Chapter 244: I will not force you
Did he...know that she was pregnant?
Would he have doubted whether the child would be related to him? Or would this incident remind him of that rainy night?
Seeing her face pale in an instant, Leonardo frowned slightly, his voice lowered a little, "Didn't you know?"
Serena shook her head and unconsciously took a step back.
Leonardo had brought her hand up but withdrew it in midair, after a while she tightened her lips and said, "Is it Cristian's?"
Before he could answer, Leonardo said again, "No, Cristian is in a wheelchair, I'm afraid he can't do this kind of thing. Then.... "His gaze grew a little sharper and fell on her face. "No one!" Serena answered aloud before speaking.
Leonardo became more puzzled, "Serena?"
Serena retreated to a corner and cowered, staring at Leonardo with watchful eyes, "This has nothing to do with you!"
Her eyes were wary as if she was protecting herself from a thief, which made Leonardo's heart freeze, and he frowned and looked at her, "Do you hate me that much?"
Hearing this, Serena's heart trembled and before she could react, Leonardo stepped forward and grabbed her wrist forcefully, "Why? What have I done to hurt you? Do you want to hate me like this? Ever since you came into our family, I have always treated you well, even..."
Serena wanted to withdraw her hand, but Leonardo's skin remained, as white as jade, he did not use so much force, he clutched her wrist and no matter how much she struggled, she could not break free, she could only hiss, "This too? Leonardo, let go of my hand!"
"I gave you my heart." Leonardo looked at her with heavy eyes, his expression was pained, "But you avoid me all the time, you hate me, Serena, what have I done wrong?"
Leonardo's pain-filled look made Serena feel guilty, in fact, he always helped her all the time she was at the Ferrari house, including the time she had been humiliated by her mother, when Francis was there, he had solved quite a few problems for her.
But...The relationship between her and him was too complicated and she did not want to admit it at that time.
Thinking about this, Serena lowered her eyes and bit her lower lip hard, "Let me go."
Leonardo squeezed her hand tightly, showing no intention to let her go.
"Leonardo!" Serena paled with anger and scolded him.
Hearing his name coming from Serena's mouth, the movements of his arms became slower. After a while, he smiled contentedly and let her go, "If you want to call me again in the future, I won't hold you back like that, I don't want to hear you say 'big brother' ever again."
Serena:"..."
After a long silence, Serena got up from the bed in the corner.
"I've been out for a long time, I should go back."
"It's been a night, do you want to go back?"
Serena raised her head in amazement, had it been a night?
"When I brought you back to my private home, you kept having a fever. Later, I had no choice but to send you to the hospital. The doctor said you had a cold, had a high fever and remained unconscious, so at the moment you can only stay here."
At the thought of not going home in the evening, Serena paled. She did not know what Cristian would think of her. Thinking about this, she immediately wanted to use her cell phone, but after searching for it, she could not find it.
"Looking for this?" Leonardo handed his cell phone and Serena who quickly took it and quickly called Cristian.
"If you are looking for Cristian, then I can tell you in no uncertain terms that you did not have a single call last night."
Serena stopped and she looked at him incredulously.
"Disappointed? Or distressed? You didn't come back all night and you didn't get a single phone call. "
Serena:"..."
She lowered her head and looked at the phone, and it turned out that the phone was on silent mode, with no call.
Leonardo approached for a few minutes and his voice also lowered, "Your marriage is actually a marriage of convenience... Have you ever felt anything in this marriage?"
"No!" Serena quickly raised her head and directly denied Leonardo's statement.
She didn't feel anything, Cristian didn't care about her, wouldn't it have been funny if he had felt something?
"You deny so quickly, and you deny so fiercely. If you say no, who will believe you?" Leonardo smiled weakly, but the smile concealed his bitterness, "You are deeply into Cristian." This statement was categorical and did not give Serena a chance to deny it.
"You never thought that between you ... there could be nothing." This time Leonardo grabbed her shoulders directly and stared at her seriously, "It will never be possible for you to be with him!" "Let me go!" Said Serena in a low voice.
Leonardo did not let her go, and Serena shouted directly at him in a loud voice, "Let me go!"
Leonardo gently let go of her hand and Serena jumped out of bed directly with her cell phone.
But because of her high fever, when she jumped out of bed, her head turned and she fell forward. A loud noise was heard.
Serena fell to the floor, Leonardo's expression changed and he rushed to help her, "Serena, are you okay?"
"Let me go." Serena vigorously pushed his hand away, "Don't meddle in my business, you're just my big brother, even if Cristian doesn't like me, it has nothing to do with you!"
After she finished speaking, Serena pushed Leonardo away.
Leonardo was pushed by her and hit his back against the cold wall, he looked at Serena with pain, "But I don't want to be just your big brother at all."
Serena did not want to talk to him anymore, turned and walked out. Although she walked staggeringly, she went out step by step.
Leonardo stared at her for a long time, and finally he could not help but chase after her, and sighed.
"I'll take you back."
"No need." Serena shook her hand, "It has nothing to do with you."
"If you hate me for saying that, then I won't say it again." After she finished speaking, Leonardo stretched out his hand directly and took it horizontally, ignoring her movements to free herself, he calmly said, "You are too weak now, you should stay in the hospital, but if you don't want to, I'll take you right back home, I won't do anything to force you!"
This last sentence calmed Serena, she looked up at Leonardo's face and suddenly did not speak anymore.
"Calm down!" He sighed helplessly, and then left the hospital with Serena in his arms. He went to the parking lot and opened the door to let her in. All his movements were cautious, and then he bent down to fasten her seat belt, looking up at her.
"Serena, you remember. I will never force you to do anything, no matter when it happens, if you need it, I will do everything for you."