A few quiet days passed.
Micaela looked at the day’s work schedule and wondered why Alba hadn’t arrived yet.
That night she had fallen asleep talking to Carlos, and then she had realized that what was to come would always come, and as Carlos had said, she just had to stay by his side without worrying. Adriana’s family had kept the secret for so many years, so she couldn’t know anything by asking Adriana.
The person behind the conspiracy, seeing the current situation, would be worried that Adriana would speak the secret and would show up.
She just had to wait in silence.
-Micaela, why isn’t Alba here yet? We have to go to the studio.
Eric asked as he walked in with a folder.
Micaela hurried to grab her phone to make a call to Alba when Alba came in.
-Alba, you’re finally here, why are you so late today?
Alba showed annoyance.
-Micaela, I suspect Ernesto doesn’t love me anymore!
Micaela and Eirc looked at Alba in surprise.
After a while, Eric said:
-It’s impossible, Alba, don’t talk nonsense. Mr. Ernesto feels the same way about you as Mr. Carlos does about Micaela. During the trip, you were very close and he cared for you a lot. How is it possible that he doesn’t love you all of a sudden?
Micaela was also very stunned.
Alba said angrily:
-But stop taking me to work already! He told me to drive myself here! It’s been many days and that night….
Considering that Eric was a man, although he normally thought of himself as a woman, Alba stopped talking.
-Anyway, he’s not as attentive to me as he used to be!
Micaela couldn’t help but laugh.
-Alba, when did you become so sensitive? As you know, the road to Brillantella is different from the one to Eric’s company, and he probably had a company emergency. Besides, it’s only natural that he has a lot of things to take care of, because we’ve been traveling for so long!
Alba opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing.
Was she too sensitive?
But she really felt that, having returned from the morning walk from her own home, Ernesto’s behavior and attitude revealed an oddity!
Eric waved his hand.
-Let’s go! It’s time to get to work, after you finish taking pictures today of the new winter clothes, I’ll give you a day off. And you can scold your boyfriend and then we’ll get ready for the recording of the latest issue of Pioneer Leisure.
Hearing this, Alba became even more distressed.
-One more thing, Ernesto used to talk about the girlfriend all the time, but not now!
Micaela took Alba by the arm and followed Eric, calming her down.
-Alba, don’t think too much, Ernesto loves you very much. When he’s not busy after a few days, it won’t be like this.
Alba still wasn’t sure if Ernesto was still in love with her.
After work, it was already late afternoon, Alba looked at the message notification on her phone and felt uneasy. She read the message and really…
Micaela was ready to leave and wanted to go out with Alba. At that moment, Alba raised her eyes to look at her.
-Micaela, I feel that Ernesto is deliberately distancing himself from me.
There was no one else in the room now, and she didn’t need to hide things.
-The other night I went to Ernesto’s room and experienced uncontrollable affection. I thought we would fuck, but he asked me to come back to my room to sleep! He used to stay in my room and I would kick him out.
She was the one who got kicked out that night!
After saying that in one breath, Alba paused, lowered her head and added slowly:
-I thought the time wasn’t right, so I unconsciously refused to make love to him, and he was a gentleman, as long as I was a little reluctant, he wouldn’t force me. But that day, I didn’t resist, but he refused me. Besides, he has been working overtime for the past few days, I can understand that he has a lot of things to do after the trip, but so many days have passed, and today he told me that he has to work overtime again, but he didn’t do it before.
As he said, he showed the Whatsapp message to Micaela.
Micaela was dumbfounded, and after a good while, she said excitedly:
-Alba, have you realized that you are in love with him?
Alba looked up abruptly, her heart beating a little faster, but she didn’t deny it.
She was in love with Ernesto….
She remembered that she had always repressed the feeling of wanting to throw herself into Ernesto’s arms. When did she stop repressing it and let it bubble up?
It occurred to her that night when she was waiting for him at the door of her house, but she fell asleep, when she opened her eyes, she saw him in front of her and her heart was filled with happiness and joy….
And then she embraced him…
Micaela said again with unmistakable certainty:
-Alba, you are in love with him, but you have not forgotten him, he is your true love!
True love would not be forgotten, really!
Micaela was overjoyed, but Alba was not thrilled.
-Micaela, it’s not important, maybe he’s tired of me?
Seeing Alba looking dejected, Micaela recognized the seriousness of the situation.
-Is there a big difference from before?
-Really.
Alba was very sure.
-It’s not that he’s too sensitive, it’s true that he’s changed a lot, he doesn’t like to kiss me or hug me anymore. He didn’t used to be like that, in fact, I haven’t seen him for many days…..
“It’s been days since you’ve seen him, why is the situation so bad?”
-He changed the code on the door lock and the code is my birthday number. A few minutes after returning home, a restaurant brings me food. I call Ernesto and he tells me to go to sleep and he’ll be back when work is done, I video call him and he’s actually in the office. I wait for him until I fall asleep, but he doesn’t come back, and in the morning, he makes breakfast, but he is leaving….
If it wasn’t for the breakfast made to his liking that was on the table, I would have suspected that he hadn’t come home on those nights….
Micaela was more surprised, this was really over the top!
Carlos was very busy, but he wasn’t!
Micaela had never seen Alba so disappointed and dejected….
If Alba had been a self-confident woman like before, she would have left Ernesto for his indifference and would not have let him treat her like this.
Micaela was furious!
She took out her cell phone and wanted to call Ernesto….
-Micaela, no.
Alba grabbed his hand.
-I think I should look for the cause in myself, am I too mean to him? Am I not too sweet? Or am I not considerate?….
-Alba!
Micaela looked at Alba and felt angry and sad. She wasn’t like that before, only a few days later, she had become humble.
Micaela hated herself for not asking her more often when Alba had been sullen for the past few days, but she had said it was okay.
-You can’t be like that, Ernesto loves how arrogant and confident you are?
No, she had to call Ernesto to ask him why.
Alba still wouldn’t let her call Ernesto.
-Micaela, will you call him tomorrow? I have to see him tonight and I’ll ask him myself. If he doesn’t give me a reasonable explanation, I’ll hit him hard!