22-Exaggerated Possessiveness

Pregnancy is a delicate moment when you can't be wounded, can't get near to your lover, and can't endure cerebral stimulation.

Carlo had the entire third floor of the staircase thickly carpeted and all the areas of the villa with right-angled edges fitted with anti-bump corners.

The scene of her deliberate fall down the stairs was still engraved in his mind.

He has had a deep fear of stairs ever since.

In the days when Cynthia collapsed, he would see her in a vision standing at the top of the stairs, her body falling down.

And he would rush to grab her body, but only held a handful of air.

As if that wasn't enough, he remembered that Cynthia had been very fond of sour foods during her last pregnancy, so he ordered the maid to prepare grapefruit juice and a variety of sweet and sour snacks for Cynthia every day.

Carlo underestimated her, and the change in his behavior was so obvious that Cynthia surely think it was unusual. She asked Carlo if there is something he is not telling her.