Alba breathed back with an exasperated look on her face.
What kind of deep hatred is this? She’s the mother of his in-laws! Without Mr. Martinez, the Franco Group wouldn’t have grown so fast. She can’t have been abandoned by Director Chow when she was young and now she’s seeking revenge, can she?
Micaela also looked at Carlos with an astonished face.
Carlos looked at Alba and then at Ernesto, mentally telling himself that women’s intuition is really scary, before saying, half-heartedly.
-In his early years, Mr. Martinez was an idle and unprofessional man who at first was the partner of Antonio’s mother, Fabiana, and later, he met his current wife, Marisa, whose poor health since childhood inspired him with a protective attitude, and he tricked Fabiana again and again to pay for her medical treatment, even going so far as to take all her money and take Marisa to Teladia.
Micaela and Alba were dumbfounded and half-hearted.
Ernesto was also shocked, but surprised that Carlos knew twenty years ago, Tomas’ intelligence network is really something….
Micaela put down her glass and unconsciously clutched her skirt at her knees with one hand as she looked at Carlos.
-Seeing Mr. Martinez as a nice guy, it’s really surprising anyway that he has such a dark history?
He pauses for a moment and asks.
-So, that the photo of Antonio and Adriana was posted on the Internet was his mother’s doing?
For Mr. Martinez to see that his daughter had been abandoned by his son? And better yet, to die alive?
Also Alba, the more she thought about it, the more horrible she felt, with a face of disbelief, and Ernesto exclaimed.
-This woman is really terrifying when she is ruthless, she can use her own son as a tool for revenge!
Carlos remembered something and, with a slight frown, did not continue, but rubbed the girl’s head.
-Without Marisa, there would not be the Mr. Martinez he is now, he wanted to be strong, to protect her, to take care of her, and Antonio’s mother, Fabiana, with her strong and dominant personality, could not make the Mr. Martinez he is now.
Micaela has mixed feelings.
At that time Mr. Martinez was a slacker, Antonio’s mother could look at him and was swindled repeatedly, and seemed to really love him….
A woman who loves with all her heart and soul and ends up with all her money to save another woman and flourish with that person, it is understandable that she hates Mr. Martinez, but….
Micaela’s eyes bugged out for a few moments.
-But as tangled as things are in the previous generation, you can’t count on the next, with how innocent Katarina is, and Antonio, with how hard it must be for him to have his mother on one side and the person he loves most on the other…..
Alba shook her head, she wasn’t as excited as Micaela had become and was already quickly analyzing the details.
-I see, so now Mr. Martinez is guilty of seeing his daughter and son fall in love, so he married his daughter and gave her all his assets, so that, somehow, he can make up for what he owes from before, right?
Carlos did not commit himself.
Men don’t like to talk about these things, especially the indifferent Carlos, who only talks more in front of Micaela, even though he and Antonio have spent time together over the years and admire each other quite a bit, but, since Antonio didn’t mention it of his own accord, he didn’t ask, so he only knew what he had commissioned Tomas to find out, and the rest, he didn’t know.
Ernesto picked Alba up.
-Come on, let’s go out to dinner, paper can’t put out the fire, sooner or later Miss Katarina will find out about this, it’s a family matter, it’s useless to worry about it, Antonio will take care of it.
Carlos also took the girl’s hand and stood up, looking at her with deep eyes.
-What has to happen, always happens, don’t think of Katarina as fragile and face the rest of the tournament well.
Micaela looked at Carlos and nodded slowly.
It is a fact that Katarina is stronger than she thinks, and Antonio’s love for Katarina is evident to her, and no matter how things turn out, she believes that Antonio will not hurt Katarina.
After lunch, Micaela and Alba headed to Brillantella to continue the unfinished endorsement session, not forgetting to send a message to Katarina asking how she was doing, to which she responded late in the afternoon.
Sorry, I’m back and slept all afternoon, now I’m waking up, let’s meet when we can.
Micaela looked at the message, back?
It seems she really missed her mother-in-law, but seeing that she was still able to sleep in the afternoon, that must not have killed her mother-in-law, Micaela was slightly relieved to finish her reply and start preparing for her trip to Provence Alcania tomorrow to start the World Modeling Contest auditions.
In the evening, Antonio returns to the hospital to pick up Katarina for dinner.
Katarina was curled up at the foot of her father’s bed, reading the newspaper to him, and Kimberly, eyes narrowed and corners of her mouth turned up, heard the door open and looked around.
Antonio walked over, looked at Kimberly in the hospital bed and whispered.
-Dad, I’m taking Katarina out to eat tonight?
-No, just the hospital to eat with Mom and Dad, I’ve asked the family chef to send a meal to….
Before Katarina could finish her refusal, Kimberly interrupted.
-No, hurry up, don’t keep me company, it doesn’t matter if you don’t come back here in the evening.
Katarina tries to be her usual self, joking for the umpteenth time.
-Dad, tell me honestly, I’m not the one you found in the trash, am I?
Marisa, who was sitting on the sidelines, laughed.
-Of course I didn’t take it, I got it for a phone bill!
She gets up, takes the bag from her daughter and hands it to her.
-Come on Katarina, young people don’t stay bored in the hospital every day, Antonio, take Katarina out more often and buy her new clothes, your father and I are in the hospital, don’t worry.
Antonio nodded and reached out to take Katarina in his arms.
-Then we’re leaving.
Kimberly and Marisa nodded and watched them leave, closing the door behind them, and Marisa sat down in front of her husband, her eyes full of tenderness.
-Kimberly, do you regret it?
Kimberly reached out and took her wife’s hand in hers, smiling.
-You’ve been asking yourself this question your whole life and you’re still not tired of asking it? I don’t regret anything in this life, if she wants my life, I will give it to her, only, Marisa, you must hold on, you must see our grandchild being born before you can come to me, do you understand?
Marisa’s eyes were red and she crouched down next to her husband, her eyes full of reluctance.
-I’m trying…
As soon as Katarina reached the corner and was sure that even if her mother was at the living room door she would not be able to see them, she immediately took advantage of the movement of carrying her purse over her shoulder to slip out of Antonio’s embrace and put distance between them.
Antonio felt disappointed, the warmth in his hand was still there, but the person was several steps away from him, as if separated by thousands of miles of water….
It wasn’t until they reached the subway parking lot and got into the car that Antonio looked at Katarina and said.
-Katarina, are you back with mom today?