Severo kept one set and hung up the rest of the clothes.
He picked up the set of clothes he had left behind and walked over to the bed and put them on, his voice a little quieter, “Go take a shower.”
Allyce turned and sat down, taking her clothes with her to the bathroom.
Severo took the cigarettes from the bedside table, as well as the ones he had with him, and went outside to throw them into the bin at the end of the corridor.
…
In the evening, the two prepared to go out for dinner.
Severo had just arrived at the entrance of the hotel when he received a call from Princess Eka.
Severo’s brow furrowed fiercely, he really didn’t like this so-called only princess of J’s royal family at all!
But he also knew that if he still didn’t answer the phone, she would keep calling.
With a pat on Allyce’s shoulder, he headed towards the car park while answering Princess Eka’s call.
“What is it?” The short words were full of impatience.
Princess Eka’s tone was also harsh: “Randy! You all look like losers, you can’t even beat me, are you sure you can protect me? If something happens to me in Z, your grandfather can’t have a good time in J!
This Princess Eka was the youngest daughter of the Queen of J. She was well-liked, but extremely intelligent, gifted in languages and martial arts, and had been a good fighter since childhood.
Severo had heard about these things.
But he did not believe that Princess Eka could defeat all the men he had sent her.
Severo said with contempt: “Really? Next time you want to fight them, tell them so they won’t let you.
Eka snorted a little: “You!
After a pause, she added, “I admit that those men you sent are really very powerful, but they still make me feel insecure, and you’re the only one I know in Z, so I need you to protect me personally!”
Severo didn’t even think about it, he simply hung up the phone.
Princess Eka, on the other end, heard the beep of her phone hanging up and cursed: “You bastard!
She had never seen such an arrogant man before, and she couldn’t believe she couldn’t make him bow to her!
All his arrogance and rebelliousness were stirred up at that moment.
…
Then Severo threw the phone aside and left the garage.
The two went to a very famous restaurant in Sky City called Pure-Zone.
The ancestors were said to be former imperial palace cooks, and then the fame spread from generation to generation, and many customers came to the restaurant, and most of the time it was difficult to get a reservation.
“Can you get a reservation?”
Only when the words came out of his mouth did Allyce feel that asking such a question with Severo was simply idiotic.
Severo looked at her: “If you want it, I can get a reservation”.
Allyce laughed out loud.
Severo asked him: “Do you want a private room or a seat in the lobby?
“The lobby is fine, the window is better”. The view is better from the window.
When the two went there, the ground floor of the Pure-Zone was already full of people, so they went straight to the first floor and the waiter guided them to a window seat.
Allyce was a little surprised that Severo had reserved a window seat.
Severo took his surprise in his stride, smiled and said, “I booked it earlier when I was still at the hotel, I assumed you liked this seat.
Allyce glared at him, “Then why did you ask me …?”
“Just in case.” Severo spoke quietly.
…
Other side.
Princess Eka was in her room having a tantrum.
“I’m going to dinner with your boss, aka Randy! I’m not eating until he comes! Unless you guys tell me where he is!”
She had travelled with a low profile all the way to Z. She had brought no one with her, except the three or four maids she had personally taken care of, everything else had been arranged for her by Severo.
Severo had instructed him not to be too accommodating to Princess Eka, and that if she made unreasonable requests, he could ignore them.
Seeing the silence, Princess Eka’s anger rose: “How dare you disobey my orders?”
“I will now call the president, please wait for Princess Eka”. One of the men felt that this stalemate was not a solution and spoke in compromise.
“Fine, just tell him I’m starving.” With a wave of her hand, Princess Eka turned away and began to eat the Sky City snacks that the servants had bought outside.
Anyway, Z was a great food country, the food was great.
The man finished as Princess Eka had said, not forgetting to add: “It was Princess Eka herself who said so”.
On the other hand, Severo and Allyce were enjoying their meal when they suddenly received another phone call from one of their men.
He was really tempted not to answer her, but then he thought of something and picked up the phone, saying at once: “Tell her to come here, I’m at the Pure-Zone”.
He hung up the phone and heard Allyce on the other end ask: “Who’s coming?
Severo answered honestly: “A woman I don’t know very well”.
“Ah, the same woman who answered the phone earlier? Allyce spoke as she took a sip of her soup, speaking with a sense of disinterest.
Severo paused in his movements and raised his head to look at her: “It’s ….”
“You need not be so nervous, I no longer suspect you of keeping a wife, you are very mean, surely you would not cheat on me within marriage, or you would have to give me a lot of property when you divorce.”
Severo shouted in disgust: “Allyce!
Although he was glad that she didn’t make a big deal out of it and didn’t suspect anything, it irritated him to have the divorce on everyone’s lips.
Allyce glared at him: “Why so loud, so humourless and not knowing what these women like about you?
Severo growled, “You’re just a pretty girl, and I don’t know what these men are looking for here!
Allyce looked up and looked around and saw a bunch of men looking this way.
She felt a little embarrassed.
“What if people are looking at you? You have to know that love is like a tornado, it knows no boundaries and no gender, it only comes when it says …”.
At Severo’s increasingly sombre face, Allyce’s voice faded before falling silent.
“Don’t be so serious.” Allyce just thought Severo used to be too boring, he should liven things up a bit, make little jokes and liven things up a bit.
Severo handed him a plate, his face stinking: “Eat your food, don’t talk”.
“Mr. Betances?”
It was at that moment that a man passed by at some point.
Severo miró, “Natalio Vaca”.
This Natalio Vaca was the same man he had approached the other day, only the conversation was not about business.
Natalio Vaca hurried to hand Severo a cigarette: “I didn’t expect to meet Mr. Betances here.
Severo raised his hand and refused: “I don’t smoke, thank you”.
Natalio Vaca’s face shone with confusion, hadn’t we smoked a few days ago when we were talking business together?