Leonardo’s heart soared with indescribable anxiety, looking around, there was no sign of her in the room and the bathroom was silent, he jumped out of bed and opened the door without even having time to put on his shoes….
His Olivia had left him again in his sleep!
Yesterday she was laughing so merrily, so happily, as if she had no qualms about playing with her friends for the last time….
He ran down the stairs, his mind a blank, for a long time he had not dared to think about what he would do with Olivia outside….
The kitchen is busy with the familiar petite figure….
Leonardo’s hand rested on the kitchen door frame, watching Olivia’s figure and exhaling sharply, okay, okay….
Olivia turned around to see Leonardo standing holding the door frame, still breathing heavily, and said unconsciously.
-Leonardo, why didn’t you make any noise when you came down…?
Looking down, I saw his bare feet and thought he was in a hurry to find her, and a heartache rose up….
Dropping what she was carrying in her hand, Olivia approached her and was two steps away when Leonardo reached out and pulled her into his arms, hugging her tightly.
Olivia’s nose hurt, it was so hard and heartbreaking for her to see Leonardo in such a state of worry and fear that he would disappear….
Trying to sound normal, I said.
-Go wash up and have breakfast, it’s Monday and the company has no meeting in the morning.
Leonardo hugged her for a while before slowly releasing her and looking at her.
-Honey, I thought you had left.
Olivia felt a sharp pain in her heart and barely managed to sketch a smile as she pushed herself against him.
-Go brush your teeth and wash your face, you’re going to be late later!
A thick disappointment rose in Leonardo’s heart, he wanted to hear Olivia say, Leonardo, I’m not leaving, but she didn’t….
After washing up and going downstairs, Olivia had prepared breakfast, a hearty pattern, but all mainly light, there were no maids in the house these days, it was all her cooking, doing the laundry, cleaning, doing what any ordinary wife does….
The discomfort in Leonardo’s heart grows stronger, he has no appetite, his throat is blocked in general, not knowing what he puts into his mouth….
Olivia struggled to finish what was in front of her, she saw that Leonardo had almost eaten too, she stood up, took a document out of the wine cabinet drawer, with a pen, took a deep breath and put it in front of Leonardo.
Leonardo looked at the white A4-sized paper, noting only two thin pages, with large, hard black letters written at the top.
Divorce agreement.
Leonardo looked at it in surprise and unconsciously had to tear this up….
-Leonardo, no!
Olivia grabbed Leonardo’s hand with tears in her eyes.
-Leonardo, today is the last day of my date with your mother… -Leonardo, no!
Leonardo grabbed Olivia’s hand and, with a push, made her fall into his lap and held her tightly.
-Olivia, don’t be like that, don’t you trust me? I said I only want you, my mother insists on stopping me, and I’m going….
-Leonardo!
Olivia interrupted Leonardo, caressing his face with both hands, her heart clenched with pain as she saw his eyes reddened with anxiety.
-Leonardo, let me go!
-No! No! You’re not going anywhere.
Leonardo embraced her with a hard growl, his face buried in the nest of her neck, hugging her to the point of raw pain…..
Olivia wrapped her arms around his neck, tears sliding down her shoulders, staining a watery stain on his white shirt that kept getting bigger….
A soft tone, with a choked sob, whispered in his ear.
-Leonardo, I promised your mother a month to appease you so that you wouldn’t leave the Pinto family and run the company properly, I promised her…. I had a happy, happy month and I don’t regret it anymore. I don’t want to keep fighting with your mother for the rest of my life… I want to continue my studies abroad, just let me go….
Leonardo’s chest was rising and falling, repressing his grief, hugging Olivia and squeezing his eyes….
-Leonardo, let me go, I really want to go, your mom loves you very much, don’t bother her, manage the company well and be the best you can be, don’t let her down…..
Tearing his heart out, that’s how he felt, so many times he had lost her, none had hurt him more than this one….
-Honey, if you want to go abroad for further studies, I can send you there, let’s not get divorced, okay?
The almost pleading tone of his humble voice took all of Olivia’s strength not to bawl, sniffle and gently push him away a little, shaking her head.
-I can’t, it’s what your mother asked for and I still have to go back to her with the agreement you signed. Leonardo, remember to stop drinking while I’m gone and take care of yourself if, if…..
Leonardo looks at Olivia expectantly….
Finally, Olivia closed her mouth, turned around, turned the agreement to the last page, picked up the pen, grabbed his right hand and stuck it in.
-Leonardo, sign the papers….
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At noon, the servants returned one by one, and seeing Leonardo sitting on the sofa, as if dazed, they dared not ask questions and voluntarily withdrew to do their part of the work.
Yolanda rushed in from outside in a fury.
-Leonardo, why aren’t you in the office! Weren’t you supposed to sign a contract with Ryda today? That little bitch said so well that you would run the company properly, and you?
The sight of her son sitting lifelessly on the sofa, with his head leaning against the backrest and his eyes closed, made Yolanda shut her mouth violently and, after a long while, she sat down next to him and said in a serious voice.
-Leonardo, don’t blame mom for being cruel, mom has already been through that and she knows that ill-matched loves don’t end well, besides, that Olivia doesn’t really love you as much as you think, look, she’s gone anyway. You love her so much that she’s not even willing to fight for you any longer….
-Mom, did you hear the story about the breakup of the case?
What…
Yolanda looked puzzled, wondering which of her son’s out-of-this-world antics had occurred to her.
Without changing his posture, Leonardo closed his eyes and said slowly.
-There is a story about a man who found a child in diapers and, not knowing who had lost him, took him to the police station. Before long, two young women arrived, both crying and saying the baby was theirs. The chief of police looked at the two young women and said, “If you pull the child with one hand, whoever wins, the child is yours. One of the young women immediately reached out and pulled the child’s hand, the other had to reach out, and on command, both pulled, both tried to pull the child into their arms, the child screamed in pain, one of the young women looked at the child’s pain, and finally could not stand the crying and let go, allowing the child to be snatched into the arms of the other young woman. Mother, who do you think is the child’s mother?