The next few days passed very quietly. New Year’s Eve was approaching, many of the products endorsed for the New Year’s Eve commercials had to be shot, Micaela was also busier than ever, her day job lined up just right, not so much that she was tired, but she didn’t have time to think much about anything else either.
The day’s photo shoot is about to end and during the short break she habitually picks up her phone, looking at the various photos of Alba and, also, Tomas and Bianca’s honeymoon….
Katarina, whose husband was in the Carballo Group and whose father intended her to take over, had deliberately left her to do nothing, so she went every day to Brillantella, her cousin’s company, and naturally has no qualms about following Micaela everywhere, as if she were a second Alba.
At that moment she approached excitedly, grabbing the dress for Micaela’s next look.
-Micaela, the next batch of photos will be finished for today, you are so efficient…..
Looking at the photos on Micaela’s phone, Bianca leaning on Tomas’ arms, there was the summer, the sea, the blue sky, the golden sand, the happy smiles….
Katarina was silent, with a slight sense of loss in her heart. She and Antonio, not even a honeymoon….
Eric was coming into the studio from his office, his eyebrows in the air.
-Dear Micaela, good news for you, you’ve taken a temporary international runway and you’ve been approved by Mr. Aguayo, tomorrow we fly to Catyblaca Nation!
Micaela observed Katarina’s dejected look and, somewhat regretful to be looking at her phone, she hastily put it away and looked at Katarina.
-Katarina, will you come with me?
Katarina smiled unnaturally.
-Sure, does that include food and lodging?
Eric clapped his hands in welcome.
-Sure, sure, it would be great to have Miss Carballo, Miss Carballo has a particularly good fashion sense and can make very good suggestions always, you are very welcome to come and be Micaela’s second assistant, well, temporarily, we have Alba back, if you don’t mind, you can be Micaela’s second assistant with Alba as Micaela’s assistant.
Micaela smiled and said seriously.
-Katarina don’t listen to Eric, he is joking, but it is still true that you can go to rest with me, together?
Katarina thought about it, it didn’t seem to matter if she was at home or not, would Antonio notice her if she wasn’t?
Without further hesitation, she nodded.
-All right, what time tomorrow, I’ll come with you.
When the time was set, Micaela suddenly remembered that Eric looked very happy at that time, not like he was just going to the Catyblaca Nation show, since the last time he had gone to the Fracimon Nation show, it had officially opened its doors on the international stage, and he had been getting notices to go abroad from time to time. If Carlos hadn’t stopped her, she wouldn’t have been able to fly overseas….
-Eric, why are you so happy to go to Catyblaca Nation?
-I’m not happy for me, but for you.
Micaela was a bit puzzled and Eric raised an eyebrow and asked smugly.
-Didn’t you see the post Alba published?
Micaela suddenly reacted and opened her phone to look at it again, hugging Katarina excitedly.
-Alba is in Catyblaca Nation, great, we can go to Catyblaca Nation and join her!
“It’s been almost a month, I really miss her!”
Eric smiled and said.
-I’ve contacted Alba and she’ll be waiting for you in the city you walk through.
Micaela was jumping for joy, thinking about talking to Carlos again and asking him if he was free to accompany him.
The last batch of shots, since Micaela was in such good shape, went by in one shot!
Micaela took off her makeup, said goodbye to Katarina and Eric, and got into Raul’s car.
Carlos has been very busy lately and couldn’t come to pick her up in the afternoon?
Yes, he’s been very busy lately, and it’s almost New Year’s Eve, so he’s even less available….
But it didn’t matter, she was so happy to think that tomorrow she would see Alba that she cooked some dishes herself and Sofia couldn’t stop her.
Despite being busy, Carlos insisted on having dinner with Micaela, and at 7 pm Carlos returned on time.
Carlos tasted the food and knew she had cooked it, so he ate half a bowl more than he should have, and Micaela looked at him with a big smile on her face and went upstairs to pack for her business trip tomorrow.
It was almost ten o’clock when Carlos went upstairs and Micaela came out from under the covers again, standing in front of the closet and fiddling with her jacket, thinking that she should pack an extra jacket for the five days….
Carlos hugged her from behind, his lips wandered along the nape of her neck, his hot breath spraying her causing her to shiver.
-So happy you’re leaving me, huh?
Her long hair was pulled back into a pretty ball, exposing her white, delicate neck, tempting him closer….
A tingle in her neck made her tilt her head to avoid him and lean her head on his shoulder. Carlos kissed her cheek softly and turned her around, wrapping her in his arms, his voice low and muffled.
-I wanted to go with you, but something came up and I couldn’t get away.
Micaela embraced him and said in his arms:
-Thank you, Carlos, you knew that Ernesto and Alba would be in Catyblaca Nation today, that’s why you let Eric run the show, right.
Carlos kissed her lightly on the forehead.
-Who made you miss her so much?
Actually Carlos was very jealous, but he wanted her to be happy.
Micaela squeezed his arms, full of joy, and halfway through, she raised her head and kissed him.
Carlos raised his eyebrows, half-heartedly, and stroked the back of her neck with one hand, deepening the kiss. The girl knew enough how to satisfy him before she left….
The next day, Carlos drove her to the airport and sat in the back of the car, giving a very serious explanation.
-Micaela, be careful out there and don’t look at other men.
Micaela blushed and muttered.
-When have I ever looked at another man? I’ve always had eyes only for you?
Carlos then felt satisfied and took her in his arms again, kissing her forehead before putting on her hat, mask and sunglasses to arm his little wife and prevent her from being assaulted by the fans.
Then, reluctantly, he said.
-Continue.
Eric was already waiting outside the car. Diego took Micaela’s small suitcase out of the trunk, handed it to Eric and turned around to go back to the car.
Micaela pulled his mask down, gave him a kiss on the cheek and whispered.
-Don’t stay up all night.
-Okay.
Carlos’ mouth lifted into a smile, with Diego sitting across from him.
Helping her put the mask back in place, Micaela looked at Carlos reluctantly and turned to get out of the car, watching Carlos’ car slowly drive away before another car arrived that Micaela recognized as Katarina’s.
Inside the car, Antonio looked at Katarina in the passenger seat.
Katarina had not expected Antonio to offer to drive her to the airport and was a little surprised and a little delighted, unfortunately, because it had been a long time since the couple had sat together in such a small space.
-Have fun and take care of yourself, huh?
Katarina looked at Antonio and nodded, expecting something….
Antonio’s hand came up and brushed her head, his eyes rested on her crimson lips, his mind wandered a bit, he took a deep breath and looked away…