Chapter 41. Silence

"You and your ladybug. Your love story isn't progressing at all." Zeke commented.

"You don't know anything about her as I do. She is very feeble at heart and easily gets scared. Evelyn is facing certain issues that are making her feel withdrawn from her shell even though she wants to be out. I don't want to put pressure on her, I just want to win her heart and be by her side."

"And how will you be able to accomplish this in a month?" Zeke teased.

"Easy. I will do that by getting the attention of my son. It won't take that long because he seems to like me a lot and he is already referring to me as 'daddy.' " Raphael replied dreamily that Zeke had to hit his forehead at his friend's cheesiness.

"Do you love her or are you just doing this because she has your son?"

Raphael was speechless and looked away. Did he love her?

"I don't know, Zeke. All I know is that I like her and I am attracted to her. If I had known three years ago, I would have collecte