Allyce pursed her lips and smiled at the thought.
People can sometimes be blinded by their ears and eyes; it is probably the heart that can really see everything.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t hear or see, just feel it with your heart.
With this in mind, she returned his hand and squeezed it slowly.
Severo felt her small movement and turned his head to look at her, “What’s wrong?”
Allyce just shook her head.
Severo kept silent as he reached out and touched her face, finding it a little cold, and quickened his pace.
…
It was eleven o’clock at night when the plane landed at Cloud Cit.
Allyce hadn’t slept well in the last few days, partly because she was so excited about reconnecting with Severo, and partly because she was a little upset about Desiderio.
So when she got off the plane, she was drowsy and sleepy.
“It’s near my flat, let’s sleep in it tonight, it’s late.” It would take longer if Severo had to return to Bay on Cloud.
“Hmm.
Severo saw how sleepy she looked and, without much ado, had the chauffeur drive straight to Allyce’s flat.
It had been a long time since Severo had been in this flat.
The flat was neat and homely, and the familiarity of the place was evident as soon as you entered.
Severo went in first, walked through the door, found the switch and turned on the light.
There were no slippers he could wear at the door, so Severo took off his leather shoes and walked straight in.
Allyce’s eyes dropped to her feet and, after a pause, she said: “I’m going to the grocery shop across the block.
With that, he turned and ran to the lift.
When Severo chased after her, she was already in the lift.
He frowned sadly, it was too late and he still had to follow her.
On the way down, Allyce was leaving the shop after her shopping.
Allyce froze, and then a warmth rose in her heart.
He quickly approached: “It’s right in front of the block, I usually go down at night to buy something when I’m hungry, it’s safe, you don’t have to follow me”.
Severo pursed his lips in a strange way and said nothing.
He lowered his eyelids, hiding the heavy loss beneath them.
Yes, I still had a life to live and a lot to do while he was away, safe or not.
And he may not be able to care for her for the rest of his life.
…
When they got to the room, Allyce took the men’s slippers out of the bag and put them in front of him: “I bought them for you, put them on”.
Severo did as he was told and put them on, they were just the right size.
“They fit me perfectly, the girl at the checkout said they were the only ones in this size, I was lucky”.
Allyce narrowed her eyes in satisfaction as she spoke, heading inside.
He opened the fridge door and peered inside, turning his head towards Severo. “After being away for three or four days, I can’t eat anything at home, so I’ll have to go out for breakfast tomorrow.”
Severo stood on the other side, looking at her, and said: “Good.
Allyce closed the fridge door and looked deeply at Severo.
He thought there was something strange about Severo.
It was as if his temperament had changed for the better.
Whether her temperament was good or bad, she would not give him up easily after this.
…
The next day, Allyce slept until ten o’clock.
When she woke up in a daze, her phone buzzed next to her bed.
She looked at him and saw that it was Severo calling her. She looked down at her seat and vaguely remembered that Severo had told her to get up for breakfast when she got up.
Thinking about it, he picked up the phone carefully: “Hello?
Severo asked him: “Have you still not got up for breakfast?
Was he clairvoyant, could he guess that she had not stood up before he said anything?
“I’ve bought breakfast and put it on the table, so you can heat it up and eat whatever you want, I’ll have the driver pick you up and we’ll eat together for lunch.”
Severo’s speech was a little slow and his voice was so pleasant that Allyce fell back into bed as she listened, wanting to go back to sleep.
Not hearing Allyce’s response, Severo spoke again: “Did you hear me?
“Yes, I heard you, I’m awake.” Allyce lied without changing her face.
“Really?”
“…” False.
When he hung up the phone, Allyce got up immediately.
There was indeed breakfast on the dining table, but it was cold.
He remembered that he was still too sleepy to open his eyes when Severo got up, so he assumed he had gotten up early.
Although he was not very hungry, he heated up his breakfast so as not to disappoint Severo.
The driver came to pick her up just after she finished eating.
It was then that Allyce realised a detail she had overlooked in recent days.
Severo did not drive.
In Sky City, a chauffeur and a bodyguard accompanied her whenever she went out, and it was the same chauffeur who came to pick her up when she returned to Cloud Cit.
Wherever she had gone before, Severo had always driven herself.
Was it a coincidence, or was I being too sensitive?
Allyce got into the car with her doubts and the driver took her straight to Kimdis.
Severo was waiting for her in the lobby.
Xabat’s eyes narrowed with a smile when he saw Severo and Allyce holding hands as they made their way to the box. He narrowed his eyes at Allyce and told her it would only take a few days for them to reconcile.
Allyce was a bit shy, but Xabat seemed to be right.
It did take a few days to make peace.
At the checkout, Allyce couldn’t help but ask, “Don’t you even drive any more?
“There are too many things to do and it saves a lot of time to let the driver do the driving. Severo stuffed her with food, his face unchanging as ever.
Allyce nodded.
After dinner, Severo went to the office.
Allyce, meanwhile, went to look for Xabat.
I had not forgotten that I was going to ask Xabat to talk to her.
When he reached Xabat’s office, he knocked on the door and entered.
Xabat looked up from the pile of papers and saw that it was Allyce who had entered and stood up quickly: “Ma’am?
Allyce smiled, “Boring enough on my own, I’ve come to see you for a chat”.
“Oh yes …” recalled the saying in Z that “you don’t go to someone’s house without something to do”.
Allyce walked slowly towards him and as she passed the bookshelf, she pulled a magazine from his hand and spoke seemingly without meaning to, “Severo seems to be quite busy lately, what have you guys been up to?”
Xabat sighed: “It’s not the company, but I don’t know exactly, he hasn’t asked me to take care of anything for a long time.
At Allyce’s question, he realised that he had seen very little of Severo in a long time.
Unless Severo came on his own for something, the rest of the time Severo had not approached him once.
It wasn’t like that before, whatever it was, Severo always asked Xabat to fix it for him.