The Seed of the Cassanova
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Evening arrived, the Rainero family seemed to have gathered all together. Shortly afterwards, Rainero came down the stairs while holding Shenina who looked very elegant that night in a soft blue dress. The knee-length dress and elbow-length arms made Shenina look stunning. Not to mention his bulging stomach made all eyes wide.

In that country, people do not judge women who become pregnant out of wedlock. Instead, they were widened to find out that Rainero was a barren man. Actually both Rainero's parents and grandfather were very secretive, but out of nowhere the news spread just like that in his extended family. That's what makes Rainero more reluctant to gather with his own extended family.

Delena then took Shenina's right hand free from Rainero's grasp. He invited his future son-in-law to join his other family.

"So this is your son-in-law's candidate? Beautiful," praise one of Rainero's aunts. Rainero smiled broadly at the compliment.

"Yes, her name is Shenina."

"But he said you were Rain's former secretary? Can't you find a better replacement for Anza, Rain?" cetus was one of Delena's cousins.

Rainero, who heard the booing tone, growled in annoyance, "keep your mouth, bi Hayley! Never compare Shenina to anyone because to me Shenina is the best" Rainero said with a sharp eye and a hardened jaw.

"best? Best of where? Even his family is unclear. Very different from Anza who is above everything."

Anza who stood not far from them was just listening. He has no desire to interfere.

"Hayley, shut up. I invited you here to share the happy news, not to be the cause of the riots," Delena reprimanded at her cousin's attitude.

"I'm just telling you the facts, why should you be upset? Then look, this woman is pregnant, why would you accept a woman who is pregnant with someone else's child. You're just ruining the Sanches' good name!" Unsatisfied, Hayley kept trying to attack Shenina. Actually he did it out of annoyance because Rainero never looked over his daughter. Though he really wanted his daughter to match Rainero, but unfortunately Rainero never responded at all.

"COVER YOUR DIRTY MOUTH THAT HONORED LADY HAYLEY BEFORE I SPREAD YOUR UGLINESS THAT LIKES TO PLAY CRAZY WITH YOUNG MEN!" snapped Rainero with a darkened face. "AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE SON SHENINA BLADDER IS MY SON. MY SON, DO YOU HEAR!"

Hayley gasped at the crackling. Even Shenina who did not expect Rainero would defend her until like that.

"W-what are you saying? Don't slander me!" gelagapan. Especially when he saw the glare of Rainero's intimidating sharp eyes made his body completely shake.

The sound of the pecking around back there made Hayley even more frightened.

Rainero smiled slantedly, "slander? All right, I'd better dismantle it now instead, so you ... "

"DON'T! All right, all right, I'm not gonna say anything anymore. Please don't say anything else."

After saying that, Hayley immediately moved away.

Since then Delianza could only stare at the interaction of Shenina and Rainero. His heart throbbed pain as he looked at Rainero's gentle and caring treatment. The love is still there, but it's all worthless because Rainero has completely forgotten it.

"Beautiful" said a man standing next to Delianza. Delianza jumped up as she saw the figure of the man standing next to her.

"meaning?" Delianza actually heard the words that the man said, but she had no idea who the compliment was for.

"The woman who was with Rain was really pretty. But is it true that the child the woman was carrying was Rainero's child? Isn't he barren?" he said to make Delianza's eyeballs rotate mediocre.

"That's none of my business" ketus Delianza who soon passed from before her husband. Justin flicked his shoulders then walked over to Shenina.

Rainero who saw Justin approaching also put on a flat and cold face.

"Hello brother, congratulations on finally being able to move on as well" Justin exclaimed, making Rainero roll his eyeballs.

"No need for pleasantries, what do you want, huh?"

"Slow brother, I just want to congratulate you. I forgot about the beautiful woman next to you. Hi, pretty, greetings. I'm Justin, Rainero's cousin. The husband of the most beautiful ex-husband of your future husband," Justin said as he blinked one eye.

Shenina just smiled faintly. Actually lazy to respond to people like Justin, but he should not humiliate Rainero in front of the other Sanches family.

"Hi too," Shenina replied briefly making Justin's eyebrows swoop down.

"No need to talk much. Whether this is my son or not is none of your business. You better take care of your own business" sissed Rainero. Rainero reached Shenina's waist to the dinner table as dinner was about to begin.

Dinner has begun. The dinner looked crowded than usual due to the large Sanches family gathering.

As the dinner progressed, suddenly an uninvited guest made Rainero snort.

"Aunty, I'm sorry that I interrupted your family dinner" Bianca said grimacingly.

Delena, who could not drive away her guests, invited Bianca to join.

"Hi Rain, how are you? Long time no see you," he said with a shy smile. But Rainero ignores Bianca's existence. He was busy watching Shenina and serving her attentively made Bianca resist her irritation.

"It looks like the woman beside you is very special, until you continue to serve her," he said again, not caring about the whereabouts of the Sanches family there.

"He's my future wife. Stop asking me to talk. Better get your meal done and get out of here because you weren't invited here" said Rainero, making Bianca's face red with embarrassment.

"Rain," said Delena, not feeling well. After all, Bianca is the son of one of his friends and Reeves. So Delena certainly felt bad for Rainero's attitude.

An irritated Rainero grew even more upset when he saw Justin's interested gaze on Shenina. Dinner that should be colored by the aura of happiness actually feels nauseating for Rainero.

"You done eating, Sweety? If so, we'll get out of here."

"I ... "

"Rain, wait a minute. Grandpa wants to convey something to our extended family" Ranveer said as Rainero was just standing. Rainero was forced to stop his movements.

Then Ranveer began to speak, "I know that you have heard rumors about the barren Rainero. I'm sure, some of you have doubts about the pregnancy of my daughter-in-law's future grandchildren," said Ranveer made a noise at the dinner table was immediately silent.

"I reiterate that the news of Rainero's infertility is not true and that the child that Shenina was carrying was actually Rainero's child. Anyway I don't want to know, if in the future I still hear these rumors of no quality anymore, then don't blame me for taking decisive action."

Rainero smiled widely when he heard the firmness of the grandfather. Even Bianca, who had come there confidently because of the belief that Rainero's parents and grandfather would support her relationship with Rainero, was now silent. His eyes were completely rounded especially when Ranveer said Rainero's wedding would be held in a few days.

Meanwhile, news of the conglomerate's marriage to her lover has been announced in all mass media, both electronic and print.

Theo who got the news was really surprised. She did not expect that Shenina would marry the man who had raped her.

"No. This can't happen. Shenina can't marry that man only me, only I deserve to be Shenina's husband. I'm sure that man forced Shenina. I won't let it. Wait for me Shenina, I will save you," he murmured as he squeezed the alcohol-filled glass in his hand until it broke.

Not only was Theo shocked, Harold, Ambar, and Jessica were completely shocked. They did not expect Shenina to marry one of the sons of a conglomerate and the owner of a large company in their country.

"Mom, this can't happen. Shenina cannot marry such a rich man. I'm the only one who deserves to be Rainero's companion, Mom. Come on Mom, think of a way that we can cancel their wedding" Jessica exclaimed frantically as Ambar entered her room.

"You better calm down, Jessi. Mommy is confused to think of ways to thwart the marriage. They can't get married. But ... what do we have to do to stop it?" confused Ambar.

On the other side of the house, it looked as if Harold was clenching his hands. He was really angry that Shenina was going to get married regardless of their existence. The selfish Harold still felt that Shenina should respect herself as his father. Shenina was supposed to ask for her blessing to get married, but Shenina had instead announced her wedding day without talking about it to her again.

"Basic son of a bitch!"

Brakkk ...

Harold threw his alcohol-filled glass with a furious rage.

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