Please behave My Lord novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74: A Blow

After a pause, Perla continued.

-Besides, Mrs. Perez has a reputation in the high class. If she wears the dress designed by Mari, more people will be able to admire Mar's design. I'm also doing it for Mari's sake.

Perla looked at Mariana gently, as if expressing intimate goodwill.

-Mari, since Perla has said so, then you should agree," Juan spoke at the right moment.

Helpless, Mariana could only accept it.

Now, the smile on Perla's face grew even thicker.

***

As she parked the car at the entrance to the Patio Feliz, Mariana was about to open the door when cold words came from behind her.

-The invitation is for you, I will go in alone.

Mariana turned around in a daze and looked at Leopoldo, who didn't want to give her a single glance from behind, but finally she took the golden invitation.

"He's not willing to go with me. I should have thought this through." With a slight sigh, Mariana held up the invitation and walked step by step to the front without looking back.

The next day.

Mariana looked at the clothes scattered on the bed. She couldn't find a dress for dinner and didn't know what to do.

At that moment, she heard the talk between Zoraida and Lionel. Then Mariana already left the room.

-Why did you come?

Hearing this, Lionel handed a large box in his hand to Mariana and said with a smile:

-Naturally, Mr. Durán has prepared a dress especially for you.

Zoraida laughed:

-Leopoldo is so attentive and so good to Mari.

After saying that, he even nodded his head.

Mariana bit down gently on her lower lip, but hesitantly extended her hand to accept it.

Lionel looked at her in surprise, very puzzled.

-Madam, this is the dress for today's party, it is in your size.

Mariana's face turned red and she spoke softly:

-Thank you, and also thank Leopoldo.

-Then, since the dress has been delivered, I'll leave first. Miss, you can call me when you leave.

Lionel dismissed Zoraida and left.

***

In the evening, Mariana arrived alone at the party and saw Leopoldo in the middle of the crowd, but there was a woman standing next to him, it was Andrea.

Mariana stopped smiling, but her eyes were fixed on those two. She did not expect Andrea to come with Leopoldo.

Mariana turned away silently, without answering.

The man was not discouraged and again moved insistently to Mariana's side, whereupon the uncomfortable smell reappeared.

-Miss, may I have the honor of asking you to dance?

When the man spoke, his body could not help but lean forward knowingly, and his disgusting breath seemed to fall on Mariana's ears.

-Sir, I don't know how to dance," Mariana rejected him outright.

-How is it possible that a woman as beautiful as you don't know how to dance? You must be lying, you probably don't know who I am.

The next moment, the man gave Mariana a business card:

-My name is Alejandro Torres, the CEO of the Torres Group, you must have heard about this.

Mariana looked at the business card quickly, and the words Alejandro Torres were printed in front of her eyes.

Of course, Mariana had heard this, the Torres Group produced mainly steel, the business was very big, but its CEO was a playboy. She had not expected to meet him here today, and Mariana furrowed her eyebrows slightly, she did not want to meet such a person.

-So, can you dance now? the words were full of self-congratulation, as well as the contempt that lurked in the background.

-I'm sorry, Mr. Torres, I don't know how to dance.

Mariana turned him down again and the cold tone did not change because of who the man was.

The man looked at Mariana's back with a cruel coldness, like a viper watching its prey in the shadows, waiting for the opportunity to strike a blow that would kill her, even to death.

He had never been rejected by a woman.