No, Brian would never let that happen.

"Yes, I promise I will never leave you." Brian said softly. Rubbed Elise's back and planted a warm kiss on Elise's forehead.

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Brian's promise calmed Elise down, and slowly her body and hug relaxed.

Elise right now wasn't pretending to get Brian's attention or promises. But she is very fragile when it comes to those dark memories. Something that Elise desperately wanted to forget for the rest of her life.

The two of them continued to hug, Brian had no intention of breaking Elise's embrace. And that woman also did not want to let go of Brian's warm embrace.

Until Brian heard the roar of regular breathing from Elise. He lowered his head and stared intently at Elise's face. The woman's eyes were swollen, there were tear marks on her cheeks. And now her eyes are closed tightly with regular breathing. Elise is asleep.

Slowly Brian brought Elise's body to lie on the bed. Gently pat Elise's back, the woman's sleep was disturbed.

Brian stared quickly at Elise's face again. He knows that this is the wrong thing, he loves Elena very much and wants to be with her.

But he knew that Elise needed him and that it was impossible for Brian to leave her. Brian took a deep breath. Maybe he should harbor this feeling and live his life with Elise and Dean. Even though he knows that happiness will no longer be as beautiful as when he was with Elena.

. . . . .

Because of last night's incident, this morning Elise woke up late with swollen eyes. Elise walked into the dining room, currently Dean was still sleeping soundly in the baby box. So she doesn't have to worry and worry. In addition, Brian now hires a babysitter to help Elise and Rena take care of Dean.

Elise pulled out a chair and sat on Brian's left. The man had started eating his breakfast while occasionally checking his tablets. Meanwhile, Rena who was sitting in front of Elise was eating her sandwich.

Seeing Elise who just got up and sat at the dining table. Make Rena frown. When Elise was pregnant, the woman would wake up early and make breakfast for Brian and herself. However, after giving birth to Elise, she rarely did that. Rena felt the difference but again she put her gut feeling aside and thought maybe Elise was a little stressed or experiencing baby blues symptoms. So, Rena suppressed feelings of annoyance, suspicion and dislike of Elise. In the past, she had promised herself to open up and accept Elise's circumstances and shortcomings. Whatever it is. After all, she couldn't keep putting her child in difficult choices by choosing between her the birth mother or the wife Brian loved. So, Rena tried to give in and accept Elise even though Elise several times made Rena angry and annoyed with her current behavior.

"You just woke up?" Asked Rena seeing Elise who just appeared now.

"Yes, Mom," Elise replied by taking the sandwich slices onto the plate in front of her. And start eating it.

Rena looked up and looked at Elise's face. The woman's face looked sluggish and her eyes were swollen.

"Your eyes are swollen? Have you been crying?"

Being asked like that made Elise stop eating her sandwich. Brian also turned his head to look at Elise. Elise's eyes did look swollen. And Brian knows very well the reason why it happened. It made Brian worried and gave Elise a worried look. The man was afraid that Elise would come back to remember the bad memories again. Noticing Brian's anxious and worried look, Elise turned her head and looked at Brian. She smiled faintly as if to reassure Brian that she was all right.

"Last night I had a nightmare."

"What nightmare?"

"I dreamed that I was in a dark room and no one was there. Brian left me, Mom hated me again and Dean disappeared. A terrible dream made me cry when I woke up." Last night Elise did have a nightmare, partly according to what she said just now, but the other half was a little different. In her dream Brian divorces her. And she came back to life in the dark. And that terrible man came back to haunt and torture her. Remembering that dream made Elise's body tremble.

A hand tapped Elise's shoulder, causing the woman to turn to her right to see the seductive gaze Brian was giving. The man's gentle smile instantly made Elise calm down again. Brian can always give her a sense of comfort and security. And no one person can replace Brian in her heart.

"It's just a dream. Brian, Mommy and Dean won't leave you." said Rena while holding Elise's hand on the table.

Elise smiled broadly. She is very grateful that Rena has now begun to open up and accept her presence as Brian's wife. And she was also happy with the middle aged woman's attention to her. Although occasionally she made mistakes and made Rena angry and upset. But Elise knew that woman had tried to suppress her anger. She's not like before, who always said poisonous words to criticize and scold Elise.

"Yes, Mom," Elise answered with a big smile. They went back to eating breakfast.

"Ah yes, Mommy's friend wants to surprise her husband. She wants to make him a cheese cake." Rena's words made Elise stop eating and stare at the middle-aged woman.

"Because Mommy once told her about you who are good at making cakes. So she asked Mommy, can you make Harvest BlueBlueberry Cheesecake and teach her to cook the cake?"

Elise's heart skipped a beat. This question how Elise answered. Very quickly Elise knew that what Rena meant was Elise who was good at cooking cakes. She was talking about Elena's baking skills, which Elise couldn't do at all. How can she answer Rena's question without making her suspicious if she can't cook a cake at all?

"How can you?"

"This ..." Elise's face looked confused.