With that, Javier released her and turned to leave, only to take a step when her soft body pressed against his back, his left arm wrapped around her waist, something landed at his feet, and looking down….
It’s a bath towel…
Javier breathed a little harder and looked up, his fists clenched….
Natalia closed her eyes and pressed her cheek against his back, her mouth deliberately softening.
-Javier, why do you have to take so much bull by the horns, I’m her and she’s me, we’re the same person?
-You are not.
Javier interrupted her and raised his hand towards her wrist to push her away, Natalia did not agree and clung to him.
-Javier, as long as you believe that I am, that I am, I can also put aside my strength and get along with my partners, I know all the changes she has made, and what she can do, I can do too….
Javier did not speak…
His silence made Natalia feel hopeful, dissecting her heart: “Javier, I never dreamed that I would be able to do the same thing.
-Javier, I never dreamed I’d have such a humble day, a humble prayer for your attention, but as long as the humble prayer works, I’m willing to try, because I’m really into it, in a fine, unwavering way. Javier, I like you, let’s be good together, okay?
Javier’s grip on Natalia’s wrist was a little stronger, causing her some pain….
-It seems you didn’t hear what I said before. I said that you are not her. I tied you up just to wait for her return.
Then, breaking her hand forcefully, he strides out, takes two steps, stops, and his calm voice comes
-There are things that are determined and do not change.
I went from being filled with awe and gratitude to wanting to take her for myself, from treating her like a sister to treating her like my wife, we went through many, many things, she did many things wrong, but she lost her way, she just didn’t have control of her emotions and her mind to get to you.
I will not give her up, ever, let alone choose another woman, even if it is you in front of me and sharing body with her.
Natalia felt as if she were in an ice cave and her heart sank to the bottom of the ocean…
After a pause, Javier added:
-Put on your clothes and don’t catch a cold. The only thing I have to do until he comes back is to take good care of his body.
Javier left the bedroom without looking back and closed the door behind him.
Natalia tilted her little face upwards, the crystal tears still slipping….
He finally knows why the useless Natalia, who has been chasing a position of power for over twenty years, has given up a life of mediocrity….
Because love, oh irresistible love…
…
The next day, Javier was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, thinking about the day’s work.
Mr. Aguayo and Diego left yesterday to take Mike back to Anlandana, where he is temporarily in charge, so today he has to go to the office….
So, what about Natalia….
By the way, why isn’t she up yet?
Normally at this hour…
Putting out the fire, Javier went to the bedroom and knocked on the door, inside there was no movement…
Thinking about what she had told him the night before, Javier stopped to push the door, but thinking about her injured hand, he knocked again, raised his voice and said I’m coming in, then pushed the door….
Natalia is still sleeping on the bed with her injured hand outside the sheets….
Javier came closer and looked at her sleeping face and couldn’t help but think again of the person he had been longing to see….
Indeed, how could he be indifferent to what she had said last night, but he really couldn’t answer her, she was the one who had taken over him, she was not the one he loved, and he shouldn’t have let Natalia, who had repented, disappear like that….
Javier leaned over and gently nudged her shoulder.
-Natalia, get up.
The sleeping woman’s eyes opened slowly and Javier got up to walk away.
-I’m going to the office later, will you?
Before the words could be spoken, her hand was taken and Javier unconsciously looked back to see Natalia sitting up, looking at her with such obvious love in her eyes and a hint of mischief in her muzzle.
-Brat! Why this attitude towards me?
Brat?
Javier froze…
Natalia rubbed his head, with a flirtatious tone in her voice.
-Hmph, young people today, they don’t know how to respect the old and love the young at all.
This is, this is, Natalia, his Natalia, the old Natalia, as she called him in private, and once the relationship was established, respect for the old was often on her lips, just because she was five years older….
Javier’s heart instantly beat faster and he bent down, holding her by the shoulders, excited and full of disbelief.
-Sister, are you back?
Natalia looked directly at Javier, with a glint of heart in her eyes.
-Yes, I’m back.