Paula Rouco hesitated for a day and finally decided on Severo Laris.
Severo Laris is at least half responsible for her pregnancy.
At this point, her cowardly words were to no avail.
Severo Laris is the father of this child in her womb and he has a right to know.
When Paula Rouco arrived in the Imperial neighborhood, she rang the doorbell and no one answered the door; Severo Laris must not have returned yet.
She was still sitting at the entrance to the stairway, quietly waiting for Severo Laris.
As she waited for Severo Laris to return, she made many assumptions; that Severo Laris might give her a sum of money to have an abortion, or that he might be responsible for her unwanted pregnancy….
But whatever the hypothesis, Paula Rouco does not seem willing to accept it, nor does she know how.
She unconsciously touched her flat belly, dropping her little white face, and muttered to herself, “Honey, if I finally decide not to love you, you mustn’t get mad and forgive me, okay?”
She was only eighteen, so if she dropped out of school to become a single mother, Lao Fu would beat her to death, wouldn’t he?
She was afraid to risk her life.
Ding Dong.
The elevator dinged and opened.
It’s Severo Laris back.
She took a deep breath, stood up and walked to the back of the security access door with some hesitation.
Was it okay for her to approach him uninvited?
After all, they had officially broken up half a month ago.
Just as she tore herself away, another elevator arrived, the doors opened and a female figure reached her.
“Severo!”
Severo Laris stood in front of his house and was about to open the door to enter when he saw Buena running.
Severo Laris frowned, “You followed me?”
Buena, who had deliberately put on high heels, broke her ankle while jogging, intentionally or not, and fell right into Severo Laris’ arms.
Paula Rouco, standing behind the secure hallway door, fingers gripping the door frame, eyes full of resentment and anger as she looked at the man and woman not far away.
Why did Buena come to Severo’s and what did she want to do?
With a slight, shy smile on her face, Buena said, “I just had something I wanted to ask Severo, my foundation in advanced math was not very good and my final exams were not very good, it was okay but nowhere near the scholarship I wanted to get. I’m also like Severo in terms of getting a scholarship year after year. ”
Severo Laris was about to say he wasn’t available, but his dark eyes lifted and swept the small figure behind the secure hallway door.
Lita. couldn’t resist coming to herself?
An itch crossed the tip of her heart, but that itch was quickly squelched by her sanity.
If she had really come to pamper him, he would have had a hard time resisting 80 to 90 percent of the time.
His heart, in her presence, was not hard enough to soften at her touch.
Buena had dressed up for the day, she was confident in her appearance, though she was not the stunning type, she had good features but was good looking, she saw that Severo Laris did not refuse and continued, “I know Severo is helpful, he will help me, won’t he?”
She stared at Severo Laris wide-eyed and cocked her head to one side, pretending to be funny.
Severo Laris had no heart, but he wanted the small figure behind the safe passage door to retreat without a fight.
Severo Laris nodded, opened the door and said, “Come in and talk.”
Buena was quite surprised, for she had not expected Severo to let her into the house.
Door, open, close.
Paula Rouco stood there, watching Buena’s bright smile and tears of resignation, slipping quietly away.
Turns out he can be nice to any girl and let any girl into his house.
She had thought that for him she, Paula Rouco, was the special one, that he adored her, loved her, cared for her, that he had at least liked her.
But now she realizes that she is no different from Buena and Engracia.
How could she have simply expected him to take responsibility for her when he found out she was pregnant?
The small, trembling hand touched her lower back, and the moment she looked down, her tears fell harder.
“Baby, I’m sorry, I really can’t have you.”
…
Buena, who had entered Severo’s house, became increasingly aggressive.
She paced around Severo’s house, “Severo, I love the way your house is decorated.”
Severo Laris kept her in his house just to hang out and wait for the little thing outside to leave, not bothering to deal with Buena.
Buena saw the kitten sleeping on the couch and approached it as a novelty, “Wow, Severo, you still have a cat, this one is really cute.”
Severo Laris didn’t like, even disliked, Buena’s self-boasting and his voice was slightly cold: “Raised by his girlfriend.”
Girlfriend?
Buena frowned, quizzical: “Didn’t Severo leave Paula Rouco?”.
Severo Laris’ eyes twitched and the corners of his lips drooped in clear displeasure, “Who told you I left Lita?”
Buena, startled by the chilling look in his eyes and slightly stunned, said, “That’s what everyone at school says ….
So, is it a division or not?
The atmosphere is stagnant and silent, Buena has nothing to say and goes over to hug the cat, “Severo, what’s the kitty’s name?”
“Do you mind?”
As Buena was about to pick up Costillas, he jumped off the couch in a jiffy and ran nimbly to Severo Laris’ lap, whom he picked up crouching down.
Severo Laris noticed the disgruntled look on Costillas’ face and asked quietly, “Are you hungry?”
Costillas “meowed.”
Severo Laris, with the cat in his arms, went to the open kitchen to make food for Costillas.
Buena hung back, fingertips pinching her palm.
Severo Laris is so patient with a cat, but has no interest in her?
Was she worse than a broken cat?
Buena reluctantly got up from the couch and followed Severo Laris, saying, “Severo, I love kittens too. You must be very busy, not only with your work at the firm, but also with your client meetings and court visits. If you’re too busy to take care of the kitten, I can take care of it for you, can’t I?”
Severo Laris said in a cold voice, “Would a girl’s dorm leave a cat?”
Of course, Severo Laris is aware that neither girls’ nor boys’ dorms allow small animals.
“I can keep it under wraps, in fact our hostess aunt doesn’t check it much, and this kitty is so well-behaved, I’m sure it won’t give me any trouble.”
Severo Laris petted Ribs and said, “But Ribs doesn’t like to be kept by people he doesn’t know well.”
“…” Buena couldn’t keep her face down.
Severo Laris’ words were so blunt that she felt embarrassed even though she had thick skin.
Severo Laris lifted his wrist to check the time; fifteen minutes had passed and the little thing outside should be gone.
The man’s face, grew colder and more impersonal, “I have work to do, so I won’t stay with Buena’s companion. ”
Buena froze, “But … Severo you said earlier that you would help me with my advanced math class…”
“Forget it then, I’m not in the habit of sending gift cards, let alone subbing for people I don’t know well.”
Thin-skinned to the core.
Buena bit her white lip, but she dared not lose her temper, for if she did so now, Severo Laris would only like her worse, and she would not be able to approach him in the future.
He had to suck it up, and as cheeky as Paula Rouco could be, so could he.
Buena reluctantly walked toward the entrance and put on her shoes.
Severo Laris suddenly called out to her, “That’s right.”
Buena thought she had changed her mind and wanted to stay with her, “Severo?”
Severo Laris swept her off her feet with an icy stare, put his head back down to give Costillas his cat food and said, “I don’t like being followed, so don’t use those tricks in the future. I didn’t invite you in because you piqued my interest. Besides, even if those eyes of yours were looking at me, they wouldn’t make you my girlfriend.”
“…” Buena was furious and blushed for a moment.
But Severo Laris’ tone was extraordinarily cold, as if the person speaking viciously wasn’t him at all.
In front of him, he looked ridiculously like a clown with all his clumsy tactics.