Severo had said earlier that Desiderio would come to her on his own initiative.
And indeed, I had guessed it.
Only Allyce hadn’t expected Desiderio to call her so soon.
Desiderio disguised himself well enough to pretend nothing had happened, even though he knew his identity had been revealed.
Allyce was no match for that.
But she had been prepared for this, so she didn’t panic.
Allyce paused and tried to sound as normal as possible: “Yeah, I haven’t been feeling well lately, so I haven’t been going to the office”.
Since you’re going to pretend nothing happened, let’s all pretend together.
Desiderio said affectionately: “Well, then you can come to dinner, I happened to be in Cloud Cit for something”.
Allyce was stunned, Desiderio was in Cloud Cit so soon?
She thought Desiderio was just testing her with this call.
Delfina had only been at Cloud Cit with Alonzo the night before, and this morning Desiderio had been eager to come.
This could only mean one thing: Desiderio did care about Delfina.
Allyce’s mind wandered and, without thinking, she said: “Of course I have time, let’s have lunch at Kimdis”.
Desiderio offered to go to see her and she did not want to refuse.
Both she and Severo had been waiting for his arrival.
Desiderio said “yes” in a warm voice and hung up the phone.
Allyce put the phone away and, after a few moments of contemplation, quickly washed and changed clothes.
I had to go and talk to Severo, it was after nine o’clock and there wasn’t much time left before lunchtime.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Severo standing outside with a tray in his hand, and with one hand free, he was about to open the door.
Severo was slightly surprised to see Allyce outside: “Are you awake? I was just about to bring you breakfast”.
It was getting late and he was worried that she would be hungry if she overslept.
Allyce’s heart warmed and she hurried to open the door, reaching for the tray in her hand.
Severo gently avoided her hand and walked in beside her, placing the tray directly on the table with the delicious breakfast.
Allyce looked in the background: “Where’s Alonzo?
“He’s in his study.” Severus frowned slightly at the thought of Alonzo’s stoic appearance, the boy didn’t seem very active.
I had heard that children were unruly …
“Ok I’m going to go and check it out and I’ll be back, it’ll be quick.” Allyce said and ran off, heading straight for the studio.
Severo thought with a stony face, he doesn’t seem to like it?
Allyce went to the study and saw Alonzo sitting meekly behind Severo’s desk, staring intently at the computer screen in front of him, he walked over and saw that it was a cartoon.
Alonzo was so engrossed in his computer screen that he didn’t even notice Allyce walk in.
Allyce couldn’t bear to bother him and left quickly.
When she returned to the bedroom, she found Severo sitting at the table with a stony expression on his face, so she went straight to him.
Allyce didn’t start with the breakfast Severo had brought her, but went over the story of the phone call Desiderio had made to her.
Severo’s stony expression otherwise relaxed slightly once she had heard him.
“You got here sooner than I thought.” In his mind, Desiderio had to be at least on his third day before he showed up.
Desiderio had always been well versed in psychology, and the fact that he had come so quickly naturally revealed the extent of his concern for Delfina.
This, in turn, made it even clearer that Delfina was in his heart.
“Eat something first, I’ll have Xabat send someone to prepare it and then we’ll go to Kimdis.”
“Mmm, that’s nice.
With Severo around, I would fix it.
…
By midday, Allyce and Severo were ready to go to Kimdis.
Allyce was still thinking about instructing the maids to take good care of Alonzo when she saw Severo leading Alonzo straight to the door.
“Shouldn’t Alonzo be left at home in this situation?
Desiderio did not know what the hell he had in mind, and he was aware that it would not be good to let him see Alonzo again.
Severo gave him a reassuring look: “He’s here with Delfina, and since Desiderio is here, it’s only natural that he knows them both.
Allyce thought about the fact that Kimdis was Severo’s territory and that he could certainly organise it, so she said no more.
All the way Allyce held Alonzo in her arms while he looked out of the window curiously, pointing and saying something from time to time with a happy look on his face.
When he was happy, his speech became faster, and Allyce found it hard to hear what he was saying, as he was already slurring his words, and had to listen several times to understand what he was saying.
But still, Allyce was content and happy.
Her baby was really back.
…
When they arrived at Kimdis, Severo took her and Alonzo to the office first.
Pushing open the door, he saw Xabat and Victorino inside, as well as Delfina.
Allyce looked at Victorino with surprise, probably because he had something to do.
Victorino felt Allyce’s gaze and greeted them respectfully.
Delfina had worn a pale pink dress today, she looked lovely, probably because she knew she was going to see her “brother”, so she looked good, and her eyebrows were full of joy.
Allyce’s heart sank a little.
What was the relationship between Delfina and Desiderio.
It was understandable that Adam would pretend to be Desiderio, either for money or to make things easier.
Whether it was Desiderio or Adam, he was worried about his sister and Delfina did not know that Desiderio had joined the “Grizzi”.
Allyce’s feelings were mixed.
“Miss Delahoz”.
Delfina stood up as soon as she saw Allyce.
Severo, who was walking alongside Allyce, heard Delfina’s voice and gave her a slightly disgruntled look before spitting out a few cold words.
“She is married.
Delfina, innocent but with an eye for detail, spoke shyly: “Mrs. Betances?
Allyce nudged Severo unnoticed and smiled: “Call me by my first name.
Alonzo poked his head out from behind Severo and shouted, “Aunt …”.
Delfina responded in a flash and Alonzo rushed over.
Allyce smiled.
Severo spoke at that moment: “Come on, your brother must already be here, let’s go there now”.
At that point Victorino followed him, “I’m coming too”.
Allyce was startled again, was the ever distant Victorino going to eat with them?