Ernesto was fascinated by the girl’s red face – how charming this little woman when she showed not her teeth and claws, but her shyness!
He straightened up, helped Alba up, took her by the hand, and walked to Alba’s car.
-I understand. I strive for this,” the man told her without hiding his joy.
Alba looked at the large hand that was holding her. For him not to discover her secret that she liked Carlos, she was paying a bit of a high price, wasn’t she?
-Hey, didn’t I promise you!
***
In a car not far away, two men were excitedly fiddling with their cell phones:
-Look how high the pixels on my cell phone are! How clear the pictures I take are!
-We’ll make a good amount of income selling this photo to the magazine, won’t we?
-How stupid you are! First let’s contact Mr. Mancebo, who is wealthy. The silent money Ernesto pays us would be higher than what the magazine pays!
***
At this moment, Diego was driving towards Nyisrenda.
Carlos saw that Micaela’s eyes were still a little red, and went for Alba, so he said with brazen zeal:
-Micaela, If Alba and I were to fall into the sea at the same time, who would you save first?
Diego, who was driving in front, burst out laughing:
-I’m sorry. I’m sorry. You just treat me like air…
Micaela was stunned. She looked into Carlos’ deep eyes and answered without thinking:
-Alba doesn’t know how to swim…..
Diego could not contain himself and laughed again.
Carlos’ face turned as black as the bottom of the pot:
-Diego, this month’s bonus of yours has been cancelled.
Diego nodded. It was worth seeing such a funny picture of Mr. Aguayo and Miss Noboa paying a month’s bonus.
-I can’t swim either,” Carlos looked at Micaela and said.
Diego wanted to reveal the gentleman’s lie. He swam from childhood to adulthood, and he could rival professional swimmers!
Micaela got into hesitation and said quietly:
-But you’re a man, it’s okay if I save you later. Alba is a girl. If she suffers a psychological shadow after drowning, what can we do? I promise I will save you as soon as Alba is saved….
Carlos narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth. The truth was that Micaela loved Alba more than he did?
-Miss Noboa and Miss Gilabert have such a good relationship…” Diego mediated a dispute immediately.
-Do you know how to swim? -Carlos asked suddenly.
-No,” Micaela raised her head and answered.
-If not, why do you dare go into the water to save Alba? Do you even want to rescue me later? -Carlos frowned. Si felt angry, and said in a harsher tone.
Diego’s stomach ached from holding back laughter. Sir, why did you start being serious? This was just a hypothetical question.
Micaela looked at the front seat, and couldn’t say what she wanted to say, so she changed the subject immediately:
-Joel dumped Claudia in public today. did you say anything to Joel?
Carlos raised his eyebrows, was that man so understanding?
He didn’t hide it, he reached out and picked up a lock of her long hair and wrapped it between his fingers.
-I only told him that his girlfriend had to pay her due price, after humiliating my heart -Carlos said with a smile.
Claudia said the words attacking her sweetheart. How could he forgive her so easily!
The best way to alleviate the injustice Micaela suffered, of course, was to let Claudia personally experience the feeling of being dumped by her boyfriend. But she did not tell Joel in detail. She didn’t expect him to understand what Carlos wanted completely.
Micaela blushed, but she was also relieved. She was relaxed to know that it wasn’t Carlos who instigated Joel to break up with Claudia in front of the public. It wasn’t because Carlos asked him to do that. So Joel was really immoral, leaving his girlfriend like that in public. One of the reasons would be that he had had enough of Claudia, but more importantly Joel wanted to please Carlos, right?
Before pursuing Claudia just now, Joel deliberately looked at her, perhaps because he had scruples about Carlos?
When Nyisrenda arrived, Diego parked the car. The two got out of the car one after the other and entered the house together.
-Sir, Miss, would you like to have dinner? -Sofia greeted them.
-Would you like something else to drink? -Carlos looked at Micaela.
-And you? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat? -Micaela shook her head and asked the man.
-No need.
Micaela took Carlos’ hand and went upstairs.
Carlos raised his eyebrows, saw her slender hands take his, and followed her upstairs. Micaela opened the door to Carlos’ room directly.
-What’s wrong, sweetheart?
Micaela closed the door and rushed at him with such force that Carlos took a step back before he could stand his ground.
Micaela simply hugged Carlos tightly, pressed her face into his chest, smelled the refreshing breath that was unique to him, blushed slightly and murmured like a gnat in his arms:
-Why didn’t you hug me just now?
Just now, when they were in the car.
She remembered the last time, and the time before the last time, and further back. Every time they were apart for a few days without meeting, Carlos always held her in his arms when he saw her, and kissed her until she felt dizzy….
Carlos held Micaela tightly in his arms and whispered in Micaela’s ear with a smile:
-Tontita. Are you tempting me?
Carlos simply did not want to behave like a satyr. Every time he saw her, he kissed her passionately without ceasing. And this time he had another reason. Hearing that Alba was more important than him in Micaela’s heart, Carlos was dissatisfied, so he waited for Micaela to pounce on him.
It seemed that habit was a good thing!
Knowing what she thought, Carlos lifted her chin at once, kissed her, incorporating in this his longing not to see her for a few days….
They kissed for a long time before Carlos released her. Micaela became shy, so she pulled into the man’s arms tightly and said softly:
-Carlos…
-What?
-If neither you nor Alba could swim and fell into the sea, I would save Alba first and then you. If I couldn’t rescue you, I would go down into the sea with you….
Carlos felt his heart was struck hard. Her affection moved him so much that he could only squeeze her tighter.
-Tontita, this will never happen….
-Carlos, I only let you know that I don’t want to be separated from you, until death….
Carlos caressed her buttock with one hand and whispered in her ear:
-My silly Micaela, you touched me so much…..
Micaela hugged Carlos. She felt extremely calm inside, and asked him:
-Haven’t you slept for two days?
She had already noticed that his eyes were bloodshot. When she couldn’t reach him, he should feel anxious, right?
He should have been busy during the stay in Salamentro?
-Yes. I want to get back as soon as possible, because my sweetheart is waiting for me.
-So, has everything been solved there? Is it going to ruin? Is Tomas going to marry the mayor’s daughter?
Carlos squeezed the person tightly in his arms and said briefly:
-Everything is settled. Someone plotted me on purpose, but did not succeed.
Speaking of this, Carlos narrowed his eyes. If he was such an influential person indeed, he could not underestimate him!
Up to this point Micaela felt relaxed and no longer had anything to worry about. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the wonderful moment of just the two of them holding each other.
But soon, Carlos didn’t just want a simple hug anymore, and his thin lips approached the little woman’s ear, and he said the words like seductive notes:
-Micaela…