Micaela was looking forward to the arrival of her friends in Salamonsa and every night she dreamed of picking them up at the airport. Today the day finally arrived, but the friends’ flight was at four in the afternoon and Carlos had two more things to do before they arrived.
To go to Villa Echave to propose the marriage and to go with the girl to the registry office to receive the certificate.
At that moment the car was on its way to Villa Echave.
Nicolas also acted promptly and, the day after the press conference, gave Carlos his family registry and, immediately, he also introduced the genealogy of the Obregon family.
Carlos, originally considered a Negro of the Salamonsa family, has now become the eldest son of Ciudad de los Dragonesfamilia Obregon, except that, on his identity card, he is called Carlos Division.
Micaela, with Mike in her arms, sat in the back seat of the car, extraordinarily embarrassed.
-Carlos, does it have to be like this?
As the son was born and his grandmother and mother didn’t object, Carlos said he wanted to stick with formality and made sure to propose, and went shopping for a bunch of gifts and filled the trunk to the brim.
Carlos is dressed in an elegant suit and nods his head with a serious look on his face.
-Definitely.
Diego, who was driving in front, also said:
-Miss Micaela, Mr. Carlos this is valued by your family and is an essential process to get married.
Micaela was instantly excited….
Carlos reached out his hand and put his arm around her shoulders, his deep eyes looking at her.
-I want to marry you openly and honestly, that your family officially approves, that it is not a mere formality.
Micaela reddened and looked away.
After twenty minutes of driving, the car pulled out of the pear orchard as another luxury car followed.
As the car entered the iron garden, Micaela realized that Carlos was not the only one who appreciated this proposal, her grandmother and mother did too!
Looking outside, I noticed that the trees in the garden seemed to have been rebuilt and the lawn looked like it had been re-landscaped.
When we got out of the car, we discovered that the front door of the villa was decorated with lights and new couplets.
The car next to us also stopped and the person who got out of the back seat was indeed Nicolas.
Carlos and Micaela were a little surprised and, halfway through, replied that Yerma should have told him.
Nicolas approached, looked at them both and smiled:
-Coming to propose to Moya is a natural way to be a father together.
Carlos didn’t get engaged.
Grandmother and my mother, along with my youngest uncle and aunt, waved to me from the house!
Mrs. Echave, wearing a long knitted dress of a great red color and a smile on her face like a daisy, greeted:
-Carlos, Nicolas, you are here.
-Come and sit inside.
Yerma reached over and pulled Mike out of Micaela’s arms, and even her younger, previously estranged uncles came over smiling to help get things out of the trunk of the car.
The fact that Carlos is so special, being Nicolas’ son, and that Yerma took it upon herself to tell them the story of her previous stay with Moya in Anlandana after the press conference, and the fact that Carlos chased Moya here even though he didn’t remember her, got the Jeronimos very excited….
It was also a mix of emotions to think that they would be separated after their wedding. Mistakes made by Sonia always come at a price, and the couple finally put aside their preconceived notions and truly welcomed the young couple….
-Caramba, Carlos, Mr. Nicolas, we are all family, what a gift you are getting! What an insult…
Even as the young aunt said this, her mouth gaped behind her ears, waving for the maids to come out and help carry….
All these gift boxes are high-end and cost a fortune.
The group entered the house, sat down on the sofa and the maid immediately brought tea.
Carlos, a man who calls the shots at the mall, came to propose for the first and only time, and was a little embarrassed to know how to start.
Nicolas goes straight to the point and says:
-Aunt, Yerma, then let’s get straight to the point, we are both here to propose marriage, both young men must have each other, and you won’t be able to refuse, so let’s talk directly about the bride price, aunt, make a price.
Mrs. Echave looked at him blankly.
-Let her make an offer, as if she were going to sell Moya!
Yerma, who was sitting next to Mike and hugging him, also laughed.
-Carlos saved Ciudad Echave from closing, Carlos came to Grupo Echave to help and created a great fortune, I haven’t had time to pay him yet….
Jeronimo also speaks from the heart:
-Yes, Carlos saved all of Ciudad Echave and there is no credit to be given to him that can be measured in money.
The young aunt also left her gift and approached him, saying cheerfully:
-That’s right, and besides, Obregon family and our Echave family, it would be great to have another happy occasion!
Micaela blushed a little and sat down on the sofa with Carlos, her forehead resting on his arm, extraordinarily embarrassed, wondering if she should avoid it.
Nicolas insisted:
-One size fits all, the bride price is absolutely necessary, and a number must be said.
Yerma, Mrs. Echave, Jeronimo bites back a refusal:
-No, really, no.
-We’re calm as long as Moya is in Carlos’s hands, there’s no need to talk about an advance payment.
-That is to say, today you said you were coming to ask for marriage and we received you warmly and we thought we’d get together.
Diego stood behind Carlos with some amusement and said.
-Mrs. Echave, madam, I have read before on the internet that many people talk about bride price, and there are women who don’t like it and men who don’t like it and fight, but when it comes to you, it is one who doesn’t take a penny and another who has to give it.
Everyone burst out laughing and the whole room filled with laughter.
Carlos took the girl’s hand in his and looked at Yerma, saying seriously:
-Thank you for working so hard to give birth to Moya and for bringing her to me, and since neither you nor grandma are talking about an advance, I will say that I will give a 1225520.
Everyone is quiet…
Mrs. Echave nodded with a moved face.
-Okay, that’s the number.
Micaela is also getting more and more embarrassed, Carlos must have thought of this long before, this unique string of numbers is exclusive to her alone….
Yerma was also extraordinarily moved.
-Yes, that’s it, that’s good….
Carlos reddened his ears silently, squeezed the small hand in his palm and tried to be natural:
-Thank you grandma, thank you mom, I will love Moya and give her all the love I can.
It was a wonderful way of saying “grandma” and “mama”, so unexpected and deserved, that it made both Mrs. Echave and Yerma emotional and moved….
After discussing the bride price, they talked about the details of the wedding and who should take Moya to the ceremony and give her to Carlos, when Mrs. Echave suddenly said:
-Let Nilson do it, he will be delighted to do it.
Yerma froze a little, without enthusiasm, and agreed:
-Yes, let him give Moya to Carlos himself and let him see that Moya is happy and will get out of that relationship.
Carlos thought about it and did not object.
The Villa Echave kitchen has been working feverishly to prepare a sumptuous lunch and, at lunchtime, everyone is sitting together in the dining room in a cordial atmosphere.
After eating, Nicolas got up and returned to Ciudad de los Dragones.
Carlos sent him off, saying:
-Thank you.
Thank you for approaching and fulfilling his father’s accusation even though he had not been informed.
Nicholas smiled, with a touch of comfort in his eyes.
-It is what I must do.
Nicolas returned to Ciudad de los Dragones and Carlos and Micaela rested in Villa Echave until after one o’clock, when they went to the Civil Registry to pick up their certificates.
Everything is done according to normal procedures, filling out forms, taking photos and signing….
Carlos has a few more moments to thank Nicolas, if he hadn’t taken care of the identity issue himself, he and the girl wouldn’t have been able to get their ID cards at this point because of Nicolas….
Looking at the hot red book that was coming into his hands, Carlos took the cheerful and shy girl in his arms and kissed her firmly on the cheek.
-Micaela, finally we are no longer ‘living together illegally’.