Chapter 192: Is It Too Much?
Viviana walked out of the room with a heavy heart. She was sad to hear what Gabriella wanted. She didn’t know what to do.
Gabriella wanted to be alone. She also didn’t want to eat with Leander even if he permitted her to. And Viviana could sense that Gabriella was afraid Lionel might come for a visit. She was scared to meet him after breaking his heart. She acknowledged what she did to him was terrible. And she hoped that it would help him move on.
Viviana waited for Leander in the living room. She was in no mood for preparing dinner, but she had asked Leander for fish. She prepared her heart to cook dinner.
Leander came home with a proud smile and bags of fresh fish as if he had caught them himself. She thanked him and got the bag. With the help of the maids and the chef, she finished cooking. As always, she prepared some for the cats too. Most of the time, she cooked fresh meals for the cats too.
She is scared of them and that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t consider them living beings. And Leander seemed to be very affectionate towards them. She wanted those cats to be healthy for his sake.
The dishes looked nice, and they smelled nice, but Viviana was not hungry.
She saw Leander was very excited about the dinner. She was glad she cooked for him. And like always, he savored her cooking.
She wanted to be with him, but when she looked at him, she had a sharp pain in her heart. She couldn’t get over the fact that he let down everyone who loved him just for his brother.
He asked her to serve him apple slices. When she was preparing the slices in the kitchen, he came to the kitchen to ask her to sit beside him and do it.
That is a weird request, she thought. But she obliged him nonetheless.
He won’t usually watch the news, but that day he watched the news. Sitting beside him on the couch, Viviana peeled and sliced the apples. She even made them look like little bunnies. She learned to cut apples that way back in Abenney after seeing Leona’s mother cutting apples that way.
Although he didn’t sigh much, he kept on staring at her for some reason. She thought she had actually gone bald by his stare.