Maximiliano softened his gaze, fixed his eyes on her, and searched his mind for the best way to express his feelings. He was going to take a chance, believing it to be the way she could free herself from those repugnant memories.

"Stefany, I love you. You know my history of why I took advantage of women. I'll tell you again, since I fell in love with you, I haven't been able to touch another woman. You occupy my mind entirely. You and Max are the reasons I left my life in Los Angeles, the reasons I sold my nightclubs. That night you shouted all my truths, I gave up on opening a club here. Haven't you noticed that I come home early, and on weekends, I dedicate myself to my family?"

She bit her lower lip and blushed. Her heart jumped with excitement at each of his changes, and her mind repeated that she wasn't the woman who could please him in bed.

"Yes, little Max is happy to have a new dad, and so am I. But understand, I can't satisfy you as a woman, and I can't give you children."

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