But for a long, long time, the kiss she was waiting for did not fall…..
Leila slowly opened her eyes to meet Nilson’s deep eyes, as faintly cold as ever, and seeing him open them, he released her and stepped back.
-Leila, don’t take yourself too seriously, it’s none of your business who I’m going to bother, and you don’t seem to have quite understood what I asked Ian to convey to you….
Don’t take yourself too seriously….
He was referring to actually tangling with married women, not rejecting her….
Leila felt her heart sink to hell….
Nilson’s voice sounded clearer:
-From today you will not set foot in my office, and if I see you here again, go directly to the treasury to collect your salary and leave the Borranio Group.
What…
Ian and Leila wonder if they have heard wrong, if they have really said such cold and merciless words…
Nilson turns around and heads for his desk, and Leila, half awake, runs towards him with her arms outstretched to block him.
-No! Nilson you can’t do this to me…..
Nilson growls and looks at the woman in front of him, who had always been his sister, and forces himself to say the harshest words:
-I’m not going to do this to you just like that! From now on, you can’t come in or out of my house, I’ve spoiled you too much for you to have the nerve to try to tie me up with that one night, I’d go bother a married woman and I wouldn’t set my eyes on you!
The icy words pierced Leila’s heart like a merciless knife, causing her eyes to quickly fill with watery fog….
-No! You’re lying, you wouldn’t be so hard on me. Nilson, I’m not trying to tie you down with that night, I really love you, you wouldn’t fall in love with another woman anyway, so why wouldn’t I? I can do anything you need, I don’t care if you only have Moya in your heart, I just need to be there for you…..
A pang of sorrow for Ian, such a Leila, how like the Lord who has been pursuing Miss Moya….
He looked at Nilson expectantly, trying to see a bit of heart in his eyes, but no, his eyes were just cold….
Nilson looks and orders:
-Get her out of here and keep her out of my sight, or you and she will disappear from my sight as soon as you can.
Not daring to slow down, Ian tried to force Leila out, despite her sobs.
Leila fought against commitment and asked aloud:
-So what did you mean by the way you just acted? You just tried to kiss me clearly, you have feelings for me?
Nilson exhaled, yesterday Lluvia had asked him what he meant and he had no idea, but now, in front of Leila, he knew.
He walked over and stood in front of Leila.
-No, I didn’t feel anything, and if I had felt anything, I would never have stopped just now. leila, listen carefully, that night, if I had had a shred of sense to know it was you, I would have rather died than touch you.
Leila’s pupils flicker and her excited heart sinks to the bottom again….
She said it so earnestly, so decisively, that there was not even a glimmer of hope…..
Ian took advantage of her daze and hurriedly dragged her out.
Nilson sighed in relief and made his way to his desk, taking a seat in the leather chair, leaning his back against the backrest and folding his long legs, remembering the image he had just seen….
He was sober enough to know he was looking at Leila’s sweetly flushed little face, her red lips slightly parted, and not a hint of the kind of feelings he felt for Rain the night before….
So what exactly did he mean by his actions toward Lluvia last night…