(Alexander’s POV)Dyna put her index fingers on the corners of Leigh’s mouth, lifting them before we go inside the room. The doctor gave Abuela permission to go home after having better lab test results, but after the news, Leigh and Dyna went out of the room, and I found them outside talking. I had to hide to know what was bothering her because she was silent, and her eyes were puffy, which I was not sure if it was because of crying.“What’s wrong, Leigh?” she asks, trying to make her smile. “Did you and Alex fight?”She shook her head. “I told you, it’s headache and colds.”Dyna scoffed at her. “That’s not colds. You can wipe out the whole city when you have colds, Leigh, because you sneeze a lot.”Leigh chuckled sadly. “I’m fine. I have already taken some medicine, so you have nothing to worry about, okay?”She pursed her lips. “I don’t know,” she said, shrugging her shoulders. “It’s just weird you’re like that. Is it the pregnancy thing? Is Alex pressuring you to get pregnant?” Sh

(Alexander’s POV)I lay sideways on the bed, holding Leigh’s hand and playing at the diamond in her engagement ring she was wearing. Slowly, her eyes opened, and she smirked at me.“Are you planning some pranks on me, Alex?” she teased, raising her hand to look at her engagement ring. “You told me I can keep this. Was I too hard on Zyra yesterday?”I shook my head. “No,” I lowered my head, kissing her forehead. “How are you feeling now? I panicked last night,” he said, grinning.Leigh laughed. “Yeah, you even made my whole family panic, Alex.”“What can I do? You fainted and burning with fever,” I told her. I almost brought her to the hospital last night. “How can Mama be so calm about it?” I brushed her hair with my fingers, and she closed her eyes when I grazed my fingers on her face.“With seven children and twenty-four grandchildren, how can’t she be calm?” Leigh smiled. “I’m now okay, so don’t worry about me much, Alex,” she assured me.She had no fever this morning, but every ne

(Leigh’s POV)Distraction.It was all I needed to forget Alex, but heaven must have found my life entertaining that the file Elle gave me was the pictures from yesterday. I heaved a deep sigh, adding more patience to myself because Alfie and Elle were staring at me as if I was a piece of art in Italy. Even Callie was sitting beside me, wagging her tail.I propped my elbow on the computer table, clasping my hands and entwining my fingers as I lowered my head to look at her.“What do you want, Callie?” I asked, smiling sadly at her. She barked at me, coming to me closer and resting her head on my shoes as she lay down.“Mommy, I want to know what’s wrong?” Elle changed her voice, speaking for Callie.Alfie scoffed at Elle, shaking his head and perhaps telling her today wasn’t a good time for jokes.“What?” Elle raised her eyebrows. “You always do that when you talk to Callie.”“Come on, just ask me. You know that I hate you gawking at me like that when you have a gazillion questions.” I

(Leigh’s POV)My day yesterday passed like a blur as I spent the day with Eloisa. As I left Callie in the pet salon for her grooming, I pampered my sister by bringing her to the salon. We also went shopping for clothes, and then we met Ellen and Kayla in the restaurant to have an early dinner.When the four of us were complete, Eloisa told us the good news she hadn’t shared with her husband yet. She’s two months pregnant, and she was happy to announce to us that only one heartbeat was heard in her ultrasound, not four.By the time we went home, Eloisa and I were tired that we both retired to bed early.While I replied to the emails and finished editing pictures, Eloisa made herself busy playing with Callie, cooking lunch for us, and calling her children when she was sure that Dave was at work already.When I went out of my bedroom, it was almost six, and I found Eloisa sitting on the couch, looking at the TV even though she was not watching anything.“Is the ending good?” I asked her.

(Leigh’s POV) In a small private room, we found Zyra sleeping after being brought to the hospital when Emma found her unconscious in her bedroom. She called her last night, crying after she and Alex argued. She overdosed on her sleeping pills, and if I was not mistaken, she took them after her argument with Alex last night. I was leaning on the wall, hiding beside the cabinet as Alex dashed to Zyra’s side, holding her hand and crying in silence. We had to ride a taxi going here as he was trembling with worry and fear after hearing the news. Seeing him confused about what to do, I decided we take the cab instead of him driving going to the hospital. I pressed my lips as I thought, what on earth was I doing here, but I was too worried and anxious for Zyra and scared for Alex. When I peeked at them again, I saw Zyra opening her eyes, and when she saw Alex, she got up and started crying. He wiped her tears as he sat on the edge of her bed, wrapping his arms around her body, hushing her