Carlos reflected on what Sergio had said when he entered the studio.
“They didn’t want to be discovered by Salamonsa’s people, who had come to Anlandana. They chose this place because it was the farthest town from Salamonsa…”
“Maybe someone else from Salamonsa, too, is looking for the little family? In that case, even if one doesn’t break into Salamonsa, someone from Salamonsa will come out for Micaela!”
Carlos had a vague feeling that this was not good news.
Micaela suddenly came running up with a cheerful look on her face and approached with a rare shyness, sitting on his arms and reaching out to wrap her arms around his neck.
Carlos raised an eyebrow and his mood, which had been somewhat depressed and annoyed, vanished instantly.
-Carlos, I’m going to listen to Alba, I’m not going to chase after those things from the past, let it all go, I’m going to be with you in Teladia and I’m never going to leave.
-So listen to her?
Carlos was a little jealous.
“Was Alba that important in your mind? Important enough to make decisions for her?”
Micaela was in a good mood and didn’t notice his jealousy. Besides, Alba was a girl, so what was he going to be jealous of.
She surprised him with a kiss on the lips.
-“There must be a way to make it possible for my uncle to get a lighter sentence, right?” she asked.
“This girl sure knows that if she asks me for something, she has to give the candy first…”
Carlos took her chin and gently dropped his red lips, lowering his voice a little:
-Don’t you want to?
Micaela stepped back a little and said seriously:
-There is always something to be grateful for in return for keeping your secret so hard, and, in the Elvira family, you are the only one who cares about me, and, for that, I know you.
-Oh? -Carlos was a little puzzled.
Micaela explained.
-That time, the time I picked up a rock and smashed up your car on a rainy night, the time Adriana and Marta locked me in my room and tried to turn me in to someone the next day, it was my aunt’s husband who helped me and let me out so I could meet you…..
Carlos put his arms around her.
“Taking a little kindness to heart and making sure to return it, that’s my girl.”
-Carlos, is it really a good idea to turn Marta in to the police? Will she say something meaningless…?
Carlos rubbed Micaela’s head.
-Don’t worry, it’s all prepared, no one will believe what he says.
Micaela was reassured to know this. She couldn’t do nothing and let him get away with it.
-What about the Elvira Group?
After all, it was founded by her father?
-You worry enough, it’s still Grupo Elvira’s for now, I’ll ignore it, how about when the company goes bankrupt, I put it under Aguayo’s banner?
Micaela looked into Carlos’ deep eyes and was filled with emotion.
Carlos made the call in her presence and explained both things as Micaela wanted, and only then did Micaela smile with satisfaction to leave his embrace.
Carlos hugged her tightly and did not let go, his eyes deep in thought.
Micaela blushes.
-Alba is still waiting for me outside?
Carlos reached out, grabbing the back of her neck and squeezing it against his own, his deep meaning low and dull.
-Good girl, one more kiss….
Micaela came out of the studio with a small, flushed face and slightly swollen lips, and Alba appeared with a look of contempt.
-Micaela, can you behave yourselves? Single people want to fall in love all the time, but they don’t have anyone to fall in love with!
Micaela sat down next to her with a pleading face.
-You’re not single, don’t you have Ernesto…?
At that, she blushed even more, lowered her voice and asked Alba in her ear.
-Alba, to what extent is the relationship between you and Ernesto?
Alba, who had a great personality, was a little shy when it came to talking about herself.
-Probably, more or less, except for the last step, and he walked away in time every time…..
Micaela blushed even more.
-So, you don’t have any ideas?
Alba gritted her teeth and looked at Micaela:
-Micaela, how badly do you want him to eat me?
Micaela took a pillow and hugged her in her arms, while whispering.
Micaela: -No, I just think love is in the air when ….
Alba paused and shifted her position until she was close to Micaela, her tone slightly dejected.
-Micaela, I don’t want to forget Ernesto, that’s why I have to control my emotions for him, I’m afraid of going as far as you and Mr. Aguayo did and what if I forget him? So I’m sensible and I definitely don’t fall for it, he probably doesn’t see that I’m not emotionally invested in him enough to make a move on me.
It was a completely different emotion to Carlos, and Alba felt alien and, more than that, scared.
Ernesto’s chivalry also moves Alba, but the more intense her feelings for him, the more uncomfortable she becomes and the more bitterly she represses them.
Micaela froze a little, and then, half-heartedly, he put his arms around her.
-All this said, true love is not forgotten and you have to be brave enough to face it, just as Carlos and I were encouraged to do in the beginning.
Alba nodded, she had recently had the not-so-ridiculous thought that maybe her feelings for Carlos, that emotion, was not love and so she would never forget?
At that moment, she was full of thoughts that she loved Carlos and would never forget him, so her true love must be Carlos, but she never thought she would be afraid to forget Carlos, but now with Ernesto, it was different, she would be afraid, she vaguely felt that if she admitted that she loved Ernesto, something, would definitely change, so she could not admit it….
Putting aside the thought that overwhelmed her a little, she quickly adjusted her mood and looked at Micaela again with a smile on her face.
-I know, Micaela don’t worry about me, I’m in control, let’s get to work, we’re leaving tomorrow, do you have your things ready?
-The tents, sleeping bags and all those things will be prepared by the program team, we will just prepare some personal stuff, right?
Alba nodded her head.
Micaela got up and went to the hall closet, on top of which there were two big bags.
-Carlos had this sent over, he said it was for tomorrow’s trip, I haven’t looked at it yet.
Alba followed his lead and walked over to see what it was all about…..
Sunscreen, insect bite protection, skin care products, ointments, women’s sneakers….
It looked like everything was for Micaela.
-Tsk tsk tsk, you say how meticulous Mr. Aguayo is, I bet in your mind the private thing to do is to prepare two outfits.
Micaela blushed, indeed, she thought so.