Her words further irked him.
He cupped her face with his hands as if to initiate a kiss, but Alexis stopped him with two fingers.
“I’m exhausted. I really don’t have the energy to deal with you.”
She retrieved her wallet, extracted several hundred-dollar bills, and tossed them in his direction.
“Find yourself a woman.”
The money slipped down from his body, and Leonel maintained a steady gaze upon her. After a prolonged silence, he spoke in a husky voice.
“Alexis, I genuinely want to start over with you.”
“Have you ever sought my consent? Do I have to oblige just because you want to?”
Alexis persisted with a mocking tone, gesturing toward the exit.
“The door’s right there.”
Beneath the glow of the crystal chandelier, Leonel appeared pallid as he fixed his gaze on Alexis.
After a substantial pause, he inquired, voicing the question that had been weighing on his mind, “Has Calvin replaced me?”
Alexis met Leonel’s eyes in silence.
Leonel’s eyes were bloodshot, a sight Alexis had never witnessed before. He then said in a strained voice, “If I could turn back time, I wouldn’t choose to walk away, Alexis. Life is a long journey, and I yearn for another chance.”
His self-awareness had crystallized.
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Only Leonel comprehended the cost of his pursuit of freedom.
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During the years he spent abroad, his relationship with Alexis had disintegrated. He returned to the Fowler family’s household.
Waylen continued to regard him as a son, and Elva treated him like a brother. Leonel resumed his place in the Fowler family as if he had never left, but he was acutely aware of the disparity.
When Alexis got married one day, Leonel would feel Like an interloper in that household.
And if Leonel were to have a wife of his own, he would no longer belong there.
In truth, he was an outsider.
He was filled with remorse and bitterness. He wished to remain in that household, to be part of that family forever.
Eight years had elapsed, during which he had amassed a fortune of hundreds of billions of dollars.
He had indulged in a life of luxury, attaining the pinnacle of success and reveling in the envy of others. But in the process, he did not only lose his most cherished family, but also Alexis.