Chapter 68. Guilty

Mariana

I almost clapped my hands when I heard his words, but I managed to contain myself, after all, it would seem an affront, considering the archaic mindset of Virginia's father and I preferred not to risk it, celebrating only internally.

We arrived at the building where Virginia was living with Murilo only a few minutes later, and we managed to go up soon after the doorman confirmed with Murilo our presence. And when I saw Virginia's face when she saw her parents in the living room of the apartment, I felt as happy as she surely was because I knew how important family was to my friend.

Murilo called me to follow him to the kitchen and prepared a cup of coffee for everyone, which I took to the living room, but I didn't stay there, I figured they needed privacy to talk better.

When I returned to the kitchen, Murilo seemed to be waiting for me and I could quickly imagine the reason for this, just by looking at the questioning expression on