Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 726: Serena You have gone too far!

Of course, Serena knew it was the baby she had given birth to, so she did not want him to suffer with her.

She would have liked to have Manuel with her immediately if she could; she was so alone now and needed warmth.

But what would happen after taking Manuel?

Let this child witness his mother's emotional breakdown every day?

That would be too selfish.

At the thought, Serena closed her eyes and shook her head.

-Anna, turn off the video call and don't let him call back.

-Serena!

-Turn it off! -Serena's voice rose in pitch and she looked up, staring at Manuel on the video, gritting her teeth, -Manuel listen, mom forbids you to call back, you have to study hard and when mom replaces your dad, she will come for you then.

Manuel kept looking at her with tears in his eyes.

-I don't want to, I want to go with you now, I don't want dad, I just want mom.

Anna continued to hold her cell phone and the sound of her baby's cries continued to surround her.

Serena stood up with a grimace, turned off the video and tucked Anna's phone under her pillow as she did so.

-Serena? You've gone too far! He is your son.

-So, is that why you told him to call me? Anna, you know the state I'm in, what do you want me to tell him?

Serena's eyes looked at Anna a little hollowed, Anna breathed: -I don't want you to tell him anything, he knows, Manuel is very upset, you are his mother.... He wants to see you, and he wants to talk to you, he misses you, what's wrong with that?

-There would be no problem, but I'm in a bad state and I don't want to see anybody.

She didn't want to transmit all the negative energy to Manuel, although it was cruel that she didn't talk to him, but what could she have said if she had talked to him? If Manuel had found out about that incident, the boy would surely have brought it up, and how could she have explained it to him then?

-Will you stay like that if Cristian doesn't come back? Manuel is just a child, he doesn't understand you like adults, do you understand him?

Serena did not want to talk to her anymore and, annoyed, looked away from her face and said coldly, -I know, you go out.

-Serena... -Anna, still undaunted, said Serena's name and sat on the edge of the bed, not wanting to leave.

-Well, I want you to leave me alone.

Seeing that Anna was still sitting on the edge of the bed, refusing to leave, Serena had no choice but to lie down and cover herself with the sheets so as not to be disturbed further by Anna. Anna had to gather her things and get up to leave the room.

Chiara looked at her with a surprised look, -What's wrong? I thought I heard you two arguing.

-Don't talk about it, it makes me angry to talk about it.

Chiara was curious, -Why did you get angry at this juncture? I would be interested to know.

-I told her that Manuel is just a five- or six-year-old boy who misses his mother and wants to tell her something, that's normal, right? But what about Serena, she actually told Manuel not to call her anymore, it was heartbreaking for me to see that, the boy was crying a lot and she didn't even care.

Chiara smiled helplessly and patted Anna's shoulder, gently explaining, "You've never been a mother, so you don't know what it's like to be one."

-I know Serena is bitter inside, but Manuel is so small, why can't he say a few words in disguise?

-Have you ever thought that maybe Serena doesn't want to deceive him? If Serena has no means to deceive her son, then when she talks to him, what do you think they would talk about, what would Manuel ask?

At those words, Anna froze; she did not seem to have thought about it.

-Didn't think about it at all? -Chiara smiled, her expression light, and continued, -It's just that you're too young to think about many things on both sides. Of course, I know Manuel wants to see his mother right now, and that's no excuse, but think about how bad these things Serena has been going through lately have made her feel, it will take time for her to get back to her old self. How can she tell Manuel that something might have happened to her father? Saying too much would be like throwing salt on her own wounds, you know what I mean.

Anna managed to stifle these words, thinking for a long time without coming up with anything to answer, and her lips twisted as she looked at Clare in a tangled way.

After a short time she said, -What am I supposed to do? I just made the video call with her and thought Serena didn't want to worry about her son.

-No matter, aren't you good friends and sisters? The matter is clear in Serena's mind, only she is not in the mood to comfort you now, or explain it in detail, wait until this bout of grief is over and in talking about this matter, you will both be relieved.

Anna stared at Clare in front of her, and for the first time she found the woman in front of her very attractive. She had already heard that Chiara loved Matteo, but in the end this woman had not gotten her heart and then she had married someone else.

In Matthew's presence, Clare did not seem the least bit embarrassed, as if she had never liked the man.

Such an exceptional woman had failed to capture Matteo's attention, so what about Anna?

-What's the matter? She looked at his face as if she still had doubts.

Anna hesitated to ask Clare how she felt at that moment and, meanwhile, whether she had confessed her feelings to Matthew.

But people were already married and had children now, so it was very insensitive of her to ask such questions now, wasn't it?

Thinking about it, Anna shook her head: -Nothing.

The girl had not hidden her emotions and had shown everything on her face. Although she herself had said it was nothing, there was something wrong with that expression at first glance.

Clare was much older than Anna and looked at her as if she were her sister, so she smiled helplessly at that moment and invited Anna to sit in a nearby chair.

-If you have something to say, say it, don't keep it to yourself. I am older than you and have experienced many things. If you have any doubts, you can ask me, I can't give you very good answers, but there is no harm in helping you relieve yourself.

Clare was like an older sister who knew what Anna would do, her voice was warm and Clare gave Anna a feeling of closeness.