179"Yes, I'm fine, Aurel. Don't worry. I fell asleep while soaking in the bathtub!" came Axel's voice to Aurel. The man was wide-eyed in shock, he had even fallen asleep for almost an hour on the page. His palms turned blue from the cold. It was very cool in Milan at that time. "Thank goodness," Aurel said, he pressed his beating chest, of course afraid something would happen to Axel. He stepped back and sat on the makeup chair, again wiping off the traces of makeup that had stuck to his face.KrtttAxel came out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe, with wet hair that doubled his good looks. Aurel gave him a glance and he went into the bathroom to wash his face. After washing her face, she came out and applied a night cream. Apparently, Axel was not in the room. "Where is he? Must be in Azzura's room." She said. She extinguished the room lights after applying the cream, then slowly laid herself down on the king size bed, she lay staring at the ceiling of her room which was expose
180Aurel actually wanted to push Axel and wanted to refuse but there was no reason to refuse. They were already officially a married couple. But, why did Axel call her by the name le Yuna.Aurel's heart sliced to hear Axel call the late azzura's mother."Let me kiss you," Axel whispered in a breathless voice. Aurel closed his eyes, in the dark of the night the woman chose to surrender to being touched by the man who had just legalized their relationship. After that Axel's hand immediately pulled the button of the pajamas that Aurel was wearing. Slowly but surely, the chest button was unhooked.Axel buried his face there, right on Aurel's chest."I missed you so much, Miss Le," he whispered once again. "But I'm not Miss Le. I'm Aurel," Aurel murmured, tears falling down his cheeks. Axel's finger gently brushed Aurel's lips. While one of his hands held his chest and squeezed the rubbery part. A sigh escaped Axel's lips. Aurel closed his eyes to enjoy what was supposed to happen. A
181Axel's POV. The sunlight comes in through the window of the room. I feel something falling on my chest. Making me short of breath. I slowly opened my eyelids. How surprised I was to see this smooth white hand like vermicelli already perched right on top of my chest. I turned my head to the side, surprised to see Aurel already lying beside me. "Aurel," I called, her breathing regular as she was still asleep. I tried to move Aurel's hand from above my chest to my side. After moving Aurel's hand. I immediately got up. When I lift my head, it feels heavy. I pulled back the blanket that covered my entire body. How surprised I was to see the state of my naked body. "Oh my!" My chest was beating so fast, was it me and Aurel last night? Trying to remember the scene last night. I remember drinking on the balcony, afterwards getting drunk and vaguely remembering the moment I walked into the room. Hugging Miss Le. "What? Oh my God," I said. I got out of bed immediately. Even my clot
182Two months later. Today is exactly two months since Aurel and I got married. After performing the autopsy, my cell phone suddenly rang, I received a phone call from Elena's mother. When the line went dead, Elena's mother could be heard breathing heavily. "Axel, Aurel is unconscious. Hurry home! She's suddenly weak." I was shocked, and immediately took off all the medical clothes I was wearing. Upon receiving the phone call from Mrs. Elena telling me that Aurel had fainted, my heart immediately started pounding, frantically.Without wasting much time, I quickly went home to see how she was doing. A few minutes later, I arrived at the apartment. Then, we rushed Aurel to the hospital, which was not too far from the apartment. His face was pale and his body was weak, making me even more worried. Cold sweat poured out. What exactly was going on? I tried to hold back my worries, I was the only one carrying her. While Elena's mother was at home looking after Azzura. Azzura was crying
183After returning from the hospital, I deliberately brought Aurel over just to have lunch together. Because, for two months now, I've never invited her just for the two of us. "What if Azura cries?" she asked, as the car we were driving turned right into a fast food restaurant. I smiled. "No problem, I have Elena's mom to look after her, pregnant women need a lot of nourishment, Aurel," I said. "Wait a minute." I got out of the car and took the initiative to open the car door for Aurel. Krttt"No need to overdo it, Axel. I can open this car door myself. I'm not too weak really, it's just that earlier it felt like the energy was completely depleted because I didn't use it I kept spitting out my stomach contents." Aurel said. I took her hand, and as she held it, Aurel looked up at me. Maybe, he feels if this is the first time, I treat him special like this. Until we finally chose to sit in the corner of the fast food restaurant. I deliberately ordered a lot of food, and also de
Axel smiled as he watched Aurel and Azzura chatting. Aurel repeatedly kissed the top of Azzura's head, and Azzura did the same. The child kissed Aurel's stomach multiple times with a wide smile, her face clearly showing happiness."Thank you, Axel. I never imagined Azzura would be so happy with a stepmother like Aurel. I thought Azzura would be consumed by sadness when she learned her mother was gone, but ... Aurel has managed to keep Azzura's smile from fading," Mrs. Elena said, intently watching Aurel and Azzura. Without realizing it, tears of joy flowed from the corners of her eyes."Mrs. Elena is right, I'm lucky to have Aurel. God truly sent Aurel to replace Le Yuna. I promise to protect Aurel so she doesn't meet the same fate as Le Yuna. I don't want Azzura and her future siblings to lose their mother again," he replied while hugging Mrs. Elena tightly. She was the woman who had taken care of Azzura while he dealt with the difficult case he had to solve."Amen, may God hear our
months later. Today, Aurel gave birth via C-section. I held her cold hand."You can do this," I whispered. Her blood pressure was rising, and I felt worried about her condition."Don't panic, honey, don't panic." I gently stroked her hand. This was the second time I'd been in an operating room just to accompany a woman giving birth. I remembered the moment with the late Miss Le, the mother of my child who passed away 15 months ago.The room was really cold. I felt a deep sense of worry. Even though I was used to handling more terrifying patients than this, I felt this was far more frightening - a mother's struggle to bring a little angel out of her womb. It required a very real sacrifice.After a few minutes, I heard the cry of the baby we'd been waiting for these past eight months. I closed my eyes, and without realizing it, I started crying. I imagined the unintentional process. Of course, I say it was unintentional because I had touched Aurel nine months ago while unconscious or en
1A man sat at his desk, holding an old, faded wedding photo from the nineties.His face was flushed, his eyes misty as he gazed at the bride's portrait in the photo. Suddenly, memories from twenty-five years ago flashed through his mind.Back to 1995, when the man, who held the title of the most vicious mafia boss in Milan, Italy, was slaughtering his own wife.He wiped the blood still on the knife with his fingers, his thick lips curling into a sneer as he looked at the bloodstained sharp object."Diana, you thought... you thought you could just run away like that. Oh, no! That was not going to happen." The man in the Panama hat, the most vicious mafia boss, swung his hand again, plunging the sharp object straight into Diana's heart—his own wife, the blood-soaked woman lying helpless in front of him.Blood spurted, splattering the face of the man in the black suit. Let's call him Maurer. He roughly wiped the blood off his face.When the knife pierced Diana's heart, her body shuddere