“Will Micaela think I’ve colluded with Bianca to set her up?”
Thinking about this, Katarina anxiously explained:
-Micaela, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know anything about all this…..
Now Micaela was a public figure. If journalists spread any negative news against Micaela, the consequences would be very fatal.
Katarina regretted very much that she had helped Bianca to make an appointment with Micaela, and looked at Bianca scornfully with eyes full of disgust.
-Bianca, I have always considered you a friend. I agreed to help you ask Micaela out so you wouldn’t be so obsessed with Mr. Aguayo. I didn’t expect you to use me!
Micaela pulled Katarina’s hand and shook her head telling her to calm down and not talk anymore.
Bianca admitted to deliberately choosing this fine dining restaurant because last time, Adriana had told her that Micaela was an orphan, so she supposed she must have never been in such a fancy place and she wanted to make Micaela feel inferior.
He wanted to show Micaela that the Aguayo family and the Davalos were not ordinary families with whom she could have contacts.
His intention was to humble her outside and make her leave Carlos of her own free will.
However, she was wrong. She did not expect Micaela to come in the company of Carlos, who had organized a caravan of automobiles for her. Those fancy cars and the Chanel couture Micaela was wearing certainly belied that whatever Bianca had planned was a ridiculous joke.
How could she belittle the woman Carlos liked?
Carlos was telling Bianca by his actions that what Micaela didn’t have, he had, and what belonged to him was all Micaela’s!
Bianca was a little helpless and looked to Tomas for help.
The latter looked at her and said in a low voice:
-Bianca, you have changed so much that I almost don’t know.
Bianca lowered her head, frustrated, not knowing what to say for a moment.
In fact, she wanted to set a trap for Micaela. For this, she had arranged for a man in advance to take some pictures with her during dinner, while reporters would take the opportunity to find an angle to take something scandalous and then spread it on social media.
This was the plan she had worked out after long thinking, but she didn’t expect her stunt to be exposed before she could perform it.
“Do I really have no chance to be with Carlos? But I’m the one who met Carlos first, and I’m also the one who’s in love with him first…”
Carlos looked at Bianca, with cold and distant eyes, and said:
-I know clearly whether the woman I like is suitable for me or not, you don’t need to worry about it.
Bianca stood stunned in the same place with a pale face as she heard the man’s words.
-Since “the drama” has started, let’s follow it to the end. Let’s order plates, shall we? -said Carlos coldly.
This was the most unbearable meal Bianca had ever eaten.
Katarina, for being tricked by Bianca, did not say a word to him during dinner despite being seated next to him, but talked happily with Micaela.
In turn, Carlos was very considerate of Micaela in every detail. It turned out that, as Tomas had said, the two of them got along very affectionately as an ideal couple.
Bianca felt as if she was a superfluous person in this place.
“Yes, I am so bad that I just want to hurt others, surely no one likes me…”
She was the noble lady of the Davalos family, secretly in love with Carlos for more than ten years, but she completely lost to a woman who suddenly appeared. She really did not want to admit her failure in love.
“Besides, for the sake of supposed love, you even set such an undignified trap for Micaela, Bianca you are a total loser!”
Bianca lowered her head and her tears slid down her cheeks and fell onto the steak on her plate. She held back a lot so as not to make any noises and not to draw attention to herself.
Tomas suddenly took away the steak she had in front of her, and placed his own that was already well cut in front of her.
Bianca, with tears welling up in her eyes, saw that Tomas had taken the knife and began to cut her portion and said to her in a tender voice.
-Eat quickly. If you don’t, it will get cold very soon.
Bianca had thought that Tomas didn’t want to listen to her anymore, because the look he gave her a moment ago was full of disappointment, which made her feel bad.
Micaela pushed a plate of salad that was on the table towards her and said smiling:
-Miss Davalos, try this salad – it tastes quite good!
Actually, Micaela had been secretly watching Bianca and had been trying to find an opportune occasion to strike up a conversation with her.
Tomas liked Bianca, so Micaela didn’t want to get along badly with her. Besides, without knowing why, he always had quite a good impression of her. Even though she had set him up to hurt her, Micaela was not willing to blame her or settle a score with her.
In turn, Bianca was quite surprised to see Micaela was so kind to her.
“She doesn’t hold a grudge against me?”
Unconsciously, she picked up her fork, inserted a piece of tomato into the salad, and realized that it was really nice in taste.
Seeing that Bianca did not refuse her kindness, Micaela asked again:
-Miss Davalos, we have signed a spokesperson contract, but I haven’t read it carefully. When will the job start? Besides, I don’t know this area very well, do I want to know what exactly I have to do?
Katarina was extremely surprised by Micaela’s attitude to Bianca.
“It seems that Micaela doesn’t care at all about what Bianca has done to her!”
Katarina immediately asked with confusion:
-Micaela, how come you don’t seem to care about what Bianca has done to you at all? How generous you are!
Micaela couldn’t help but smile and said jokingly:
-My principle is: if people don’t offend me, I won’t mess with them. If she offends me, I’ll try to be polite, but if she provokes me again, I’ll nip her in the bud!
Carlos gave her a loving look and poured her soup, thinking inwardly:
“Heh, heh, honey, do you really have the nerve to eliminate people who offend you? You better have that ruthlessness.”
Bianca also thought inwardly:
“So now she’s trying to be polite to me?”
-Sister-in-law, where did you get these threatening words from? -Tomas laughed because such a cruel tone was really not Micaela’s style.
Micaela also laughed and answered bluntly:
-Ha, ha, ha, ha, she saw them casually on social networks and I think these words describe my way of being very well.
Then she looked at Bianca and said smiling:
-Miss Davalos, you still haven’t answered my question.
Bianca looked into her clear and pure eyes, her pulse quickening a little, and subconsciously answered the question that Micaela had asked her:
-According to the contract, starting next month, the first thing you have to do is to shoot the advertising posters, and then the commercial?
Katarina looked admiringly at the two “love rivals” who gradually began to chat amiably and suddenly realized that it would be quite good if the two could become friends.
Anyone could sense how affectionate Carlos was with Micaela. Obviously, it would be impossible for Carlos to be with Bianca. Since the outcome was already destined, why would he struggle vainly?
“Instead of being driven by out-of-control zeal, wouldn’t it be better for Bianca to get along and become friends with Micaela?”
Katarina watched Tomas attentively caring for Bianca, serving dishes and soup, and even wiping sauce on the corners of her mouth, which was clearly quite an intimate act, indicating that Tomas and Bianca must have a very close relationship.
“That’s why Bianca can be with Tomas. This is the best solution for everyone, isn’t it?”
Thinking about this, Katarina became much more relieved, raised her glass and said in a light tone:
-Come on, let’s make a toast, and wish Micaela and Bianca a pleasant collaboration!