Micaela nods in a good mood.
-Well, I just don’t know if I’ll make it in time for Lluvia, she’s always the one doing my check-ups… eek, yeah, Alba, Bianca and I can all go together for the postnatal check-ups….
Carlos lost his smile tightened his arms, hugging the person in his arms, his thin lips brushing behind her ear, his voice, his voice increasingly muffled….
-Darling, not this preparation….
Micaela froze for a second and then reacted startled, her face on fire as Carlos sucked on her earlobe and murmured:
-Did you understand?
Micaela took a deep breath, turned around, wrapped her arms around his strong, slender waist, looked at him and said boldly:
-Get ready for you too, watch out for me, I…..
This paper-thin-skinned woman is still stuck there at the critical moment and really can’t say it….
He didn’t even finish the sentence, but Carlos’s breath was cut off, he wrapped his arms tightly around her and pecked her lips.
-Girl, I’m ready for this, don’t you know?
Suddenly Micaela blushed more and more and hated to bite herself….
Of course she knew, nobody knew better than her, and the woman was too embarrassed to look at him and simply buried her little face in his arms….
Carlos hugged her tightly with satisfaction, thinking about what the girl had just said, about the postnatal checkup, wondering if she would make it in time for Doctor Rain, Carlos took his cell phone out of his pocket with one hand, Micaela felt his movement and unconsciously tried to push him away, but Carlos pulled her close and whispered in her ear:
-Good girl, one more hug?
Micaela’s heart skipped a beat and, obediently, she hugged him even tighter again.
Carlos, with the phone in one hand, sent a message to Nilson behind Micaela’s back:
Micaela had a postnatal checkup the day after tomorrow and arrangements were made for Lluvia to return early.
On the other bunk in the air, Nicolas is craning his neck to look toward the bunk where Carlos and Micaela are.
Evangelina stood next to him, contemplating the beautiful night scene, and whispered:
-Nicolas, thirty years of marriage and our first visit to an amusement park.
Nicolas’ heart skipped a beat and he withdrew his eyes, looking at his wife beside him with a hint of guilt in them.
For the past few days he had been thinking about what Carlos had told him at the press conference:
-Mr. Nicolas, you can actually go back to visit the wife and children around you, who love you and are eager to be loved by you?
Yes, what have you given to Evangelina in the last thirty years apart from the identity of Mrs. Evangelina?
She has given birth to two children, and for thirty years she has taken care of her father and his three children. Once a stunning beauty, she now has no shortage of wrinkles around her eyes….
He had already failed Patricia, would he continue to fail the woman who had been by his side for thirty years?
Looking again at the box of the sedan that was slowly descending at the other end, Carlos kept hugging Moya as if he couldn’t separate from her for a second…
Nicolas wiggled his fingers, then lifted them, curled them around Evangelina’s shoulders at his side and, with a push, pulled her into his arms.
-Evangelina, I’m sorry for all the years of marriage, I never saw you give, from now on I’m going to be a good husband and father, I hope it’s not too late…”.
Evangelina froze for a moment, reacted and burst into tears of joy, reaching out her hand to hug him….
-In time, of course, in time….
She never expected that what Moya said would come true so soon…
In the evening, after the press conference, she received a phone call from Moya, in which she told her many words of thanks for not having said a word in the press conference that would seriously hurt Patricia, for having accepted Carlos and, finally, for having told her:
-Madam Evangelina, your love for Mr. Nicolas has really touched me very much….. Mrs. Evangelina, the Lord of the City will surely see your love for him and your dedication, your kindness and stoicism, and you his heart.
Evangelina is excited beyond belief, now that’s a good start….
Nicolas’ voice echoed in her ears:
-Evangelina, thank you for always being by my side and for your willingness to accept Carlos…..
Evangelina shook her head in her arms and choked back a sob:
-That’s all I’m supposed to do…..
Nicolas sighs and looks up at the night sky full of stars…
If Patricia is alive in the sky, let her leave the past behind and focus on the present….
He lowered his gaze, tried to open up to the woman in his arms and expressed his worries:
-Evangelina, I am still worried that Efraim and Cesar will target Carlos….
The brothers have always listened to him, and today they have asked them to accompany him so that they accept that Carlos is their Carlos, but the reaction of neither of the two brothers has been as desired….
Evangelina also got excited and looked at him.
-I will keep communicating with them and I will make sure they don’t do anything wrong again, just, Nicolas, I hope you can give them time too…..
There would be that bamboozling chase, all over a long-standing grudge, and how could it be resolved overnight?
Nicholas nodded, naturally aware of it, and looked at her beautiful cheeks, examining his wife so closely for the first time….
It turns out that Efraim and Caesar are the ones who look most like her, it’s true that Salamonsa’s genetic law is ironclad, it doesn’t matter if they have boys or girls, they sure look more like their mother….
His eyes rested on her lips and Nicolas’ heart moved and he slowly approached her…
The image of their passionate kiss was clearly seen by their two sons….
Cesar clenched his fists and looked at his brother Efraim.
-Brother, dad is already changing, do we really have to go through with the plan?
After the press conference, their father was closer to the three of them than ever, and they were all grateful….
Now, that image of the hug, moreover, was the first time they had seen it….
It was a long time before Efraim spat out three words:
-I’ll think about it.
After getting off the Ferris wheel, the group headed for other facilities and, when they were ready to leave, Nicolas invited the group to spend the night at the Obregon family, to which Carlos did not refuse.
A few cars took everyone back to the Obregon family villa, where Evangelina ordered the kitchen maids to prepare a midnight snack for everyone.
After dinner, Nicolas and Evangelina led the group and assigned them to their rooms.
Each room had been deliberately cleaned and tidied, and the young men were increasingly impressed that Nicolas showed the utmost sincerity in welcoming them, and even more so Carlos, to stay with the Obregon family for the first time.
They accommodate their friends before leading Carlos and Micaela to a bedroom on the second floor, pushing open the bedroom door and turning on the light….
Micaela looks inside, the room is large, with warm wallpaper, a white built-in closet, a dressing table, a plush sofa in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, a low coffee table with a delicate vase containing a bouquet of white lilies, and a brown rug on the floor:
In the center of the room is a large round bed covered with pink bedding, with round white curtains hanging from the ceiling above, adding a romantic touch to this room…..
Clearly this is the new room that has been decorated with care.
Carlos was a little surprised that they knew about it and settled on the style the girl liked?
Nicolas asks Micaela with some caution:
-Moya, what do you think of the room?
Micaela smiles and nods.
-I loved it, thank you.
Nicolas was relieved to know that Moya was the only one Carlos cared about, so he had to vote for Moya too….
Evangelina, with Mike asleep in her arms, looked at his little face and said with all her heart.
-Carlos, Moya, this is the room that Nicolas and I have prepared for you, this is your home too, even if you don’t come back often, there will always be a place for you in the Obregon family.
Nicolas is full of gratitude.
-Carlos, Moya, this is exactly what I wanted to tell you, Obregon family, and your home.
Micaela’s heart swelled with emotion and she nodded with a smile.
Carlos was indifferent, only his thin lips turned up a few notches and the air of aloofness seemed to drop a few notches as he picked Mike up from Evangelina’s arms and said faintly:
-It’s getting late, you guys can go to bed early too, good night.