Chapter 150

Dolores' heart pounded as she held Mimi's gaze.

"Mum.....are you.....are you pregnant?"  Mimi stuttered.

Dolores opened her mouth to speak, but she couldn't make words.

Alfredo stared between Dolores and Mimi.

"Mum," Mimi called.

"Mimi, can we go to my room and....."

"Tell her, Dolores," Alfredo chipped in, making Dolores look at him.

"Tell her what you fucking did," he urged.

Dolores' legs weakened as she looked at him.

He raised his brows at her.

She shook her head.

"Mum," Mimi called again.

"Listen, Mimi, your mother.... "

"Alfredo," Dolores retorted.

"Can someone tell me what is going on?" Mimi asked.

"Your mother is pregnant with Adrian's child," Alfredo said.

Mimi froze.

Dolores lowered her gaze.

"What?" Mimi whispered.

"She had been in love with him before he even married Candela. She found out about him being involved with Evelyn, and she decided to blackmail him into sleeping with her," Alfredo said.

Mimi looked at her mother.

Dolores kept staring at everywhere but Mimi.

"Adrian cares about Evelyn so much. He had to give in to her just to keep Evelyn safe. But now, she is fucking pregnant. Pregnant for a mam who will never love you," Alfredo said, looking at Dolores.

Mimi couldn't believe her ears.

"Mum,"

"Alfredo, how could you do this?! " Dolores cried, looking at Alfredo.

Alfredo's heart reacted, but he suppressed his stupid feelings.

"Take that as my revenge for what you did to me," he said.

Dolores stared at him with her tear-filled eyes.

"All I did was love you, Dolores," he said, making Mimi's eyes soften.

"I was ready to make you the queen of my world, but you played with my heart in a very, very wicked way and I will never forgive you for that shit," Alfredo snarled, walking past her and Mimi.

Dolores let out a sob as Mimi looked at her.

"Tell me all I heard was false,"

Dolores lowered her gaze.

Mimi let out a breathless scoff of disbelief, looking away as she processed everything.

"I am sorry, Mimi," Dolores said, moving towards Mimi to touch her, but Mimi raised her hand, stopping Dolores on her track.

Mimi looked at Dolores.

"How could you do this?" Mimi asked.

"I...... I don't know what came over me. I was intoxicated by my feelings for him."

Mimi scoffed.

"I love him so much that I couldn't think straight but do what I did," Dolores said.

"He doesn't love you," Mimi said.

Dolores' heart tightened.

"He will never love you. You saw the way he was focused on Evelyn even when their affair had been exposed. He is in love with her. I saw it in his eyes. How could you let yourself do this kind of thing, mum, why?!"

"I am sorry, baby," Dolores cried, covering her mouth with her hands.

"You are pregnant, mum. What are we going to do? Candela will literally kill you," Mimi said.

Dolores looked at her.

"You saw what she did to Evelyn. What are we going to do?"

Dolores looked away.

"Uncle will not accept you and your baby. Not after how you made him do whatever you made him do. He must hate you right now. "

Dolores' heart tightened.

"God, I shouldn't have told you what I saw. If I had known you had feelings for him, I wouldn't have told you. Look what you did."

Dolores walked towards the bed, rubbing her arms as she processed everything.

"We need to think of something fast. Your sister can't know about this," Mimi said.

"I am not afraid of my sister. She also has a skeleton in her cupboard. "

Mimi furrowed her brows.

"But you are right. I made a mistake and I have to do something about it," Dolores said. She turned to Mimi.

Mimi stared at her.

"I have to leave for good," Dolores said.

"What?"

Dolores nodded. "I can't stay here anymore. Adrian and Alfredo hates me. After all they both did for me, I went ahead and did this and trust me when I say I am ashamed of myself. Especially the way I blurted out the truth about Adrian and Evelyn like that. I didn't mean to cause trouble. I was just pissed and heartbroken because I can never win Adrian's heart no matter how hard I try. "

Mimi let out a sigh.

"I have to go," Dolores said.

"What about his baby?" Mimi asked.

Dolores placed her hand on her belly, feeling her heart ache.

"It was my mistake. I have to carry the burden myself."

"Mum,"

"You can't come with me. You have school and that good life they are still going to give you," Dolores said.

Mimi walked towards her and wrapped her in a hug.

Tears rolled down Dolores' eyes as she held her daughter.

"I love you, mum. No matter what," Mimi said.

"I love you too, baby." Dolores sobbed.

Mimi unwrapped her and looked at her.

"Where would you go?" Mimi asked.

"I will think of a place."

Mimi nodded. "I will visit regardless of the distance."

Dolores gave a tiny smile as she moved the strands of Mimi's hair out of her face and cupped Mimi's cheek.

Mimi smiled slightly.

MEDICAL ROOM...........

Liliana is awake but still in bed and has some medical things connected to her body and a neat bandage around her head.

Paloma is seated next to her and they are having a chit-chat.

"I feel sorry for Evelyn," Liliana said.

Paloma nodded. "Me too."

"I just hope both of them are fine. The Don is still in the cold room?" Liliana asked.

"Yes."

"Geez."

"Why don't you talk to him about it?" Paloma said.

Liliana furrowed her brows. "Why me?"

"Because I think he has feelings for you even though he is angry about his ex's affair with his father," Paloma said.

Liliana's heart reacted.

"I told you he spent almost all the nights by your side. He didn't even go to school," Paloma said.

Liliana's heart raced but she masked it.

"That doesn't mean he has feelings for me," Liliana said.

Paloma scoffed. "Oh please, of course he does. Just like you have feelings for him too."

Liliana's face heated up.

Paloma chuckled.

Liliana lowered her gaze as she thought of Mario.

"Talk to him. He has to release the Don and not join an alliance with the lady and that annoying Dante. They are up to no good, I tell you," Paloma said.

Liliana looked at her. "Fine. I will try my best."

"Good,"

"I just still can't believe Camilla would want to kill me because of Mario," Liliana said.

Paloma rolled her eyes.

"Funny thing is, I feel bad for her that she lost her baby. Like why would someone do such a thing?" Liliana asked.

Paloma scoffed. "She deserve it,"

"Come on, Paloma. It's an innocent baby."

"And you are an innocent maid," Paloma said.

"I know that Camilla is a handful but that baby didn't deserve to be killed like that."

"Well, it isn't a baby yet, so," Paloma said.

Liliana heaved a sigh. "It is terrible."

"Well, I killed her baby," Paloma said nonchalantly, making Liliana freeze.

"What?" Liliana asked.

"The bitch's cup has gotten to its peak. I had to teach her a lesson."

"Paloma, how could you do such a thing?" Liliana whispered.

Paloma shrugged. "I had to."

"Gosh, that's a huge and grave thing to do."

"Same as what she did to you," Paloma said.

Liliana heaved a sigh.

"I am glad she is out of the mansion for good, but karma will still deal with her ass," Paloma said.

"That's...."

A knock came on the door, claiming their attention as the door opened. It revealed Mario, making Liliana's heart race.

"Hey," Mario said.

"Excuse me," Paloma said, getting on her feet and giving Liliana a signal before walking past Mario and then out of the room.

Mario moved towards the spit where Paloma was seated.

He sat there as he stared at Liliana.

Liliana's heart raced continuously as she stared at his gorgeous face.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, taking her hand and sending goosebumps all over her body.

"I feel better," she said.

He smiled slightly. "That's good to hear,"

Liliana couldn't help but admire his smile.

"Again, I am sorry for what happened," he said.

"It's okay. I am fine. I just need to get out of this bed soon," she said.

Mario nodded. "Soon,"

They stared at each other for a while but Liliana decided to break the tension.

"About your father, can you please.....''

"I don't want to talk about him," Mario retorted.

Liliana stared at him.

"I want to talk about you," he said.

Her heart increased its pace again.

"What is this I hear about you leaving?" he asked.

She gulped slightly. "I can't stay anymore,"

He stared at her.

She held his gaze.

"Why?"

She didn't respond.

"Camilla is out of this mansion for good. You have nothing to worry about," he said.

"It is not about her," she said.

"What is it about?" he asked.

"I have been here for a long time now. What happened to me shows how fickle life can be. I don't want to miss out on things out there," she said.

"I can take you around the world if you want," he said.

She stared at him.

"We can do it every day if that is what you want," he added.

"Sir, I....."'

"Mario," he corrected.

She stared at him.

"I don't want you to leave," he said.

Her heart fluttered.

"Please, don't leave," he said.

God, why is he begging me? She asked internally.

"I can't," she said.

He stared at her.

"I can't change your mind, can I?" he asked.

She didn't respond but stared at him.

He nodded slightly, lowering his gaze on their hands.

Liliana stared at him.

I wish I could stay. But i can't. If we are meant to be, we will meet somehow.

She said internally while staring at his flawlessness.

No doubt she has feelings for him.

But she can't settle.

At least for now.

She can't tell if he likes her genuinely.

And she can't take chances.

She doesn't want to get hurt like she did before.

She really doesn't.

ALONG THE HALLWAY

Mario walked out of the medical room, looking unhappy as he walked towards the right but....

"Sir," Paloma's familiar voice called, stopping him on his track and he turned to her.

She hurried towards him while looking around for anyone coming.

Mario furrowed his brows as he stared at her.

She stood in front of him.

"What is wrong?" he asked.

"There is something you should know about your mom and Dante," Paloma said.

Mario's face twitched a bit, but he decided to listen.

"What about them?" he asked.

"They are both lovers,"

Mario froze.

"I caught them in the act," she said.

Mario looked away as he recalled the way Candela and Dante were convincing him to take down his father.

"You can't trust them, sir. They are up to something," Paloma said, making Mario look at her.

"If you pay attention closely, you will catch them in the act too," she said.

"Perhaps lack of attention helped this mansion to keep all the secrets," he said, looking elsewhere.

Paloma nodded slightly.

He looked at her. "Thank you for this information," he said, walking past her. He walked along the hallway till he got to Dante's room door.

He decided to check it first before his parents' room. He walked closer to it and raised his hand to knock when.....

"I suggest we get rid of Mario first," Dante's familiar voice made Mario freeze.

"That's my son," Candela's voice came through.

"You mean ungrateful stepson," Dante said.

The fuck?

Mario asked internally.

"Whatever. We are not killing him," Candela said.

"If we don't kill him, he will become Don after we have killed his father and that's not the fucking plan." Dante said, making Mario let out a breathless scoff.

"You will be Don, Dante. Mario will never get close to the spot. I will make sure of that. He is not a true Morelli like his father. You are a true blood," Candela said.

Mario froze in disbelief.

"I like the sound of that," Dante said.

Candela hummed. "Of course you do. Damn I can believe we have Adrian locked up."

"It is the fucking reality, baby," Dante said.

"Gosh. So exciting. I feel so powerful. Mario will never forgive him for what he did," Candela said.

"Once I become the Don, you will be the most powerful," Dante said.

Mario scoffed internally.

"I can't wait. Now, fuck me"

Dante chuckled. "Yes, my lady."

Mario clenched his knuckles angrily. He walked out of the place and headed towards the cold room.

Walking in, he rested his gaze on his dad, who raised his head slowly and looked at Mario.

"Son...."

"We have to save your legacy," Mario retorted.