Severo picked up his suit jacket, which was resting on the back of his chair, and stared at Xabat: “Either way, it’s better than falling into the hands of those who, if necessary, would rather destroy it”.
X abat’s expression, after hearing Severo’s words, became grave.
“What do you mean?”
It seemed to him that Severo’s tone was inappropriate.
Severo has always been a sober man.
Then, when she met Severo in the street, she had the feeling that he was no ordinary man.
It turned out that he was right, and in the decade since then, Severo has grown rapidly.
He has seen Severo come this far, and every step he has taken, every decision he has made, has been with security and confidence.
There is never a moment when he fails, he sinks his teeth into what he wants, what he wants to succeed, and does whatever it takes to get it.
However, he had just heard Severo say that he preferred to destroy if necessary.
There is a tinge of insecurity in Severo’s words.
He could hear the agitation and discomfort in Severo’s tone.
How can Severo be upset, how can he not be confident?
The only person who can make Severo’s mood swings change significantly is Mrs. Gomez, who is the only person who can make Severo’s mood swings change significantly.
But nothing has happened to the wife recently …
If he had been a simple subordinate, he would have continued to carry out his orders, but he was a Xabat who had been with Severo for so many years.
They are supervisors and subordinates, as well as family members.
“Boss, what’s going on?”
Severo headed for the door, flatly ignoring her question: “It’s late, it’s going to be a busy time”.
“Boss!” There was a hint of defiance in Xabat’s tone.
Severo’s body did not move and he gave a slight sidelong glance: “You have to do things and you also take care of your health.
With these words, he went straight out.
Xabat froze in place.
It is not often that Severo puts such concern into words.
In the past, if Xabat was injured or fell ill while being sent to work, Severo would simply find the best hospital and doctor to treat him, without saying a word.
Severo’s simple sentence again seems to contain a lot of emotion.
But Xabat knew that if Severo didn’t want to say anything, no matter how much he asked, he wouldn’t get any results.
…
Severo returned to the bedroom, where Allyce was leaning on the bed, her body twisted, already asleep.
She was probably prepared to wait for him and ended up falling asleep herself first.
Severo was about to approach and put her down when it occurred to him that she had just smoked a cigarette in her office.
He reached up and sniffed his fingers, and sure enough, he smelled a whiff of smoke.
He turned around and went into the bathroom and took a quick shower before leaving.
Although she had tried to be as gentle as possible, Allyce woke up.
She looked at him sleepily and woke abruptly, her brain still a little lethargic, she froze for a few seconds before replying and cooing, “You’re back …”.
She said as she clung to his arms.
“Mmm.” Severo let her wrap herself around his body and replied before adding, “Don’t wait for me, I’ll be home late these days.”
Allyce responded with a vague “Oh”.
It is true that there is a lot to do today.
Severo ruffled the hair resting on his forehead and his voice was soft: “Did you hear what I said? Don’t wait for me in the night …”.
“But you’re still angry today …” Allyce was already drifting back to sleep, her voice as thin as a gnat’s, but Severo heard her anyway.
He paused, his eyebrows suddenly softening, a smile curving his lips as he pinched her ear in an extremely compassionate gesture.
Allyce’s ears were sensitive and her body cringed, lifting her eyes slightly to see the smile on his face and saying in a daze, “Tickle, don’t pinch …”.
Severo thought her confused look was cute and couldn’t resist reaching over and giving her another squeeze.
Allyce reached out to stop him and, almost awakened from her lethargy, scolded, “Stop it! I’m sleepy.
He spoke very concisely and sounded sleepy.
The smile on Severo’s face grew rather than diminished, “You let me squeeze hard enough and I won’t get angry”.
“…” Too bad!
Allyce gave him a disgruntled look and rolled onto her back, her voice buzzing out from under the sheets, “Hurry up!
Severo saw her like that and the smile on his face grew even bigger as he slipped a little and deliberately leaned closer to her ear and said, “Am I not welcome then?
His ears immediately turned red.
Severo reached out and squeezed his hand, it was a little warm.
Then came the kiss.
Allyce shuddered, “I thought you said pinch …”
“Now you want to kiss.
“You …”
“No more kissing and you won’t get angry.
“…” Allyce had to take it with humour.
However, ten minutes later.
“I thought you said …”
“I didn’t say it was just a kiss and that’s all”.
“…” Allyce felt she was already beyond endurance, but she couldn’t resist.
…
The next few days have been very busy for Severo.
But the strange thing is that while he, the president, is too busy to drink water all day, Allyce, the secretary, has become increasingly idle.
“What have you been doing?”
When Allyce was curious about what he was doing, Severo would openly show her the documents he was reading, the information he was looking for.
It’s all the things Severo deals with on a daily basis, nothing special.
After just one week, Severo had lost weight at a rate that was visible to the naked eye.
Allyce couldn’t bear to see him so tired and wanted to share her concerns, “Is there anything I can do for you?”
“It’s okay, I can still handle it.” Severo refused her request, as she expected.
Allyce had to go back to work and take her time to do her business.
After work, Severo has to work late at the office and Allyce has nothing to do.
I didn’t know why this was so. The president was so busy, how could the secretary be so relaxed?
Severo was determined not to let her help, so she had to go home to prepare dinner for Severo and take it to him.
He gathered up his things and went to Severo’s table: “I’ll go first”.
Severo didn’t look up: “The driver is waiting for you downstairs”.
It wasn’t until the office door closed that Severo looked in the direction of the door, getting up and unlocking it just to be sure, before going back and opening the locked drawer.
There are already a few empty pill bottles in there.
That was the medicine Victorino had left him before he left.
He thought he could hold out for a long time, but now he is taking more and more and will soon run out. He even doubts it will last until the day he sends Allyce back home …
Last week, he tried to send an email to Victorino, but so far there has been no reply.
However, Victorino has said that you can email him when you run out of medication.
I am afraid he himself did not expect to run out of the medicine he had made so soon.
He also joined the MSF and went to places destabilised by the war, and there were so many uncertainties that it was just a matter of luck whether he got the mail or not.