Only when she reached the door did Allyce see the suitcase by the door, where the maid was standing with Alonzo.
Allyce had booked a return flight for the evening, so she hadn’t packed.
He turned his head to Severo with some surprise: “When did you unpack my bags?
“In the morning, I got up before you”.
As Severo finished speaking, he saw a bodyguard approaching to take Allyce’s suitcase, he made a slight gesture with his hand to indicate that it was not necessary, the bodyguard then complied and retreated to command, he held Allyce with one hand and carried the suitcase in the other towards the entrance of the villa.
As Allyce walked, she glanced sideways at Severo.
Severo’s expression returned to its usual coldness, the corners of his lips pursed and his jaw tensed slightly, which for no apparent reason gave Allyce the feeling that Severo was in a complicated mood at the moment.
Was I being overly sensitive and paranoid?
So it was the other day, when Severo had done nothing but forget his phone and she thought he was leaving and not coming back.
Finally, they reached the front door.
Severo himself put his suitcase in the boot and Allyce followed him and said: “I’ve booked a flight for the night …”.
“Take the luggage with you, in case you can’t come back tonight?” As Severo said this, intentionally or not, he looked up at the blue sky.
Allyce also looked up at the sky, a cloudless morning, crisp and clear.
Bang!
Severo slammed the boot of the car shut and Allyce was taken by surprise.
Severo pulled her close to Alonzo: “Alonzo, say goodbye to mother”.
Alonzo waved his little hand in a farewell gesture to Allyce, “Bye …”.
Allyce knelt down, hugged Alonzo and kissed him: “Mummy’s leaving, I’ll be home soon, be good at home”.
He gave Severo another hug before turning around and getting into the car.
Alonzo, who had never been a good boy, burst into tears and shouted: “Mummy …”.
Allyce had always thought that children under the age of two didn’t understand anything, but when she saw Alonzo cry like that, she realised that she might be wrong and that children can be very sensitive.
He tried to get out of the car, but Severo had already picked up Alonzo.
He said a few soft words to Alonzo and Alonzo stopped crying.
I couldn’t believe that Severo was still able to cajole the baby.
Although he knew she would be back in the afternoon, there was a feeling of reluctance in his heart.
Severo took Alonzo in his arms and let him lie on his shoulder, out of Allyce’s sight, before taking two steps forward and signalling “go” to the driver.
The car was gone in an instant.
Allyce leaned out of the window and looked back, only to see Severo’s figure with the baby in his arms grow smaller and smaller, finally becoming a small black dot, until it was hidden by the trees, no longer visible, and then he stepped back.
For some reason, he felt a blockage in his heart.
…
It was only when Allyce got out of the car that she realised she had been taken to a private airport.
A group of tall bodyguards in black suits were already waiting, and when they saw Allyce come down, they greeted: “Madam!
Allyce froze for a moment before answering and asked: “Did Severo send you here?
After saying that, he felt he had said something else.
A bodyguard had already gone to the boot to get her luggage, and she stepped aside to call Severo.
Severo seemed to have waited for me to call him and opened his mouth with: “Are you at the airport?
“Yes, I’m here. Why didn’t you tell me I was getting a private jet? It’s not that far to Sky City, and I booked my own flight ….”
She knew in her heart that Severo was doing it for her sake, and though she felt warm inside, she felt a little helpless that he was so busy and had to take care of such small things for her.
Severo said after a moment’s silence: “A private jet is more convenient”.
Allyce suddenly didn’t want to go to Ciudad del Cielo, why not let Severo buy the Alvidrez group, she was about to say something when she heard Severo say: “It’s time to take the plane, leave early and come back early, I have things to do”.
He said and waited for Allyce to hang up the phone.
Allyce got stuck on the unspoken words, so she said, “Then I’ll hang up.”
On the flight to Sky City, Allyce was not in a good mood and felt inexplicably sullen.
It was only when she got off the plane that she realised why she was like that, because she had her period.
That explained his bad mood.
She stayed at the same hotel where she and Severo had stayed earlier and, after a quick clean-up, headed for the Alvidrez Group headquarters.
As it was an impromptu board meeting, everyone came in a hurry and some people did not attend.
They didn’t know that Allyce had become the new president of Alvidrez, but she had been with Adam, so most of them knew her.
Someone asked her aloud, “Miss Delahoz, why are you here? Where is President Alvidrez?”
They all thought that the emergency board meeting had been organised by “Desiderio”, and were upset to discover that Allyce had asked them to come.
Some of them also had business dealings with Desiderio’s father, and over the years they considered themselves to be of high standing. and had some resentment towards Desiderio, but “Desiderio was a very skilled businessman.
“There will be no more President Alvidrez of the Alvidrez Group, from now on the President of the Alvidrez Group will be me, Allyce! Although everyone here knows me, I think that today we have to get to know each other again”.
Allyce finished with a smile and took a seat.
All the directors of the seated people looked at each other with puzzled faces and whispered something.
Allyce slammed the papers in her hand onto the conference table and the room finally fell silent.
Allyce’s smile narrowed and he lifted his chin slightly, his expressionless face looked cold and arrogant: “President Alvidrez has transferred his stake to me, I am now the largest shareholder of Alvidrez, so I am the next CEO of the company and I have the most decision-making power in Alvidrez. I am still young, as I have studied in the company for one year, so I will ask you to continue to collaborate in the future, and I look forward to working with all of you to make Alvidrez Group better and brighter.”
Although he had already made up his mind that he was going to let Severo buy Grupo Alvidrez, he still had to make a show of it.
Severo had enough problems, and even if she wanted Severo to buy Grupo Alvidrez, she wanted him to buy a well-run Grupo Alvidrez.