he doesn't because if he had she doubts he would've done all of this for her."Alex...I need to tell you something."

"Me too sweetheart."He was by her side so fast she hardly had time to blink, her face is cupped between his hands.She can see his wounds have been addressed. "Finally,I see things clearer now.This one hour has given me time to think and I've come to know I don't want to spend the rest of my life without you."Avery is so caught of guard that she could do nothing but glare at him in shock."What I have and feel for you I've never felt for any woman.Not even Paola.I never could understand my possessiveness towards you.Why it angers me when other men look or touch you.I never could understand why but the truth has been staring me in the face all this time.I was too blind to see it."

That very same glow she'd seen i