Summer in Winter

It was one thing to be a lover of kids all her life, but Eve soon realised that carrying one's own child wasn't as fun as she had imagined it to be.

She had barely entered into the second month of her first trimester, and she already felt like she was carrying a trailer on her stomach.

She was blotted and weak most of the time, and going to work had become a tedious task.

For instance, being around so many daycare kids whom she had taken pride in being their teacher before, now gave her headache,

And also filled her mind with fears of taking care of her own kid properly.

She felt nauseous and heavy and everything simply had her overreacting.

It was nights like this, when she returned to her apartment with take out that she missed Alessandro, terribly.

The last time she checked, he was unaware of her existence and was gracing the covers of magazines with Ava by his side.

Eve forced her feet to move, a bead of sweat rolling down her temple from climbing the stairs.

The elevator had brok