fear in Leonica as

f the nights she and her husband made love together. Proof

d for divorce if he learned of

eonica muttered under her breat

le on her lips, she dialed Gabriel's number and press

soon turned into minutes and several m

didn't

he heart to pay attention to h

tips of her fingers clutching h

nd took away the phone from her daughter's

a smile trying to explain. She knew her par

she held her daughter's hands. "Does Ga

ked, not understanding the unde

e with you, but the one who had brought you into the hospital after you passed

ey never liked the fact that she had sacrificed so much just for the sake of marrying him. In order not t

found from the smallest details. Her silen

he bed, "Darling, I'm glad you're alright, and I'm also glad that you're expec

liked him so much, we wouldn't have even acknowledg

h to see into a man's heart. You're so smart not to understand that. Even if

he isn't a good husband to you and I doubt he'd be a good father to that child. D

reminded her, "Leonica my dear, remember you're the daugh

, "Divorce him, Leonica. I'm sure you

d be an understatement. She didn't expect that so many people would ask

e the wrong choice

ost forgot it every year but Grandma always remembered. It felt like Grandma was the only suppo

ay, would she have advised

t. No, Grandma would have been happy. Grandma had been

he was going to be a father y

ica had made her decision. For G

She muttered, s

" Her mot

her with pleading eyes. "Let me

ion and determination that swirled in her eyes.

th strict instructions to avoid stress and stern lecturing

agerly rushed into the house, want

nched and her face paled upon seeing a pair of red

no way Gabriel would do something like bringing another woman into their

reak the promise he had mad

as she recalled Gabriel breaking the promise he h

his time, she would not stand by and watch the blessed ho

ugh her veins, Leonica furiously ascend

nock, her entire body froze up and her eyes grew wide when she spotted a brunette sitti

ly looking at her with the most innocent look in h

na Fer

she hated. Her