Chapter 96 An Addiction（1）

• I began to see him at other events, everyone said that Maximiliano was a new millionaire, there were many of those at that time and those who belonged to the most important families usually avoided him because they did not consider him worthy... I felt sorry for him, he seemed like a good man, respectful and kind, yet everyone rejected him without knowing him, so I accepted an invitation to go out with him... I knew I had to be careful, if all the families rejected him, it meant that my parents wouldn't like him either, so I saw him in secret and started a clandestine relationship with Maximiliano...
• Marian was recounting, lost in her own world.
• "At that time, the economic situation was difficult, especially for the most powerful families, everyone was losing companies and money, while new entrepreneurs were emerging... Shortly after, due to the economic crisis that the Collins family was going through, I found out that my parents had arranged a marriage for me with your father, Isabella..." Marian glanced momentarily at the young woman with some embarrassment. "I didn't want to, I didn't accept it, your father was a good man, an ideal candidate, but I... I was already in love with Maximiliano... And my parents wanted to force me to marry Albert because of an agreement made with the Sinclairs."