Carlos entered the elevator with Micaela and the latter asked him curiously:
-Carlos, according to the surveillance, obviously Ernesto was kidnapped by some men. Why did your father take him away like that?
Carlos gently rubbed her head and explained, “It’s a long story:
-It’s a long story, do you want me to tell it to you?
Micaela nodded hurriedly.
Carlos thought for a moment and spoke:
-Ernesto is the third son of the Mancebo family and he is an illegitimate, so he is unpopular in the family…..
Micaela could not help but feel sympathy for Ernesto.
Carlos continued:
-Since he was a little boy, Ernesto expected affection from his father, so he tried hard at everything, but his father ignored his efforts, so little by little he became more and more rebellious. Unexpectedly, he received attention when he became lazy, but it was negative attention. He had no desire to compete with his two brothers for the family property, and his father felt that this son of his was a total loser and threatened to abandon him, hurling many swear words at him.
As for those swear words, Carlos did not want to repeat them in front of his beloved baby.
In the face of Carlos’ words, Micaela felt increasingly heartbroken for Ernesto.
“In everyday life, Ernesto is quite cheerful and optimistic. I thought he was a lazy little lord. I didn’t expect him to have such a heavy past.”
-In reality, Ernesto’s father was never fond of him. One might even say that he is an expendable presence in the Mancebo family. After realizing this, Ernesto completely abandoned himself and became an ill-mannered young man…..
The more Micaela listened, the more curious she became, and with wide eyes, she asked:
-And how did you know him?
Evoking the past times, Carlos felt a little amused, unconsciously he sketched a slight smile and answered:
-The Mancebo family is considered a noble one in Salamentro. We have known each other since we were kids, just not very well, and the reason we became good friends was a girl.
At this moment, the elevator door opened. Carlos led Micaela out. He opened the door for her and settled her in the passenger seat and then sat in the driver’s seat.
The words further piqued Micaela’s curiosity.
“They became good friends because of a girl? What girl?”
Micaela’s eyes lit up like glass beads and she asked excitedly:
-Wow, did you and Ernesto like the same girl? Because of love you decided to go to a duel to the death, but finally you reconciled and became good friends?
Carlos was buckling the woman’s seat belt when he heard this, and looked at her with deep eyes.
Micaela followed up with the question:
-Yes or no?
Carlos held her chin with his long slender fingers and asked mischievously:
-Mica, are you so happy to find out that I liked another girl?
Micaela blinked, reacting after the fact.
“Yes, why do I get so excited?”
-You’re half right. Ernesto liked that girl, but the girl had feelings for me. Ernesto wasn’t resigned, so he came to challenge me with a duel…..
Micaela looked at Carlos with expectant eyes waiting for him to continue talking.
Carlos looked her in the eyes, remained thoughtful for a while and continued in his deep voice:
-Without a doubt, I knocked him down and at the same time woke him up so that he would understand that his life was in his own hands. From then on, he was no longer affected by his father’s attitude and unilaterally decided to be my good friend….
Micaela plunged into her own thoughts after listening to Carlos’ narration.
“It turns out that Carlos also had those youthful years like others, in which he studied, fought with others and had a girl who secretly felt affections for him…”
Carlos approached her, lifted her chin slightly and sealed her lips.
-Mica, this is the important thing. The key thing is that I didn’t like that girl and that I only like you…”.
Micaela was a little frozen by the man’s sudden kiss, and his unexpected confession of love left her feeling very happy.
“Carlos says he only likes me…. How nice!”
“Carlos says he only likes me…. How nice!”
With that in mind, she couldn’t help but cover her face somewhat sheepishly. Not until the car pulled out of the neighborhood did she realize that the topic of conversation had veered off course!
Therefore, she hastened to say:
-You still won’t tell me why Ernesto’s father took him away in such a violent way.
-Ernesto came to Teladia with me, and in his own capacity, he set up his own business. When his business in Teladia was going well, his father came looking for Ernesto several times to ask him to return to the Mancebo family and his attitude changed radically. However, Ernesto, who is very disappointed with his father, ignored him. The father, without giving up, has insisted on coming to see Ernesto again and again. I guess the reason he took him back home like that is because he has no choice.
Micaela nodded and asked:
-And the man who pretended to be Ernesto? Was he arranged from his father? Does his father also know that Alba has face blindness?
Carlos looked at her and knew he had guessed it.
“It’s like this!”
Micaela covered her mouth and shouted in astonishment:
-While he had Ernesto kidnapped today, his father was trying to get that fake Ernesto to trick Alba into coming to his house, wasn’t he?
Micaela felt very strange.
“But how does her father know that Alba suffers from face blindness? Alba’s social circle is quite small and there is no way Ernesto would have told her father about this. Therefore, how does her father know about this and even send his man to impersonate Ernesto?”
The more Micaela thought about it, the more confused she became and the more she disliked Ernesto’s father.
“What this father did is really the last straw! He was never fond of Ernesto, but now, seeing that he has made successes in business and has a promising future, he wants him to come home and even wants to interfere in his love life. He didn’t interfere before, I’m afraid it was because he thought that the Gilabert family was a prestigious one, which could be matched with his, however, knowing that she suffers from face blindness and that she even forgot about Ernesto, he took such a step.”
Carlos nodded his head slightly, because he also assumed the same as Micaela.
Actually, he had his own purpose in saying such decisive and indifferent words to Alba, but he was sure he could get the effect he wanted.
At this moment, Micaela saw a familiar car enter the neighborhood, and just as she was about to ask, Carlos spoke first:
-It’s Ernesto’s car.
Micaela was slightly relieved, but then prayed that Alba would remember Ernesto.
Otherwise, with the presence of Ernesto’s meddling father, no one knew what would happen to that couple who had experienced so much misery….
Ernesto parked the car and hurried up to the 9th floor. As soon as the elevator door opened, he ran out in a hurry.
At the entrance to the neighborhood he had already seen Carlos take Micaela away, so he knew that only Alba was here.
He stood in front of the door and rang the bell with trepidation.
Alba had suddenly forgotten him on the plane, and he was really distressed to see that the woman he loved so much was looking at him as if he were a stranger. And most unexpectedly, after they got off the plane, a madman appeared and declared himself to be Ernesto.
The door burst open. Instantly, Alba threw herself into his arms and said in a crying voice:
-You bastard! What took you so long to get here!!