Chapter 85: Being Discharged
Chapter 85: Being discharged
Leopoldo, standing beside her, poured her a ss of water and gently lifted her up.
After finishing everything, Mariana finally recovered. She opened her mouth softly, but her voice was
still hoarse:
-Better. Thank you for bringing me to the hospital.
After thinking about it, she added:
-And for staying here to take care of me.
With a quick nce at the various papers on the table, Mariana understood.
Leopoldo turned and, with his icy and stern gaze reaching the other ce, he frowned without saying
anything else. It was his mistake to put Mariana whose body was burning hot in ice water, which had
given her a high fever during the night.
-It was Andrea who did itst night.
In the midst of the quiet and peaceful atmosphere, a hoarse voice rang out abruptly and diffused to
both their ears.
Mariana''s heart fluttered slightly. Nor did she expect him to suddenly... pour out hisints to her.
She smiled bitterly and a thousand despairs rose in her eyes. She had not thought that one day she
would tell Leopoldo about Andrea''s harassment of her.
Such a realization caused an inexplicable emotion to well up in his heart, like a warm and a cold
current, which intertwined and poured into his atrium, finally converging into an indescribable feeling.
Hearing what he said, the man raised his eyes, which were so dark that it was difficult to distinguish the
hidden emotions.
However, she was reluctant to take back what she had just said.
As if she could not bear the depth of his gaze, Mariana, stunned, lowered her eyes. The tears that had
juste almost from the bottom of her eyes disappeared in an instant and calmed down.
-I knew that.
At these words, Mariana abruptly raised her head to look at him in a dazed, slightly incredulous
bewilderment.
-Did you already know? Then...
But as we talked about it, she paused. I wanted to ask her what she was going to do.
But it was impossible for him to say it.
The two remained silent for some time, and finally it was Mariana who took the floor with difficulty:
-I feel much better. I still have a lot to do on the set, I... better be discharged.
With that, he tried to get off the bed.
The man standing next to her had his deep eyes fixed on the woman. His face looked a little somber.
-What are you doing?
The fall of the cold words in her ears made Mariana''s movements involuntarily stop, but then she
returned to normal.
A husky voice with a hint of suppressed emotion came out of his mouth in a whisper:
-I want to go back to the set.
For a moment, a quietness reigned in the room again.
After a moment, the indifferent gaze turned away from the woman before he said coolly:
-I''ll take you back.
And so the conversation broke off on bad terms.
Mariana''s eyes narrowed slightly as she watched the fading scenery outside. Her lips were slightly dry
and wrinkled from the fever, less delicate than usual.
The breeze outside the car window gently brushed the strands of hair on her cheeks, causing a
stinging sensation, something that even went to her heart and caused a slightly peculiar fluttering in her
mind.
The silence in the room seemed tost until the car. The man had thin lips pursed and eyes fixed
straight ahead, apparently unwilling to give any nce at the woman beside him.
Soon they arrived at the set. Mariana got out of the car and spoke in a daze after a hesitation:
-Thank you... for bringing me here.
So saying, she quickly walked away without waiting for Leopoldo to answer her.
Just as she opened the door, she saw Ana and, naturally, she saw her too.
-Mari, I heard that you have been sick, why didn''t you stay longer in the hospital ande back so
soon? Your health is the essence of the battle! Without good health, how can you fight those people?
The words had taken on a slight tone of resentment at their end. Clearly, this incident had made Ana
even more furious with Andrea.
With a look of helplessness at the anger on Anita''s face, Mariana couldn''t help but shake her head and
gently reassured her:
-Enough is enough.
-How can it be enough? You don''t know how treacherousst night was. I was so scared when I heard
our group say it.
Some doubt passed through her eyes as she leaned closer to Mariana and lowered her voice to a
whispered question:
-By the way! Mari, I haven''t asked you yet, how did you leave the set yesterday? Why was Xavier still
here at the end and you disappeared?
Speaking of which, Anne nced intently at the crew personnel around her going back and forth and
spoke mysteriously:
-Mari, when he came out of his living roomst night, he hurt his face! The corners of his mouth were
injured, it looks like someone hit him in the face. Do you remember what happenedst night?
He opened his eyes wide and Mariana''s heart skipped a beat.
Had Leopoldo beaten Xavier?
There was the slightest hint of confusion shining in her eyes. She couldn''t help but bite her lower lip
and was silent for a moment.
After a few moments, he suddenly stood up, he hastened to say before leaving:
-I have to go out for a while.
Mariana left Ana sitting in the same ce with her eyes wide open in confusion.
She walked fast. As she passed by the crew, different gazes turned to her, causing her breath to almost
freeze, but her face to be even calmer.
-Is he really still here? After what happened yesterday, the director won''t let us talk about it, he''s
suffocating me!
-Yes, I really don''t know why Mr. B?o is interested in her. It''s horrible that someone like him would be
wasted on a woman like her.
-And don''t you think it''s also a disservice to his fans? How unexpected. Despite the scandals about him
everywhere, he''s messing with the staff in private. It''s true that people in the entertainment industry
have more ways to have fun.
The incessant noise of chatter filled Mariana''s surroundings, which left her involuntarily quickening her
steps.
He gripped the phone tightly in his hand. His fingertips were slightly white from the effort and the veins
on the back of his hand showed on his pale skin, looking slightly fierce.
Passing around a corner, Mariana crossed a hallway at a brisk pace. When she stopped again, there
were not many people around.
On the door of the room to her left in front of her it said Rehearsal Room and only then did Mariana
realize it.
It turned out that, unbeknownst to him, he had arrived in Andrea''s "living room". He couldn''t help but
express a satirical smile.
This was the room that Andrea usually took over. Although it was a rehearsal room, inside almost all of
her things were ced and it had obviously be her other break room.
With a sh of cold rancor in her eyes, Mariana went to the side.
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Standing in front of the window, he looked at the illuminated screen of his cell phone in his hand and
his slender fingers moved over it, finally stopping on the name "Xavier."
She knew Xavier had protected her in yesterday''s incident.
Andst night''s discussion between him and Leopoldo left her unable to avoid feeling a little worried.
As she hesitated, sudden noises were heard in the rehearsal room behind her. Mariana stiffened in her
seat, holding her breath, not daring to move.
Then, a loud bang fell on his ears.
-Leo, what do you mean by that? Are you going to do this to me for that woman?
This high-pitched voice and the word "Leo" made her shudder.
A momentter, his feet seemed to be out of his control and moving toward the door of the rehearsal
room.
There was probably such a rush that the door was not properly closed, leaving a gap so that
discussions inside could be clearly heard.