Virginity in second marriages by Angela
Chapter 1144: Ruining reputations.

Although they all seemed to be eating together, at first Manuel was the only one eating.

Anna was so angry that she had no appetite. She wanted to argue with Matthew, but the frown on the other side was always so mild that there was no way to end her anger.

It was like a violent fist thrown but hitting some absorbent cotton, which caused no pain but much discomfort to the heart.

So she did not eat, and when Hector advised her several times, Anna said,

-Thanks, I don't have much appetite, you can eat.

Hector wanted to eat them, after all, he had never eaten any and they were all paid for, so it would be a waste if he didn't finish them.

He persuaded Anna to eat because he thought it would be humiliating to eat alone, but Anna wouldn't do it anyway, so he had no choice but to put his head down and eat. And like Anna, Matthew did not move his fork.

He was drinking tea when he arrived, without moving a single bite of the food in front of him, and his face was hard, making it impossible to read emotions.

There was no telling how long the meal would last, and Anna could barely sit still.

Manuel ate until his little belly exploded before daring to stop, then cautiously looked at Matthew, who was sitting next to him.

-Uncle, I'm full.

At his words, Matteo's gaze passed over him indifferently, his thin lips half-open without speaking.

Manuel cast an irritated look and covered his swollen belly.

-I can't eat anymore.

It was the first time he had seen such a serious look on his uncle's face; he was scared to death and couldn't wait to get home to his mother. Matthew was angry, but when he saw the baby's soft hands covering his bulging belly, he realized something, and his thin lips opened slightly.

-Then don't force it.

He was a baby, after all, and after telling him to eat so much in silence, he would have to learn his lesson next time.

Besides, if his belly were to burst, he, as an uncle, would have no way of responding to his sister at that point.

With Matthew's approval, Manuel finally breathed a sigh of relief and dropped his little body on the table. -Thank you, uncle.

He could finally stop eating. If he had kept eating, he would have really exploded.

Hector was left alone at the table to eat.

The truth was that he did not eat very well and he was noisy. Although everyone had his own way of eating, it was important to pay attention to him in public. Anna did not expect Hector to be like that either, but she did not dare to pay attention to him.

Everyone was waiting for Hector.

That was until Manuel took the floor and asked,

-Hector, are you very hungry?

It took Hector a moment to realize that he was too absorbed in his food and to pause in embarrassment, before wiping his mouth with a handkerchief and resuming his discreet smile.

-I'm not hungry, I just don't want to waste food.

Well, not wasting food was a virtue, Manuel had nothing to say about that.

When the bill arrived, the waiter approached with the bill and Hector immediately shouted, -I'll take it!

Anna reached for her phone and pulled out the money from her expense account. She saw the bottle of red wine, which was already open, and it was impossible to return it, so the meal must not have been cheap, and fortunately she had enough credit on her debit account.

What if Matthew had not paid for the meal?

But before he could finish, to his surprise, Hector stood next to him with a scornful look on his face.

Manuel winked and smiled at Hector.

-Thank you Hector for taking me to dinner.

-You're welcome, it was a piece of cake, how much does it cost?

When the waiter quoted a figure, Hector froze, unable to react for half a day.

-You, how much did you say?

Sir, the total is three thousand eight hundred sixty-eight euros.

-I thought the minimum expense was 500 euros? Where did this three thousand euros come from?

-Sir, this bottle of red wine is worth about three thousand euros.

-When was the bottle of wine opened? Why didn't I know that?

He looked around and sure enough saw an extra bottle of red wine on the table that seemed to be worth a lot of money.

"What kind of wine is this, so expensive? More than three thousand dollars, how could I afford it? I don't have much savings."

Hector's face hardened at the thought.

-Can I return that bottle of red wine? We haven't had a single sip.

-Sorry, sir, once the wine is opened, it cannot be returned or exchanged.

-Why can't you return it? We didn't really drink it, you--you can return it and rewrap it.

-No, really, sir...

Hector was arguing with the waiter when the slender hand handed him a card, -Please.

The waiter took his card and hurried away.

-You, how come-you didn't tell me to pay? -When Hector saw that the one who paid was Matthew, his whole person was not right: -That bottle of red wine that we all didn't touch, only you paid for it, isn't that a waste? Why should we be stupid.

Matthew spoke in a soft voice to explain.

-Once you open the wine, you can't return it, so eventually you have to pay for it, no matter how much you talk to her.

-Yes Hector, thank you for inviting me to dinner today, I appreciate it very much.

The words sounded extremely harsh, and Hector looked at his little friend with a look that always made him feel that he did not really mean what he said.

Anna quickly transferred 4,000 euros to Manuel's cell phone and then looked at him.

-Manuel, I transferred the money for this meal to your account, so remember to check it.

At Anna's words, Hector immediately felt he had gone back a point and turned to Anna smiling, -It's still in my account, I will transfer the money when I come back later.

Anna had little desire to stay and could only nod desultorily before saying, "I have things to do at the store, so I'll leave you.

After Hector accompanied Anna and they left together, Manuel looked at Matthew with a distressed look.

-Uncle, why don't you stop Anna?

Matteo's hands moved with a start.

How could he stop her? She had already been on a blind date with another man, what was he going to do?

Taking the last sip of his tea, Matteo placed the cup on the table.

-In the future, don't do such boring things.

-It's not boring, that guy doesn't want to date Anna, he's obviously not interested,II Manuel looked disgruntled. Matteo did not respond.

Manuel added, "You shouldn't have denied it, man, that way the bad man would leave Anna alone.

-And then what?" Matteo looked at him slyly, "After he left, he would go and shoot nonsense and ruin Anna's reputation?