Embrace Love's
Ch 128's. Shocked news
Marylin frowned looking at the guests. Feeling somewhat uncomfortable, Ann said there was an emergency call from a friend and the woman was leaving late in the afternoon.
A woman came with two servants to her room and prepared Mary for the party tonight. A pale blue dress that is very beautiful is worn on her, her hair is elegantly styled with curls that are shaped in such a way that they are naturally wrapped around the shoulders. No one she knew except Ann at the mansion, and now Annete is not around, making Mary uncomfortable.
"Come, Mary .. We greet them." Alric held Mary's elbow slowly. Fearful Mary flinched at her touch.
"Mmm...good ... We say hello to each other." Mary slowly removed Claude's grip on her elbow.
"Well .. come ...."
They stepped together, greeting one after another until they arrived before Serge.
"Hello ... Mary, you look beautiful, dear ..." said Serge. A smile of relief finally rose on the woman's lips, replacing the stiff smile that had been decorating her face.
"Are you coming with Catalina?" ask Mary.
"I'm here." Catalina's voice interjected from behind Marylin. Marylin and Alric turned around and looked at Catalina and Claude who were already standing behind them.
Catalina reached out and hugged her sister. " You're so beautiful, Mary."
Alric saw a great relief approaching the bride. After a while of chatting, the music started to sound, making some couples start moving to the dance floor. Alric extended his hand towards Mary and invited her to dance.
"Mary ... give me your first dance."
Mary saw several pairs of eyes from the guests looking towards them. Intrigued by the figure of the woman who has become the wife of Alrico Lucca. He finally received Alric's helping hand, there was no way he could resist under the curious eyes of the guests. He will not make their relationship into the consumption of gossip. Mary even tried to smile as she walked with Alric to the dance floor.
"Thank you ..." whispered Alric into Mary's ear shortly after they started dancing.
"For what?" ask Mary. Looking up into Alric's eyes.
"Because I took my hand and wanted to dance with me. To spare me the shame of being rejected by my own wife ...." Alric ended his words with a soft chuckle. Mary was silent, they continued to dance without anyone else saying a word, until the melody ended and they stopped dancing.
After a while, Serge invites Mary back to the dance. Alric used the opportunity to chat and greet the invitations that he had not been able to greet. Some of them asked where her mother was, but Diego who came later said that Annete could only attend the wedding, but had to leave immediately because of something sudden, so couldn't attend the party to introduce Mary. The answer was enough for them, their shadow of Alric's marriage was done only attended by close family, including Annete.
Alric also added to the story that Mary's dress and all of her supplies tonight were prepared and chosen by her mother. Making the guests think of the good relationship between the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law that seems to be well-established. Alric smiled inwardly. He did not lie, his mother and Mary did have a very good relationship. Although Mary does not know the true status of Annete.
As time passed, Mary seemed to be getting tired, she was pulled by Catalina towards a sofa when a voice greeted them.
"Can I shake hands with the bride?"
Catalina and Mary turned to hear the voice they recognized, and they smiled and answered simultaneously.
"Lumuigi!" catalina was surprised.
"Doctor Luigi!" mary said with a happy tone.
"Congratulations, Mary. I'm happy for you. How are you doing?"
"Thank you, Doctor. I'm fine."
Luigi examined Mary's face, sweat appearing to condense on the woman's temple.
"Mary ...." Luigi was about to ask Mary again and suggested that she rest when Alric's voice greeted her.
"Yet you come too, Doctor."
Luigi turned his head, then smiled and accepted Alric's hand.
"I'm sorry I'm late .. thanks for inviting me in" Luigi said.
"I'm glad you could attend. You're my wife's favorite doctor, so I was hoping you'd come" Alric said, winking at Luigi.
Luigi laughed, then the two looked at Marylin who quickly turned her head the other way, hiding her embarrassed face.
"Don't tease her" said Catalina amusedly.
"Mary .. do you feel unwell?" ask Luigi suddenly.
Alric and Catalina immediately looked worriedly at Marylin. Catalina had expected Marylin to be exhausted, so she had intended to take her sister to sit and rest on the sofa.
"I ...." Marylin was feeling a bit tired. But he felt bad about leaving Alric's guests.
"You're tired, aren't you? You'd better take your wife to rest, Alric."
Alric nodded with a worried face. He bids a farewell to Luigi and Catalina and then holds Mary's elbow and invites her to step out of the hall. Alric looked at Diego and coded his gaze to have Diego handle and replace him accompany the guests before he returned again. Nodding Diego's head signaled to Alric that the man understood.
"No need to drive me. I'm doing fine. They'll wonder if you're missing."
"Don't worry about that. They'll be fine without me." Alric glanced over and saw the sweat condensing on the temple and above Mary's lips. He cursed his tormentors not realizing it. If Luigi hadn't noticed, maybe Mary would have kept pushing herself there until the party was over.
Catalina stared towards her brother's departure until the couple's figure disappeared upstairs. He turned back to Luigi.
"Luigi ... Where is Natalia? Did his condition not allow him to attend?"
Luigi frowned.
"Condition? You mean, Lina?"
Catalina looked in wonder. She counts in her heart .. Since the time she met Natalia when she checked her legs first, Natalia who was crying while holding the USG sheet of her baby. There's no way Natalia hasn't told her husband yet, has she? and again ... supposedly now that Natalia's stomach is in sight, Luigi couldn't possibly not have noticed.
"I mean your wife's pregnancy."
Hygiene ... Luigi stared, glued, unmoved. Seemed clueless about what Catalina was talking about.
"pregnancy? What are you talking about, Lina?"
Catalina clucked impatiently. He had suspected something strange when accompanying Mary check first and found out that Luigi did not know about Natalia's pregnancy. But when the couple lived together, impossible in the space of time that had passed, Luigi was not also aware of the changes in his wife's enlarged stomach.
Catalina looked around, there were some people standing near them, so she invited Luigi to go to the side porch to speak in private. Luigi followed Catalina's steps until they arrived at the terrace. Catalina crossed her arms and stared intently at the doctor.
"Don't tell me you don't know at all!"
Unbeknownst to the two, Claude follows Catalina and Luigi as he watches them walk away from the hall. He deliberately did not come to the two but stood behind a wide window curtain that led to the terrace. He heard Catalina's voice.
"I don't understand what you're talking about, Lina."
"Oh my goodness ... Luigi .. When I checked my feet with Claude, I met Natalia. She was crying in a waiting chair in front of an obstetrician's practice room while holding a picture of an ultrasound. She's pregnant, Luigi. We spoke .. He asked me not to tell anyone. I thought it was because he himself would tell you."
Luigi swallowed his saliva, holding the porch barrier to support his body. Can't say anything yet.
Luigi shook his head, imagined the figure of Natalia who now had nowhere.
"No, Lina ... I didn't realize it. She ..." Luigi again gulped, slashing his throat that felt very dry, "He's gone ...."
"What do you mean go!?"
"She left a letter .. and left my apartment."
Catalina narrowed her eyes at Luigi.
"Luigi .. sorry, I'm not meddling in your business. But why did Natalia leave? How exactly is your relationship?"
Luigi rubbed his face slowly. Taking a deep breath and exhaling it slowly, tried to calm himself who felt shaken at the news. Then his mind was reflected again on the figure of Natalia, this time with an enlarged stomach, undergoing pregnancy alone, without a husband and also his parents. Luigi guessed Natalia's parents didn't know about this either, based on her father's words when he met her at the hospital at the time.
A decision flashed across Luigi's head. He rubbed his face again and looked towards Catalina.
"Sorry, Lina ... I can't talk about it right now. I gotta go. There's something I need to do quickly."
"I hope it's about Natalia!"
"Yes .. thanks for telling me."
Yes ... go," said Catalina.
Luigi nodded, then he stepped inside.
"Jasn ...." Catalina called back. The doctor stopped and looked at him.
"Yes?"
"I hope you did the right thing this time. However, she is your wife .. who has conceived your child."
Luigi simply replied with a nod of his head, then turned back and stepped towards the hall.
Claude took a slow step and came to Catalina when Luigi's doctor figure had already moved away.
"Claude? Since when did you come?" catalina asked, astonished to see that the man knew where to catch up with her.
"Come here, Cat ...."
Catalina approached, then suddenly she was already in Claude's arms. The man also kissed the top of his head.
"What's Claude?" catalina asked, feeling a somewhat different feeling from that hug.
"Nothing, Catty .. just wanted to say that I love you more and more."
Catalina chuckles. " You're seducing me again ...."
"Mm.m ...." Claude replied with a murmur.
"So I talked to Luigi,"
"I know ...." Claude kissed Catalina's head again, then distanced his body slightly in order to look down and see the girl's face.
"You're a very nice girl ... So when can I marry you, Catty? Your sister is married. It'll be fine ...."
Catalina smiled with a blushing face, Claude looked very handsome, and now the man was again asking her to get married.
"I'm ready, Claude. Anytime you want to .. let's get married, let's get married" Catalina said.
A big smile on Claude's face. He hugged and kissed the beautiful girl who could not wait to make his wife.
Upstairs, in front of her bedroom door, Mary stopped. He moved away from Alric and tried to drive the man away.
"Go, Alric. Meet the guests. I'll be fine."
"No Mary. You're sweating. You're not okay."
"I've only been a little tense since the party started. I'm gonna get some rest. So go away."
Alric opened the door, then entered first. He stepped towards the walk in closet and looked for loose clothes for Mary to sleep on.
"Change your clothes with this. Comeoverhere. I helped open your dress."
"What! No!"
"Oh my goodness, Mary. Don't think the no-no. Hurry up, it'll take time if we call the waiter."
"No. I can do it myself, thank you. Go, so I can get some rest."
Alric stared at Mary's determined eyes. Not accepting his help. Alric took a deep breath, indeed how his wife would remove the knots of small ropes on the back of the blue dress without the help of others. But he did not want to insist and make Mary keep more distance from him.
"Alright," Alric raised both his hands and relented.
"Sleep after that" he said again. Mary nods, accompanies Alric and closes the door as Alric steps out of the room. Closing the door behind his back as he was even still standing before that door.
"Good night, Mary .. sweet dream .." said Alric at the door. After a few seconds there was no answer, but Alric was convinced the woman was still behind the door. Alric finally stepped away from the hallway and said good-bye to the growing baby in his wife's womb. The baby who somehow imagined as a little princess in his head.
Good night my princess .. kiss your mom for me, Honey ....
Mary stepped out of the door of her room which she had locked when she heard Alric's footsteps move away. He stood in front of the mirror, picked up the loose shirt Alric had given him and started trying to open his dress. Instantly he realized the existence of small ropes behind his back. Mary tried to reach, but was unreachable. Because he felt tired and lazy to call the waiter, he ended up just cleaning his face from make up and then immediately put a sleep lamp. Mary arranged the pillows on the bed and laid her tired body. After a while, she curled up, falling asleep in a still-attached party dress.
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