“Are you talking seriously?” he asked with a wild look.

I looked everywhere, preventing a third party from hanging around, listening to other people's conversations. I don't know why she thought she was playing with something like that, on the other hand I understood her, it wasn't just any man.

"I don't like to talk about it, it's a delicate matter, that's why I've kept it to myself, Beatriz," I explained taking a breath, my lungs urging it. In the past, we had something and when I found out that I was pregnant we were no longer together, I never told him anything because he had married”

She gasped like a fish out of its habitat, even clutching at the marble, puzzled. I couldn't guess everything that was going through his head, but I was sure he was shocked.

"You know I don't like gossip, but how did you meet him?" He wanted to know.

"Promise you won't tell anyone, Beatriz."

"I won't tell anyone, Mariané. You know you can trust me" he said with a smile.

From that moment on, she turne