Chapter 506: Strong


    Chapter 506: Strong


    As if she hadn''t tasted home-cooked food in a long time, Mariana saw arge table of dishes and felt


    an unprecedentedfort in her heart. Indeed, it was really exhausting to raise a child alone.


    Looking at the table, Mariana also felt strange.


    Her tastes had not changed much in the three years she had been away, so the dishes she liked were


    always the same. The food on the table now was exactly the same as what she liked.


    At first, she also did not promise Leopoldo that she woulde to his house for dinner.


    She also had a chance meeting with Leopoldo in Gabriel''s office, so how could it be such a coincidence


    that the butler calcted that she would return and prepared such arge table with her favorite


    dishes?


    "The management of the ce sure is very good."


    The housekeeper noticed Mariana looking at him and could guess the reason, so he couldn''t help but


    say:


    -Madam, during the three years you were away, the kitchen prepared every day what you liked to eat.


    It was not a coincidence, it was a habit.


    Leopoldo always waited for her return and never gave up.


    -Is that so?


    Mariana grabbed a vegetable with her chopsticks, willing to hide her true feelings. In fact, Leopoldo had


    done nothing wrong, all he had done was love her too much.


    For loving her more, he must have been aggrieved.


    It was feared that Leopold had never been so wronged since he was a child.


    -Yes," the butler replied quietly.


    Leopold had waited for thedy for so many years, and the person had returned so easily. This time, he


    was not going to let go of the other person''s hand lest he regret itter.


    Besides, Mariana was already a good woman.


    -Mr. Durán, I will leave first.


    The butler did not want to interrupt their time together, so he took the initiative to leave.


    As Mariana watched the butler leave, she looked at Leopoldo and could not help but ask:


    -Do you usually eat thisrge table of dishes all by yourself?


    Leopoldo held the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. Then he paused and answered the


    woman''s question.


    -No, I don''t usuallye back for dinner.


    She wasn''t lying, dining at home was too quiet.


    -So the housekeeper said that the family cooks such a big table every day and you don''t even know it?


    Mariana thought Leopoldo wasted too much food and her eyes filled with endless contempt.


    Leopoldo scanned the woman, impassive.


    He did not understand why it was strange that this happened in his family. Everyone in the family


    received a monthly sry, so it was normal to have dinner prepared every day.


    How was this abnormal in Mariana''s eyes?


    -You''re a spendthrift," Mariana told him ungraciously.


    Leopoldo sighed slightly and continued:


    -If it''s fresh and hot, someone in the family will eat it. There are good ingredients at home, so it won''t go


    to waste.


    Mariana gave the man a very confused look.


    Nowadays, many young people wanted to have money, a house and status. All these things Leopoldo


    possessed, but why did he refuse to have a happy life in peace and quiet?


    -Why are you looking at me like that? -Leopoldo asked as he looked at her.


    Mariana gave him a dirty look and said grumpily:


    -You should go back to dinner.


    -Then why don''t youe back?


    His request was simple, everything would be fine as long as he had Mariana with him. This concept


    had be ingrained in these three years.


    Mariana could not break the contact between them with just a few words.


    -Why are you such an airhead that you can''t understand my words? -Mariana looked at the other party


    with eyes full of disbelief.


    Leopoldo looked at the woman and could not be convinced.


    -Well, then tell me, do you really feel no affection for me?


    If there was no affection, then why had Mariana never epted anyone else?


    Mariana was not willing to ept the reality that she had always had Leopoldo in her heart.


    -Don''t be ridiculous, when have I ever had you in my heart? -Mariana turned her eyes away from the


    other party''s body and said with her heart in her mouth.


    She did not have Leopoldo in her heart and could not have him.


    -Then tell me the reason.


    Leopoldo believed that Mariana owed him an exnation from the beginning. She kept fooling herself,


    and didn''t really seem to want to draw a line under him.


    At least that''s what Leopoldo thought.


    -Because you are a ruthless person.


    Mariana looked the other way and finally opened her mouth to say the reason she had been avoiding


    him.


    It wasn''t because she didn''t love him, nor because she had someone else in mind.


    -Heartless?


    Leopoldo didn''t understand what the woman was referring to and his eyes filled with resistance. He did


    not understand when he became cruel to hear it from the woman''s mouth.


    Leopoldo remained thoughtful, and after a few seconds, he finally had an answer in mind.


    -Are you still thinking about what happened with Eduardo? -Leopoldo asked the woman as he looked at


    her.


    He had always had his own way of dealing with these kinds of things. He was good at using his power


    to get rid of people so he could protect those around him.


    But now he realized that he could no longer do it that way.


    -It''s not just that.


    Mariana knew more than that, and from the moment she learned of Leopoldo''s methods, she made up


    her mind to take her son far away from this man.


    In any case, Daniel could not be what his father was.


    -Is that why you left me? -Leopoldo asked incredulously as he looked at the woman.


    Her tactics were certainly poisonous, but did Mariana just give up and leave him? How much did she


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    love herself that she was willing to take the child for three years?


    Looking at the woman, Leopoldo felt happy and sad at the same time.


    Today he finally knew the truth, but three years ago, Mariana preferred to leave with her son rather than


    give him a chance to change his attitude. She had be a woman who suffered hardship and pain


    alone while raising her son abroad.


    -Yes.


    Mariana didn''t think twice and admitted it right away. In fact, it was for this reason that she made the


    decision to leave.


    -And have you considered Daniel? Does he agree with this? -Leopoldo questioned her.


    Is it fair that the child was left without a father as soon as he was born? Mariana would not be cruel to


    her son.


    Mariana looked at the man and said:


    -I was protecting him.


    -You are unbelievable," Leopoldo looked at her in exasperation.


    For the first time in a long time, he felt disgusted by what Mariana had done. It was too mean for her to


    take the child and abandon him for such a trivial reason.


    Being a mother, shouldn''t she think from the child''s point of view?


    -I definitely have to get the child back. Now you have only one option.


    Knowing the truth, Leopoldo would no longer let go of the hands of both mother and son. He will make


    up for what he owed them in these three years.