Chapter 175: The Host
But she cannot run away. She swallowed the lump in her throat and walked down the stairs. "Is she, our guest?" Viviana asked Leander with a smile.
"Please, come in," she then smiled at the woman. "I am Minerva."
"Hmm," Brie stepped in with a wide smile holding out her hand for a hug. "I’m Gabriella. Nice to meet you... Leander’s wife!"
Viviana was not up for a hug. She held her hand for a shake. Brie looked at Viviana from top to bottom. Leander placed his hand on the small of her back. Viviana didn’t like his hand there. But she didn’t want to move aside in front of that other woman.
Maybe Brie noticed that little interaction, she tried to say something. But before she could say one more word, Viviana shouted for Katerina.
"Please arrange a room for our guest," she said to Katerina and Katerina looked at Leander.
Leander didn’t even look at Katerina. He was happy that everything was going a lot better than she anticipated. His wife is taking charge as the mistress of the house. He doesn’t have to interfere. Isn’t it the wife who takes on the role of the host and takes care of the guest?
He is not the wife.
"Which room, Signora?" Katerina asked Viviana having been ignored by Leander who was lingering behind his wife for some reason.
If he had the guts to bring another woman to the house where his wife lives, why is he afraid of her now?
But Katerina will never ask Leander the question or anyone else for that matter. She values her life.
"That guest room..." Viviana pointed at the guest room Lionel stayed in the previous night.