To Turn To You

acks of her hands before putting on a light bathro

ar stool and sipped her hot milk, she felt Alejandro's presenc

elt his presence neared. She took another sip, calming hersel

g you are wearing." He observed idly as he haul

l dried it after his shower and wore only a pair of black boxer shorts. He looked as gorgeo

ard the sink to rinse her mug but he grabbed her elbow to halt h

in the eighteen months of their marriage that he had done something like it. Laura then was remind

d into her closer. Before he spoke, she fe

er." Alejandro declared it with an air of finality in

divorcing you, Ale." Lau

divorce?" Alejandro asked

he inquired his questi

siness if you get that divorce, especial

d need all the money they can obtain. Alejandro had given Melissa, her cousin a loan to start up her bookstore. La

do anything out of pure kindness, and the loan was just one more tool in his a

n use it to help her." She started frantically. "Melissa has done nothing

takes to get what I want fr

funding for her bookstore, but he made it clear to everyone at the time how

would never support you through a

reputation to protect and you're an honest businessman who wouldn't destroy a small bu

e type of way. "What message are you

be taken lightly." He shr

hink I care what people

think of me? I have never done that and

elf, but he just made a mocking noise

marriage, remember? You begged for it... So if you want a divorce right now, it'll come with some heavy p

no divorce. Not when so much was hung that keeps things out of proport

gaze burning into her back but he did not call her back. She did not return to the bedroom they had been sharing since the first day of t

s newspaper and coffee and largely ignore Laura. That morning was no different. It was as if their argument hadn't happened at all. They usually ate their casual weekend meals in the kitchen an

he most heated one she had at any point she had seen. He generally figures out how to hold his sentiments under his grasp different from Laura has. It is cleary evident in the way he

t she'd met him two years ago. How terribly charmed she had been! How rapidly she had become hopelessly enamored... She shook

e painstakingly scrutinized what he was holding. Laurascarcely ate and she loathed him for being s

Alejandro's voiced it out of nowhere. He was

hat she'd eaten, despite of him loo

t..." She answered delicately a

yes for a couple of moments before redirecting his look back to the cup of espresso on the table before hi

m into meeting her eyes once more. Alejandro simply shrugged, flawlessly dropped his paper onto the table