Marcelo informed him that Arabella had not been feeling well since this morning and, therefore, she would not be attending the annual party that would be held tonight — it made him feel even more exhausted as he walked with Tatiana, who was beside him in a light blue dress.
She constantly met lots of people, introduced them all to him, but he only replied formally and without any interest or lengthening his conversation with them. In the first place, he didn't want to come to an event filled with people who always wasted time talking nonsense. What made him come there was because Arabella was going to this party too.
Unfortunately, Arabella would suddenly be absent, while he had already agreed to Tatiana's invitation — nor could he cancel her invitation as the event was due to start in a
