Severo laughed as he signalled the waiter to pour him a drink, and drank with the man who toasted him.
Then, too, he was not seen sitting down.
The rest of the group watched and followed with a toast.
Severo agreed, but did not drink much, just a small amount to show his appreciation.
However, these subordinates were happy.
After all, in all the years they had been with the company, it was the first time they had seen Severo so approachable, not only accepting their toasts, but being friendly and approachable at all times.
They had never seen a Severo like this before and it made their hearts go into an inexplicable nervousness.
There were so many people that, even if Severo only took a small sip from each person, by the end of the round half the bottle of wine had been consumed.
Allyce wanted to stop him in the middle of the meeting, but seeing that he and his subordinates were in a good mood, he swallowed his words.
It didn’t matter, it was true that Severo’s stomach problems hadn’t returned for some time, it was rare that everyone was happy today and besides, Severo himself had it well under control.
By the time the show was over, the only person fully awake was Allyce.
Even Xabat and Dita were half-drunk and spoke in a somewhat disorganised manner.
Allyce looked around and saw a small group of people too drunk to move around the table and a few who had gone to the bathroom, which gave her a headache.
Turning to Severo, who is leaning back in his chair, his head is tilted back, his eyes are slightly sleepy and his normally cold and hard face is slightly flushed.
Allyce reached over and touched his face, which was a little hot.
Feeling the touch on his face, Severo immediately opened his eyes, his gaze a little sharper.
His eyes softened again when he saw that the person in front of him was Allyce.
When Allyce saw that his eyes were open, he said, “Sit here and don’t move, I’ll have someone drive those minions of yours home while you wait here for me.
Because of the alcohol, Severo’s reaction was slightly slow and it took him several seconds to react to Allyce’s words.
He took Allyce’s hand, in a soft voice: “Let Xabat go”.
Allyce turned her head in Xabat’s direction.
Xabat was sitting with a department head and pointed to a plate on the table and said: “Why is there a chicken here? Get the manager to come … there is a chicken here …”.
The head of department said with his tongue hanging out: “No, it’s a cake!!!”.
“Chicken!”
“Cake!”
Both men seemed confident and argued to the point of blushing.
Well, probably because he was already red from drinking.
Allyce: “…”
Silently, he averted his eyes and noticed that Severo also had a slightly dazed look on his face.
“I’m going to call the waiter for help.” Allyce patted Severo’s hand and held out her own, saying she was about to leave.
Severo rubbed his head and said: “Anyway, we don’t have to work tomorrow, just get them a room and let them stay here”.
“Allyce was a little hesitant.
“It’s okay.” Severo said, about to get up.
Allyce returned the pressure with indifference: “You’re staying, I’m going.
The tone is a little strong.
Severo, who was probably also a little drunk, looked at Allyce blankly for a few seconds before meekly sitting back down.
As it was getting late, some of the family members of the company’s subordinates had already come to the hotel to pick them up, while others who had not come to pick them up, Allyce had the hotel staff put them up directly.
It was already early in the morning when all this was organised.
Allyce, who has always had a regular routine, is already sleepy at this hour.
He almost squinted to get back to the cockpit and moved to the chair next to Severo: “Let’s go back as well”.
Who would have thought that Severo, who until then had been semi-content, would go mad with drink?
He glanced at Allyce and leaned back with his arms around him, saying mischievously: “Not back.
“What are you doing if you’re not coming back?” Allyce was already sleepy, and at Severo’s words, her numbness stiffened and she turned her head to look at him.
“I’m not going back anyway.” Severo raised an eyebrow, his eyes still sober.
Allyce asked patiently, “What’s the matter, haven’t you had enough to drink?”
He had not seen Severo spill … like that before and was not offended, even a little surprised.
With some interest, he reached out and rubbed the top of Severo’s head.
Severo grabbed her hand: “Let’s go see the stars”.
“…” It was a cloudy day, and I had just sent someone off without seeing the stars.
“Some other time, not today.
“No.”
“…”
Allyce patiently explains to Severo, but he doesn’t listen and insists on going to see the stars.
Not only that, but he goes to the highest hill in the city to see it.
Allyce couldn’t understand how this man, who was once so nice, was now behaving like a child, making a scene and wanting to go see the stars.
But he didn’t listen to her, and when she said “no”, he took out the keys and drove himself up the hill.
How can you climb the hill in these conditions.
Allyce could only lead him up the hill.
Fearing that he would get sleepy halfway through the journey, he drank two large cups of coffee before getting into the car.
However, when he set off, he felt he had done more than he should have.
Because, all along the way, Severo kept talking and rambling on and on.
Allyce answered him at first, but then he said some nonsense that Allyce couldn’t understand and let him speak.
As if running out of fun, he started reciting poems …
Chinese, English and French …
Whatever language you know, it will come to you anyway.
Allyce was a little teary-eyed.
But he carefully counted what seemed like seven or eight languages, and he hadn’t really known before that Severo was so gifted at languages.
Allyce thought about it and said: “When you return to the Z in the future, you will be responsible for teaching Alonzo to speak foreign languages.
Severo did not know whether he heard him or not, and continued reciting his poem.
So one drove and the other memorised the poem, and it took the two of them two or three hours to reach the top of the mountain.
When they reached the top of the hill, Severo was the first to open the car door and get out.
He looked up at the darkening sky and turned his head towards Allyce, who was getting out of the car immediately behind him: “Where are the stars?
Allyce saw him get out of the car and, fearing he would fall over in his drunken stupor, hurried to help him: “I told you there are no stars today, you had to come”.
Through the headlights, Allyce could make out Severo’s face.
He was silent for a moment and then suddenly smiled: “There must be, we’ll wait here”.
“…” Allyce didn’t know what to say.
He turned around and took two steps back, when suddenly he reached out and wrapped his hands around Allyce’s waist, lifting her in one fluid motion and placing her in a sitting position in the front of the car.
Allyce, who was not prepared for such an embrace, exclaimed: “What are you doing again!”