Antonio had been downstairs, watching her sitting at the floating window, rubbing her belly and then picking up her cell phone, she was clutching the dress over her chest with one hand, the expression on her face couldn’t really be seen, but he vaguely sensed as if she was nervous, and suddenly guessed, could she be calling herself?
He quickly pulled out his phone and the next second, the screen lit up and the word Katarina jumped on the screen, fearing she would hang up soon in general, he quickly picked up the phone….
One up, one down, holding a cell phone through the glass, across the space, looking at each other….
There were no words for a long time, and then it was Antonio who opened his mouth.
-Can you let me in?
Upstairs, Katarina looked through the glass at Antony with his head thrown back, the moonlight lengthening his shadow as he stood there alone, as if abandoned by the world….
In the middle of the day, Katarina hung up the phone, turned around, ran for the door and, when she reached the stairs, didn’t forget to remind herself to be careful and take it easy, TV shows love to play pregnant women who step and roll all the way….
It didn’t seem to her that meeting Antonio made her happy to have such rich associations….
Rushing to the door, without hesitation, unlocking it and yanking it open, Antonio was standing just on the other side of the door, his eyes full of love as he looked at the girl appearing in front of him, his gaze full of lingering scrutiny…..
The little face is a little rounder, pink and puffy, like an apple, and the body seems rounder and rounder by a few points, much more real than today when I followed and watched her myself….
Finally, my eyes fell on her bulging belly, the exact outline of which could not be seen because the nightgown was loose….
I want to hug her, but I am afraid she will refuse, and I am afraid of getting too excited and hurting her if I cannot control the force….
Katarina is in a bad mood, but she doesn’t look away anymore and looks at Antonio attentively….
He has lost a lot of weight and his profile is more defined….
They looked at each other without saying a word for a long time, repressing both of them their overflowing emotions…
Finally, Katarina came to her senses, turned around and, the next second, big hands surrounded her and clasped her in their arms, her back resting on his broad chest and the familiar smell next to her ear…
-Katarina, I miss you so much…..
Katarina’s heart aches so much…..
Yes, she missed him too.
In the past month, not a day did not want to, she thought that the distance is far away, emotions gradually fade away, but thoughts overwhelmingly came, she could not control, she soberly, calmly found that the distance of the Pacific Ocean, but also can not be separated from the longing….
Katarina did not resist, she closed her eyes, felt the warmth of her body and mocked herself in her heart, Katarina, you are useless, it’s only been a month and you can’t stand it?
Feeling Katarina softening, Antonio was overcome with joy, but he dared not be reckless, he hugged her for a moment, let go of her, turned to close the door and then took her by the hand upstairs as a matter of course.
Katarina looked at the large hand that held hers and thought faintly, there are some things you really can’t control….
It was after nine o’clock, the servants had gone to bed and Antonio just wanted to be alone with Katarina and didn’t want to wake Marisa.
Following the location downstairs, he judged Katarina’s room and led her straight to it.
He turned to close the door and was about to speak when the phone in his pocket rang.
It was the attendant calling.
He had a flight back to Teladia at 10 o’clock, picked up and without hesitation said.
-I’m not coming back tonight…..
He had planned to check downstairs and go home when Katarina went to bed, but now, not feeling like going anywhere, he looked at Katarina and said to his assistant.
-Go back and book me a ticket for tomorrow.
Then he hung up the phone and looked at Katarina.
Katarina looked at him too, her heart beating a little faster, then she lowered her eyes and looked at him still holding his hand and found herself without the slightest temptation to separate from him….
The two of them, who hadn’t seen each other for a month and obviously knew each other so well, felt a little awkward and speechless at that moment and, after a long while, Katarina looked away and finally opened her mouth.
-You, when did you come?
Antonio looked at her fascinated, his eyelashes moved slightly, like a sweep on the tip of his heart, thrilling him, making him not want to look away even a single glance.
-Last night.
After a pause, he added.
-I wanted to go with you to your maternity checkup and you wouldn’t let me, so I had to sneak out behind…
His eyes rested once more on her bulging belly and his heart was content to take her hand, which he squeezed again.
Katarina imagines him following her and her mother as he watches her go for a check-up, a little disconsolate….
The high wall erected in the heart crumbled in a corner….
Antonio’s other hand reached up and gently stroked her cheek.
-Relax, the baby will be all right.
It seemed he had heard about the baby at the doctor’s too. Katarina didn’t avoid his hand, missing his touch, remembering what the doctor had told her about being pregnant with a boy, wondering if it was something he knew, and lifting her eyes to look at him.
-The doctor said the baby, it’s a boy…..
A light shone in Antonio’s eyes at this, and his big hand ran through her long hair and up her nape, moving over himself and kissing her forehead, his voice muffled.
-Well, a boy or a girl is fine as long as they’re healthy.
In fact, he would rather say that as long as it’s a boy with you, but he dare not say that, their relationship is so sensitive….
One kiss, it is not enough, another, and another, but only a kiss on the forehead, as if in the old days, he pampered her, loved her, but the most intimate acts, but it is limited only to hugs and kisses on the forehead…
-Katarina, thank you, thank you for calling me and letting me in so I could hug you and kiss you….
He felt like a walking corpse for the last month and only at this moment he came fully back to life….
Thinking about the message he sent her, waiting forever, it was really painful, a month was too much for him, really waiting indefinitely, he would have gone crazy, luckily, fortunately, he squeezed well, Katarina was already opening her heart to him again little by little….
The waiting from now on would not be so painful….
Katarina’s eyes were downcast, looking at the buttons of his shirt, and her heart was in a hundred different places, there was such a hint of resignation, resignation that had a tendency to compromise after only a month, the moment she saw him, the joy that overflowed her heart and lasted until now….
Antonio looked around, the room was small, beige upstairs closet, the same 2m bed, dresser, floating window, no sofa, he had to pull her down on the edge of the bed and asked her.
-Are you used to living there? What do you think of the house?
Katarina, somewhat dumbfounded, looked at him.
-You’ve talked to mother about all this?
-I want to hear you say it.
In fact, he was so envious to hear his mother talk to him about this….
This one, with joy rising in her heart, will open the conversation and start telling him about the advantages of the place, the benefits, she likes the scenery and the simplicity….
The only bad thing is not having you….
Katarina repressed it without saying it….
Antonio watched her fascinated as she spoke, taking up another topic just as this one was about to end, then watched her speak again, watched her sweet red lips open and close, her eyes deepening as she finally looked away, releasing the hand she had been holding tightly and standing up.
-It’s getting late, go to bed, I’m going to take a bath.
Then he turned around and walked into the en-suite bathroom.
Katarina looked at her freed hand, a little disappointed that it still had his warmth in it…..
Ten minutes later, Katarina, still sitting on the edge of the bed, heard the door open, turned around, saw his firm chest and her heart skipped a beat, she blushed and looked away.
-There’s a spare room next door, you sleep…..
-Katarina, I want to be with you.
He didn’t want to bring up the excuse that mom would get the wrong idea if she saw them sleeping in separate rooms or anything like that, he just wanted to be with her…