Chapter 191: Unsolicited Advice
"What about it?" Viviana shrugged. "And don’t tell anyone that my birthday is in September. Certainly not to Leander. Promise me," Viviana held her hand. "I’m supposed to be dead. The Kastello family cannot know that I am alive."
Gabriella’s eyes were shifting side to side and she was blinking at a faster rate as if she was thinking deeply. "Right..." she said absentmindedly.
"Gabby!" Viviana shook her. "Kastello family cannot know that Melanie survived. For the kids that are still left..." she reminded her.
"But Leander..." Gabriella stopped herself. "I know... I know. I won’t tell anyone. Leander cannot be trusted if it involves his family. But Melanie... Melanie, I think that you are Leander’s first love. Or for that matter, you might be his only love and Helena was just a substitute... A replacement of you..."
"That’s nice to hear. But let’s be realistic. I know that’s not the truth. Why would a rich boy fall in love with an orphan just in a few hours of being with her? Gabby, you know how terrible I was back then," Viviana laughed. She really considered it a joke.
Until she remembered the tattoo. He also talked about a girl. She mocked him as a creep and he didn’t continue that topic.
Is Gabby right?
"It doesn’t matter how long a meeting was. What matters is how impactful the meeting was for those involved. You knew him for a short time too and yet you waited for him, didn’t you?" Gabriella asked.
Viviana had no answer to that.
On their first meeting, she might have wanted to meet the boy who wore a lot of jewelry to the beach. But what shook her to the core were his eyes.
"Turn him against his family, Melanie... You are the only one who can do that," Gabriella’s reddened eyes focused on her with determination. "Only he can bring out the corruption in his family to the fullest degree. And he would be the perfect avenger for all those who were affected by the Kastello family."
"Me?" Viviana scoffed. That would be the biggest joke. "I can’t even feed a dog without being scared of him, Gabby. And right now, as we speak, there are nineteen women in this very city whose life is in danger just because I share appearances with them. He killed a woman in my place, Gabby. If I take one wrong step, he’s going to~"