Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 1056: Gossip.

-You're not going home?

Manuel blinked innocently, "Please, Aunt Anna.

Angelo had agreed to let Manuel spend time with Anna.

Lately he had been quite happy with his daughter Beatrice, although she still did not treat him very well.

-Well, you can stay here as long as you want.

Anna took Manuel's luggage bag and went upstairs.

Then she met a neighbor who lived next door.

-Anna, is he your friend's son?

Anna smiled, "Yes.

The older neighbor saw the small bag in Anna's hand.

-What is this?

Anna hid the bag behind her back, -Nothing, by the way, your friend is still waiting for you downstairs.

Agnes left muttering.

-Aunt Anna, did they say something bad about you? -said Manuel with some concern.

-No," Anna didn't care what people thought, otherwise she wouldn't have been friends with Serena when she was the target of everyone in the company.

-Aunt Anna, I think I should go home," whispered Manuel.

Anna paused and said, "No, stay with me, you don't care what people say.

When she finished, Anna gave a change of clothes to Manuel.

-Go take a shower, and after dinner stay for TV, okay?

Manuel didn't want to watch TV or go to bed so early, but he couldn't argue with that.

***

In a few days everyone in the old town knew that Anna had brought home a baby.

Anna's parents had lived here for a long time and knew many of the neighbors well, maintaining a polite back and forth.

Everyone here knew each other's family situation and made it a daily conversation.

This time, however, according to the words of those elders, Anna had been abandoned by a man after five years abroad and had returned home with an illegitimate child. Anna was surprised by this gossip.

Cristian and Angelo were also very angry.

Because Manuel was slandered as an illegitimate son.

-Our neighbor wanted to introduce you to a man, but now....

Amelia did not know how Anna felt and added fuel to the fire.

-Manuel is not an illegitimate son, you know that!

-But not the others. Even I would think he's your son if he wasn't so cute.

Anna could not speak out of irritation.

-Daughter, they don't care about the truth and they won't believe it. To console themselves, understand?

Anna was silent.

She had not expected it to be so ridiculous.

-Will you let him continue to live here?

-Manuel is just a child and I can't let him get upset.

-Exactly, that's life," Amelia agreed.

-And you don't mind?

-Of course not, you don't want to get married anyway, and I can't help it.

In fact, gossip could have saved Anna a lot of trouble.

If everyone had thought Manuel was her son, they would have stopped introducing men to her.

-Well," Anna shrugged her shoulders.

-It looks like you're not really getting married," Amelia said helplessly.

-But I can support myself, and marriage is not my only option.