-Mariana, I hope you don’t mind me talking too much. Leopoldo is still a very nice person, except for….. – Sofia chewed her steak and said seriously.
But at the same time she said except, Mariana then raised her eyes to look at the woman with a surprised face.
-Except what?
-Except that his methods are particularly cruel, but it is enough that he treats you well,” Sofia looked at her and said simply. If Leopoldo was not cruel in his methods, then he would be the one being harassed.
If he wasn’t, how would it be possible for him to be so high?
-Actually, now I feel it’s pretty good to find an ordinary man.
Mariana sighed a little and thought that an ordinary man didn’t have to be bad.
Leopoldo was not a perfect person either.
Only she, who had been with Leopoldo, knew what he had had to endure and what he had to face every day. Only she knew what she has to go through.
-Mariana, what do you mean by that? -Sofia looked at her stunned by his words.
Mariana shouldn’t think what she thinks, especially at a time like now.
With a baby in the womb, that was even less desirable.
-There’s no point, hurry up and eat,” Mariana smiled and tried to divert his attention.
Although Sofia sensed that something was wrong, she did not dare to ask Mariana explicitly. After all, it was up to Mariana herself to say it or not. There were times when life was only glamorous in the eyes of others.
Only oneself could tell whether it was good or not.
-Mariana, I am truly grateful to have met you,” Sofia looked at Mariana and said from her heart. If it wasn’t for this woman, Sofia would have been at a low point in her life right now.
It was thanks to Mariana’s presence that these things were avoided.
For that, Sofia thanks Mariana from the bottom of her heart.
-There is no need to thank me,” Mariana smiled and spoke. Indeed, there was nothing to thank her for, what she did was just what she should have done. Anyone else would have done the same.
But no matter how the words were said, there was no hiding Mariana’s caring nature.
-No, in fact, thanks are necessary. In the future, we all have to rely on ourselves,” Mariana looked at Sofia and said seriously.
Looking at Sofia, her heart skipped a beat.
-We?
Sofia looked at Mariana with contempt in her eyes. She didn’t quite understand what Mariana was referring to, the person who would have to face giving birth to a child to raise alone in the future was only her.
As for Mariana, isn’t Leopoldo always by her side?
How did it all seem to mean something else?
-Eat more.
For a moment, Mariana seemed to feel that she had said the wrong thing and saw to it that Sofia ate some more. If there were no accidents, this might be the last meal for both of them.
It was a meal Mariana treasured.
-Okay, I’ll eat more.
Sofia wasn’t going to ask any more questions, but in her mind she told herself that something bad must not happen.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be good for either of them.
Lunchtime passed quickly. Mariana watched the sky slowly cloud over, but in her heart she had no desire to go home. Right now, she was a little reluctant to go back.
Leopoldo would not make it difficult for her, though.
-Mariana, what’s wrong? -Sofia couldn’t help but ask as she looked stunned.
Mariana froze faintly, unconsciously looked at the time and then said:
-It’s getting late, I should go too.
She asked the housekeeper to tell Leopoldo that she would be back on time.
One could not go back on one’s word.
-Well, it was time for me too,” Sofia looked at Mariana and spoke in a low voice. She only had one suitcase, and most of the things had already been sold.
-Have a good trip,” Mariana looked at her and said with concern.
Sofia’s old house, though not far from here, was a place the woman would probably never return to. There were places that would leave a lifetime of regret.
Mariana’s regrets crept in.
-And you? -Sofia asked the other with concern as she prepared to leave.
Mariana smiled and then said:
-Isn’t the person at the next table always waiting for me? -She looked at Alonso, who was next to her, and said this coldly.
From the beginning, she knew that Alonso had followed her.
Especially at a time like this, there was no way Leopoldo would let her be out there alone. She was carrying his child in her womb, and that was what mattered most to Leopoldo.
Seeing that he had been mentioned, Alonso was not going to hide.
-Alonso approached Mariana and spoke in a low voice.
Mariana nodded, feeling dissatisfied with Alonso’s stalking. But on her lips, she said nothing.
-Sofia, goodbye.
Mariana smiled and told Sofia to head for the door. Sofia watched the woman’s back and always had the feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn’t tell what.
The way Mariana was looking at her, it seemed like she was sending some kind of message.
Looking at her, Sofia’s heart skipped a beat.
-Mariana, are you planning to…?
In her mind she speculated, wondering if the other woman would take her path. It was not an easy path. And with Mariana’s condition, how could Leopoldo let her go so easily?
Impossible, Leopoldo would not let Mariana go.
When Mariana got into the car, she did not look at Sofia. Her gaze was subdued, as if she had walked away.
Alonso drove on, his eyes glancing from time to time at the woman behind him, unable to say a word for half a day. He knew Mariana really didn’t like him, so he didn’t dare say much.
The person who let him follow Mariana was Leopoldo.
-You can’t follow me anymore.
Mariana was silent for a while before suddenly speaking.
Alonso continued driving without saying a word.
-If you follow me again, I will make you regret it,” Mariana looked at the man driving her car and said coldly. It bothered her that this man was following her.
Alonso did not take it seriously and did not take her feelings into account at all.
-Understood, ma’am,” Alonso continued driving and spoke in a low voice. He sounded just like Leopoldo, a stone that could not be cushioned, and no matter how much you growled, the other party did not react.
Mariana moved her eyes to the window with a cold expression.
When the car arrived at the door of her house, she got out of it angrily. Only when she entered the house did she find Leopoldo sitting on the sofa, looking as if he had been waiting for her for a long time.
Mariana gave him a look and had no intention of speaking.
-Aren’t you going to talk to me now? -Leopoldo put the newspaper in his hand and spoke suddenly.
Today, he was still the only one who read the newspaper.
Mariana stopped dead in her tracks and looked at the man in front of the sofa, unimpressed.
-Mr. Durán, I’m back.