Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 657: Have you accepted yet?

But Cristian looked more closely at the mountain of things piled up in front of him, and there was still a crack in the calm he was trying to maintain. In the conference room, he had heard the group talking so cheerfully, but he had not expected to come back with such childish things.

Cristian's eyebrows furrowed a little.

Did children really like these things?

Cristian had never been a father and had no idea what children liked, so he had bought everything that was recommended. Even if his son didn't like any of these gifts, there were many to choose from.

And children have limited attention spans. Even just looking at the pile of gifts would have made him very happy.

The thought of all this effort he was now making was for his future son caused Cristian to burst into a genuine smile.

Luke, who was standing there, had no idea what was going through Cristian's mind, only that he suddenly smiled. That smile of fatherly love on a father's face is a very common thing.

But when it had appeared on Cristian's face, it had been something different and seemed especially strange.

But Luca did not dare to say what he really thought and could only stare silently at the pile of gifts in front of him.

Although Luca did not know what was going on, what Mr. Cristian was doing had to have something to do with Ms. Serena.

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At the end of the school day, Serena had gone to pick up Manuel and had seen a familiar figure in front of the school. It was Leonardo, in a light shirt, leaning against the wall and much thinner. But Leonardo's handsome face still attracted the gazes of many of the women present.

When Serena saw Leonardo, she thought almost immediately of the time, that a few days ago Cristian had thrown him to the ground, bleeding from the corner of his lips.

I wonder how the injuries are going.

Serena had also not seen Leonardo in the last few days and had no idea how sick he was.

It was not yet the end of class time and everyone expected the children to leave soon, Serena had just gotten out of the car when Leonardo saw her and looked at her. Leonardo's gaze lingered on Serena's face for a moment before Leonardo approached her.

Serena stood still and waited for Leonardo to approach her before looking up at him.

But Serena was surprised by what she saw.

For Leonardo's face was bruised and purple and looked particularly ugly. But even that had not changed the fact that he was handsome.

It was surprising that Cristian had beaten his brother so badly that day.

Seeing the surprise in Serena's eyes, Leonardo's smile turned bitter.

-Ten minutes to the end of class and it is not convenient to discuss here, do you want to talk to me somewhere else?

She looked around and found a less crowded area and pointed, -Let's talk over there.

Then she went first and Leonardo followed her.

-I'm sorry about the other day.

Once they got there, Serena first apologized to Leonardo: -I didn't know Cristian would be there and it's my fault you got hit."

-Leonardo looked at her, his injuries made his smile especially miserable and Serena was almost afraid to look him in the eye and had to look away. -He is the one who hit me, does the fact that you now apologize for him mean that you have accepted him?

She bit her lip, remembering Leonardo's words of confession, but unable to say whether she really liked him. After all, Serena had listened carefully to Cristian's words and was slightly suspicious of Leonardo.

Serena also felt that Leonardo was getting closer to her because of Cristian.

But in any case, since Leonardo had made his feelings known, Serena had to explain things to him.

So Serena nodded her head.

Leonardo collapsed completely, his spirit and faith crumbling like a landslide. A moment later, he clutched Serena's shoulders like a madman.

-Why? Why do you still want to be with him after all you've been through? What does he have better than me? Have you forgotten all the things he did to you before?

Serena was taken aback by Leonardo's sudden outburst, only to feel his shoulder squeeze painfully. The anger in Leonardo's tone and the wrath in his eyes contrasted with his normally kind appearance.

Serena had never seen Leonardo like this before and her face turned white with fear.

-What are you going to do?

-Leonardo laughed bitterly: -What else do you think I will do? I've waited so long for you and you won't even look at me for a second, Cristian did so many things to hurt you and you forgive him so easily? Serena bit her lip and couldn't help but confess, "It's because I like him."

-The word froze Leonardo, Serena tried to push him away as he was frozen, but Leonardo quickly came to his senses.

Serena's shoulders were once again gripped tightly by Leonardo.

-Tell me, what is it that you like about Cristian? What is it about me that is not as good as him? Tell me and I will correct it right away.

Serena scowled and tried to push Leonardo away as she explained, -It's not even about the fact that you lost to him, the fact that I like him has nothing to do with you, when I was with him before, I only thought of you as my brother, even though so much time has passed and so much has happened, I still think of you as my brother, I don't even ....

-But I am not your older brother," Leonardo interrupted her, his emotions slightly stirred, "If you really think of me as your brother, why did you resist so much when I helped you in the past? Can't you treat me like a normal man who loves you? Cristian did so many things to hurt you, yet you went back to him and I got nothing. You don't want to share even an ounce of pity with me."

Serena said, "Feelings are not mercy, I cannot give mercy."

Leonardo seemed to be in pain, seemed to be suffering terribly.

However, Serena felt only fear and struggled to withdraw her hand. But a moment later, Leonardo suddenly fell to the ground.

Serena was about to leave when she heard the sound of falling and turned around to see Leonardo lying on the ground with a pained expression and a cold sweat on his forehead. Serena was startled and rushed to Leonardo and knelt down, "What's wrong?

Leonardo lay there, grimacing in pain, cold sweat pouring down his face, unable to speak. But he managed to open his eyes and weakly grasped Serena's hand.

-Don't... don't stay with Cristian, he won't treat you well...he won't....

-What is wrong with you? Don't talk, I'll call you an ambulance."

Serena grabbed her phone and immediately called the emergency number. After telling the emergency responders where she was, Serena noticed that Leonardo's face was even paler. How could this be?

What was wrong with Leonardo?

Serena felt exhausted.

-Hold on a little longer, the ambulance will be here very soon.