At that time in Teladia, all major media outlets were buzzing with stories about Antonio and Katarina.
The most sensational news of the year: the son-in-law of the Carballo family is the son of the late Mr. Martinez!
The eldest son of the Franco family, Antonio, is the son of his mother Fabiana and the former president of the Carballo Group, Kimberly!
Marriage between half brother and half sister?
Miss Katarina is more than four months pregnant, is the baby’s father her real brother?
True love or moral bankruptcy?
The nasty headlines are especially striking, the other side is ready, Antonio and Kimberly’s paternity test has been made public, photos of Antonio taking Katarina to her maternity check-up and in and out of the maternity ward last month have been published, and even the emotional feud between Kimberly, Fabiana and Marisa some twenty years ago has been unveiled!
The comments were full of curses, the forbidden love between Antonio and Katarina was obviously more striking than Marisa’s involvement in Kimberly and Fabiana’s relationship back then, calling them irrational creatures, cursing Antonio for not even forgiving his own sister, saying he was trying to get his hands on the Carballo family of assets, the basest of humanity is gone!
Some even called Katarina’s people.
Is there no man left in the world?
And to have a baby? Your own brother, doesn’t it disgust you? Aren’t you afraid of having a retard?
Do you want to force single dogs to die by installing them in a litter yourselves?
And many, many more, cursing as bad as it gets?
The image of the Carballo Group was instantly tarnished, the stock market plummeted and Antonio was branded a beast and a hypocrite….
Katarina’s hand trembles as she watches the news on her phone and her mind goes blank….
How could this incident have been blown so tragically out of proportion?
Antonio was caught off guard, everything was going fine last night, and overnight, suddenly this happened, and the heat of the news was so strong that it surpassed Micaela’s victory in the World Modeling Contest yesterday….
Katarina’s first thought was her mother, Marisa, who must not see such a news, she wouldn’t be able to bear it….
Katarina quickly calmed down and called the maid of Yakydiza’s house first.
-Her ladyship has bought many new varieties of seedlings and is happily planting flowers in the garden; rest assured that her ladyship is in excellent condition.
The maid’s words slightly reassured Katarina; her mother was no longer fond of the Internet, or television, or even interested in gossip and the like….
It was a moment of immense gratitude that brought her mother to Yakydiza at that moment.
She asked the maid to disconnect the Internet at home so that her mother could not access the Internet for a short period of time, then immediately connected to the business office online and set her mother’s mobile network as a restricted network so that only she and Antonio could call and no one else could call or dial….
Antonio had already changed out of his hospital gown and, although his wounds had not fully healed, he was already preparing to be discharged today, taken back by the news, his eyes filled with gratitude, and guilt, as he watched Katarina methodically take care of everything, protecting his mother as best she could.
Stepping forward, he stroked her cheek.
-Katarina, I’m sorry, I’ve wanted nothing more in my life than to shelter you from the storm, who knows, the biggest storm of your life is the one I brought you….. Katarina, will you regret it?
Katarina looked up at him and saw in his eyes a look full of guilt, and with a sudden pang of pain, she reached out and took his hand between hers, with a firm gaze.
-Antonio, long before I decided to fall with you, I did not think I would regret this path…..
Overwhelmed with emotion, Antonio took her in his arms, put a hand on the back of her neck, smelled her hair, closed his eyes and made a mental decision.
-But Katarina, I’m still sorry, I did this to you, the Carballo Group was Dad’s life’s work, you were his beloved daughter, I couldn’t let the Carballo Group and you be ruined by my hands…..
Katarina was startled, her eyes filled with horror, and she leaned against his chest to push him slightly away.
-Antonio, what do you mean?
Antonio’s eyes were burning.
-I will immediately call a press conference, I will give you back the Carballo Group and I will announce to the public that I forced you to do everything, that I forced you and that you were completely unaware of it?
Antonio’s mouth pulled at the corners with a bitter smile, and restored the truth….
He had by no means expected the matter to blow up like this on the Internet, and if he did not do something about it, everything would be irreversible….
Katarina shook her head vigorously and grabbed his arm.
-No! Antonio, no!
Antonio tightened his arms and clasped her in his.
-Good girl, Katarina, this is the best, way to reduce harm and loss. Society sympathizes with the weak, just bite the bullet you’re innocent and everything can still be brought back from the dead….
-No, Antonio, what are you going to do then? You will be cursed and how will you be able to remain in society afterwards? I don’t agree.
Katarina is incredibly determined, a decision that may be what saves her and the Carballo Group, but will definitely send Antonio to hell and she will never let that happen.
-Antonio, we can still do something, let’s find out the person who broke the news and get him to come out and explain….
Katarina is not even convincing when she says this, because this man is telling the truth, this man is determined to finish them off and kill them, and if it was for money and power, this man could have come to the door with all this “evidence” and made a deal….. …
Antonio rubbed her head, his ability to stand firm by her side made her heart swell with comfort and immense satisfaction.
-Katarina, I’m not afraid of all this damage, I’ll do anything to make sure you’re all right. Listen, right now you go back to Yakydiza, if mom is really going to find out about this, be by her side to minimize the damage, and then I’ll go apologize with mom when I’ve taken care of things around here.
Katarina shakes her head, all torn and resistant….
This is a time when her mother really needs her, and if anything happens, she’ll hate herself for the rest of her life, but Antonio needs her too, and she can’t just stand by and watch Antonio take all the criticism alone, and she wants to be with him at this critical moment….
Antonio’s cell phone rang, interrupting what he wanted to continue, pulling it out, the outside number he had long since turned off, freshly awakened by calls from journalists desperate to get a first-hand exclusive.
It was his private number that was ringing at that moment, and the caller was Marcos.
Antonio frowned.
From the moment he saw the news, he wondered who had published it.
The mother, Fabiana, was imprisoned and the story could not have been exaggerated by her.
And, in his gut, he believed that his mother would not ruin him in this way….
It’s not likely to be Efrain either.
Efrain is a very rational person, as well as tolerant and tolerant of Fabiana.
He and Efrain, who was not a blood relative but had been together for twenty-seven years and had a strong bond, had come to see each other at the hospital two days earlier. Ephraim was neutral about his relationship with Katarina, not opposed to her but not supportive either, and was in no hurry to get her to let his mother out.
Efrain also wants his wife to stop meddling in the affairs between the children; what goes around comes around, and she planted the seed for this situation twenty years ago, when she spied on Kimberly’s visit to Teladia and her insistence on coming to Teladia for revenge.
With Fabiana and Efrain out of the picture, that left Adriana.
Antonio thought of something to say, looked at Katarina standing in front of him, calmly stroked her long hair with one hand and picked up the phone with the other, and immediately Marcos’ anxious voice was heard.
-Brother, you stay in the hospital, don’t go anywhere, fortunately the news of your hospitalization has not transcended, now the Franco family, the Carballo family, the company, are surrounded by journalists, there are even some psychopaths talking about sweeping the social scum blocking the places where you would enter and leave, you and your sister-in-law must not leave the room, I have arranged for bodyguards to come to…