Chapter 297: Taking The Initiative


    Chapter 297: Taking the initiative


    Ana hoped Xavier would receive her thoughts and, preferably, be more proactive.


    After all, he knew her friend, and if they wanted to have a history, he had to take the initiative!


    Mariana took Ana to finish the hospital paperwork and left with the movie actor who was famous


    enough to fill the hospital.


    When they arrived at the hospital entrance, Xavier stopped to ask Mariana.


    -Miss Ortiz, may I have the pleasure of inviting you to join me for lunch?


    Although his eyes were shielded by sunsses, the curve of Xavier''s mouth and the aura he gave off


    around him were still impossible to ignore.


    Mariana did not take into ount at all what she had just been told.


    She only felt that Xavier was still taunting her, and a look of helplessness crossed her eyes.


    Ana, on the other side, couldn''t help but nod for Mariana.


    The face of his idol was certainly no worse than that of Leopold.


    Is there anything more pleasing to the eye in a girl''s rtionship than a handsome man?


    As Ana waited anxiously, she saw her sister Mariana shaking her head.


    -No, it was Ana who offended you today, and we are already grateful for your generosity, so dinner is


    not necessary.


    Ana was about to hit Mariana to express her bewilderment.


    -No, baby, you''re a rock, aren''t you?


    "It wasn''t me who invited you to dinner! Why are you using me as an excuse? You''re going to dinner


    with the movie star to cultivate a good feeling!"


    Unfortunately, Ana couldn''t bring herself to say it out loud, so she could only spit madly at Mariana


    inside.


    After all, he doesn''t want Mariana to feel embarrassed, and nothing is as important as Mariana''s own


    happiness.


    Xavier had no taste for embarrassment either, so he smiled.


    -It''s all right, since Mariana doesn''t want to, that''s fine. It will be for another day.


    That said, Xavier walked away from the hospital.


    Ana watched in dismay as Xavier''s car slipped out of sight.


    -Why didn''t I ask for a group photo?! It was a great opportunity.


    Mariana sighed helplessly at Ana.


    -Now that the people are gone, you can take back your regrets. It''s better to go back and rest early


    today, even if you said you weren''t hurt.


    Ana was still shocked by the ident after all, and she also felt that she was really tired and should go


    back to rest.


    Ana called a cab and before leaving, she kept telling Mariana what to do.Original from N?velDrama.Org.


    -Okay, don''t worry. You should think about your rtionship with Leopoldo when you go back home.


    How could he have time to think about the Leopoldo affair when it was none of his business?


    It was ra''s issue with which I was most concerned at the moment.


    With Leopoldo, it wasn''t his in the first ce. Even their marriage was by contract, and not many


    people knew about their rtionship.


    Therefore, the current situation was not something Mariana felt she needed to worry about.


    What''s more, that woman was the one Leopoldo liked so much, wasn''t she? So that was one more


    reason for him not to meddle.


    "I don''t know how my mother''s health is now. Thest time I saw her was in thest two recordings,


    when she didn''t look very good."


    Mariana was worried about ra.


    And Leopoldo''s grandmother called her out of the blue.


    -Oh Mariana, where are you now?


    Mariana gave her location, not understanding why Leopoldo''s grandmother was calling her out of the


    blue.


    -There''s a small family emergency and I want you toe back now.


    Hearing the grandmother''s somewhat vague response, Mariana could not ignore the "emergency" and


    told the grandmother that she would return immediately.


    On the way back, Mariana identally ran into Leopoldo''s car.


    Leopoldo seemed to have seen her too, so he returned to his grandmother''s house with Mariana.


    When he got out of the car, Mariana nced at Leopoldo''s usual unchanged expression and sensed


    that the person himself did not care about the scandal.


    He seemed to care enough about Diana not to talk back.


    Mariana''s heart, which had been a little agitated by Ana''s words, calmed down.


    Leopoldo expected Mariana to say something to him, but when he saw that Mariana just looked at him


    and then went forward into the house, he felt something different.


    Of course he knew the information, and had thought that when he saw Mariana, he might be


    questioned about something, but nothing happened.


    Ignoring the strange sensation, Leopoldo also entered the house.


    -Grandma, I''m sorry, I...


    The two had just entered the living room when they heard Diana''s voice apologizing.


    When they entered the room, they saw the grandmother''s helpless look, and Mariana realized what


    she meant by "urgent". It was Diana who hade.


    Mariana felt helpless at the thought of being in this position.


    -Well, I''m not going to meddle in the young people''s affairs. But now that Leo and Mariana are back,


    you can talk to them.


    Diana rose somewhat anxiously to follow her.


    -Grandmother, aren''t you going to be angry with me? Please forgive me," Diana lowered her head as


    she whispered more and more.


    Mariana frowned at this scene.


    What was supposed to be an admission of guilt looked like a major bullying a minor.


    The expression on Leopoldo''s face did not change.


    Grandma looked a little ufortable for a while.


    After all, she knew exactly what Diana was like, and not a word she said was true.


    Mariana looked at her grandmother''s expression and knew she was getting upset.


    -Miss Diana, thank you foring to see grandma, but now she needs to rest and besides, I think they


    are just rumors," said Mariana as she went forward to support the olddy.


    -I''m sorry then, Grandma. It was my rudeness," Diana ducked her head and began to admit her


    mistake.


    -You should apologize to Mari, not to me.


    Diana responded with a sincere face and turned to look at Leopoldo with a sheepish smile on her face.


    -I havee to exin this matter to them and that it was I who implicated them.


    Soon Diana began to exin cause and effect.


    People in the circle were jealous of her, so they deliberately wrote nonsense to say that she used their


    rtionship to get to the top.


    After hearing Diana''s exnation, Mariana just wanted tough.


    "These kinds of schoolgirl excuses can only fool men in love."