Umberto looked at Miguel’s furious face and laughed:
-Miguel, what are you talking about, I don’t understand you.
Miguel said and got even angrier seeing his look:
-If it wasn’t for you, how is it possible that the director called me, it’s clearly my day off!
-Miguel, I know you have a problem with me, but you can’t blame me. But I don’t care, your brother and I are friends, of course I’ll forgive you.
At that moment the phone rang again and Miguel connected it, containing his anger:
-Okay, I’ve got it, right now.
-Just for you, sooner or later I’m going to get you,” he said to Umberto after hanging up.
Umberto watched him leave with a calm expression and raised his voice behind him:
-Miguel, go to work and I’ll keep Albina company for you.
Miguel felt he was going to explode with anger.
Umberto smiled and watched with satisfaction as he left in anger before straightening his clothes and going to Albina.
He rang the doorbell and it took him a while to see someone open the door. It was Albina.
Albina froze at the sight of Umberto and, without enthusiasm, greeted him:
-What are you doing here?
Umberto stood in the doorway, staring at her haggard appearance. It had only been a few days, but Albina had lost a lot of weight. She was still beautiful, but the dark bruises under her eyes were evident and her face was not as rosy as before.
-I’ve told you before that you should take care of your body.
Umberto put on a serious face and looked her up and down several times.
-I have been eating regularly for the last few days,” Albina explained, embarrassed.
Umberto ignored her and went straight into the house. He saw the living room full of materials and manuscripts, books and even some pictures scattered on the dining table. The kitchen had not been used recently and there was nothing in the refrigerator.
Umberto turned and saw Albina hurrying to make a place for him on the sofa.
-Sit down.
Umberto sighed, he shouldn’t leave Albina alone, she couldn’t take care of herself at all.
-Tell me what you ate today- Umberto asked.
Albina stammered and couldn’t say a word.
-It’s one o’clock, you haven’t eaten anything, have you?
-I’m busy, okay?
-So busy that you skipped lunch?
-Well, I’m sorry, okay?
Umberto felt he had to come earlier, if not for his grandfather’s words, he wouldn’t know this Albina’s lifestyle.
-Where is your friend?
-Ariana has something to do these days and she’s not at home.
The more he said it, the less Umberto wanted to be hard on her, and in the end all his discontent became nothing more than a sigh.
-Okay, now get cleaned up and let’s eat -Umberto had initially wanted to take her out for a walk, but seeing her exhausted face, he didn’t mention it anymore.
There was nothing in the fridge, so even if Umberto wanted to cook, there was no way. He immediately asked Ruben to go to the restaurant he frequented. He specifically told him that the food should be light and nutritious. She didn’t know how long it had been since she had eaten.
Ruben quickly brought the food, and when he handed it to Umberto, he looked at Albina in the room and winked at his boss.
Umberto looked at him:
-It’s not what you think.
Before Ruben could explain himself, he was shut out directly by Umberto. He touched his nose with a puzzled look, why his boss was still so angry when he was spending time with his love. Maybe he didn’t accomplish that one thing and that was why he was taking his anger out on himself.
In the bedroom, Umberto had just served the food and Albina began to devour it. She hadn’t been hungry when Umberto hadn’t arrived, but as soon as the food arrived, she was eager to eat immediately.
Umberto sat down and waited.
When he finished, Albina became sleepy and began to doze off. Umberto removed the boxes and saw Albina slumped on the table. The appointment was a failure, but Albina was tired and couldn’t do anything about it.
Seeing how soundly she had slept, Umberto carefully stepped forward, picked her up in his arms and carried her carefully to her bedroom. He did not wake her, so she was very tired and had no idea how long she had been suffering for the past few days.
Umberto tucked her in and was about to leave when he found Albina’s fingers tugging at the collar of his shirt so hard that his whole body had to bow to her face.
Their breaths were intertwined and their faces were very close to each other.
Umberto’s heart was pounding as he looked at her face, the girl he had been thinking about all day and night was right in front of him, so close that it was impossible to say he didn’t want to do something. He breathed with restraint and his lips trembled slightly. He wanted so badly to kiss her, but he was afraid of waking his love, who had just fallen asleep and was not to be disturbed.
Umberto was trying hard to convince himself, but his eyes were staring at her lips. It took a great effort for him to tear his eyes away, free himself from her fingers and jerk himself up, breathing heavily. There was sweat all over his forehead, as if he had been through a great ordeal.
He looked at Albina, who was still unconscious and asleep, after placing a kiss on her forehead:
-Albina, sooner or later you are going to drive me crazy.
What answered him, was only Albina’s shallow breathing.
Albina slept through the night, and woke up in a daze, startled to see a man sitting next to her bed.
-It’s me.
-You didn’t leave?
Umberto’s voice rang out before she turned on the light.
-You were sleeping so long that I was afraid I would leave and someone would come into the room.
Albina touched her hair and was a little embarrassed too.
The man was tall and sitting on a small stool.
-You just sat there the whole time, didn’t you? -Albina was quick to pull him to sit on his bed.
Umberto nodded his head:
-Yes, I can’t feel my ass anymore -Are you going to make it up to me?
Albina froze and blushed:
-How?