Chapter 252: Can''t stand me?


    At these words Leonardo hesitated for a moment.


    "Do you regret it?"


    Serena did not answer, but rather continued to try to free herself with her hand. Leonardo then insisted,


    "I''ll take you away."


    "What are you saying?"


    "I''ll take you away from here, from the North City, we''ll go far away from here."


    "...Leonardo, are you crazy? How can you say these things, I am your sister-inw!"


    "Yes, but you are not my real sister-inw, what need is there to pretend with me? And would you like


    to use this excuse not to be with me?" Leonardo took her wrist bringing it up, always continuing to look


    at her.


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    "Do you think I don''t know about your situation? He forced you to sign a contract and in six months you


    will have to leave the Ferrari family, won''t you?"


    Serena opened her eyes wide in disbelief: this was the secret between her and Cristian. Apart from


    Luca and Aunt Beatrice, he had only told Alice, no one else could know. How was it possible that he


    knew instead?


    "Isn''t it strange that I know all these things?" A somewhat sinister light appeared on Leonardo''s


    previously kind face, and his voice also became lower: "If you think about it, you can get there. How


    would I know about your divorce if it were not because Cristian has no feelings for you and is looking


    forward to divorce?"


    "Stop it," Serena interrupted him, who biting her lip, continued, "I told you long ago, even if Cristian had


    no feelings for me, I could never be with you. Regarding the debt of €300,000, I will soon find a way to


    pay it back to you. Please don''t say such senseless things like that again today. Let''s say that nothing


    happened today. Now I have to go." So he turned and made to leave.


    It is not known whether because he was provoked by Serena''s words, or because he was cornered by


    her flight, but Leonardo immediately withdrew her to himself, grabbed the back of her head with his


    hand, and made to kiss her red lips.


    Seeing him approach, Serena was startled but, just before the kiss was sessful, she suddenly


    turned her head so that Leonardo''s lips broke on her cheek. This did not put him off, however; on the


    contrary: even more eager to assert himself, he grabbed her chin with one hand and made to kiss her


    again.


    Serena tried hard to reject and avoid him but, despite the fact that they were on a street with arge


    bustle of people, no one approached. After all, they had been standing there talking for quite a while,


    and then Leonardo, tall and elegant, looked like a gentleman: who would have thought he was trying to


    forcefully kiss her.


    "Leonardo!"


    When Leonardo reached to kiss the corner of her mouth, Serena, ck with anger, managed to p


    him in the face.


    PA!


    Serena put all her energy into that p, as if all her anger at being forcibly kissed exploded in an


    instant. Leonardo felt the blow, and her head from the impact tilted. Soon then appeared on Leonardo''s


    cheek the mold of five fingers.


    "Are you going to hit me?" From the corner of Leonardo''s mouth a trickle of blood began toe out,


    as he looked at her with a clubbed look. Then, with a bitterugh she added, "You just can''t stand me,


    can you?"


    Seeing him bleeding from the mouth, Serena felt a little guilty. She first moved her lips a little,


    eventually retracting her hand.


    "I didn''t do it on purpose, you''re the one who exaggerated!"


    "Overreacted?" replied Leonardo in a low voice, "I give you my all, but you throw me away like a pair of


    broken shoes, and instead Cristian? He treats you like that, and you still worship him. Serena, are you


    stupid?"


    "Stupid or not, I have nothing to do with you!" said Serena getting rid of his hand. "If you continue like


    this, I won''t be able to be very friendly with you in the future." And so saying, she ran off on her heels,


    while Leonardo stared motionless at her back, until she disappeared around a street corner. At that


    point Leonardo noticed that next to him was a girl staring back at him.


    "Are you all right?" she asked, handing him a handkerchief. "Your mouth is still bleeding."


    Leonardo, however, did not care for her and did not even reach for the handkerchief but rather, first ran


    his fingers over his lip, and then licked her bitter, salty blood. His gaze then grew even darker: who


    would have imagined that such a fragile and delicate-looking girl would know how to beat her hands so


    badly.


    "Please...the handkerchief!" insisted the girl, bringing the handkerchief before him.


    Leonardo, who on the surface might have seemed a kind man, in truth had a very cold disposition;


    indeed, he cast a nce at the girl, and in his eyes a deep detachment was evident.


    "No need, I thank you."


    The girl not expecting such a rejection blushed with embarrassment. She then put the handkerchief


    away and, stammering, tried to justify herself, "I, I...apologize, I was just worried about her. But if you


    don''t need it then I''ll go away."


    Leonardo continued not to care about her; in fact, after giving her onest nce, he started off in the


    direction Serena had taken just before. The fool didn''t even know if she would be able to return to the


    Ferrari family without any problems, and then today he could clearly see that something was wrong


    with her. All she could do was follow her and check on her.


    The girl, however, seeing that Leonardo did not even deign to look at her, with red eyes added, "Do you


    really want to go after her?"


    "What is it again?" said Leonardo frowning in his face as he halted his steps.


    "No, nothing, it''s just that I wanted to warn her that...she doesn''t really seem to like me, and then...if


    you go looking for her now, she will end up hating you."


    At these words Leonardo''s gaze grew even sadder. "Little girl, this is my business, it doesn''t concern


    you," he said after a moment in a serious tone.


    The girl at this point no longer dared to counter...she looked onest time at Leonardo, then turned and


    ran away.


    Leonardo, on the other hand, continued on his way, indifferent.


    Serena had not returned to the Ferrari family precisely to avoid meeting Leonardo again. She had


    therefore decided to drop by the Gallo house to see what the situation was like. Unexpectedly, as soon


    as she entered the house, her mother Giulia immediately ran up to her and hugged her, "Serena, you''re


    back atst. Mother was almosting to look for you."


    "Mom, what happened?" asked Serena.


    "It''s all my fault, it''s all my fault!" repeated her mother as she grabbed her arm in tears.


    Serena could do nothing but cast a nce at her father Andrew beside them who, full of anger, added,


    "He did it big this time!" Serena was stunned as her father took refuge in his room: the situation at


    home seemed serious, her mother kept crying while hugging her, and she had no idea what had


    happened.


    "What happened?"


    "Serena, it''s all my fault...seeing that we were having a bit of a financial problem, I thought I''d find


    someone to go into business with, but I didn''t think...that he would run away and take all our money


    with him."


    "Ran away? And how much did you lose?" asked Serena incredulously.


    "Everything, all the money, even the money obtained with the mortgage..." replied the mother sobbing.


    Serena, visibly shaken by the news, tried hard to keep calm.


    "Have you filed aint?"