"No I like you; I'm in love with you Mari." They were so close that they could kiss, but Mari moves back and walks out from the room. Adrien sighs and walks after her to the front garden and sits next to her on the porch. "Please listen to me Mari. I really am in love with you."
Mari stands up a bit unstable. "T-that can't be."
"Why?" He stands up too. "Is it that you don't feel like same way?"
"I-I...I'm afraid...that you love me. That always happens to me. Once Nino kissed me, and I beat him up...and Roland." Mari said panicking.
"And that day that I kissed you? Did you also want to beat me up?" Adrien asked. Mari didn't say anything as she was calming down. "Do you want to test it again?"
They were so close to kiss when they heard clapping and looked to the side and saw Lila standing there. "How romantic just what I suspected. You are cheating on me Adrien. Didn't you have enough at my house? You had to continue in your own house?"
"Don't make up accusations." Mari replied softly.
"Accusations? You were willing to have an affair with him knowing we are going to marry in a few days." Lila said harshly.
"You know what I'm leaving before I start to hurt you." Mari starts to walk away.
Adrien gently grabs her arm. "Mari wait-"
"Let her go!" Lila yelled.
Mari frees herself from Adrien and walks back to her room and starts to think about what Adrien confessed to her.
Meanwhile back with Adrien and Lila Lila walks up to him. "From her, you can't expect anything good, but I am surprised from you. It seems like a lie in your house where your daughter lives? You can't deny anything since I saw you two."
"There's nothing Mari or I should be ashamed of." Adrien replied sternly. "I am the owner of my actions Lila, and I can respond to them." He starts to walk back into the house, but Lila grabs his arm.
"No love wait you don't need to give me any explanations, I am good at forgiveness, so I'm willing to forgive you." Lila said softly. "Of course, you will have to explain to my parents because they have you in a certain mortality. After all, you should have thought about our engagement because I'm not a nobody like her. I'm a decent lady of a good family, but I'll forgive you and forget about it, and no one will know about it but with one condition kick that girl out from your house." Lila said harshly before walking away.
Back to Mari she was laying on her bed. "Adrien told me Teddy. He loves me and I...was afraid...but I love him too...but I'm still afraid he says he loves me, but he'll marry Lila."
The next-day Fu visited Mari, and Mari knew that she had to tell him everything. "Fu...I need to tell you something...it's about Adrien, he told me that he likes me."
Fu smiled. "Well of course, you guys became friends."
"He doesn't like me like that...he likes me as a partner." Mari explained. "That's why he kissed me a few days ago...in the mouth."
Adrien walks up to Audrey in the hallway. "Audrey I ask you not to offend Mari anymore and from now on give her a lot of respect."
"Me respect her why?" Audrey asked.
"Because I'm going to marry her." Adrien replied sternly.
"You marry her? Are you crazy? No that won't happen. She won't marry you; I won't let that happen. I'll forbid it." Audrey walks away.
He kissed you?!" Fu asked surprised.
"Yes he says that he loves me. I think that he is messing with me, and I should leave." Mari said softly.
"Are you sure about that? It was only a simple kiss." Fu replied.
Mari nodded. "Yes I'm sure he's going to marry Lila anyway."
"If that's what you want." Fu replied.
Audrey grabbed the house phone and dialed Lila's number. "Lila you won't like the news I have for you. You won't believe what Adrien just told me."
"Why what did he tell you?" Lila asked curiously.
"That he will marry Mari." Audrey replied. On the other line Lila frowns. "I desire to kick that street rat from this house right now. Imagine how I feel."
"Than imagine how I feel. How this news affected me." Lila said softly.
"I won't let it happen no matter what." Audrey said sternly.
"We can't permit it." Lila replied harshly.
"Act as you don't know anything wait until he tells you." Audrey replied before hanging up.
Lila hands her phone to Plagg. Isabella who was eating breakfast next to her looked at her confused. "What's wrong?"
"Adrien told Audrey that he was marrying Mari." Lila replied sternly. "And now she will be the woman of the house. She did it. She did it! The street rat stole him from me. I told you that the worst we could do was kick her from this house, so she could go back to Adrien's house. Of course, that way she could have freedom to steal him from me."
Plagg walked away and muttered with a smile. "That's what you deserve wannabe."
"What are you trying to tell me that you won't fight for him?" Isabella asked harshly.
"What can I do?" Lila asked crossing her arms.
"We'll figure something out Adrien, and the street rat can't get married." Isabella replied. Just then she got an idea. "I know what we will do."
They stood up and walked to the front of the house as Isabella explained the plan once outside they saw Tom about to leave. Lila walked up to him in tears. "Dad."
Tom turned around and saw her in tears. "What's wrong dear?"
"Adrien doesn't want to marry me anymore." Lila replied sadly.
Fu and Mari were walking in the front garden with all of Mari's stuff when she remembered something. She left the picture of Adrien under her pillow. "I forgot something important." Mari put her stuff down and handed Teddy to Fu before running back inside.
"Fu." Fu turned around and saw Nino walking up to him. "What's up with all this stuff?"
"Mari wants to leave this house because the doctor kissed her and told her he loves her." Fu replied and before he knew it, Nino rushed into the house.
"There's only a few days before the wedding the invitations are already out the dress hung in my closet, and Adrien wants to stand me up." Lila said still crying.
"Why does he want to do that?" Tom asked surprised.
"Because of Mari. He's cheating on me with her." Tom was more surprised at that. "I saw them kissing. Please dad don't let him do this to me."
"Of course I will so something, stay calm everything will be handled, I'm going to his house right now." Tom said sternly before getting in his car and driving off.
"Natalie." Nino said as he walked inside the house. "Where's Dr. Agreste?"
"In the library young men." Natalie replied.
"Where's the library?" Nino asked curiously.
"Down the hall but you can't-" before she knew it Nino rushed down the hallway.
Adrien looked up when he heard the door open and saw Nino storm in the room. "Hay Nino what a surprise."
"How could you." Nino asked furiously.
Adrien stood up and walked around his desk. "What are you talking about?"
"You took advantage of Mari's naive nature." Nino replied.
Mari ran back to Fu. "We can go now Fu." She noticed the worried look that he had. "What's wrong."
"Nino is here." Fu replied
Mari looked around. "Where?"
Fu pointed at the house. "Inside the house, he became furious after I told him about the kiss between you and the doctor."
Having a bad feeling Mari runs back inside the house.
"You will marry Lila Dupain-Cheng yet you play with Mari's feelings." Nino added.
Adrien sighs. "Nino let me explain to you-"
"What will you explain?" Nino asked as he punched Adrien's face.
Adrien backed up from the force and at the moment Mari walked inside the room and pulled Nino back before standing between the two. "What are you doing Nino why are you hitting Adrien?"
"You are still asking me after what he did to you?" Nino asked.
Mari put her hands on her hips. "What did he do?"
"He kissed you." Nino replied. That's when Fu walks in the room, he was worried about what could happen.
"And what about you when you kissed me?! I remember when you said a kiss was nothing bad, and yet you hit him because he did it too? What when he does it's bad and when you do it's not?" Mari asked frustrated.
Not wanting it to go any farther Fu decided to step in. "I think it would be best that you stay here. Here's your stuff and Teddy." Fu puts Mari's stuff down and hands her Teddy. "C'mon Nino let's go." He leads Nino out from the room.
Mari turns to face Adrien. "Does it hurt?"
"It was nothing I'm fine...so you wanted to leave the house?" Adrien asked looking at her.
"Yes after all I will have to leave when you marry Lila and bring her here." Mari replied as she let Teddy free from her arms.
"No I won't bring her here because it's you I want Mari. It's you that I want to marry." Adrien said with a soft smile leaving Mari speechless. "Why do you seem surprised, I'm asking you to be my wife." Mari still looks stunned at him. "Do you want to marry me?"
"Even after I told you the truth, and you want to m-marry me?" Mari asked as her voice broke in the end.
"Don't think about that and if you let me; I can help you forget it." Adrien said gently.
"But-" Mari started.
"What do you feel for me? Do you like me? If not don't you think you could one day?" Adrien asked.
"I don't know." Mari replied softly.
Adrien sighs. "You like Nino don't you." Mari quickly shook her head no. "But he's your boyfriend."
"No Adrien he was never my boyfriend." Adrien looked at her confused as she said that.
Lila and Isabella sat on the chairs next to the pool. "Do you think dad can do something?" Lila asked curiously.
"Tom has a strong attitude, he will force Adrien to follow his word. We did a great job not telling him that Adrien plans to marry her that way, he sees her in a bad way." Isabella sees Sabine walk up to them. "Here comes Sabine continue the drama and tell her about the marriage."
Sabine sat next to Lila. "Lila is true what Plagg told me? That Audrey called you to tell you that Adrien decided to marry Mari?"
Lila looked at her with tears. "Yes mom it's true. Mari took advantage of her being back in his house to have him all for herself. I told you mom something in my heart told me that there was something between her and my boyfriend. She slept with him mom."
"I don't think it went that far." Sabine said not believing that either Mari or Adrien would do anything like that.
"I found them kissing mom." Lila replied.
"From that to what you think is different." Sabine replied.
"Audrey and I are sure about it mom. That's why now Adrien feels obligated with her. Dad went to talk to him." Lila hugged Sabine as she cried harder.
"Nino said he was my boyfriend to protect me and for you to let him see me." Mari added.
"So there was never something between the two of you?" Adrien asked curiously.
"Never I do like him but only as a friend." Mari replied.
Adrien nodded. "And how do you like me? Nino once kissed you, and you hitted him yet you didn't hit me when I kissed you. You know we didn't have the chance to do the test last night."
Adrien leaned in and kissed her. To his surprise, she returned the kiss. The kiss lasted longer than the last one and for the both of them; it was better too. Mari was confused of how the thought of any other guy kisses grosses her out yet she enjoyed the thought of Adrien kissing her.
They broke the kiss when they heard a knock on the door. "Come in."
Natalie walked in the room. "Judge Dupain is here to visit you Dr. Agreste."
"Tell him I'll be right there." Natalie nodded and walked away.
"I swear I didn't do anything." Mari said.
"Don't worry he's not here for you but for me." Adrien replied.
"Well I'll go to my room and good luck with him." Mari said as she grabbed her stuff and walked away.
Adrien sighs and walks to the main hall. "Judge Dupain how are you doing?"
"Not so good." Tom replied.
"Let's talk in the living room." Adrien said as he led Tom to the living room. "Please sit down."
"I'm fine." Tom replied sternly.
"What can I do for you?" Adrien asked even though he already knew the answer.
"I am here as a father Adrien and I want you to tell me what is going on between you and Lila." Tom said calmly.
Adrien sighs. "What has she said to you?"
"That you intend to stand her up, and I'm here to demand you to keep your word of marrying her. I won't let you make a fool of my daughter." Tom said sternly. "Lila is on top of that person that seems to be the reason of your actions."
"I don't think you will understand me Judge Dupain, and it will be hard for me to explain. I'm sorry, but I can't marry your daughter anymore because I care for Mari, I love her." Adrien said calmly. "I love Mari so much that it's her that I'll marry."
