As Clare said, that night, Matthew went from North City to South City to find Serena.
When he arrived, it was already evening. Because he had warned her in advance on the phone, Anna went to the supermarket nearby to buy something to prepare something to eat.
Anna was very good at cooking. Moreover, being with Serena these last years, she had to learn to cook because she could not bear to eat take-out all the time.
Serena and Manuel depended on her when it came to cooking.
As soon as he heard that she cooked, Manuel was so pleased that he almost drooled, “Aunt Anna, are you making pizza next?”
When he heard this, Anna looked at him strangely, “It’s summer now, isn’t it too hot to cook pizza in the oven? Aren’t you afraid of dying of heat.”
Manuel was not happy to hear this and said, “You can cook pizza even in summer. Don’t you think so, Aunt Anna?”
What he had said…
Anna narrowed her eyes and looked at Manuel. Suddenly, she stretched out her index finger and placed it on Manuel’s forehead.
“I see you are very persuasive, do you think I didn’t know you wanted pizza?”
“Okay.” Manuel covered his forehead, and his tender white face was full of anger, “Are you going to make pizza or not?”
“No.” Anna turned and turned on the faucet and washed the vegetables, “Your uncle works all year round. It takes more than two hours to drive from North City to South City, you know? And he will surely be tired. Better to cook something less complex, right?”
Hearing this, Manuel blinked, as if he read between the lines of what she said.
Manuel said, “Aunt Anna, why do you care so much about my uncle? Do you like him?”
“What are you talking about?” Anna took a sudden leap like an animal whose tail has been stepped on and looked around. When she saw there was no one around, she quickly reached out her hand to cover Manuel’s mouth, “You mustn’t talk nonsense, okay?”
Manuel’s mouth was covered and he could not speak, he just blinked and looked at her.
His look made Anna feel guilty and she quickly let him go, “Don’t talk nonsense, okay? Otherwise, next time no dinner for you.”
Hearing this, Manuel seemed to think of something. He tilted his head and said, “Do you want me to make pizza for you?”
Anna wistfully stood up and took the food from her bag, and said, “All right, I’ll make it for you.”
*
At that moment, in the room upstairs, Serena had just taken a bath, put on a simple T-shirt and house pants, and went to the window to make a phone call.
“Mr. Farina, I asked my assistant to record and save your request. The agreed time is within a month. Tomorrow I will ask my assistant to check Miss Tanzi, and then I will finalize the project within the agreed time.”
After saying this, Serena stopped talking. Looking at the stars in the sky outside the window, she could not help but remember, “But it’s after eight o’clock now, better to talk about it at another time.”
As soon as the other person heard those words, he smiled a little embarrassed and said, “I’m sorry, I was just in a bit of a hurry. I won’t bother you again Ms. Giordano.”
Serena put the phone down, then put it on the desk, and went to the bathroom to get her beauty treatments and dry her hair.
When she finished and went out, she saw the cell phone vibrating.
Serena went to pick up the cell phone, and saw that Matteo was calling her.
“Is he here yet?”
Thinking of this, Serena did not answer the phone, but quickly put on her shoes and went downstairs to open the door.
After opening the door, she actually saw Matteo standing at the door. They looked at each other. Serena looked behind him, “Are you alone?”
He had not seen her for a long time; Matteo had missed her very much and could not help but caress her.
Serena was stunned for a moment and let herself be. After he rubbed her hair, he said, “Brother, I am not a child. It is not appropriate for you to rub my hair like that.”
“In my eyes, you will always be a child.” He did not think Matteo would respond like that.
Hearing this, Serena got a little angry, bit her lower lip and let him in, “Brother, can we talk? When we are at home you can stroke my head, but not outside, okay?”
She remembered that when she was abroad and he was about to return home, she always accompanied him to the airport.
As a result, when Matthew was leaving, he would stroke her head in public.
She recalled that at that time she was holding Manuel and wearing a pair of high heels. But even so, Matteo stroked her head.
Initially, Serena was not used to that practice, but later she saw in Matteo’s gaze a lot of missed opportunity. She could not bear to refuse. Unexpectedly, this became a habit for him.
Serena had the feeling that for him, she was a daughter.
Daughter…
Serena could neither laugh nor cry.
“If you really like stroking on the head, stroke your grandson more.”
Speaking of his grandson, Matteo entered, closed the door, then took off his shoes. However, he only saw a few pairs of women’s slippers on the shoe rack. He could not help but frown and said, “Why didn’t you prepare anything for me?”
Hearing this, Serena said, “I didn’t imagine you would come so soon. I didn’t have time to go to the supermarket today.”
Saying this, she bent down and pulled out the largest pair of women’s slippers she had, “Put these on.”
Matthew looked at the slippers and remained silent, but finally, he put them on.
“Brother, don’t you like them? There is no one else at home. Don’t be embarrassed.”
“They are breathable.”
Said Matteo in a deep voice.
They walked in together. When they reached the living room, Anna suddenly came out of the kitchen and saw Matteo coming. A rosy complexion immediately appeared on his beautiful white face, “Mr. Giordano, you have arrived!”
“Yes.” Matteo nodded to her.
When their gazes met, Anna’s face blushed even more, she bit her lip and said, “I’m still cooking. Have a seat, it will be ready soon.”
Then she turned and walked back into the kitchen.
“Uncle!”
At that same moment, Manuel came out of the kitchen and ran toward Matthew.
Seeing Manuel, Matteo’s dark eyes took on color, and he squatted down to take him in his arms.
“Manuel.”
Manuel was the name given to him by Matteo.