Allyce chatted with Gabrio for a few moments before leading him and Delfina into the living room.
When they entered, Lucila and Neto were talking around Alonzo, smiles on their faces.
“Alonzo, look who’s here”.
Allyce stepped forward and reached over and took Alonzo in her arms.
Alonzo spoke earlier of missing Delfina, and when he saw her, he froze for a moment as if he didn’t recognise her.
Once he recognised Delfina, a smile appeared on his face and he stretched out his hands towards Delfina, his mouth saying “Tia” in a loud voice.
Allyce knew in her heart that Delfina was a very important person to Alonzo, but as a mother she was still a little jealous.
After all, Alonzo was the boy Delfina had watched grow up, and although he had mostly been cared for by the maids, they had spent almost two years together, and she loved Alonzo from the bottom of her heart.
She took a good look at Alonzo before pulling him close to her: “Alonzo has put on a lot of weight.
When she saw Alonzo for the first time, she realised how much he had grown, and it was only when she held him in her arms that she could really feel how much he had put on.
Allyce added: “And he missed you before”.
After a few moments of chatting, Xabat arrived.
As soon as he entered, he spoke respectfully: “Madam, the boss wants you to go to the ballroom for a moment.
Allyce smiled and nodded: “Yes, I’ll go now.
With that, she reached out her hand to Alonzo, “Honey, let’s go get daddy now.”
Alonzo stirred at her words, but quickly returned to Delfina’s arms with a reluctant look on his face.
Delfina was also familiar to him in comparison to Allyce and it was only natural that he depended on her in his bones.
Allyce froze, she had been looking after Alonzo for months, but she hadn’t thought that in Alonzo’s mind, he still preferred Delfina a little more.
Delfina saw this and froze for a moment before saying half-jokingly, half-seriously: “Alonzo seems to like me better.
Allyce smiled when she heard that and just gave an exaggerated smile and said nothing.
Alonzo bowed his head and wiggled his little fingers, saying nothing either, a silent expression of his reluctance.
“You go out first. I’ll take Alonzo for you later.” Lucila, who had been standing beside her, suddenly stepped forward and said.
Allyce looked at Lucila hesitantly, Alonzo had said “aunt” more than once in front of her, which meant he really wanted Delfina, he wanted to stay with Delfina now and Allyce didn’t want to force him.
“Go ahead, Boss Betances has asked Xabat to come over to you, he must have something for you, I’ll take him for you when Alonzo has had enough of playing with Miss Natividad.” Lucila spoke as she pushed Allyce towards the outside.
Allyce didn’t quite trust Delfina, but she was relieved that Lucila was here, nodded to Lucila and left.
As soon as Allyce left in front of her, the atmosphere in the room changed.
Lucila knew Delfina, and with her relationship with Allyce, Allyce would have told her all these things.
In Allyce’s words, Delfina seemed to Lucila to be a very strong and kind girl.
But Delfina gave him the impression that it didn’t seem so.
“I hear it’s hard to take care of small children, Miss Natividad, it must be hard for you to have taken care of Alonzo for almost two years. Lucila said with a smile as she looked at her.
Delfina’s face changed abruptly when she heard those words.
Everyone in the room, except Gabrio, understood what those words meant.
Lucila was very smart and had just noticed the unconscious look of love in Delfina’s eyes when she looked at Gabrio, which is why she had deliberately said that.
In fact, Gabrio looked at Delfina in surprise at her words.
Delfina didn’t even dare to look back at Gabrio for fear that he would ask, but she didn’t know how to explain to him that her brother was in the mafia and that he had taken Allyce’s foetus.
She knew that for Gabrio Allyce was special.
Delfina forced a smile and said with some panic: “Miss Floria, please hold Alonzo for a moment, I want to go to the bathroom.
With those words, Delfina pushed Alonzo into Lucila’s arms and turned to leave, with unusually hurried steps.
Lucila looked at the dazed Alonzo in her arms and said with a sigh, “You won’t let your mother hold you, she’s crying”.
“Lucila, what’s wrong?” Gabrio asked aloud with a puzzled look on his face.
Lucila looked at Gabrio with indifference, “Doctor Gabrio, you’d better take care of Miss Natividad first, isn’t she sick at heart? Don’t let anything happen to her.
Gabrio frowned slightly, but went after Delfina anyway.
Only when the two left, one after the other, Lucila couldn’t help a grunt.
Not only do Severo and Allyce love Alonzo, but even she and Neto love Alonzo. Right now Allyce had tried to hug Alonzo, but Alonzo had shrunk back and Allyce looked like she was about to cry.
Delfina said something like that. She’s not a girl who doesn’t know any better, but she said something like that to get Allyce’s heart out.
…
When Allyce and Xabat arrived at the banquet hall, Severo was talking to a man who was the head of an agency that Allyce had seen on the news.
As if sensing something, Severo was having a good conversation with the man when he turned his head in Allyce’s direction.
When he saw Allyce, he did not immediately call out to her, but turned to the man and said something to him, who nodded and surrounded himself with other people.
Severo approached her and looked behind her before asking, “Where is Alonzo?
“Still in the lounge, Lucila will bring it out later.” Allyce explained.
Severo nodded and, without another word, took her aside and said with a serious expression: “My grandfather is coming soon.
“Has he already got off the plane, and has he sent someone to pick him up? As Severo had mentioned Tajo earlier when answering the reporter’s questions, she was not particularly surprised now.
Severo added, “Well, he’ll be here soon, so when he arrives later, take Alonzo and go with him to his room to rest first, I’ll just be here.”
“Why?” Allyce spoke in surprise.
Alonzo was today’s birthday boy, what was that about Severo letting her take Alonzo first?