Please behave My Lord
Chapter 164

Chapter 164: As if I had lost something very important

Leopold went to the side, opened another thermos, from which he poured himself a steaming bowl of soup, then sat back down on the edge of the bed, tilting his head and feeding it carefully. Gently, she picked up a spoonful, put it around her lips to blow it out and waited for it to cool before taking it to Mariana's mouth; and so on, until she finished the soup. -Do you want more?

Mariana shook her head, looking at him with a frown.

It seemed strange to Leopold, but he did it as naturally as if he had experienced it a thousand times before.

-So you have taken care of... Miss Solis when she was sick?

Leopoldo's hands stopped. He looked up at Mariana who was staring at him with black eyes, and shook his head,

-From my mother.

It sounded somewhat sad in his tone, and also had a tinge of something else.

For a moment, she couldn't help but be stunned in her seat.

Since they had been married, they visited both his father and stepmother regularly at the old Durán family home every month, as well as his grandmother from time to time, but this was the first time he had heard him talk about his mother.

Her grandmother had told her that Leopoldo's mother had passed away a long time ago.

-I'm sorry.

Mariana lowered her head, bit her lip and spoke with some difficulty.

-I'll give you an explanation for this, so just rest.

With that, he went outside, and when the door opened again, Carmen came in.

Mariana was somewhat dejected, as if she had lost something very important.

The way the two had just spent their time together was like that of a couple who had been together for years, which had confused her mind and left her frozen for a while.

-I think Mr. Durán has you in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't take such good care of you, would he? So don't be angry with him, he doesn't want to lose this baby either.

Looking at Mariana, Carmen sat down on one of the sofas, picked up an apple on the table and began to peel it, while comforting her.

The baby...

Sadness took over her again, Mariana pursed her lips and nodded softly without saying anything else, turning her back to him and lying down again, obviously she didn't want to continue the conversation. With a sigh, Carmen had no choice but to keep quiet.

On the other hand, Lionel called Leopoldo and told him that he had found out something.

Shortly thereafter, Leopoldo arrived at the Grupo Durán building.

Removing his suit jacket and placing it on the coat rack, Leopold then sat behind his desk, glanced at Lionel in front of him and gathered the information on his desk.

-We found out that Xavier was the one who told this to Madam, we hacked his email and found the IP address that sent it to him, which is in... Dalia's house.

Leopoldo frowned and began to leaf through the information in his hands. He told the truth. Then he could not help but clench his fists as a great anger welled up in his heart and violently invaded him. Lionel looked up and saw the white gauze that had turned almost red in Leopold's hands, such a move would tear the wound.

-Mr. Durán, be careful with your hand!

With an exclamation, Lionel rushed over with eyes full of concern.

Opening his palms, Leopold lowered his head only when he saw the wet blood on his hand. The darkness in his eyes seemed to be swallowed by said red color, from which ferocity continued to emerge. -Dalia? I don't want to see her in this city again.

Lionel instantly became serious and nodded vigorously.

-Go away.

-Mr. Durán, your hand... -Your hand... Do you want to bandage it?

Leopoldo looked without a care in the world at his wound and said flatly:

-All right.

Lionel had no choice but to leave.

Stillness returned to the office. It was getting dark, the room was unlit and gloomy, the sun was slowly dissipating along with its heat.

Leopoldo, with a heavy heart, lit a cigarette, but he did not smoke it, he simply held it between his fingers to observe how it was consumed little by little, leaving only the red tip of the cigarette, which could not be burned in any way.

A faint smoke rose in front of him, the unpleasant smell of tobacco managed to calm him and his eyes returned to their stability and coolness.

Finally, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.

Soon, the call was picked up and Diana's soft voice with a smile came languidly from the other end of the line:

-Leo, what is it?

-I heard about a good restaurant, Novo Aroma, let's have dinner together today.

The tone was flat and, at the same time, a bit tired.

-Of course, I'll have to dress nicely or there will be trouble if I'm recognized.

Once it was agreed, they both hung up.

When Diana arrived, Leopoldo was already here, and the whole restaurant was empty except for them, apparently it had been reserved by him.

She lifted the corners of her mouth gracefully and drew a decent smile. She straightened the veiled dress she was wearing, took off her jacket and handed it to the waiter next to her, along with her sunglasses, before walking charmingly towards the man under the slightly surprised and stunned gaze of the other party.

-Why did you invite me to dinner today?

Putting aside her expensive purse, Diana smilingly looked up at the man, her expression showing an ambiguous seduction.

Until Leopoldo told her he loved her, she would never do it first.

From the beginning until now, she should have been the one dominating the relationship.

The woman was delicately made up, which allowed her to show her softness in the right way, unlike Mariana, who was already so thin that she only looked weak.

Leopold narrowed his eyes and raised an eyebrow, lifting the glass in front of him and taking a sip to disguise the thought he had just had.

-Let's eat first.

At this point, the waiter read the situation and immediately came with the appetizers.

Diana had a smile on her face and carried herself gracefully all the time, occasionally she laughed when talking about something with Leopoldo, making the two of them seem very intimate. When he finished his meal, he picked up a napkin and gently wiped the corners of his clean mouth, asking softly:

-Leo, we're done, can you tell me why you asked me to come here?

Such an environment was meant for couples, moreover, Leopold had deliberately chosen this place and invited her.

His smile became more and more accentuated, as if he had already guessed the surprise that awaited him.

-Diana, you should know that what I promised you before is still valid, nothing will ever change.

-I know, Leo, if you want to say something, just say it. If you keep hiding it from me like this, what if I misunderstand you?

Diana looked at him serenely while a shrewdness passed in her eyes.

-You knew from the beginning that Mariana was pregnant, you were also the one who ordered Dalia to drug her at the party, you wanted her to have an abortion!