Another Secret?

Dinner was quiet except for the faint clanks of forks and plates while they ate. Buddy, who habitually wags his tail while enjoying a meal, seems to have registered the awkward atmosphere and was silently eating from his bowl without making the slightest sound.

Sophia raised her lids and surreptitiously shifted her gaze between Alex and Vanessa as they ate silently, clearly still unwilling to talk to each other.

Sophia couldn't understand what was wrong with her sister and why she couldn't just see things from Alex's perspective and try to understand why he made such a decision for them.

Alex had undoubtedly done a remarkable thing; at least, that's how she saw it.

He had boldly declared he was in a relationship with Vanessa, thereby taking responsibility for her pregnancy when they knew Alex wasn't responsible for it, yet he had done that for her. For Vanessa.