Marcos’ departure brought a brief silence to the room, and everyone was aware enough to stop talking about right and wrong.
As Antonio says, right and wrong have long since become meaningless….
Carlos took the girl by the hand and said to her.
-Come on, it’s time for us to go back.
Ernesto nodded with his head erect.
-Yes, now they are in tune and they have a lot to say, let’s not be luminaries.
Katarina looked at Micaela and Alba and said gratefully.
-Thank you for picking me up at the airport, if you hadn’t warned us, I’m afraid this would have happened today…..
With that, her hand unconsciously brushed the small of her back….
Antonio was also infinitely grateful, saying.
-When I get out of the hospital, I will invite you all to dinner, I want to thank you all for today, I really didn’t realize that possible crisis at the time…..
He was so full of Katarina that he didn’t pay attention to anyone or anything around him, and only thanks to Micaela and Alba running towards him without a second thought and screaming, he was quickly alerted of the approaching danger….
If you let Fabiana hurt Katarina and the baby, you don’t know what the consequences will be…..
Micaela and Alba looked at each other and smiled with joy for having been able to avoid tragedy.
-It’s fate, I guess. It so happens that Micaela and I are also going home today, and when I saw the message you sent me, I thought I’d come and surprise you.
Micaela nodded, with a smile at the corners of her lips.
-Perhaps it was also inspired by Olivia’s insistence on surprising me.
Katarina was planning to have dinner with her best friends in the evening before going home, but in this case, there’s no other choice….
Carlos looked at the girl fondly and raised his hand to check the time before looking at Antonio.
-Why your mother went to the airport earlier to ambush you is something you have to get to the bottom of.
Antonio frowned without making sense of it. He rummaged through his mind at length. He hadn’t told anyone about Katarina’s immediate return to China, he himself had booked the tickets and not even his assistant had mentioned it.
He was in too much of a hurry to pick up Katarina and didn’t want to delay a minute. The man dragged him off and told him he would call the police and give him compensation, but he ignored him and just walked away. Now that he thinks about it, maybe it was a deliberate ploy by his mother to drag him to pick up Katarina….
Antonio, with a pang of fear, was lucky that he had not been held back, and he answered half-heartedly.
-Well, I’ll have Marcos ask about it later.
The group told them they would see them again tomorrow and left. Katarina walked them to the door, closed it, and sat back down next to Antonio.
Antonio’s eyes were glued to Katarina’s face, his thin lips turned up contentedly, his wounds hurt, but he didn’t care, his mind was full of her.
-Did you call mom? Don’t let her know about my injury….
Katarina whispered in reply.
-Well, I checked in with her first when I got off the plane.
Luckily, she called first, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to hide it later when Mom called….
Reassuring herself, Katarina felt a slight pang, as if after making the decision to be together and leaving those ties behind, being with him felt even more different, a little awkward, a little shy….
But even if his heart is still a little heavy because of that blood relationship, he won’t regret such a decision!
Besides, it was Antonio’s actions today at the airport that made her, once again, fall in love with him in general, that comforting feeling that she couldn’t repress and didn’t want to repress, he was a man who loved her as if his life depended on it and would do anything for her….
It turns out that being saved by a hero is quite a sensation, no wonder women of old like to give themselves to others so much….
Antonio looked with particular discomfort at the bloodstain on her body and always felt alarmed, and was about to ask her to go and change it first, when he saw her suddenly blush slightly and sketch a smile, he couldn’t help but ask curiously.
-Katarina, what’s wrong?
Katarina came back to herself, her heart beating a little faster, but she looked him in the eyes and told him bluntly.
-Antonio, I don’t want to resist wanting to love you anymore, I want to love you in return with equal love. If I continue to go against my heart and must draw a line with you, I will live in misery for the rest of my life, I don’t want us to continue to torment each other, I experience what you say, I share your inability to live without you as you cannot live without me.
Having said this, Katarina, somewhat embarrassed to continue looking at him, looked away, not seeing the joy that was pouring into Antonio’s eyes….
-Katarina…
-Hmm?
Katarina looks again unconsciously…
-Come and kiss me….
Katarina’s heart skipped a beat as she saw the deep love in his eyes, her small fists clenched….
Antonio frowns slightly.
-It still doesn’t work…
?..
The last word, blocked by Katarina, she leaned in and her red lips were imprinted on his slightly pale lips….
Antonio’s eyes shone with surprise, his heart beat faster and his heart melted as he looked at the girl close to him….
Katarina slowly closed her eyes and, one by one, gently caressed his thin lips….
Anthony’s breathing momentarily altered as he reached up and clutched her hand to the nape of her neck, controlling his passion and slowly taking back the reins….
Intertwined breath, familiar scent, soft lips making Antonio swoon….
How long has it been since you last kissed her?
How many times did you try to sneak a kiss, but in the end you didn’t succeed, this kiss, you really expected to make her heart ache?
Breathing became hotter and hotter, the soft and affectionate kiss gradually became hot and domineering, Antonio did not remember that he had just received a knife, a force to take the person in his arms, Katarina was surprised, hurriedly leaned against his chest to pull back….
-No! You have a wound….
The lump in Antonio’s throat slipped and his deep eyes filled with inextricable affection as he grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
-Katarina…
The muffled tone was sensual and enchanting, soft and tender, with a magic that made Katarina’s heart clench fiercely and, half an instant later, she obediently drew close again….
I don’t know how long the kiss lasted, but the man didn’t know how to satiate himself, as if he wanted to return all the kisses he hadn’t given her in the past, until Katarina whimpered in protest, then Antonio released her swollen lips and was overcome with joy, his hand gently stroking her cheek….
-Don’t you blame me for taking you to hell?
The muffled voice was full of seduction.
Katarina shakes her head with a soft gasp and a determined look.
-It’s hell without you.
The torment of not being able to see or feel or hear for the last month is not something I want to try again….
Antonio is immensely happy and his eyes are covered with tenderness.
-Don’t be afraid, everything will get better….
What he’s talking about is his relationship, with the Franco family, the disconnection with Fabiana and a lot of other obstacles….
Katarina blushed and nodded as there was a knock at the door and she hurriedly got up to answer it.
There were two men in uniform outside from the airport crash, and the officer in question had come to take a statement.
Drawing them in, Katarina poured them water and handed it to them. Her eyes strayed to her clothes and Katarina looked down, the blood-stained white dress stood out and hurriedly pulled her suitcase into the bathroom and changed her clothes.
As she came out, she heard Antonio say.
-Hold her for now, no one can get her out, let her calm down in there.
He certainly had no intention of hurting his mother, but he needed to show her that his determination to be with Katarina, however badly, together was not something she could undo.
Katarina, startled, looked over and found Antonio actually sitting up with his back propped up against the pillows, and she didn’t know whether to worry first about his injury or be distressed by his decision to do so.
Fabiana is his mother after all, and with Marcos’ words still ringing in her ears a moment ago, she hates Fabiana, but now that she herself is going to loosen her bonds to be with Antonio, then she will have to face her….
Even Mr. Aguayo had pressured them not to reveal anything to the public, so naturally they had to swallow it, and coming to take their statements was nothing more than a routine formality.
A family dispute was concluded, pending mediation, and the staff left.
-How can you sit down, what if the wound splits?
Katarina tried to help him lie down, but Antonio did not agree.
-It’s okay, don’t worry, I was careful not to involve the wound.
Katarina lifted her hospital gown to make sure no blood was leaking from the gauze and calmed down a bit, sitting on the stool with some hesitation.
-It’s not good to keep her locked up…..
-There’s nothing wrong with her, her paranoid personality doesn’t listen to anyone, lock her up for a while so she calms down and I’ll come back to her.
He took her hand and sat her on the edge of the bed. Katarina sat obediently and dropped into his arms.
-Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this. Katarina, I will protect you, something like today will never happen again, I swear.
Katarina was careful not to stand next to her wound and nodded, of course she believed him.
-Antonio, the results of the chromosome test are back and the baby is healthy?
Antonio’s hand rested gently on her belly and joy rose in her heart.
-Is that why you came back to tell me this?
-Well…
Antonio kisses her forehead with immense satisfaction….
-Katarina, I love you.
Katarina got rid of that last hint of guilt and looked at him, she was going to be rightly mistaken!
-Antonio, I love you too, in this life, only you.
Antonio’s eyes shone with ecstasy as he kissed her on the lips, excited, moved, delighted and happy.
-Then I will love only you in this life, and in the next, and in the next, and don’t let me know you, know you, and you will be mine alone?
Katarina asked mischievously, full of sweetness.
-So what if I am a man in another life?
Antony paused, half-smiled, half-smiled and looked at her.
-Have I heard that the one down there is called ‘Passive’?
Katarina momentarily chokes on her words, gagging and stumbling…