Allyce accompanied Severo to his room to rest.
The two cuddled in bed, and it wasn’t long before Allyce felt the man holding her, his breathing becoming quiet.
So sound asleep?
He had gone to bed at the same time last night, did he have insomnia?
Why else would he have to go to bed during the day, let alone in the morning?
While Severo slept soundly, Allyce did not sleep at all.
After a while, when she saw no sign of Severo waking up, she gently removed his hands from her waist and got up to get out of bed.
Opening the door, Allyce saw Dita standing in the doorway whispering to a servant.
Allyce called her “Dita”.
“Ma’am.” Dita heard Allyce’s voice and turned her head to look at her.
Allyce nodded slightly and left, gently closing the door behind her in case her conversation had woken Severo.
She closed the door behind her before speaking and asking: “Is something wrong?
Dita gestured for the maid to leave before approaching Allyce and asking with wide eyes, “What’s the matter, boss?
In his perception, Severo would have to be having some kind of health problem for Victorino to come to the door.
And, indeed, that was the case.
“Has your brother told you about Severo catching the ‘K1LU73’ virus before?”. Dita was one of his own, and Allyce had no intention of hiding it from him.
Dita nodded with a serious look: “I know”.
She and Xabat had been in private contact and sometimes exchanged information, so she knew about it too.
“Dr. Griego was worried that the ‘K1LU73’ antidote would have side effects on Severo’s body, so he came running.” Allyce smiled slightly as she spoke.
He turned his head to look at Dita, whose face was still serious, before continuing: “But there is nothing wrong with her health”.
Dita nodded with a relieved expression.
He took a deep breath and said with some emotion: “The boss is a good man, and according to the words of his Z-people, everything will be fine.
It was the first time Allyce had heard the term “good man” used to describe Severo.
Although I could not deny that Severo had good intentions in his heart, he was too reserved and tended to be so cold that it was difficult to see him as a good person.
Except when he first approached her, he seemed kind, harmless and perfect.
But after his identity was revealed, he stopped pretending and his true nature was revealed.
Mean, proud, indifferent …
a myriad of minor flaws.
Dita started talking to him about the old days, all about Severo.
Allyce listened attentively as the two walked aimlessly.
“Without my boss, my brother and I would not be where we are today, I was very small and a nuisance to my brother, the first time he hit and robbed the boss, I was in front watching …”.
Dita let herself be carried away by the memory, showing a retrospective look.
“We were all very young at the time, and there was no other way for my brother to steal, except that he met the boss the first time he stole, and I didn’t expect the boss not to be a man to be trifled with, he was already very tall at the time, and he was a year older than the boss, who was a little shorter than my brother at the time, and I didn’t expect my brother to be beaten by him so badly that he couldn’t even defend himself …”
Dita turned her head towards Allyce: “Teenagers are competitive, by the time my brother had completely forgotten he was there to steal someone’s wallet and was only thinking about beating up the boss.”
Allyce couldn’t resist answering: “And then what?
The teenage Severo … could hardly imagine.
“Afterwards, my brother was beaten by the boss, but he hugged his leg and wouldn’t let go, so the boss softened up and took us back to where he lived ….”
At this point, Dita stopped suddenly, not knowing what had occurred to her, and a warm look came over her face.
Allyce did not interrupt her and waited silently for Dita to continue.
Hearing someone else talk about Severo’s youth, it was as if he was once again taking part in his past.
“Because I had been displaced from my brother, my health was so bad at one point that I was taking medication and eating at the same time, and my boss had learned a few nutritious recipes for me ….”
Dita said and smiled turning her head to look at Allyce as if she feared she might misunderstand her, she hastened to explain, “The boss is really a good person and he is very responsible, don’t worry if you do …”
He realised that what he had said might have caused Allyce’s misunderstanding.
“Why not, I don’t mind, I appreciate you talking to me about it.” Allyce looked away slightly and let out a long sigh of relief.
I was more or less familiar with Severo’s flat life.
Ariela had fallen in love with Jonas when she was young, and had Severo after she and Jonas broke up.
Ariela later met Allyce’s father, Orlin, and they fell in love.
She and Severo had the opportunity to live under the same roof, and she had the opportunity to call him “brother”, but it was all because of what happened at the party more than ten years ago.
Severo had met her when she was very young.
She had met Severo formally when he had deliberately approached her in Kimdis more than two years ago.
When she met him, he was already a man with a successful career, an uncrowned king of finance, a legend, and she could never have imagined that such a man would be related to her.
When she met Severo, he was twenty-seven years old, a mature and wise man, with more success and experience than she could ever hope to achieve, a correct and cautious man, deep and capable of keeping everything in order.
Although she had always said that she had many small defects.
But those little flaws were too good to be true in his eyes.
Listening to Dita talk about Severo’s past, she could even draw in her mind what Severo looked like as a teenager.
It’s like loving someone so much that you want to turn back the clock and get to know them sooner, spend more time with them, grow up with them, live through everything they’ve been through.
If a woman had said what Dita said, Allyce would have been jealous.
But this is Dita.
She and Xabat have been with Severo for years, his right-hand man, they’ve been through thick and thin together, and that’s not something that sticks just like that.
They were closer than family.
There was a long silence between the two men.
Only after a while, Dita said in a serious tone: “You have to be good to your boss, it’s not easy for him either, I can see he cares about you especially.
Dita’s elderly tone of voice made Allyce laugh.
But he nodded solemnly and said: “I will do it”.
A smile appeared on Dita’s face and then she said with some regret: “Why does it look like I’m going to marry my daughter?
At that moment, a sombre voice sounded behind the two of them: “Who is your daughter?