Anna as soon as she heard this, frowned coldly, “Are you going to be so realistic? Are you going to hate me just because I will be old? Manuel, you shouldn’t treat others like that, especially after all I’ve cooked for you. Don’t you want me to cook for you in the future?”
Feeling threatened, Manuel immediately rephrased the words, “Aunt Anna, I was wrong. You will be beautiful even when you are old.”
Anna was happy to hear this sentence, so she nodded contentedly.
“You are forgiven, I will continue to cook for you.”
She paid no attention to the fact that Manuel, while saying these words, cowered, as he felt guilty.
Serena saw this, grabbed Manuel’s cheek and whispered, “Naughty.”
That evening, the three of them packed their things, got into the car sent by Matthew, and then drove to North City.
Anna was Serena’s assistant. Of course, she had to go too, even though she was not technically part of the family, yet he cared about her being there.
However, Anna got the idea that she would be lonely in the apartment. She wanted to go with them, which is why she said Manuel loves to eat the food she prepares, which is why she has to go with them.
Thinking about this, Anna felt happy.
*
Meanwhile, Cristian was on his way back to North City.
Beatrice came out to walk him to the exit, “You really don’t want to stay here for a couple of days? Did you drive so long just to stay here for a couple of days?”
Hearing those words, Cristian looked at her displeased.
“I have to work.”
“What is more important, your aunt or work? Ah, what an insensitive son. Go and be careful driving.”
“Sure.”
“Seriously, you young people never listen, driving at night is dangerous, you can hardly see, it would be better to wait for daytime.”
Cristian stretched his thin lips, and got into the car, ignoring Beatrice.
A moment later, he said in a cold voice, “There is no traffic at night, you drive more smoothly.”
“I’m leaving now.”
Beatrice stood there motionless, the light from the street lamp stretched her shadow, and the night chill blew on the yellow silk scarf over her shoulders. Beatrice could not help but sigh.
She did not understand how long it would be before Cristian opened his heart to other women.
Serena…
That name had disappeared in her life for five years and never reappeared.
Beatrice had no idea where she had gone; at that time she really liked that boy, but… Their destiny was not that.
That was it, everything follows the course of destiny.
By now at her age, she did not have the strength to do anything.
Thinking about this, Beatrice took the silk scarf on her shoulders, then turned around and went upstairs.
She thought that driving at night would be quieter; she did not expect that at midnight there would be an accident on the highway, blocking her completely.
Serena and the others were far from the accident, they simply heard a loud noise, then the car in front stopped. Anna was asleep sitting in the back. She woke up suddenly when she heard the sound.
After that, Serena saw a cloud of fire rising in front of them, which left her shocked. Unconsciously, she reached out her hand to hug Manuel.
“Fuck, what happened?” Anna rolled down the window and stuck her head out. When she saw the fire in front of them, she was very frightened.
“My God, what is happening?” Then she quickly withdrew her head, looked at Serena and said, “Serena, shall we get out of the car? It looks dangerous here.”
The fire was not far away. Serena looked behind at the long line of cars and had the impression that it was really dangerous to be here.
So she nodded and said, “Mario, lock the car, and then we’ll leave.”
Mario nodded.
After they got out, the people in the cars in front and behind, seeing them get out, did the same.
Avoiding danger is an instinctive reaction; anyone will want to preserve their life as long as they can.
Thus, in a short time, they found many people standing in the middle of the highway.
“Let’s move back and try to stay away from the accident.”
The crowd moved back, to get away from the accident, and more and more people got out of the car.
Soon after, police sirens were heard.
Police rushed to the scene to investigate the situation and then warn those present what to do.
“There is no need to worry. The car exploded. We are prepared for this eventuality and will handle it as soon as possible, but at the moment the road will remain blocked.”
Anna took Serena by the arm and said, “What’s going on? How can a car explode? Could it be because it was carrying flammable material?”
“There could be many reasons for a car to explode, I don’t know what the situation is in this case, let’s wait and see.”
Cristian saw that many people had gotten out of their cars and were standing on the side of the road. He, too, heard the explosion.
He took out his cell phone and looked at the time with an indifferent expression. He had just entered the highway, and a group of cars had already stopped behind his.
He had no idea how long it would take to evacuate; the car was stuck.
Cristian reached out and massaged his aching temples, then opened the door and got out of the car.
In the darkness, he got out of the car with long straight legs and walked briskly. Instead of walking toward the crowd, he walked to the other side of the street and looked at the landscape in the distance.
He had the sudden feeling of distancing himself from the crowd.
“Wow, look at that handsome man over there!”
Shouted a girl in the crowd as soon as she saw Cristian.
As soon as she said that, everyone immediately turned in that direction.
“His back is turned, how do you know if he’s handsome or not?”
“I saw his face when he had just gotten out of the car! Not only is his face handsome, but he is also well-proportioned!”
“All right, anyway I’m still here, I don’t have a good figure?”
“Shut up, that man at a glance will definitely have sculpted abs. What do you have, a single block of belly fat?”
“No need to say such words to me…”
This conversation entered Serena and Anna’s ears. Anna looked at her, Serena looked back, and then Anna whispered, “She is curious to see this beautiful man, despite the dangerous moment.”
Hearing this, Serena tightened her lips, “People are always interested in beautiful things. Besides… Now we are no longer in danger of our lives.”
“That’s true, but it’s still a pity what happened today, if only we had known earlier, we would have told your brother that we would go tomorrow.”
“Never mind.” Serena pulled over and looked at Manuel, “Are you tired? Do you want Mom to carry you on her back?”