Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 725: Look at me, will you?

Therefore Manuel had been left in the country. Lately this affair had been much broadcast everywhere and it was not known whether Manuel knew about it.

Matthew could only hope that Manuel had not known.

Therefore, like his uncle, when Manuel played with him, Matteo would lie to him and say that his parents were going to spend their honeymoon after the wedding and that they could only return after a while. After conceiving this idea, Matteo thought it was not feasible.

Because Matteo was not at all sure that Cristian would come back.

It would have been fine if he came back, but if not, how could he explain this lie to Manuel? When Manuel would learn the truth, sadness would be inevitable.

Looking at the innocent Manuel standing in front of him, Matthew made a decision.

It would be better for him to tell him the truth, which would spare Manuel sadness when he learned it in the future. If Cristian came back alive, it would also be a surprise.

With this in mind, Matteo squatted down in front of Manuel, touched his head and said softly, "Manuel, I want to tell you something.

With his head bowed, Manuel asked, -What?

-Come with me to the studio. I will tell you everything.

***

Off, Serena was sitting on the bed watching the sunlight outside the window.

-Serena, Manuel is crying and says he has to make a video call with you. Won't you listen to him? -Sitting on the edge of the bed, Anna asked Serena, looking at her with her cell phone in her hand. Hearing her words, Serena froze. Then, she turned around and ignored Anna.

Serena half-closed her pale lips and looked a little disappointed.

She had promised Manuel that she would replace him a father, but now he had lost his father. Before her father's return, she was ashamed to talk to him.

Serena was afraid that, seeing him, she would cry before she spoke.

And Anna said to her, "Serena, don't be so cruel. Manuel is very sad and he thought he had found his father. Now, if you don't listen to him, he will die from crying.

As Anna spoke, her eye sockets turned red, "Serena, please. Talk to him. A few words are enough. Today, during the video call, Manuel was crying very hard. This is the first time I've seen him cry like this. And he knows that he had never cried before.

Listening to his words, with trembling lips, Serena began to let herself be convinced: how could she bear Manuel's crying?

But what would she have told him if she had seen him now?

Would she tell him that his father had had an accident and would hurt him again?

Serena shook her head and said, "No, leave that for later. I'm really not in a good mood now.

-Serena! -Anna did not resign herself and continued to call her name.

Anna's words annoyed her and Serena said directly in a cold tone, "Get out of here. I want to be alone for a while.

Anna did not move, but calmed down. Serena thought she had already obeyed her words.

However, after about a minute, the cry of a baby appeared in the quiet hospital room.

-Mom! Mom!

The familiar voice startled Serena, and she looked incredibly toward the source of the sound.

Sure enough, she saw Manuel reaching for his cell phone in the video call, in which he was crying very loudly and calling Serena.

These tears and crying pierced her heart like a sharp knife. Serena looked at Manuel with wide eyes and suddenly pulled away with tears about to flow.

-Mom, look at me, okay? Mom, I want to talk to you.

-Turn off the video call," Serena ordered Anna in a quiet voice.

Anna had not heard her and continued to hold the camera toward her, as if determined to fight her.

-Wake up, Serena! That is not someone else on the screen, but your biological son. Aren't you in pain treating him like this? He only wants to talk to you!

-Take him away. This is the last time I will tell you," although Serena's voice became calmer, her anger was palpable.

Anna became angry and said directly to Manuel, "Manuel, did you hear that? Your bad mom doesn't want to talk to you now. Even if I want to help you, I can't. Okay, don't cry anymore. You will cry in vain if no one comforts you. Listen to me, dry your tears and do your homework, okay?

Manuel shook his head with effort with red eyes and said, -No, I want to talk to my mother.

Although he was very intelligent, now seeing that his mother did not listen to him, Manuel felt very bad as if he had been abandoned.

Because of this, Manuel would not stop crying, which made Serena sad and upset. And Serena scolded him, "Why are you crying? I'm not crying, and why are you crying?"

Serena's voice was very serious. She looked at Manuel as if Manuel had done something wrong.

Manuel was surprised by her rebuke. Then, crying, she closed her mouth and said affectionately, I miss you. Mom, can I come to your house?

-No,II Serena rejected him mercilessly, -If you hear me, stay home. I will come back after I replace your father."

Manuel shouted loudly, "You are lying to me. Uncle told me he had an accident and probably won't be back.

What Manuel said shocked Serena. She looked at Manuel in the video call with wide eyes.

-Who allowed you to say this nonsense? Don't you listen to what I say? Your father has disappeared and will come back!

Manuel replied, -Good, I will go with you to wait for him. Before you never left me and always did things together with me. This time we will be together again, okay?

Her voice was full of pleading, which could not be denied by anyone who saw her. But Serena was distressed. She also hated herself, how could she let her son see her like this?

Thinking about this, Serena said in a cold voice: -I can't. I am alone now and that is enough. You must not come here, do you understand?

Manuel closed his mouth and said, -But I want to come with you, mother, will you let me? I will be obedient and I will not make you angry, do you agree?

Manuel began to be capricious. He begged Serena again and again, which was heartbreaking.

There, with cell phone in hand, Anna wanted to cry and told Serena, "Leave him. He is not a stranger, but your baby after ten months of pregnancy.