“What are you looking at, madam?”
Dita, sitting opposite Allyce, saw that Allyce was still looking in one direction and turned her head in the same direction, only she saw nothing special.
Izar and his group had moved away and it was natural that Dita did not see them.
Allyce looked away and pursed her lips, “Nothing”.
At that moment Allyce’s mobile phone rang.
That was Severo on the phone.
“Did you eat?” Everything was quiet on Severo’s part, not a sound anymore, he must have been in a very empty place.
“I’m inside the restaurant with Dita, about to order dinner”. Allyce paused and asked, “What about you?
“No.”
When he finished, he immediately added: “There is still some unfinished business, so I’ll finish it before dinner.
“When are you going back to the office?”
All Severo said was: “I’ll pick you up at the end of the day”.
For some reason, Allyce always thought Severo’s voice sounded a bit muffled, as if it carried a strong dose of loss, and as if he was repressing some emotion.
Allyce couldn’t help but frown and was about to ask a question when she heard Severo say: “You eat first.
Then he hung up the phone.
Allyce looked at the hung up phone and, for a moment, didn’t react.
Perhaps because she had just heard Severo’s voice and felt that something was wrong, now that Severo had hung up on her, she also felt a little strange.
“What did the boss say?” Dita had been listening to her and naturally knew it was Severo who had called, and seeing the different look on Allyce’s face, she couldn’t help but ask more.
“They’re not done yet.” Allyce explained with a heavy heart, and edited a text message on her phone to Severo to remind him to eat lunch.
He has a bad stomach and can’t go hungry for long.
Have you been working too much lately?
…
At the end of the evening, Severo came to pick Allyce up from work as promised.
As soon as he got into the car, Allyce asked him: “What time did you eat?
Severo seemed not to have expected her to ask this question and froze slightly before saying, “Half past twelve”.
Allyce looked at him suspiciously, why Severo’s words seemed incredible to her.
He is not so obedient.
Without waiting for anything to be said, Severo added: “I would like to eat fish and spring onions in the evening.
“Yes, and make you some soup to keep you going, you’ve been so busy lately. Allyce was used to cooking for Severo.
When I work in the office and don’t have time to eat, I go home and eat in the evening.
It was a rare occasion when I asked for what I wanted to eat and Allyce was happy.
The two went straight to the market to buy food.
It was an impromptu suggestion from Severo, who hadn’t gone shopping together since they arrived in J.
Allyce also wonders how Severo has so much free time.
It was when we got home and cooked dinner that Allyce asked him: “Why are you so free today, have you done everything you had to do?
Severo is cutting vegetables and says he is cooking, but in reality it is Severo who is in charge.
At Allyce’s words, he gave her a slight sidelong glance: “The presidential election is next week, and I’m almost done with my work, so I have a few days off to spend with you.
Allyce’s eyes lit up when she heard the words, “Really?
“When have I ever lied to you?” Severo smiled, stretching his eyebrows pleasantly.
Allyce looked stunned for a moment before looking away and stirring the soup in the pot with a spoon. “You’ve got the day off, stay home and rest.
I could see how busy he had been lately, and when he had some free time, I didn’t want his company.
He just wants him to be safe and sound and healthy.
Severo was still looking at her sideways, with a soft gleam in his deep eyes, as if he had guessed what was going through her mind from her expression, her voice softer: “She’s not tired.
Then the tone became a little discouraging again: “You don’t get tired of being around here anyway”.
Allyce turned her head, “What?”
His voice was a little low and she didn’t hear what he said very well, but she could make a guess.
“Well, come out, it’s almost time to eat. However, Severo stopped continuing the conversation with her and reached out to squeeze her shoulders, pushing her out.
…
Severo said he had a few days off and did not go to the office the next day.
Allyce, as the president’s wife and secretary to the LK president, naturally did not need to go to the office when the president was on leave.
First thing in the morning, Severo found a geography magazine out of nowhere and put it in front of Allyce: “You read it, we’ll go wherever we want”.
Allyce looked at the geography magazine, looked back at him, shook her head and said, “No, it’s too much work to go there, you have to book a trip, you have to move, you don’t have a few days in total, stay home and rest”.
When Severo heard her say that, he did not insist on persuading her again.
He took a seat right next to Allyce, grabbing the geography magazine with one hand and pulling her into his arms with the other, his warm breath hitting Allyce behind the ear. “Read it together.”
Allyce couldn’t resist him, so she saw him with him.
He had no intention of going out, so he didn’t take it seriously.
Severo, on the other hand, looked at it as if it were a normal working document: “Famous places or natural landscapes, these are good”.
She was snuggled in his arms and I could feel the vibrations of his chest as he spoke.
She leaned her head and rested it on the corner of his shoulder, her whole body pressed into his arms, the two of them intimate.
Allyce loved the intimacy.
“I’m telling the truth, there’s no need to hang out, it’s okay to stay together.”
“Hmm.”
He said yes, but ended up taking Allyce on a trip.
A five-day trip to a small island with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate.
The two were to stay there for five days and four nights.
On the morning of her departure, Severo told her that he had to leave and asked her to come with him.
Allyce didn’t think much of it, so she followed him out.
Instead, they ended up being taken to the airport by Severo.
Allyce got on the plane and asked blankly: “We have nothing with us, are we leaving?
Severo’s face, in a rare moment of mischievous success tinged with a hint of amusement, said: “It’s all set”.
Severo raised an eyebrow at Allyce’s lack of reaction and pulled her closer to him, “Don’t you want to reward me? No one will be able to find us easily this time, by the time they notice us we will have reached our destination, and if anyone tries to find us it will take at least two or three days, by which time we will have had our fun and be ready for the return trip.