At Barrio Fanslan, Carlos was sitting on the couch, cuddling with Micaela and watching TV.
Snuggled in Carlos’ arms, Micaela felt very calm and safe.
Carlos’ attention was not on the television at all. He had already gone half a month without seeing his beloved and now all he wanted to do was to be by her side, hugging and cuddling her.
From time to time, he would flirtatiously brush her cheek with his thin lips, smelling the body fragrance and feeling very satisfied. Little by little, Carlos would slide over her back with his hands.
Micaela knew instantly what Carlos wanted to do, she picked up the remote control with the intention of turning off the TV, but mistakenly changed the channel.
Then the voice of the entertainment channel’s presenter was heard:
-The assistant of the popular model Micaela Noboa, Alba Gilabert and her boyfriend, Ernesto Mancebo showed affection in public on the campus of Teladia University and caused a lot of sensation among the students. Now let’s watch the video captured by the students present first.
Carlos, upon hearing Micaela’s name, immediately looked up and stared at the TV. In the video, it showed what had happened today between Alba and Ernesto at the Teladia University gate.
After watching the video completely, Micaela was very amazed at how bold Alba was. However, upon seeing the image of Ernesto and Miguel fighting, Micaela became a bit worried, because she could tell that Miguel also liked Alba
Carlos arched his eyebrows and drew a slight smile on his lips, watching what the TV screen.
“Ernesto, well done!”
Then, he took the remote control from the woman’s hand, turned off the TV and hugged her around the waist.
-Well, you can rest easy now, can’t you? It doesn’t matter that Alba has forgotten Ernesto, because she will surely fall in love with him again.
Micaela, convinced of this, put her arms around his neck and said with some concern:
-Will the publication of the video be negative for Alba?
“Of course it will be negative. Besides, it will have a greater impact on you. Undoubtedly, the other models who are envious of you will take advantage of this occasion to damage your reputation.”
However, Carlos did not throw such words, because he did not want to worry the woman and he himself would solve everything well for her.
He took the woman upstairs, looking at her with his deep eyes, and said in a slightly deeper and more attractive voice:
-Don’t worry so much. Nothing will happen to you or Alba. Now we should go to bed…
Micaela blushed and buried her face in her hugs.
Ten minutes after the video was posted, a large group of Internet users left negative comments under the post and made the news go viral on the networks.
-Such an indecent assistant does not deserve to be with our Mica!
-School is a place to teach and educate people, what Micaela’s assistant has done is really degrading!
Eric read one after another the comments and immediately realized that all these negative comments were actually directed at Micaela, but those did not dare to accuse Micaela and Carlos directly, so they all criticized Alba.
Immediately, she had the Public Relations Department remove the news from the current trends, but to little avail. Eric became quite anxious. Just as he was hesitating to contact Carlos, he got the call from Diego.
Eric looked at Diego’s name on his cell phone screen and breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Carlos wouldn’t be idle when it was something to do with his beloved Micaela.
Alba, who knew nothing about the video going viral on the networks because her cell phone was broken, tirelessly asked Ernesto to tell her how they had become sweethearts.
In turn, Ernesto was more than happy to do so. He opened the photo album and explained each one in detail while Alba listened with great interest and attention and laughed out loud when it was something lighthearted or funny.
When the clock struck ten, Alba felt a little sleepy. Ernesto, quite naturally, took her by the hand with the intention of leading her back to her room. However, when they reached the door, Alba leaned roughly against the wall with one hand and refused to go in with him.
-I don’t remember you now and I don’t know you well, so we have to sleep in separate rooms,” she said.
Without paying any attention to her, Ernesto pushed her inside and said:
-Good girl. You’ll get to know me better after a good night’s sleep with me. Come on, let’s go in!
Alba refused very flatly:
-I won’t do it!
Ernesto looked at her with a playful expression and said:
-Are you sure? Don’t forget that you won’t be able to sleep if I don’t hug you.
Alba pushed his hand away and rolled up her sleeves, grinding her teeth.
-Ernesto, do you want to get a spanking before going to sleep?
“You bastard! Am I as shameless as he describes! I can’t fall asleep without your hugs, pure nonsense!”
Ernesto hastened to compromise:
-Sorry, honey. I’m the one who won’t be able to sleep without hugging you. Please don’t hit me.
-Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to! Go arrange a single room for me.
Seeing that she was embarrassed and a little shy, Ernesto wanted to joke with her and said on purpose:
-No, darling, please. Let’s see, how about being on top of me today?
Alba couldn’t stand him any longer and kicked him.
As a result, Alba went back to sleep in her previous room.
An hour later, Alba stared at the black ceiling, very desperate, because she couldn’t fall asleep at all.
“Fuck! I can’t fall asleep, I’m so dependent on that guy?”
There was a sudden sound at the door and Alba became nervous, knowing it was Ernesto.
Without turning on the light, Ernesto came in, closed the door carefully, walked over and gently got into bed.
Alba’s heart skipped a beat when she noticed the man’s presence on the bed. She wanted to stop him, but she was unable to utter a sound and could only pretend to fall asleep.
The man held her carefully in his arms, then kissed her forehead with his thin lips and whispered to her:
-Honey, I love you. Have a good sleep.
Alba was a little moved and drowsiness overcame her, and she slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next day, when Alba woke up, Ernesto was no longer in bed. Alba didn’t care much and went to the bathroom to wash up. As she left the room, she saw Ernesto coming out of the kitchen with breakfast.
She was a little surprised to see that the slap mark was still visible on his face.
-Why didn’t that mark fade yet?
Ernesto put the breakfast on the table and gave her a look of complaint.
-That mark takes at least three days to fade. Don’t you know how hard your slap is? How annoying. Tomorrow I have to be best man at Leonardo’s wedding, and if people ask me who slapped me, will I tell them it was my girlfriend?
Alba’s eyes rolled and she said smiling:
-Nothing will happen. You can admit it frankly. If they don’t believe you, I can add on the side that it was really me who gave you the slap.
Ernesto was instantly speechless not knowing what to say.
“This woman is really hateful. Luckily, she doesn’t deny that she’s my girlfriend.”
The doorbell suddenly rang as the two of them were having breakfast.
Ernesto opened the door and a delivery man handed him a package. He sat down on the couch, unwrapped the package and pulled out a new cell phone from it. Then, he took out the SIM card from Alba’s broken cell phone, inserted it into the new one, turned on the cell phone and finally connected this new cell phone with his own.
It was the phone that Carlos had recommended to him, the most recent version that the latter had customized after the incident that had happened to Micaela in the Catyblaca Nation, which was very advanced and could be located even when it was turned off or broken.
Ernesto never wanted to lose her.
Alba really liked the breakfast the man had prepared for her.
“This man is very good at cooking and all the dishes he has made are to my liking.”
After arranging everything nicely, Ernesto walked over and handed the cell phone to her.
“The same phone as Mica’s!”
Alba happily took it from his hand and said:
-How much does it cost? I’ll transfer the money to you later.
Ernesto sat down at the table to continue his breakfast, and said seriously:
-I don’t accept payment in cash. You can pay me with your body.
Alba ignored him and immediately made a call to Micaela.
Micaela’s voice came from the other end of the phone:
-Alba, stay at home, and I’m on my way to your house now.
Alba laughed and said:
-I just wanted to come and get you!
Micaela cheerfully indicated to her:
-Wait a few minutes. I’ll be there soon.
Micaela hung up the phone and looked at Carlos who was driving beside her. She had wanted to spend the day with him, but with Alba in this situation, she wanted to talk to her first.
Good thing Carlos didn’t know what she was planning, otherwise he would be jealous of Alba again.
-Shall we have lunch together? -Carlos asked.
Micaela shook her head:
-I’m meeting Katarina for lunch together. I’ll come to your office after lunch, okay?
“Katarina?”
Carlos frowned slightly, thinking about the research result Tomas had brought up.
That result, obviously, was something he couldn’t tell the woman about, because she would worry too much. And he didn’t want to see her frowning.
At first, Carlos had thought about offering to help, even if he had to be a matchmaker, but after seeing the result of the investigation, he knew that was something he couldn’t interfere with. Now, the only thing he could do was to hide it.
After all, what has to happen, will happen.
Arriving at the destination, Carlos stopped the car, opened the door for Micaela and looked up just in time to see Ernesto get out with Alba, who had obviously come down to greet Micaela.
Ernesto noticed that the woman next to him showed an uneasy look the moment she saw Carlos. The adoration and affection in her eyes was very noticeable. Ernesto clenched his fists tightly for the jealousy that suddenly came to him.
Micaela saw the slap mark on Ernesto’s face and thought of the images she saw yesterday on the video, and felt a little funny. She looked at Alba and joked:
-Alba, your strength is really great, huh? Do you want your boyfriend to steal the limelight from the wedding groom tomorrow?
Alba took Micaela’s hand and returned to the living room.
-Mica, it’s not my fault. It’s that guy who behaved too brazenly.
Micaela turned around and waved to Carlos, who had his hands in his pants pockets. He flashed a soft smile at her, watched her until she disappeared from sight and then turned to Ernesto:
-I have helped you to temporarily fix well the mess you caused yesterday. Hurry up and find a way to fix it for good.
Ernesto nodded:
-I have a way in mind.
Carlos nodded and, before getting into the car, said again:
-Ernesto, have you ever wondered how your father found out about Alba’s illness? It is something very intimate and very few people know this, and your father is so far away in Salamentro.
Ernesto frowned at her words.
“Yes, only the four of us and a few friends know about Alba’s illness and it is impossible for this secret to have been revealed by anyone among us. Who deliberately said that with dad? Why does he want to separate Alba from me? “