Severo’s movements faltered as he looked up suddenly, his gaze settling on Allyce’s stoic eyes.
My gaze then wandered inch by inch, brushing over her overflowing peach eyes, her rose-coloured lips, her slender, elegant neck, her snowy skin. …
She lay beneath him with a colour so vivid that his whole body screamed for her.
At last, his gaze moved to her eyes, and there, stoic and tinged with a hint of panic.
He had disturbed her.
It was difficult for him to know.
But …
Allyce felt every second was long, and Severo’s movements paused, as if he was thinking about his words.
She felt like a prisoner on a rack, waiting to be executed, all on the judge’s word.
He saw Severo’s face relax slightly and his heart did the same.
But, the next moment, Severo leaned over and kissed her.
Before kissing her, Severo whispered: “I’m already regretting it, it doesn’t matter if it’s a little more …”.
This was the Severo she knew so well, and the one she was unfamiliar with.
What was familiar was the unusual tenderness with which he hugged her tightly in the midst of emotion and called her by name.
What was unfamiliar was his disregard for her wishes.
Throughout, Allyce held back even when she felt something.
The moment he waited for the result, he tensed his aching, flabby body and hurried into the bathroom.
Severo watched her as if she had fled, her face grim and her eyes deserted.
He lay down on the bed and covered his eyes.
In the bathroom, Allyce stood under the shower, looking at the light, heavy marks on her body and feeling nothing but a stinging sensation.
Severo had not been particularly rude; on the contrary, he had been a little kinder afterwards, but his heart was cold.
“Knock, knock!
There was a knock on the bathroom door.
Allyce turned a deaf ear.
The next thing he knew, Severo’s still raspy voice was outside: “The clothes are at the door for you”.
That word alone made Allyce’s eyes water.
But he did not shout.
Severo, who was standing outside the bathroom, waited for Allyce’s response as soon as she finished speaking.
But after waiting a long time, all he heard was the sound of running water in the bathroom, not the sound of Allyce’s waiting voice.
He changed his clothes and went downstairs.
Laurinda and her group of friends continued cleaning, with Xabat sitting on the sidelines “supervising”.
Laurinda’s eyes lit up when she saw Severo come down and she called out softly: “Monsieur Betances”.
Severo seemed not to hear her and ignored her completely.
Laurinda and the girls were scrubbing the floor when Severo took two steps forward, looked at a hair on the floor and said in a deep voice: “It’s not clean enough, the floor needs a towel.
The maids looked at each other, they didn’t usually use towels to wipe the floor, so this was ….
Xabat knew that Severo was looking for someone to take the edge off, so he stood up quickly, cleared his throat and said in a serious voice: “Didn’t you hear me? Go and get some towels and have the floor cleaned”.
The words fell out, immediately a servant went to fetch towels.
…
When Allyce came out of the bathroom, she saw a stool in the doorway with a set of clothes on it.
It was the one Severo had just placed here.
Allyce looked around the messy room and put on the outfit Severo had brought her.
He found his passport, picked it up, opened the door and headed downstairs.
In the lobby, Laurinda’s group was gone.
Xabat was still there, talking to the maid, and when he heard footsteps behind him, he turned his head to Allyce and gave a slight nod, “Ma’am”.
Allyce nodded uncomfortably and took a big step outside.
Her eyes, however, involuntarily glanced around, not knowing whether she was happy or lost to see that Severo was not there.
“Don’t move!”
He reached the courtyard when he heard Severo’s voice.
Looking around, he saw that Severo had placed a chair in the shade of the courtyard, and that he was sitting on it with his legs stretched out, his eyes half-blinded and looking brilliantly inconspicuous.
Not far in front of him, Beef, whom he had just disciplined, lay motionless on a blanket, his coat wet, looking as if he had just had a bath and Severo had compulsively taken him out into the courtyard to sunbathe.
Allyce reached over silently and touched the sweat oozing from his forehead, thinking that Severo was simply sick for letting Beef stand in the sun on such a hot day.
She took it in her stride and before she could get close enough, Severo spotted her.
“Where to?” Severo stood up and looked at her sullenly.
Allyce looked at Beef and said, “Don’t get it sunburnt”.
With that, he turned and left.
Her gaze was indifferent.
Severo wasn’t going to let her go like that.
“You only said you’d be apart for a while, but now it’s time to come back.” Severus approached her slowly, his brows cold.
It was obviously a hot day and Severo was still wearing his suit, but not a drop of sweat had come out.
Allyce even felt a fresh scent on her body, and only then did she realise that she was too close to Severo, took half a step backwards, away from him, and felt a little safer.
Allyce looked at him with a mocking look: “Did you tell me to back off?
How he managed to say that out loud, as if nothing had happened, with a light touch.
However, Severo stopped talking and turned to see Beef trying to slip away again and said two cold words: “Come back”.
Beef dutifully returned to his blanket and stretched out his tongue to gasp.
Severo sat back down in the shade, eyes narrowed, returning to his previous carefree appearance.
Allyce headed straight for the front door, only to be stopped by an extra bodyguard who had appeared at some point as she reached the door.
“Madam!”
The bodyguard’s attitude was respectful and assertive.
When Allyce went left, the bodyguards stopped her left and right, when she went right, they stopped her right.
“Severo, what the hell are you going to do! Imprison me? Restrict my personal freedom?” Allyce turned angrily to Severo and questioned him loudly.
Severo did not look at her and spoke only languidly: “Isn’t it good to stay at home?
Allyce felt she was getting nowhere with Severo and became so angry that she threw the passport in his face.
He used a lot of force and the passport made a crisp “pop” when it hit Severo’s face.
Allyce felt no pain, she only said words with hatred: “Sick!”
With that, he turned and headed back inside the villa.
When he could no longer hear their footsteps, Severo straightened up and picked up the passport that Allyce had thrown in his face and which fell to the ground, then touched his face and muttered: “Sick …”.
Then, not knowing what came into his head, he laughed and got up and walked slowly towards the villa.
Beef wagged his tail and followed.