Marcos looked at the time on her wrist, nodded and joined her on the couch in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
-Sister-in-law, what happened yesterday between big brother and Adriana was all set up by that woman, you shouldn’t care?
-Your brother asked you to marry her, didn’t he?
Marcos pauses, without enthusiasm, and nods.
-Yes, I promised, and my brother and I are tired of her tossing and turning.
Katarina was a little surprised.
-Marcos, it’s clear that you don’t love her… why do we have to do what she wants, it can be otherwise…?
Marcos laughed.
-Sister-in-law, don’t worry, yes I promised to marry her, but I also didn’t promise to be in love with her, so after this period, I will divorce, my brother and I have done accounts, she is here with me, at most, she can only earn some money, and some warmth, and go back to the film industry.
Katarina froze and got over it ….
She understood Antonio’s fear that if Adriana made more fuss, it would reach her father’s ears and affect his state of mind, it was Antonio’s reprieve….
Her father’s condition is terminal and all she wants as a child is for his last days to be free of further worries, especially for her and Antonio….
She clenched her fists and asked directly.
-Adriana has something about your brother in her hands, and do you know what it is?
Marcos was a bit perplexed.
-The handle?
He found it rather strange that his older brother had repeatedly gone to see Adriana, this time going out of his way to marry her first, but it was also because his older brother didn’t want to make things difficult for him, his little brother, so was there another reason?
Katarina looks at Marcos’ expression, he doesn’t seem to know….
Fabiana, who was coming from the kitchen, suddenly came striding over.
-Marcos, isn’t there an emergency waiting for you in the office? Your father just called to hurry you, so hurry up.
Katarina looked at Fabiana and frowned slightly, the mother-in-law clearly intended to deliberately divert Marcos’ attention.
Marcos looked at the clock again and sure enough, he had a meeting later and got up.
Sister-in-law, don’t get carried away, and don’t worry about me, my brother will fix everything.
Having said that, he picked up the folder and left.
Katarina turned her gaze to her mother-in-law, her gaze clear and cold.
Fabiana frowned, this daughter-in-law was a bit different from before, more like before when she was not married to Antonio, there was nothing deliberately pleasant in her body anymore, Miss Katarina’s aura went up again….
-Mom, there are still secrets between Antonio and you that I don’t know about, aren’t there?
Katarina gets straight to the point.
Fabiana was a little surprised, surprised by her frankness, but it was better that way, she didn’t like to be vague either, she huffed and puffed in her mind, soon you will be a poor wretch with nothing, what a show!
-What, you’ve discovered something and you’re looking for a confrontation with me? I’m sorry, I’m not going to tell you anything, you should be glad that Antonio loves you, that he has the love and the righteousness not to abandon you no matter what, if he had listened to me, you would have been divorced when your father was admitted to the hospital! If he had listened to me, you would have been divorced when your father was admitted to the hospital!
Katarina’s heart sank hard and she stood up, her eyes full of disbelief, almost sure of her suspicions, and asked in a trembling voice
-You, you, you have conscientiously planned for the Carballo Group to become your Franco family’s, haven’t you?
Fabiana frowns and looks at Katarina.
-Katarina, a woman doesn’t need to be too smart, it’s just more painful to know, and in this situation, are you going to tell your father who has one foot in the grave? Even if you tell him, do you think he will be able to control the situation now? Are you sure you want him to die without peace of mind?
Fabiana’s last words were pronounced with special pleasure, as if they had been squeezed out for a long time?
True, Antonio approached with such ambition from the beginning….
Katarina restrained herself from shaking whole and looked at Fabiana, clenching her fists so as not to show her pain and instead replaced it with a look of smugness.
-But as I’m sure you didn’t guess, Antonio pretended, he fell in love with me, so much so that the Carballo Group became his, still dividing most of the company between me and more when my father offered him to change the name of the Carballo Group and he refused!
Fabiana was wide-eyed and somewhat incredulous, how could it be, how could it be that Antonio had given him the biggest share?
He still wouldn’t let the Carballo Group change its name?
She remembered clearly before…
Confirming the suspicion in her mind, Katarina felt incomparably distressed because yes, Antonio had intended to put most of the company in his name, but her father refused, and her foolish self, who loved him to the bone, refused outright….
This, Katarina would not say, and she would never let the man in front of her who wanted to take over the Carballo Group’s family fortune get the better of her!
She picked up her purse and prepared to leave when Eva, the maid, approached with the sago pudding.
-Madam, the sago pudding you asked for.
Katarina paused, staring at the bowl of dessert, inexplicably tempted to drink it, but finally sat down graciously and drank it without haste.
Fabiana, however, unable to sit still, picked up her phone and headed for the back garden.
Katarina thought she was going to call Antonio, but who knows, she dialed Adriana on a call!
-Hello, Auntie.
Adriana’s voice came with deliberate ingratiation.
-Adriana, keep trying to make a scene until Katarina and Antonio get divorced, and don’t worry, when you marry Marcos, I won’t treat you badly!
…
Micaela was at that moment in Carlos’ office, Ernesto had a collaboration with the Aguayo Group and had come over expressly to talk to Carlos about the details, Alba followed him and the two women sat on the sofa talking, Alba scratched the screen of her phone, extraordinarily curious.
-Was it Adriana herself who gave the news that was censored yesterday? -Not too much, that powerful news is a confirmation that she is a mistress, it will be difficult for her to return to the entertainment industry.
Ernesto, after finishing talking to Carlos and Diego, the former approached, sat down next to Alba and, naturally, reached out to put his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulders.
-Surely she can’t be that stupid, there must be a hidden agenda in this.
He said looking at Carlos.
Carlos had a glass of hot boiled water in his hand and handed it to the girl. Seeing that she was also looking at him curiously, he sat down and answered the questions.
-Adriana herself didn’t even know what was posted on the Internet yesterday. The news was taken down so fast that not many people saw it, and I didn’t think you guys would see it.
Alba is quick to explain.
-No, I only had time to see a headline, I clicked on it and it was gone.
Carlos nodded his head.
-It was his mother, Fabiana, who called Antonio yesterday and told him to go to Adriana’s house, and Antonio didn’t know that the place his mother had tricked him into going to was Adriana’s house.
Micaela and Alba took a breath of cold air.
-Is this mother crazy? Why is she doing this? Even if she has teamed up with her son to scrounge the Carballo family fortune, she has already succeeded, why is she doing this to her own son and daughter-in-law?
Alba asked incredulously.
Carlos’ calm words, like a bombshell.
-He’s going to be pissed at Mr. Martinez.