Micaela instantly drew a gentle smile to Bianca and nodded her head slightly in greeting.
Bianca was wearing a white dress, which at first glance one could tell was of a famous brand and greatly emphasized the elegant and chic temperament of its owner.
Attracted by Micaela’s sweet smile, Bianca was a bit impressed.
“Her smile is really charming…”
However, the next second, Bianca forced herself to get this thought out of her mind.
“Carlos is mine and he can only be mine! If it wasn’t this woman’s fault, Carlos would definitely be with me. It’s this bitch who has ruined my life.”
The glass table was round. At first, Katarina and Bianca had sat opposite each other. Seeing that Micaela appeared with Carlos, Katarina sat down on the same side as Bianca to yield the space to the couple.
Carlos looked at Bianca with some indifference and said:
-I hope my unexpected appearance does not disturb you.
Bianca did not speak with an unhappy expression. She hadn’t really expected Carlos to accompany this Micaela to such a flashy place because in her impression he had always kept a rather low profile and had never appeared on such an occasion.
Her heart began to ache sharply from the moment Carlos opened the door considerably for Micaela and led her inside, holding her hand affectionately.
Katarina was quick to break the ice as she saw Bianca remain mute without uttering a single word:
-No way! Come, sit down, please.
Micaela tried several times to withdraw her hand, but Carlos did not let go of it at all. She already perceived Bianca’s jealous gaze fixed on his tightly clasped hands and became a little embarrassed.
“Carlos, can’t you keep your profile a little lower!”
Katarina also gave Micaela a confused look, as if asking, “What’s going on now?”
She gave him a look back as if replying, “I didn’t want you to come with me, but you didn’t listen to me!”
Carlos glanced sideways at the two of them who were in eye contact, flashed a very slight smile and finally let go of Micaela’s hand. He motioned for her to take the seat by the window and then sat down next to her.
Micaela was sitting to the left of Katarina, next to whom Bianca was sitting and there was still an empty seat between the latter and Carlos.
As soon as he saw everyone take their respective seats, the waiter, dressed in uniform, came forward with menus and handed them out to each of them.
Carlos took the menu from the waiter’s hand, but did not open it, but said lightly:
-Please wait a minute and there is still another person coming.
Micaela was stunned to hear him.
“Who else is coming!”
Just as she was wondering, the glass door was seen to open again and a handsome man dressed in a white shirt and black pants approached them in long strides.
The handsome face of the man coming in was quite similar to Carlos’, but one could tell that the man’s temperament seemed a bit more approachable and friendly.
The man looked at Bianca and noticed that she was looking at Carlos, who was sitting across from her with a sad face.
“Silly girl, why are you so obsessed with Carlos?”
Tomas walked over and stood in front of the table.
As soon as she saw Tomas appear, Micaela instantly understood why Carlos insisted on accompanying her on the date. She was aware that Tomas liked Bianca.
“Did Carlos arrange all this on purpose? In the car, he was concentrating on his cell phone – was he texting Tomas? But Tomas has returned to Salamentro How can he get here in such a short time?”
Thinking that Carlos had been by her side all the time since the night before, Micaela guessed that Tomas should have arrived in Teladia in the morning or even last night.
– “Sister-in-law, long time no see! -Tomas spoke to her first, smiling.
Faced with Tomas’ warm and unexpected greeting, Micaela blushed not knowing how to react for a moment and could only sketch a stiff smile. Sensing that Bianca’s expression became even more disappointed and sad, she unconsciously grabbed Carlos, who was next to her, by the hand.
Reacting, she pulled back hastily, but Carlos held her firmly without any intention of letting go.
Tomas took the seat in the only remaining chair and greeted Katarina politely:
-Hello, Miss Carballo.
Then he looked at Bianca with the most tender eyes and said softly:
-Bianca, how are you?
Thinking about the words she had said to Tomas, Bianca looked at Tomas with guilty feelings, but he turned his head to his older brother and joked pretending to be annoyed:
-Carlos, it seems that Micaela doesn’t like it when I call her by “sister-in-law”. Every time I greet her, not once does she answer me.
Then Carlos looked at his love and whispered softly in her ear as if she were a capricious child:
-You can’t be so rude, eh?
Micaela blushed instantly.
“What a tone is that, do you still think of me as a three year old!”
She glared her complaint at him: “Carlos, what the hell are you doing?”
In turn, Carlos ignored her and turned to his younger brother:
-Well, call her again!
Sister-in-law!
In front of the two childish brothers, Micaela was even more embarrassed, not knowing how to react.
-Hey, are you forgetting what I said? -Carlos looked at Micaela with mime.
Suddenly, it occurred to Micaela what Carlos had just said in the car, “You’ll know I’m much more “annoying” than you thought…”
Micaela forced herself to calm down a little and looked at Tomas, but just as she was about to speak, Bianca, who was sitting opposite, suddenly said in a low voice:
-That’s enough!
Bianca looked up and looked with endless sadness at Carlos.
-Carlos, do you have to hurt me this way? Is it wrong for me to like you?
Katarina pulled Bianca’s hand, but Bianca ignored her and continued:
-I just want to see what the woman you like looks like. Maybe she’s not right for you…..
Carlos looked sideways at Micaela and saw that she seemed to be a little uneasy.
Then he addressed Bianca with a rather distant tone:
-I don’t care what you do, but I won’t let you hurt my sweetheart. You think I don’t know why you’ve chosen such a flashy place? Those reporters must have taken a lot of pictures, right?
Micaela was quite surprised and looked around and sure enough, she saw several people watching them not far away on the sly. When they met her gaze, they hurriedly looked away.
Katarina also stood dumbfounded in the same place.
“Reporters? Has Bianca let paparazzi wait here in advance?”
Katarina thought it was just a normal dinner with no expectation that Bianca had pulled this dirty trick.
Bianca’s heart skipped a beat.
-How do you know?!
Carlos answered her very calmly:
-Because the place you have chosen gives you away!
Katarina and Micaela followed Carlos’ gaze and looked at the glass wall next to them. It turned out that on the transparent wall, the nearby landscape was reflected there. And they could see that at some tables in the distance, several fashionably dressed men and women were fiddling with their miniature cameras.
There was some distance between the tables, so those paparazzi weren’t listening to what was being talked about over here, and they were still taking pictures as planned.
Bianca frowned, frustrated. She hadn’t really expected the reflection in the glass to betray her, and she hadn’t expected Carlos to be so careful and cautious either.