Not surprisingly, the store manager found himself in a difficult situation.
Antonio Carballo is now the head of the Carballo family, the third largest family in Teladia after the Nunez family, and he cannot ask the security guards to throw them out, nor can he call the police.
The brothers were in a private room, the LCD TV was smashed, the glass coffee table was shattered, there were broken and empty bottles everywhere, the brothers were also disheveled, their noses were bruised and swollen, one occupied one side of the couch panting.
Ernesto pursed his lips for a moment, looked around the cluttered box and glanced at the store manager.
-He said, “Clear our losses, you guys go first.
The store manager and the rest of the staff withdrew and also closed the door, relieved to have Mr. Ernesto’s mediation.
Ernesto approached Antonio first.
-What’s going on, you’re going to be a father and you’re still childish enough to fight with your own brother?
Yesterday he also checked Alba’s location and realized she had gone to the hospital, so he asked her what she was doing there, and Alba casually told him she was accompanying Katarina to her maternity checkup.
He was jealous for a while, he got married a long time ago is good, when the father is a step faster ….
Marcos, upon hearing Ernesto’s comment, jumped as if a bomb had been set on fire and pounced on Antonio again, ripping his shirt off his chest with a look of rage.
-Pregnant? You’re crazy, brother! How can you have a baby with her! You’re just…
Antonio pulled his hand away from Marcos.
-You can publish a newspaper breaking fraternal relations with me, I have no objection.
-You!
Marcos is so angry he’s going to spit blood.
Xie Yi this a head of two, Marcos started.
-Hey hey hey, what’s wrong with you all, Marcos, if I remember correctly, you’re getting married in a few days, so what, now you suddenly realize that your brother is your true love? If he’s not going to have a baby with Katarina, will he have one with you?
-What do you know, he and Katarina are half brother and half sister!
shouted Marcos, red with impatience.
Ernesto was dumbfounded, what had he said?
Marcos gasps, the whole family, and he’s still the last to know the truth?
With Kimberly out, he felt he could hold on to his marriage to Adriana and had a confrontation with her yesterday, offering a huge breakup fee, but she refused, telling him the one thing that made his jaw drop….
Adriana threatens to go public with Katarina and Antonio’s relationship if the wedding doesn’t take place….
Marcos’ first reaction was disbelief, but seeing how convinced she was, he had to be suspicious. He quickly drove home and confronted his mother, and Fabiana knew she couldn’t hide it anymore, so she told him all about the quarrel then….
He spent the rest of the day digesting the news that shook him…..
He and his older brother are actually half-siblings?
And the older brother and Katarina are actually half-brothers?
Marcos was very surprised and reacted with a jolt, remembering the day when Katarina came back to the Franco family and asked him if Antonio had any influence over Adriana, he didn’t think much about it at the time, but it turns out that there really was, and it was such a horrible influence….
Antonio wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, sighed, relented first and said slowly.
-Marcos, I’m sorry, I was surprised that Adriana knew about this, every time she threatened me, she made ambiguous statements, I always suspected that she really didn’t know anything about this, but I had to take precautions, only later did I find out that Ma was actually in cahoots with her, and because I knew Ma was in cahoots with her, I was convinced that Ma wouldn’t tell Adriana about this Adriana was just bluffing, that’s why I asked you to marry her first and then divorce her when it was all over, but who knew Ma would actually tell her. .. I’m sorry, Marcos, I’m sorry I ruined your marriage?
How could you tell that after almost 30 years of mother-son bonding, Antonio himself couldn’t believe that his mother had told Adriana, allowing her to blackmail him repeatedly….
Calmly, Antonio was overcome with remorse and grief.
He knew that Marcos had definitely promised Adriana that the wedding would go ahead, as long as she kept her mouth shut.
Marcos, trembling with rage, gritted his teeth and said.
-I’ve asked mom and she hasn’t said anything to Adriana!
What!
Antonio looked up in surprise…
If his mother hadn’t told him, how could he know?
Who told her?
With Adriana’s skills, there’s no way she could have investigated this!
Ernesto is completely in the clouds and gets carried away like no other?
Antonio and Katarina are step-siblings?
Adriana and Antonio’s mother are in cahoots, and Adriana knows this and is using it to threaten Marcos into marrying her?
What’s this all about!
Marcos shakes his head.
-Brother, all this doesn’t matter, your relationship with mom, with Mr. Martinez, we can all talk about it later, to keep this a secret, I can also commit to marry Adriana, it doesn’t matter if I love her or not anyway, but you and your sister-in-law… your relationship with Katarina is not…. It’s the same thing! It’s messy, messy…
Marcos couldn’t utter the word for a few moments, his chest ached with rage, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got, he shouted.
-And you’re going to let her have a baby? Aren’t you afraid of giving birth to a retard? Aren’t you afraid that there won’t be an impermeable wall, that one day, when your relationship is really exposed, how are you going to face the pressure of public opinion, of the Carballo Group, of the Franco Group, and what a commotion you’re going to face?
Ernesto finally had it all clear and suddenly the image of Antonio kissing Katarina on the forehead at their wedding came to his mind.
And together in Catyblaca Nation, where he rescued Katarina and, from a distance, saw him holding her in his arms and kissing her affectionately.
And the last time Alba had a birthday and came with Katarina for her birthday?
Antonio stood up and looked at the Marcoses with determined eyes.
-If there is any problem with the baby, we can interrupt the pregnancy, and if I know there is any problem when it is born, I will admit it, and I am not sure if one day it will be my turn to leave the world, the only thing I will do is to take Katarina before her time, and I am ready to leave everything from the moment she belongs to me.
-Pop, pop, pop!
Ernesto clapped his hands and the two brothers looked up unconsciously.
Ernesto looks at Antonio.
-I think you feel true love for her, for her.
A flash of amazement and gratitude in Antonio’s eyes….
Ernesto put a hand on Marcos’ shoulders.
-I admire your reckless love, and Marcos admires your willingness to risk your marriage for your brother’s honor…..
Marcos pushed his hand away.
-Ernesto, I asked your store manager to call you by default because I expected you to be an impartial person and advise my brother that what he had done was wrong! It is wrong.
Ernesto raises his eyebrows and shoves his hands in his pants pockets with an ungainly air.
-I’m sorry, I have my own opinions about what’s right and what’s wrong, I follow my heart, I like to say it and I want her to be together. In the beginning, I would have accepted to be an understudy so I could be with Alba. Anyway, I don’t know what to say. If it were anyone else, I would probably resist as much as you, but when it comes to your brother, I can’t resist. I see the love he feels for Katarina, and I don’t discriminate.
-You!
Marcos is on fire.
-Marcos, have you ever had the woman you loved the most? Have you ever had that feeling of wanting and desiring to be with her no matter what? If you were finally together and faced with such a problem, would you be sensible and abandon her, or would you want to be with her no matter what?
Ernesto put aside his hanged look, his eyes were full of seriousness and he looked at Marcos with a serious face and asked.
Marcos is silent…
If, for example, he and Micaela were in love, he would do anything?
-There are things, especially in relationships, that can’t be judged for right or wrong, like Micaela, you met her before Carlos, you even became her boyfriend, but in the end you broke up, was it wrong? No, she just didn’t love you.
He was moved and amazed by the fact that Ernesto, who had never done anything right, and who had just said he couldn’t tell the truth, was now saying something he couldn’t defend.
Antonio stood up, looked at Marcos and said seriously.
-Marcos, I’m sorry, when I’m done with the company, I’ll take Katarina away, out of your way, and definitely out of the way of the Franco family…..
Marcos raised his eyes towards his older brother and, after a long moment of silence, he seemed to make up his mind and spoke slowly, in a low, inaudible voice.
-Brother, I wish that you and her end well, I wish that she, like you, cannot live without you and vows to be with you, I wish that everything is as you want it to be and that you can be happy together and have a healthy child. My marriage to Adriana will go ahead, and this is the last thing I will do to keep your love alive.
Antonio’s throat slid up and down twice, incredibly moved….
-Marcos, thank you… brother will be grateful for the rest of his life…
Marcos smiles bitterly, what else can he say?
He put himself in the man’s place and fantasized for a moment about the possibility of understanding the feelings of his older brother, who had watched him during the whole time he spent chasing Katarina herself…
And he is willing to back down, I just want big brother to be happy, he has no regrets, he worked so hard to be with Katarina, the result will still be strong and poor, he also did his best, there is nothing more to say ….
Ernesto’s eyebrows lit up.
-Good thing we reached a consensus, come on, come on, brothers, let’s not bother with this, let’s sort it out, who’s going to pay for the loss of my private room?
Marcos put his hand over his older brother’s shoulder and left.
-Brother, since it wasn’t Ma who told this to Adriana, you should take it seriously, who else knows about this and why that person told Adriana, I’ll keep looking for opportunities to ask about it, and you should see to it that someone looks into it.
-Okay, I’ll still take care of it. frames, sorry, I overdid it, you’re getting married in a few days?
-It’s okay, I’m not looking forward to that wedding anyway, as long as people show up!
Ernesto, who had been ignored, was furious to see the two of them leaving, making out.
-Holy shit! I came to be a mediator for free, and they gave me a luxury room!
However, looking at the time, he didn’t have the heart to be here to worry about losing his private room and rush home to be with his girlfriend and not let her worry?
He rushed home and sure enough, Alba was still awake and waiting for him on the bed with the doll he had bought.
Ernesto pounced on her and dropped the doll.
-Girlfriend, just hold me, not this jerk.
Alba didn’t care to listen to his skin, and looked at him carefully, and checked that he hadn’t lost a hair, and was still smiling.
-Silence, you are interfering with my beauty sleep.
No beauty sleep, he’s obviously worried because he hasn’t slept at all!
Ernesto happily took off his shoes and got into bed, taking her in his arms.
-Dear girlfriend, I have a big, shocking secret to tell you!