The sound of the front door closing rang out, and the living room was completely silent.
After a long time, the door to Ariana’s room suddenly opened.
A single, slender figure stepped out of the bedroom.
Her face was expressionless and she stared coldly at the closed door. Her face was very haggard and pale. Her eyes were covered with red blood.
He had been up all night and had not slept at all.
He heard the commotion at the door and knew Santiago had left, but he didn’t want to go out. He didn’t want to face Santiago.
She feared that her mind would be disturbed again by Santiago’s hold on her, she feared that she would be shaken again.
Ariana smiled bitterly, this time Santiago shouldn’t hold her either.
After all, he himself admitted last night that he had been with Natalia, and even wanted to kiss her.
When Ariana thought about the scene she witnessed on the balcony the night before, she couldn’t breathe.
The moon was shining so bright last night that it wrapped everything in a veil of silver.
Ariana also hated herself for her good view, as she was a few floors away and could still see the scene below clearly.
In the moonlight, a tall man leaned over a small woman, and the woman raised her head with a face tinged with shyness and expectation.
If one were unaware of their identities, from Ariana’s point of view, the two really could be called a romantic couple.
Unfortunately, it was Santiago and Natalia.
That’s why Ariana did not calm down and broke the flower pot on the balcony.
Originally in a few more days, she was all set to completely accept Santiago, who would have thought that he was still lying to himself and secretly had contact with Natalia.
Thinking about this, she took a deep breath.
-I don’t seem to be fit to be in a relationship yet.
Ariana’s face pretended to be relaxed as she began to hurry to pack her things. First she went to the drawing room and packed all her utensils.
She was wearing baggy pajamas, she was already very thin, and these days she was even thinner as if a gust of wind could make her disappear.
She had been with Santiago for a few months and many of the things she had bought she had not taken with her.
There were only a few boxes full of her own things, most of which were still her painting tools.
After finishing everything, she sat down on the couch, looked at the time, and prepared to text Albina not to come.
He hadn’t even hit the send button when he heard a knock at the door.
He froze for a moment, his first thought was that Santiago had returned. But that wasn’t right, Santiago had the key, he didn’t need to knock.
Ariana opened the door and found Albina’s face.
-Why are you here so early…?
Albina hurried to look at her carefully, seeing nothing out of the ordinary, and only then she felt relieved.
-I was worried about you, so I rushed here -Albina looked at the red blood in her eyes -Didn’t you sleep all night?
-Something happened, I didn’t sleep,” Ariana smiled at her.
She pretended to be relaxed, trying to get Albina to stop thinking about her and not to worry, but she didn’t know that the more she did it, the more Albina’s heart ached.
This was the first time Ariana had fallen in love, and the first time she had dared to be in a relationship in all these years. She always thought she had met a boy she liked, but she still ended up all bruised and miserable.
It was obvious she was sad, why did she have to force herself to show a smile?
She looked thinner than before she left the country and had cried the night before because her eyes and nose were red.
-Have you packed your things?
Ariana nodded, pointing to several boxes in the living room.
Albina looked at them and asked:
-Is this everything?
It was little, a girl had lived here for months and only had so little luggage. It seemed that Ariana was not relaxed here, she still had anxiety, and from the bottom of her heart she did not consider this place as her home and Santiago as her dependency.
-There was something I forgot.
As if something had suddenly occurred to her, Ariana went to the balcony.
Albina followed her and saw that she was tidying up the balcony. One of the pots was broken, the soil was exposed and the roots were sticking pathetically out of the ground.
Ariana’s face filled with pain, she used a bag to carefully put away the flower and soil.
-I have raised them little by little, they are about to bloom. Santiago is not a meticulous person, and I’m afraid he won’t have the patience to tend them in the future, so I’d better take them away,” her voice was soft and she sighed.
Albina also squatted down and helped her put away all the flowers and plants on the balcony.
Finally, looking at the broken flower pot, she asked:
-Did you break this flowerpot last night? How did you get it?
“Did you guys really have a big fight and did you even break the flower pot?”
Ariana paused for a moment at his words, looking a little embarrassed.
Albina noticed it too and was quick to say:
-It’s okay, if you don’t want to talk about it, don’t say anything.
Ariana shook her head gently and smiled.
-Last night I was waiting on the balcony for Santiago to come back and I saw something I shouldn’t have seen, so I accidentally broke the flowerpot.
He briefly recounted what happened last night, using a particularly normal tone, even his expression was light, as if he was talking about other people’s business.
But Albina became very angry when she heard her.
-This pair of scum!
It was fine if they behaved ambiguously in the room, after all, Ariana didn’t mind. But they were downstairs and yet they dared to be so intimate, how dare they?
-Albina, you don’t need to get so angry, I was wrong too -Ariana reassured her.
Albina didn’t care who was right and who was wrong, she was Ariana’s friend and naturally she was on her side.
In her heart, Santiago and Ariana had not broken up yet, they were still boyfriend and girlfriend. He was behaving ambiguously with other girls, he was trying to kiss other girls, it was all infidelity to the relationship.
Although the body was not completely deceived, the spirit has been deceived.
-This scum, you’d better break up with him, so he won’t hurt you again in the future -Albina said angrily.
Ariana looked at her appearance and pinched her cheeks.
-I brought up the breakup, from now on I’m single again. You have to keep me company when you have time, and comfort my wounded heart, understand? Don’t stick to Umberto all day long, only sisters are true love!
-Between Umberto and you, I care more about you -Albina blushed.
This morning, she had been thinking about Ariana all the time, and she didn’t sleep much.
Originally, Umberto said he would accompany her, but he felt that Ariana must not want to see anyone related to Santiago right now, so he didn’t let him come.
Umberto’s eyes were sad as he watched her leave.
Albina was thinking about it when she suddenly felt a wet feeling on Ariana’s hand and looked down to discover that she was carrying wet mud on her hand.
Only then did she remember that she had just filled pots and had pinched her cheeks, now her face was covered in mud.
Ariana noticed it too and said in embarrassment:
-Go wash your face, I’ll call the movers when I’ve collected the pots.
Albina went to the bathroom, wiped the mud off her face and hands and, instead of going out, took out her phone and called Macos.
-Macos, you haven’t gone to work yet, have you?
Although Macos didn’t know why he was asking him this, he answered truthfully:
-Yes, I’m packing up and getting ready to leave.
-Is there anything important at the office today? -Albina asked once again.
-You’ve been busy for months, so take it easy, aren’t you going to rest for a while and have a good time with Umberto?
-Isn’t that it, do you have something important to do today? -Albina’s voice was a bit serious.
Macos sensed that something was wrong and asked:
-What’s wrong?
-Ariana and Santiago have broken up!