Chapter 134: Romantic Relationships Progressed
"Making a baby just to keep the marriage intact doesn’t sit right with me... so no!" Rain answered firmly. The words came out with more certainty than she expected, considering she had once been willing to do anything to hold onto Alexander and their marriage.
But things were different now. She realized she was getting greedy, wanting more of him—*all* of him in this marriage, including his heart.
"Do you even love me? How can you so easily suggest having a baby with a woman you don’t love?" she challenged, her voice sharp with emotion.
Alexander met her gaze without hesitation. "I like you," he said plainly. "I... I don’t know much about love, to be honest. I haven’t felt it before, Rain," he added with a sigh.
Rain frowned, her mind immediately drifting to Carla—wasn’t she his first love? His childhood sweetheart?
"Didn’t you have a girlfriend before? Carla Cartier?" she pressed.
"I did, but I’m not sure if it was love," he admitted, a thoughtful frown crossing his face. "What I had with Carla was different. She’s been part of my life for a long time. Everything seemed perfect because she’s the ’ideal’ partner—our families are close, and she’s kind to me. I just went along with it," he explained, clearly struggling to find the right words.
"Seriously?" Rain sighed, feeling a strange mix of relief and confusion. "What am I supposed to do with you?"
"I want to have a baby with you because I want to," he said, his voice firm, but his eyes softened as he spoke. "And I can’t picture having one with any other woman but you. I’m confused, yeah, but I’m sure about one thing—I’m attracted to you. I like everything about you, even if you give me headaches most of the time."