-Okay, okay, stop arguing, come on, let’s go home!
As she said, Micaela pushed Alba out. Alba turned around and went back, then went out again after picking up her gift and closed the door.
Seeing the gift he bought being carried in Alba’s arms, Ernesto couldn’t help the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
Micaela thought with a smile.
“She likes Ernesto’s gift, did she pretend to be indifferent because she’s afraid I’ll be upset that Carlos gave her gift? What a fool!”
Ernesto came in Alba’s car as they had imagined.
Alba put the crystal ball on the center console. It fit very nicely. Then she went back to the back seat and sat with Micaela.
Micaela asked:
-Mr. Mancebo, why are you the driver today?
Ernesto started the car and said:
-Don’t beat around the bush, call me Ernesto. Carlos asked me to come, he has to keep working tonight.
“That’s what Carlos told me, but how strange it is, since Carlos has many drivers. Besides, Ernesto is the president of Solnaciente isn’t he? How does he have time to come to serve as a driver?”
Micaela paused.
“Could it be that he asked for it himself?”
Micaela was already more certain that Ernesto was interested in Alba.
“He’s coming to pick up Alba with special intent.”
Suddenly, Micaela felt a little worried, she didn’t know if Ernesto had overheard their conversation….
Ernesto left as he took them to Barrio Fanslan.
Alba was looking at the car that came out, she said after a long while:
-That’s my car, don’t you think he’s too used to driving it?
Micaela took her up the stairs.
-Anyway, you’re afraid to drive for the moment, then leave it as he wants it.
She hadn’t cooked for herself many days, Micaela was willing to give it a try.
In the fridge there were fresh ingredients that Sofia renewed regularly. Micaela became more and more accustomed to everything Carlos had prepared for her.
She set to work in the kitchen, and Alba was chased out several times when he came in.
At last, everything was ready. Noticing that it was early, Micaela thought that Carlos had not yet had dinner.
So she grabbed a lunch box and put away Carlos’ ration of food. Alba approached:
-Wow, what a virtuous bride, are you going to send dinner to your darling husband?
Micaela turned as red as a tomato:
-Don’t joke with me, who is his wife?
Alba smiled:
-You’re not his girlfriend? So you’re his wife? His wife?
Micaela didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, she really surrendered to Alba’s words.
When she had the food well prepared for Carlos, Micaela sat down and started to eat dinner with Alba. Wanting to send dinner to Carlos soon, Micaela ate in a hurry.
Soon after, she got up and prepared to leave. She asked Alba:
-Do you want to go with me?
In fact, Alba wanted to go together, but she could not, she refused to see the two of them show their love.
-I’m not going. It’s all because of that damned Ernesto, who stole my car, otherwise I could take you there.
-Don’t worry, it won’t take long with the cab. Well, you can stay at home, I’ll come back together with Carlos later.
Imitating Micaela’s expression, Alba said with a sweet tone:
-I’ll be back with my sweetheart, Alba, go to sleep after you bathe!
Micaela picked up the lunch box. She really wanted to cry, what should she do with such a friend?
-Okay, go on, go on, take care of yourself!
So Micaela changed her shoes and left.
Alba closed the door and sat on the couch when Micaela came out.
“Oh, how boring. It’s barely dark, do I really have to go to bed so early?”
At this moment, the phone rang. Alba picked it up and saw that it was an unknown number. She answered it curiously:
-Hello?
-Masculine, do you know that someone has tampered with your car?
Hearing Ernesto’s voice, Alba was surprised.
-I’m coming to pick you up, wait for me at the place where you just got off. I’ll take you to see your car.
-Okay…
Alba could not understand who intended to harm her.
However, they were all wrong. The assassin’s target was not Alba…
Micaela got into a cab and drove to Carlos’ company.
The car stopped at a traffic light intersection.
Micaela was in the first car. Looking at the numbers flashing at the light, she thought she would see Carlos in a few minutes. Since she hadn’t mentioned him, her arrival would be a surprise for Carlos.
A happy smile appeared on her face.
Next to the cab was a black Toyota.
Through the window, the man in the Toyota looked at Micaela, who sat in the back seat of the cab with fixed eyes. She squeezed the hand she held on the steering wheel, and glanced at the red number on the traffic light. He wished time would slow down a little, just a little more, so he could see more of the woman who always appeared in his dream….
But the green light came on soon, and the car next to it moved slowly.
The man also started the car. He thought that maybe they were going in the same direction, it would be good to move forward together for a while longer….
Just then, a gray car on the right that stopped for the red light sped off, and headed straight for the cab Micaela was in.
The heart of the man in the Toyota leapt almost to his mouth. He quickly realized that, that car was going to crash into the cab!
He turned the steering wheel subconsciously, trying to be faster than that car.
“I must crash it to change its direction, otherwise, she’ll get hurt…”
Micaela had also noticed that car, face suddenly turning pale. She remembered the car accident that had happened to Alba yesterday, would it be her turn today?
“I have to take the food to Carlos, does he know I’m in danger?”
The cab driver peed his pants. Obviously, that crazy car intended to hit him, so he didn’t know what to do, and even stepped on the brake hard.
The man in the Toyota shouted:
-No!
The man hated so much, he hated himself for not having seen that car before….
Suddenly, a black Bentley ran over there like an arrow shot….
***
Carlos was signing the documents in the office. He had to give up his free time tomorrow morning, to take Micaela to….
He felt a sharp pain in his heart.
The hand that held the pen began to tremble. He threw the pen away and hurried to see the location of Micaela’s phone….
“Micaela is two traffic lights away from my company!”
“What’s she doing over there?”
Carlos stood up and put his hand on his chest, barely able to breathe. The phone rang just as he was about to call her, Carlos’s heart ached more when he saw the name pointed out!
It was the one placed near Micaela to secretly protect her!
Her call would represent that something had happened.
Carlos answered immediately.
A shout was heard on the other end of the phone:
-Sir, come quickly! I’m going to stop that car…
Immediately, it was a huge crashing noise and the sound of the tires scraping the ground…