Nightfall.
Micaela washed up, sat on the bed and picked up a book she had brought from Brillantella and began to leaf through it. Carlos came up from the study, saw the girl reading seriously, didn’t bother her, went into the bathroom to wash, came out and sat down next to her, only then he realized that the girl had the book in her lap, but on top of the book was her cell phone, the screen was on and she didn’t know what she was reading….
Carlos burst out laughing and went over to look at the headline on the cube.
Probability of healthy or unhealthy offspring from consanguineous marriages?
Carlos reached out and picked up his phone.
-Girl, what’s the point of studying this…..
Half-heartedly, he paused, thought of her going to the hospital today, said he would accompany Katarina for a check-up, reacted and looked at her with deep eyes.
-Katarina is pregnant?
Micaela put down the book and threw herself into Carlos’ arms.
-Mmm!
She gathered her thoughts and told Carlos the day’s events from beginning to end.
Carlos listened and reached out to pinch the girl’s cheek.
-Nonsense! How can you decide on a matter of such magnitude? Do you all think that the child is only Katarina’s and that Antonio has nothing to do with it? Don’t you even have the right to know? Huh?
Micaela bit her lip and roughly buried her face in Carlos’ arms.
-Well, I think I should have talked it over with Antonio too, but Katarina’s concerns weren’t wrong, she was just being too sensible…..
Carlos rubbed the girl’s head and held her close in his arms.
Micaela’s ear was pressed against his chest, listening to the strong beating of his heart, her head was full of thoughts, thinking about the message Katarina sent to herself this afternoon, a long paragraph, thousands of words, telling her everything Antonio had told her, between the lines, full of struggle….
-Carlos, I am so conflicted, I actually resist that kind of relationship, but I have seen with my own eyes the tender love Antonio has when he looks at Katarina, the way he moves his hands, the pure love he has for Katarina, it is so obvious that they are so in love, and the image of them standing together is so beautiful….
Besides, he knows that Katarina is not willing to let Antonio go, they have loved each other for so long and she has such deep feelings, she can’t let him go overnight…..
Carlos also felt her struggle and squeezed her arms even tighter.
-Girl, this is something we can’t stop waiting and see what happens.
Micaela was silent for a long time and then whispered.
-Don’t judge right or wrong, don’t look at them differently, let things go as they go, God has a plan for everything. Right?
-Well, not everything can be perfect, we can only do what we can do.
Micaela felt much better, Carlos always had that magical ability to calm her restless mind with a few words.
Thinking about the news she had just seen after half a day of searching, Micaela sighed and worried a little.
-I really hope they can have a healthy baby…..
Carlos kissed her on the forehead.
-I will….
Suddenly, Micaela thought of something and sat up, looking at him.
-Carlos, you actually knew about Katarina and Antonio’s relationship for a long time, didn’t you?
She would be suspicious because Carlos was incredibly calm about their affair from beginning to end, as if he had expected it all?
Seeing that Carlos did not deny it, Micaela became a little uneasy.
-Carlos, you knew from the beginning, why didn’t you say anything? If you had stopped things before, Katarina wouldn’t have suffered so much….
Carlos looked at the girl with deep eyes.
-I investigated Antonio on the eve of Leonardo’s wedding, by then Katarina and Antonio were married and in love to the bone….
Carlos paused, his deep eyes looking at her more and more.
-And, Micaela, Antonio was definitely tortured much more deeply than Katarina, and his love, too, was much deeper than Katarina’s. Katarina’s calm, restraint and scruples were taken into account by Antonio, except that love cannot be controlled.
Love is not in control…
Micaela was moved, yes, Antonio also had all kinds of worries, only, he had fallen in love, first with Katarina and then with his stepsister, probably he suffered this torture during the last long years, even the years after the wedding in which he did not touch her, loving her, not being able to touch her, fearing that she would disgust him, not even daring to kiss her at the wedding I did not even dare to kiss her on the lips at the wedding, only on the forehead, but I could not resist, I could not stop loving her, what inhuman torture. ..
Micaela’s heart raced, and suddenly she remembered Alba’s words to Katarina.
She feels true love for you.
Truly, deeply and fiercely in love, Micaela is convinced that….
In the middle of the day, Micaela looked at Carlos and whispered.
-So you didn’t tell me either?
Carlos raised an eyebrow.
-Tell you how anxious you should be?
Micaela paused, yes, if she had known about Katarina and Antonio’s relationship, she didn’t know how complicated her feelings would be, and she was afraid she wouldn’t know how to confront her for knowing the secret….
Micaela was in his arms again.
-Well, Carlos, you were right not to tell me… -….
I always, always thought of everything for her, even if it was the mood….
Wait…
Micaela looked up, sat back down and looked at him.
-Carlos, is there anything else you are hiding from me then, for fear of affecting my mood? Did you have to wait again for the moment to come and let me know the result?
The night in Alcania, when she answered the phone at the window, the different tone of her voice, -I’ll talk to you when I get back-, and the -I’ll be in the office soon- of two days ago, all seemed to indicate that Carlos was hiding something from her…..
The girl was also extraordinarily perceptive in her affairs, but Carlos had a way of blocking her pursuit by simply turning off the lights and pouncing on the man.
-Girl, it’s late at night, let’s stop talking this shit and do something serious?
-What a serious matter, this is clearly the most unorthodox…..
A lovely low chuckle escaped from the man’s throat and he kissed her lips.
-My silly girl…
The man’s movements were getting hotter and hotter, and Micaela’s consciousness clouded as she thought:
-He’s the one who loves her the most in the world, let him be, whatever it is, he’ll talk when it’s time to know…..
Micaela’s cell phone rings just when she is in the middle of her passion.
Carlos let out a curse under his breath and reached for his phone, the name on it made him squint and guess why he was calling, handing it to the girl…..
-Adriana?
Micaela, somewhat surprised, looks at Carlos and answers.
-Hey…
-Micaela, it’s my wedding in a few days, can you please talk to Mr. Aguayo and ask my father to come out and attend my wedding?