"Come with me." Adrien said taking her arm.
Mari takes her arm away. "No."
"What do you want." Roland asked.
"To dance with Mari." Adrien replied.
"But she's my partner." Roland stated.
"Do you want me to make a scene?" Adrien asked sternly.
"Fine do it." Roland replied.
"But Adrien." Lila started.
"Let him be Miss. Dupain-Cheng it will be my honor to dance with you." Roland said walking over to Lila.
"I don't want to dance with him." Mari complained.
"Mari your husband wishes to be seen dancing with the famous Violet Ladybug let's make his wish come true." Roland said smirking. "Go ahead doctor."
Mari lets Adrien take her hand, and they started dancing to another slow dance as Roland and Lila danced beside them. Roland couldn't help but laugh softly as Lila glared at the two the whole time. Mari didn't look at Adrien knowing if she did she would get lost in his eyes. When she did look up since she felt Adrien pull her closer her fear came true, and she got lost in his eyes as she remembered the first time they danced together at Lila's party.
'They will pay for this.' Lila thought as she continued to glare at them.
"Is it him that you love?" Edward asked Roxie as they stayed at the table. "If he is you picked the wrong man." Edward chuckled softly. "You're not the only one I know how that feels like-"
"Yes, you also picked wrong Edward, I know your story with Elsa." Roxie replied softly.
Edward smiled. "It seems like we won't be just doctor and patient but good friends too since we share the same pain and understand each other. Please understand that he's not worth it."
"I'll have his child it's not easy to take him out from my life, but I should start convincing myself that everything ended for me." Roxie stated.
"Don't think like that you're still young." Edward replied.
"But I have lived in a rush not stopping for a single moment." Ruby answered looking down.
Edward nodded with a frown. "That's not how to find happiness."
Roxie looks back up. "Will I ever find it?"
"If you slow down and know how to find it, then yes you will." Edward replied.
"It seems like that guy gave you a lot of success and fame but not education." Adrien said to Mari as they continued to dance.
"I am who I am and no one will change that. I might not be smart and talk vague but look where I am now." Mari said with a smirk. "Dancing with you because you want to be seen with the famous Violet Ladybug since I'm all over the Internet, and you only appeared on the newspaper once."
"That's not why I'm dancing with you." Adrien stated. "And didn't you cut that picture and frame it?"
"Sure it isni't and I left that picture at your house since I don't want anything to do with you." Mari stated sternly. At that moment, the photographers started taking pictures of them, and Mari held a smile and so did Adrien as they continued dancing. "Look you got what you wanted. Pictures of us are being taken, and you will appear everywhere in the Internet." Mari says between her teeth as she steps on his foot with her heel, and Adrien tries not to flinch.
"I don't understand Adrien why does he want to dance with her?" Lila asked out loud in a harsh tone.
"Just to control his jealousy." Roland replied with a smirk.
"He shouldn't care about anything to do with Mari." Lila stated irritated.
Roland shrugs. "Well it seems like he does care."
"You'll stay with me until I say so." Adrien said after Mari said she wouldn't belong to him for long. Mari shakes her head with a smile.
Lila looks over at Roland. "So tell me what interest do you have in Mari? What's between the two of you?"
"Only a relationship between a director and agent with an actress." Roland replied with a smile.
"And you're okay with that?" Lila asked with a teasing smile.
Roland nodded. "For now yes."
"Maybe you just feel tied with Roxie." Lila replied keeping her smile. "I was told she was your girlfriend, and she is pregnant with your child."
"And who can assure you it's mine?" Roland asked.
"She did." Lila stated.
Roland glances at Roxie. "What's going on between Roxie and Agreste's friend?"
"From my knowledge nothing. I don't even know why she came with us must likely because they felt pity for her." Lila replied with a soft laugh.
"In what are you thinking about Roxie?" Edward asked Roxie with a soft smile.
"That if I do find my happiness, I won't take it for granted, and I'll slow down so I can enjoy it." Roxie replied.
Edward smiled. "I feel the same way."
Lila pulls away from Roland. "Can you take me to the table please?"
Roland nodded and walked Lila to her table. Once they got to the table Roland pulled out her chair for her and pulled it in once she sat down. "Good evening." He said to the people at the table.
"Good evening." Edward replied politely, but Roxie stays quiet.
"How are you Roxie"" Roland asked directly at Roxie, but she just looks at him. He smirks and walks to his table.
"Lila Adrien-" Edward started.
"No don't talk to me about Adrien. Can you walk me, outside so I can get a taxi?" Lila asked as she grabs her purse.
Once the song ends Mari pulls away from Adrien. "I'm going to my table Dr. Agreste." She walks to her table.
Adrien was about to follow her, but Edward grabs his arms. "Adrien we should just leave."
Adrien shakes his head. "No Edward I'm not leaving."
"Lila wants to leave now." Edward stated.
"She can leave if she wants. I'm not leaving Mari with that guy." Adrien said sternly.
"Alright if you say so." Edward replied before walking back to the table. "You need to excuse Adrien, but he doesn't want to leave."
"Alright so can you walk me out now to get that taxi?" Lila asked.
Edward nodded. "We can go to the clinic to get my car and from there I can take each of you home." The two nodded and soon all three started leaving the restaurant.
"What did he say?" Roland asked Mari.
"He was mad I teased him, and he got madder." Mari replied and when she looked up, she saw Adrien standing watching her and saw the rest of his group was gone. "Did you notice? Edward Roxie and that brat Lila already left and Adrien is still here watching us." At that moment, Adrien walks over to the table, and Mari looks away. "Oh no here he comes."
Adrien grabs her arms and pulls her up. "We're leaving."
Mari pulls back. "No way am I going with you. I'm going with Roland."
"No you're coming with me and right now." Adrien said sternly.
Elsa was doing the shopping list at the kitchen table when Michael walked over to her with a yawn. "Aren't you going to sleep dear what time is it?"
"2 in the morning, I'm just finishing the shopping list for tomorrow but the money you gave me won't be enough." Elsa replied.
Michael sighs. "I can't give you more Elsa."
"Nor am I asking you to Michael." Elsa replied. "It was only a comment I don't want you to get mad."
"I sometimes think you complain. I can't give you more than what I give you. My jobs are rare and don't pay much." Michael replied.
Elsa nodded. "I understand...I was thinking about it, and I think I found the solution...I'm going to ask my parents for help."
"Go away or I'll cause a scene." Mari threatens.
Roland stands up. "No Mari a scene wouldn't look good for your image."
"Now we wouldn't want that." Adrien said sarcastically.
"I don't want to go with him Roland." Mari replied.
Roland looks over at Adrien. "Agreste she doesn't want to go you can't force her."
"You stay out of this." Adrien said harshly.
"You're no one to order me around now let me go." Mari said trying to free her arm.
"I said that you're coming with me." Adrien said sternly before grabbing her purse from her chair and drags her out from the restaurant. Roland sighs and sits back at the table.
"Hay you have no right." Mari exclaims as she pulls back outside from the restaurant making them stop for a moment.
"And you have no morals. How can you be with that guy after what he did to you." Adrien asked sternly.
"You also harmed me yet I married you and I can handle Roland." Mari replied. Adrien shakes his head in disbelief and continues 'dragging' her to the parking lot.
Lila goes in her room in tears and starts throwing her purse and jewelry on the bed in frustration as she continued crying. Isabella walked in the room confused. "What's wrong with you?"
"Adrien humiliated me. I HATE HIM; I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM. I HATE HIM!" Lila yelled as she continued crying.
"Stop dragging me." Mari commended, and Adrien stopped but only because they were in front of his car. "You know I'll start screaming when I see the police, so they can stop you, and I'll tell them you're taking me by force."
"Scream if you want and I'll tell them that you're my wife, and you'll see that they'll force you to come with me because a wife should always be with the husband from good and bad remember that?" Adrien asked sarcastically.
"Yes but on the day of the wedding but you're not who I thought you were." Mari replied.
"Well I was wrong about you too. I might not have gotten married with you if I had known you better." Adrien stated.
Mari frees her arm. "Why are you my shadow?"
Adrien laughed softly. "Me your shadow? Yea right."
"Oh really? You went to the restaurant after I did." Mari stated.
"By chance do you think I imagined you being there with that guy? I don't want to share my last name with you or to have anything to do with you, so I'll give you the divorce as soon as possible." Adrien replied
"Alight do that I'll be happy when that happens."
"Well soon, you'll be happy."
"But then don't come begging me to come back to you."
"No of course not you have nothing to worry about I'll delicate my time to other people."
"Yea like that brat Lila. If you don't want me to be with anyone, then you shouldn't either."
"That's different."
"No, its not different!"
"Yes it is."
"No it isn't."
"Yes it is."
"What Adrien did to me has no name." Lila said still in tears. "He stood me up at the restaurant for the street rat."
"Was it casual or did Adrien already know she would be there?" Isabella asked.
"I don't know Adrien said it was by chance, but I say it wasn't." Lila replied.
"Well who picked the place?" Isabella asked.
"He asked me to do it, I told him we would decide in the way but in the end, he was who decided." Lila said sitting on her bed.
Isabella crosses her arms. "So he did know that he would find her there."
"I don't know but if that is the case. What did he gain? Nothing." Lila stated wiping her tears.
"Well didn't he go with her?" Isabella asked sternly, "You said Adrien was mad that Mari was with that guy?"
"He was furious." Lila hissed.
"So it's a lie that he doesn't care about the street rat even though they're getting a divorce, he still loves her." Isabella stated.
Adrien takes a deep breath. "Mari let's drive around a bit to clear our minds."
"No I'm not going to ride with you." Mari stated sternly.
"Can't you stay calm?" Adrien asked.
Mari sighs. "Fine but only because if I don't you will just chase after me." Mari goes in the passenger side of Adien's car without letting Adrien open the door for her and crosses her arms.
Adrien gets in the driver side. "Are all actresses like this?"
"Who knows." Mari starts talking rapidly distracting Adrien, and he couldn't put his key in. "Nervous around me now?" Mari asked with a smirk.
"No now put your seatbelt on." Adrien replied.
"Roland left him have Mari to avoid a scene and so the image of 'the famous actress' wouldn't be affected." Lila said in an irritated tone.
"Who would think she would be admired." Isabella said with a sarcastic laugh. "And be all over the Internet."
"You have no idea how furious I was seeing everyone wanting a picture of her." Lila replied. "Now Adrien's interest will grow more. He wouldn't take his sight off from her. I wish she would just disappear."
"No you know what I had enough of this." Mari opens her car door and runs off Adrien quickly gets out and runs after her.
"Mari!" Adrien grabs her arm. "Mari act as an adult. Let's go back to the car."
"I'm not going in that car-" Suddenly, Mari felt Adrien's lips on her as he kissed her.
Mari struggled for a few seconds before she started kissing back. The kiss lasted for a few minutes before Mari pushed Adrien away and ran off. Adrien went after her calling out her name, but he lost track of her. Defeated he went back to his car and got in as he started tearing up thinking about Mari. Meanwhile, Mari was siting on a staircase crying her heart out. The kiss at first was a bit forcefully which reminded her of that night Adrien was drunk and humiliated her as a woman and yet as much as she hated to admit it that kiss made her realize that she was still in love with Adrien.
"Don't even think about asking your parents for money." Michael said sternly.
"C'mon Michael don't be stubborn." Elsa replied.
"Anything but that Elsa." Michael repeated.
"Than get a stable job." Elsa replied.
"And what kind of job would that be?" Michael asked.
"Well in a bank, company, or a government job." Elsa suggested.
Michael laughed. "Being in a office is not my thing."
"Well we need you to get a stable salary. We have less everyday we're behind two moths in rent." Elsa stated.
"I could survive so far without being locked inside four walls." Michael replied.
Elsa stands up. "That was before now we are two-"
"Don't expect me to change my ways you met me as a writer and poet, and I'll stay like that." Michael said before going to their bedroom.
The next morning Adrien was looking through a newspaper, and he saw a picture of him and Mari from the night before, and the title said Violet Ladybug and her husband. Confused on how they would know he was married to her; he continued reading. "The new actress who debuted in Miraculous Love happy with her husband Adrien Agreste, which is being in the process of getting a divorce. They arrived with different people but switched between dances." Adrien noticed that it wasn't just in the newspaper but in the Internet too. He shook his head in disbelief.
"Mathew must be at his house by now." Ruby told Elsa, who was visiting her. "And I don't know when I'll leave. I still have a lot of operations and I'm under observations."
Elsa sat on a chair. "It must be hard for the two of you."
"Yes we said good-bye yesterday." Ruby replied.
"Can the doctors not do anything to cue him?" Elsa asked.
"His doctor wants to put him under a treatment to see if he would react, but Mathew doesn't want to plus he doesn't want to learn how to use cruches, and he hates being seen in his wheelchair." Ruby replied.
"He can't be struck on his bed for the rest of his life." Elsa stated and regretted it after seeing Ruby getting sad. "I'm sorry cousin, I shouldn't have said that."
"You're right Elsa that's how it's going to be." Ruby said tearing up.
Sabine was reading a book in her room when there was a knock on the door. "Come in."
Tikki walked in. "You have a phone call from the orphanage Mrs. Sabine."
"Thank you Tikki." Sabine said taking the phone from her. Tikki nodded and walked away. "Hello?" Sabine said over the phone.
"How are you Mrs. Sabine?" The head nun of the orphanage asked.
"Good and you sister?" Sabine asked back.
"Busy with the preparations for the day of the big fund raiser on Friday." Sister Sofia replied. "Which is why I'm calling you to remind you of it."
"Its in my agenda I won't miss it." Sabine said smiling.
"Alright now I'll call Father Carlos Glass." Sister Sofia stated.
"Father Carlos is also going?" Sabine asked surprised. "I'll finally get to meet him." Tom went in the room soon after Sabine finished her phone call. "Guess who just called me."
"Who?" Tom asked.
"The head nun of the orphanage to remind me about the fund raiser on Friday and that father Carlos Glass will be there to, and I'll finally be able to meet him." Sabine replied with a smile.
"Well hopefully, everything goes well." Tom stated with a soft chuckle.
Sabine nodded. "I have been so close in meeting him but something always happens, and I'm not able to."
"You'll see that this time you will have the opportunity to meet him and have a long talk with him." Tom replied as he handed her a check. "I had this check ready for you when you go on Friday."
Sabine looks at the check surprised. "Tom this is a lot of money."
"I know you always want to help the orphans in the best way possible." Tom stated with a smile.
"You know Tom I feel inside of me like a...feeling. like if something was going to happen that day." Sabine stated softly.
Lila walked to the living room of her house where Adrien was waiting for her. "Good morning this is a surprise I didn't expect a visit from you after what happened last night."
Adrien nodded. "I came to give you an explanation and to apologize."
"Alright go ahead." Lila said as they sat across from each other.
"Lila I know I behaved badly last night." Adrien started.
"I would say that you acted more like a man deeply in love with his ex-wife." Lila replied.
Adrien sighs. "I swear I didn't know that Mari would be there. I imagine that those unfortunate meetings well happen often with her being famous now."
"Well if what happened last night is how things well go during those unfortunate events it won't be me who deals with you." Lila stated.
Adrien nodded. "I just came to apologize do you forgive me?" Lila slowly nodded.
Marlena was doing the laundry when she saw Alya with a sad expression. "What's wrong dear? Did you not get the job?"
Alya shook her head. "No, its not that I still haven't gotten news about the job."
"Than what's wrong?" Marlena asked again.
"I'm in love." Alya replied with a small smile.
"In love with who? From my knowledge, you're not with anyone." Marlena stated.
"I'm in love with Nino." Alya said softly.
"In love with Nino? But Nino loves Mari." Marlena stated sadly.
"But she doesn't love him well at least not in the way he wants. Mari told me that she loves Nino as a brother as a friend." Alya replied. "And I'm here in the sidelines..." Marlena hugged her.
"Are you only going to drink juice?" Fu asked Mari on Friday as she was finishing a tea order. Even though Mari was an actress now Fu tea business was still important to him so Mari agreed to continue it.
Mari nodded. "Yes I feel a bit nauseous."
"Than maybe I should deliver the tea order." Fu suggested.
"No Fu I'll do it." Mari picked the box but quickly put it back down feeling a pain in her stomach and felt dizzy she sat on a chair.
Fu went to her side. "What's wrong dear?"
"A lot of people came." Sabine said as she walked with Sister Sofia around the courtyard of the orphanage.
Sister Sofia nodded. "We have a lot more presents than before the girls will be very happy...Oh look here comes Father Carlos." She said looking straight ahead.
"Introduce him to me sister, I'm excited to meet him." Sabine replied.
"Wolcome father Carlos. You and Mrs. Dupain-Cheng will finally get to meet. Let me introduce the two of you." Sister Sofia said once he was in fount of them.
"Nice to meet you Father Carlos." Sabine said extending her hand for him to shake.
"Likewise, Mrs. Dupain-Cheng." Father Carloa said shaking her hand while being shocked seeing the woman he hasn't seen in 22 years.
"Nothing I'm okay." Mari said softly.
"You became pale you should go to the doctor to see what is going on with you." Fu replied worriedly.
Mari looks at him. "I already know what it is."
"Really, what is it?" Fu asked.
"I'm...pregnant." Mari replied with a smile.
"Oh its just th- WHAT?!" Fu became speechless before he hugged her tightly and tearing up in joy.
