Micaela replied:
-Nonsense. won’t you get tired of looking at me for so long?
Carlos smiled faintly and replied:
-No, I will never get tired of looking at you, honey.
Micaela was so embarrassed by his words that she wanted to get under the sheets.
But Carlos stopped her and hurried her:
-Lazy, get up now. I guess lunch should be ready.
With that, Carlos helped her to get up on the bed.
Mica sat on the bed and asked with some concern:
-Will the others complain about me getting up so late?
It was all Carlos’ fault! If he hadn’t wanted her so many times last night, she wouldn’t have been so exhausted and wouldn’t have gotten up so late. Pining over the passion of the night before, Micaela hesitated to buy birth control pills.
Carlos smoothed his long hair and replied:
-They won’t complain, because you have the privilege in our house.
Micaela looked at him with confusion.
-Everyone thinks you’re pregnant,” the man explained.
It turned out that Tomas had announced her false pregnancy in the family group and now everyone thought she was already pregnant.
Micaela was completely dumbfounded to hear that.
“No wonder everyone looked at me so strangely at dinner last night!”
After getting all dressed up, Micaela went downstairs and discovered that everyone was waiting for her for lunch.
Micaela was even more embarrassed, but the old man seemed to be in very good spirits.
The lunch was not as sumptuous as last night’s dinner, but there were still plenty of typical Salamentro dishes, which looked quite delicious.
-Mica, try this, which is a very famous dish of our city.
-And this dish, which is very light and is good for pregnant women.
-Micaela, if you have something you want to eat, feel free to tell us.
Carlos’ aunts were very kind to Micela and kept introducing her to local dishes.
In turn, the grandfather, Victor, smiled slightly to the side without saying anything, thinking that sooner or later Micaela would get pregnant.
Faced with the Aguayo’s enthusiasm, Micaela was in a dilemma. Seeing that Carlos was incomparably calm and served food to her quite naturally, Micaela was too embarrassed to reveal the truth of her false pregnancy and smiled slightly to respond to their kindness.
Micaela looked around and asked Carlos:
-Where are Tomas and Bianca? And where is your father?
Aunt Carolina hastened to explain:
-They have gone to pay their respects for Christmas and have not yet returned.
Uncle Barcelo’s daughter-in-law, Bernarda, butted into the conversation:
-In Salamentro there are many respected elders, so the younger ones naturally have to go to pay their respects first. This morning a lot of people came to pay their respects to grandfather, and the hall was so lively that I was worried they would wake you up, Micaela.
Micaela was slightly stunned and immediately understood what this one meant.
“On the surface, this woman says she was worried that I would be disturbed, but in reality she accuses me of getting up late and leaving everyone to wait for me. Her hostility is already very so obvious…”
Before she could say anything, the grandfather set his fork down heavily on the table, looked fiercely toward his eldest son, Barcelo Aguayo, and spoke sternly:
-Barcelo, what does your daughter-in-law mean by that?
Barcelo felt annoyed inside at his father’s biased attitude.
“We are all from the same family, why does dad always take preference to Carlos and Tomas! This is too unfair to the others.”
With that in mind, he got a little angry and replied:
-I don’t think Bernarda said anything excessive. She hasn’t even married Carlos yet and she already behaves so arrogant in our house. Today is Christmas, but she didn’t get up until noon and hasn’t helped us at all in receiving the visitors. She really doesn’t know anything about manners!
At his words, Micaela instantly blushed with embarrassment, regretting not getting up earlier, and looked at Carlos with some trepidation.
Carlos took her by the hand, cast an indifferent glance at his uncle, and spoke in a cold voice:
-Uncle Barcelo, do you have any complaints about my way of spoiling my wife?
Barcelo replied scornfully:
-Our Aguayo family is a decent and prestigious one in Salamentro and even in the whole country. If anyone wants to be the daughter-in-law of our family, naturally she has to be cultured and know how to behave appropriately.
Seeing that Barcelo spoke for her, Bernarda showed a triumphant smile and looked disdainfully at Micaela.
Carlos gave a cold smile, cast an indolent glance at Bernarda and said lightly:
-Be cultured and behave appropriately? Heh, uncle Barcelo, rumor has it that your two sons fought over 3% shares, and the two daughters-in-law of yours even beat each other fiercely. Uncle, I wonder if they have the good qualities that members of the Aguayo family must have?
Barcelo was quite dumbfounded.
“I already tried to hide this family scandal, how did Carlos find out about this?”
The two cousins, Mauricio and Paco, were instantly furious, and Paco even slapped his wife, Bernarda, in front of everyone and scolded:
-You’re a woman, is it your turn to talk here? Go eat in the side room!
Hearing this, Bernarda burst into tears and ran out.
Micaela felt a little uncomfortable and was about to speak when the old man spoke first:
-Micaela, don’t feel guilty. I know you didn’t mean to get up late. Besides, you haven’t formally joined my family yet, so naturally you don’t need to get up early to do the work of receiving visitors. And you can get up at any time you like, and you don’t need to listen to other people’s nonsense.
Hearing his father’s words, Barcelo fell silent, not daring to say another word.
Carlos smiled slightly as he continued to give Micaela a plate and whispered to her:
-Good girl, eat.
Micaela looked at Grandpa gratefully, said thank you and concentrated on eating.
“I have not offended Uncle Barcelo’s daughter-in-law. It is she herself who picks on me and I don’t have to be a saintly mother to pity her, do I?”
Carlos looked fondly at his Mica, very pleased with her reaction.
There was no need to waste time in feeling sympathy for some people.
At this moment, the housekeeper suddenly came trotting in, in a panic, she said to the old man:
-Mr. Victor, something serious has happened! The driver called, reporting a traffic accident. Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Bianca, and Mr. Matthew are in the car!
-What are you saying?
Victor stood up, and Carlos and Micaela got up nervously.
Carlos asked in a deep voice:
-Where are they all now?
-They’ve been taken to Edelbrock Hospital!
Everyone in the dining room lost their appetite and immediately prepared to go to the hospital.
The hospital was owned by the Aguayo Group, and the staff was waiting for them at the hospital entrance.
Everyone was very anxious and had already heard how the accident had happened. It turned out that the oncoming car had crashed into the Aguayos’ car to avoid the pedestrians. Since Matthew, the father, was in the passenger seat, he was very seriously injured and was now in the emergency unit for resuscitation.
As soon as they reached the emergency room door, they saw Bianca pacing anxiously there.
-Bianca! -Micaela rushed up to her and asked worriedly, “Are you all right?
Bianca shook her head, looked at her grandfather and Carlos, and others of the Aguayo family, and said with her voice cracking:
-I am fine. Tomas protected me and he was slightly injured, they are bandaging him. It’s just that Dad was very hurt….
The old man was holding his cane firmly, his face full of concern.
-Dad, don’t worry. Matthew will be fine… -Ramon and Barcelo comforted him.
The door to the emergency room suddenly opened and the nurse took off her mask and asked:
-Have the immediate family members come yet? The patient has lost too much blood and the blood bank is low. 400 milliliters of blood are needed for an unexpected situation!
Uncle Barcelo and Uncle Barcelo are older and suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, so they are not suitable for blood donation, not to mention the grandfather, so Carlos took off his jacket and wanted to leave with the nurse.
-Carlos, you can’t leave to donate blood! -the old man suddenly said in a stern voice, causing everyone to be stunned.
Carlos frowned and said calmly:
-I am strong and in good health. It won’t hurt me to donate some blood.
-No! You can’t do that.
The old man looked around, looked at Thomas, who had come with a bandaged arm, and said:
-Tomas, go donate blood for your father!