Fire?
Why is the office on fire?
Carlos was suspicious, Javier had run out madly….
He was filled with anxiety, with fear, while Natalia was handcuffed in the office….
Natalia was trying to back away with a panicked face, but her hands were handcuffed to her desk, which was on fire, and the fire started at the desk socket, where her computer and files were located.
Her face was red from the fire and the clothes on her arms were burning, causing even the strong woman to shed tears of fear, and she strained backwards, rubbing her skin where she was handcuffed, gushing blood, but she could not break free….
She fought the pain in her arm and looked tearfully and anxiously toward the door, where a group of timid female companions were shouting outside….
Why hasn’t Javier returned…
Never in her wildest dreams did she think she would be killed by fire….
One of her very clever colleagues went out to get a fire extinguisher and hurried to turn on the switch and spray the flames, spraying foam all over Natalia’s face…
Javier ran in, ignoring the fire, and ran straight to Natalia’s side. His handcuffs were red from the fire, and he didn’t hesitate to reach in, unlock them and lift Natalia up and out of harm’s way. The mainframe on the desk exploded!
If Javier had shown up a few seconds later, Natalia would have been absolutely blown up by the mainframe….
Javier came out with Natalia in his arms, out of the collective area where the other employees were working:
-Sister, are you hurt? Hurt yet? It’s all my fault, I’m sorry….
Natalia’s heart had been swelling with tranquility and joy from the moment she saw Javier appear, and now, with the word “sister”, her heart slowly cooled and then sank, lost beyond measure….
It was the woman he was trying to save, not her….
Before Javier went to Carlos’s office, she said to him:
-She and I were meant to be one, and if she would fall in love with you, why wouldn’t I? Spending time with you like this, do you think my heart is made of stone?
She wasn’t really that determined at the time and told him more because she wanted to see his reaction?
But now this sudden surge of emotions made her realize that she really had her heart set on this man in front of her, whom she had not seen at all before….
Carlos also arrived later and ordered the electricity to be shut off throughout the plant. When he arrived at Javier’s office, the open fire had been smothered and the mainframe had just exploded, sending debris flying and causing injuries of varying degrees to several people who had helped put out the fire.
-Diego, have someone find out what caused the fire immediately.
Diego agreed and Carlos turned to leave and saw Javier and Natalia not far away….
Natalia is sitting, covered in fire extinguisher foam. Javier crouches down in front of her, holds her hand with one hand, wipes the foam from her face with the other, says something urgently. Natalia seems silent and Javier stands up, grabs her by the waist and strides in the direction of the elevator.
Carlos immediately followed him striding and together they entered the nod and drove them to the hospital.
Javier apologized again and again along the way, wiping the foam from Natalia’s face and body with tissues, but Natalia was surprisingly quiet and didn’t say a word….
When we arrived at the hospital, the doctor cut off the sleeve of the dress with scissors and the dreadful wound was exposed:
Her arms were bright red and the backs of her hands were bloody, a gruesome sight to see, and Javier was blaming himself more and more and regretting it than he could say….
-The disinfection hurts a little, it’s bearable….
As soon as the doctor spoke, Javier threw himself into the arms of the seated Natalia, grabbed the back of her neck with one hand and pressed her head against his arms so that she would not look…
-Sis, I’m sorry…
Javier’s eyes were red, he threw his head back and closed his eyes….
He really regretted why he had handcuffed her to the table, when she couldn’t run away even if she wanted to, how helpless she must have been….
He forced himself not to think about what would have happened if he had been a minute later, but the terrible consequences kept coming to his mind:
Without this flesh, the Natalia he wanted would never come back….
Javier squeezed the person in his arms tighter and tighter….
Carlos looked up just in time to see and see her tears falling low….
He was heartbroken, thinking of the woman he held in his arms as the one he loved….
Carlos looked at Javier and came to these two conclusions.
Natalia came to the same conclusion, smelling his familiar scent, and tears came to her eyes, not knowing if it was because of the pain in her hands or something else….
The wound was dressed and it was concluded that she had a handful of burns, and the doctor admitted her to the hospital to keep her under observation.
Diego, who arrived later, followed the nurse to the hospital, Javier went home to get her a change of clothes and Carlos stayed on the floor.
Natalia had already put on a hospital gown with the help of a nurse, with the right sleeve rolled up to her shoulder, and now she was lying on a hospital bed with her eyes rolled back, her left hand holding a syringe for anti-inflammatory drops….
Carlos pulled a stool closer and sat down, his thin lips curved into a slight curve as he looked at Natalia in her hospital bed and asked in a warm tone:
-Is Miss Natalia now also experiencing the pain of loving and not being able to love?
Natalia looked up immediately, with a slight startle in her eyes
Carlos mocked.
-The whole company can see that you have your heart set on Javier, don’t you know that yourself? But, unfortunately, Javier only has Natalia, the jealous teacher, in his heart.
Natalia sat leaning on her arms and looked at Carlos?
Did the whole company know how she felt about Javier?
Carlos looked at her and continued:
-The power you seek, the status, Javier doesn’t value it at all, he told me a few years ago that he would like to work under me for the rest of his life, no matter the position, the condition is to keep you… no, to keep Natalia’s master frame.
At that time his reason was, ‘to pay you for helping him in Mangzarent Nation’, and later, the time you fell into the water, he begged me again to spare you, saying ‘I love her, I can’t see her die, even if my soul is gone, I will do my best to protect her….
Natalia’s heart was beating fast as a mixture of emotions hammered in her brain….
-After everything you’ve done to me, separating Micaela and me, making me forget about her, do you think I’m really so kind as to not want to kill you?
Natalia shuddered as she looked into Carlos’ cold eyes….
Carlos averted his eyes and stood up.
-But now I see the punishment I was looking for, how does it feel to have ‘the man you love right in front of you, but he loves someone other than you and is always looking at another woman through you’? Is it more painful than death?
Natalia was breathing shakily, trying to calm her excitement….
Yes, she knew that the way Javier looked at her, the softness in his eyes, was not for her, that everything good he did for her was for that woman….
With his words echoing in my ears from the office:
-Natalia, I repeat, you are not her, you are not the one I want. I bind you with the hope that she will come back someday. Even if you take over her body, you will never be her.
Natalia had her left hand pressed against her chest, pulling on the drip tube, and the bottle above her head was swinging, but she didn’t have time to pay attention to it, only to feel a dull ache inside her chest….
It’s so painful not to be able to love….
No, it won’t…
Natalia looked at Carlos and said, somewhat hysterically:
-I’m me next to him! It’s me! He’ll fall in love with me sooner or later!
Carlos’ mouth curved without temperature and his hands went into his trouser pockets, his eyes full of deep intention.
-I’ll give you a chance, when you don’t know what to do, come ask me and I’ll tell you what you must do to get it for good.
Charles finished and turned to leave.