Nilson, with a broccoli plant in his hand, also turned to look at it. A dozen yards away, next to the shelves, a reporter with a camera saw him watching and unconsciously slipped behind the shelves, but the camera was still exposed, not wanting to miss the great shots in general….
Looking back at Rain, who was struggling to push him away in front of her, she asked:
-Just shoot, why go?
Huh?
Lluvia looked up, a little surprised….
-Mr. Nilson, don’t you need to watch your image?
Nilson laughed a little, put the broccoli on the cart, reached out his hand and took it to his side, turned to the journalist, smiled kindly and said to the woman next to him:
-We are boyfriend and girlfriend, how can it be degrading to go to the supermarket with your girlfriend?
He paused and frowned slightly as he looked down.
-Or do you think I’m not handsome enough?
Rain looked into Nilson’s serious eyes and her heart beat fast, she felt that Nilson was so handsome that she stumbled and said:
-Sure, of course not!
Satisfied, Nilson’s grip on her shoulder lowered to take the hand at his side, wrapping his large hand around her small one and pulling her toward the vegetable aisle at the other end, asking, seemingly casually:
-What other dishes do you like to eat?
Only Nilson knew that his heart had flipped the moment he took her hand….
How could a woman’s hand be so small and soft, but to hold it, it’s quite comfortable….
The first time a man in his thirties holds a woman’s hand….
Rain looked down at his hand firmly holding hers, her heart gradually soared, and ignoring the stares of the people around her, she gradually returned to herself and began to raise her voice at him, disgusted by the ugly pumpkin he had chosen….
As they left the supermarket, they couldn’t help but think: -This looks like a family of three going to the supermarket together, it’s a pretty good feeling….
Back home, while Nilson was in the kitchen preparing the food, he thought he would talk to her later about moving to Pesla City, so he could move his job there and the two of them wouldn’t have to live apart….
But when he actually sat down at the table, he tried to speak several times, but was interrupted by calls, first from Ian:
-Mr. Nilson, the picture of you and Dr. Rain shopping together at the grocery store has jumped on the internet, do you need me to take it down?
He calmly replied:
-No need.
And he hung up the phone.
Then came a barrage of messages from a group of his friends.
-Nilson, it’s okay! Come back later!
-Did you get married in secret? Tell me honestly, how old is your daughter?
-What a clandestine job you’re doing, are you afraid we won’t give you our blessing?
Nilson was in front of the window answering the phone, patiently taking calls, eyes on the table, Lluvia eating with her head in the sand, finally he hung up the phone, Lluvia had almost finished eating….
Nilson sat down and was about to speak when the phone rang again, this time from his mother.
Nilson mentally prepared himself, unconsciously looked at Lluvia and picked up the phone:
-Hey, Mom…
Lluvia’s heart stuttered….
Came the exasperated voice of Nilson’s Mother:
-Nilson, what the hell is wrong with you? There are so many women in Salamonsa, even if you really don’t like Leila, you can’t look at a woman with a girl….
Lluvia had already finished eating and did not hear him clearly on the phone, but she heard Estela crying in the room and got up to go back to her room as if she had been forgiven….
Nilson glanced behind him, momentarily somewhat annoyed, and blurted out
-Mom, the child is mine! If you can’t accept it, I can keep them and not come back!
Nilson’s mother, on the other end of the line, and Rain, on the other end, froze….
They both knew that when he said the baby was his, he didn’t mean that, but only that he was determined to be with her, but it was still a shock….
Nilson also froze at his own firmness, he had almost told Lluvia last night: -Try… together -and now he was going straight not to go back to the Borranio family for her and Estela….
It was true that he liked Estela and had taken her for his own when he wanted to adopt her as a foster daughter, but he knew he was determined, not only for Estela, but what else had made him so determined all of a sudden?
Was it last night, and that kiss in the morning?
Or did you just hold her hand in the supermarket?
Or did she discover that he was very happy with her and was looking forward to being able to move on?
Half-heartedly, Rain repressed her excitement and, without turning around, continued to her room, closing the door and leaning her back against the back of the door, her hand covering her chest, her eyes full of astonishment….
I can’t believe that big fool got it right!