Carlos led Micaela downstairs, Micaela had the bouquet in her hand, she wrapped her arms around his neck, her heart pounding, looking at his perfect side, and at this moment, it finally felt real that she was really married to him….
Carlos’ mouth smiled and he looked at the person in his arms, his heart swelled with the same joy, hugging her was like hugging the world….
Yerma blushed and avoided the time when her daughter was leaving, Donna Echave, Geronimo and his wife, his daughter, they all saw Micaela leave….
The servants took the red bucket, the red suitcase, a jug of water and a small tree, symbol of blossoming, and put them in the trunk of the car.
Yerma had prepared two copies of these bridal essentials, one of them for Alba….
Once in front of the villa door, Bianca opened the red umbrella and held it over Micaela’s head, followed by Tomas, who pulled out the back seat of the bridal car and Carlos carried Micaela inside before getting in himself….
Tomas and Bianca sit in one and, as he closes the door, he glances at the front seat and sees a duck-capped driver….
-Crackle, Crackle….
At the other end of the clearing, the maid lit a firecracker and, with the loud sound of the firecracker, the car drove away and Tomas took Bianca, who was picking up her umbrella and had been startled by the noise of the firecracker, in his arms and covered her ears with his hands….
Inside the house, Alba, held in Ernesto’s arms, sees Mateo waiting downstairs and a look of surprise comes into her eyes….
How did he get here…
Ernesto stopped dead in his tracks as Mateo approached, looked at Alba and spoke in a somewhat unnatural way.
-Alba, I love you as much as Ernesto does, it’s just that so many years of deliberate indifference have left me not knowing how to be close to you….. In short, Alba, the brother will always be your port of call.
Then he takes a large red envelope out of his pocket and hands it to her.
-This is a dowry for you from my brother.
Alba is full of emotion and red-eyed…..
Carlos hadn’t called her “Alba” for I don’t know how long, and it was the first time he said something so emotional that she didn’t know what to say for a while, except to thank him unconsciously:
-Thank you brother….
She held the bouquet in one hand and took the red envelope in the other, a thin leaf, which naturally was not money, she had already guessed what it would be….
Mateo looked at Alba, repressing his reluctance, and said seriously:
-You fool, what thanks, I have cared very little for you before, henceforth, I will do my duty as a brother…..
The last bit of Alba’s heart, the complex emotions she used to have for not caring, all dissipated at this moment….
-No, I have since learned that you have always loved me and have been silently watching over me, and ahead is Ernesto to love me well, and instead of you doing your duty as a brother, I would rather you find a girl who loves you well…..
Ernesto echoed this opinion:
-Mateo, your nephew has been born, and it’s about time you got your act together!
Mateo pauses slightly, half a moment, smiles and nods.
With my sister and brother-in-law preoccupied with my life’s work, this will definitely be on the agenda.
Then, without waiting for them to speak, he immediately said:
-Go, don’t waste time, I’ll be at the wedding later.
Ernesto saw the gleam in Mateo’s eyes, nodded and took Alba out, while Katarina, who was standing, also opened the red umbrella to cover Alba’s head….
Seeing Mateo and Alba’s interaction, Katarina was overcome with emotion and looked at Antonio next to her, luckily, thankfully she and Antonio are not siblings….
The bridesmaids and groomsmen, Moises, Eric, Diego and Paula also got into their respective cars to welcome the bride and the motorcade set off again in grand style to take the bride home before heading to the wedding venue….
As Alba got in, another string of firecrackers went off and the car slowly departed, the driver deliberately speeding up to catch up with a car in front….
Ernesto, who was in the bridal car, was now trying to wipe away her tears.
-Honey, don’t cry, it’s a great day….
Alba really wanted to cry right now in front of Mateo, but she was always strong and held back. Now, when she looked at the red envelope and opened it, which was the deed for 50 percent of the shares of the Gilabert Group, Alba finally couldn’t hold back the tears….
She had not given a drop of sweat for the Gilabert Group, it was all her brother’s fight, yet he gave himself fifty percent of the shares and told her, in the bluntest possible way, that he would always be part of the Gilabert family and would give her a lifetime of material guarantees….
Ernesto’s heart ached as his tears continued to fall.
-Honey, stop crying, your heart is with your brother and I will give him fifty percent of our company as a ‘gift back’….
Alba and the driver driving in front of him laugh….
Ernesto sighed in relief and carefully wiped the tears from his face with a handkerchief.
-At last, no more tears, thank goodness this makeup is waterproof for you…..
Alba looked at the love in Ernesto’s eyes and felt moved in her heart, she breathed in through her nose and asked:
-Do you really want to give my brother fifty percent of your company?
Ernesto did not hesitate to say:
-That is a matter of your word, now the company, the house, the car, the money, everything is yours, and you can give me to him as long as you want, unless you cannot.
Alba began to cry even more and reached out to hug Ernesto.
-How lucky I was to meet you….
Ernesto interrupted her immediately as he hugged her, protesting loudly:
-Honey, am I shit out of luck? Huh? Is that how you describe a husband of your quality?
Alba also realized that this was an indecent description and was about to remedy the situation when she heard the driver in front of her say:
-Stranger, where does the wedding car go in front of us?
They both sniffed and unconsciously looked ahead, only to see the car Carlos and Micaela were in, suddenly accelerating like mad towards the side detour, which was not the way home, let alone the way to the wedding venue….
Before they could make sense of it, the next second, the front of the car lunged hard to the left, straight from the right side of the road to the left side of the road, where the river surrounded the highway, and the two men drew back a breath of cold air still stuck in their throats as the front car immediately pulled back from that end of the road, as if, as if, as if someone had pulled the steering wheel backwards!
-Oh my God, what’s happening!
Alba’s heart skipped a beat and she sat up straight, where do you drive a wedding car like that!
Then the cell phone Ernesto had in his pocket rang and she had a bad feeling:
-Follow Carlos’ wedding car, Natalia is running out of it!
Natalia ran away?
What’s going on?
Ernesto quickly instructed the driver to stay close to the car ahead, and then asked:
-What’s going on?
Nilson knew what was going on and, already a man in danger, spoke as quickly and clearly as he could:
-Natalia, through the connections of the Obregon family brothers, avoided my control and came to Salamonsa. Carlos had realized this and went to see the Obregon family the night they stayed over and convinced them to stop working with Natalia and join him instead.
When Natalia got off the plane yesterday, Carlos and I went to the airport together and picked her up and handed her over to me to keep a close eye on her, just an hour before, the guard called and said that Natalia had run away and we had just seen a passed out Diego in the back yard, he must have gotten into Carlos’ wedding car!
Ernesto watched the car in front of him drive farther and farther away, more and more on fire!
That haunted woman!
No, she’s not a woman, she’s a perverted, brainless lunatic!
Ernesto’s aura was completely different, his eyes had an unwavering severity, he stared at the car in front of him, slipped his tie under his collar and said decisively to Nilson:
-That’s it, Natalia must be in Carlos’ car, you guys get reinforcements, I will force her to stop!
Then he stands up while giving the phone to Alba.
-Honey, fasten your seat belt.
She realized by reaching out and grabbing the driver’s seat belt.
-Take the passenger’s side!
With that, she grabbed his arm and yanked him in, jumping in, grabbing the steering wheel to give him back the steering wheel, and stomping on the accelerator!