Do you guys think Miguel and Catalina's relationship will take a turn from here?
MIGUEL I couldn't concentrate at all. I tried to understand Catalina's new angle. How did she go from hating me to bringing me breakfast in my room? Should I enjoy this, or be cautious? Catalina was never an easy one. Gosh! She drove me crazy.“Where are we with the shipment?” I asked Andrés.“We're on schedule,” Andrés replied. “You look tense, boss. Everything okay?”“Fine,” I said shortly. “Let’s go to the docks. I want to inspect it myself.”Anything to take my mind off Catalina. She was constantly becoming a distraction. A dangerous one.By the time we reached the docks, my focus shifted. Work first, Catalina later. The shipment had arrived as planned, but something felt off. The usual workers were there, but an unfamiliar face stood among them. I knew all my workers, and I didn't hear about any new hires. Andrés noticed him too. “You see that?”I nodded, my expression unreadable. “Handle it.”Andrés disappeared into the crowd while I oversaw the cargo. My men worked fast, un
MIGUEL I couldn't sleep. Partly because I didn't want to have another nightmare and partly because of Catalina. Gradually, even though I didn't want to admit it, she was becoming more than what I wanted her for. I wanted her because I had desires. Now those desires ran deeper and they now seem to mean another thing. I didn't want my feelings for her to run deeper. I desired her sexually and it should remain like that. Catalina didn't belong in my world, she hated my world and I didn't want to keep her here, she deserved better than me…than this life. I feared she also felt something deeper for me and I didn't want to indulge her. It wouldn't end well for her. The next morning, she came again with breakfast. “You need to stop this.”“I don't know why you don't like having breakfast, but it's very important. Just a bite.”“I'm not having that.”Her face dropped. “Just a bit please.”“No.”“Okay I get it. Should I pack it for you.” She wasn't going to give up.“What am I, a kid?”
CATALINA Miguel wanted me to leave him alone. And that I will. He has always been like this, just when I think he's opening up, he suddenly goes back to being….well…. Miguel. I've started to ask myself if I was too invested in him and making a fool of myself. Would I blame myself? There was nothing else to do in this huge house and he wouldn't let me go out. I needed to spread my wings and try out other things, meet other people. Miguel had just come back and was preparing to head out again so I started a conversation with Andrés.“You're close to Miguel huh?”“Yes.”“So he won't fire you for talking to me.”“Probably.”Why was he answering in monosyllables? Almost like his boss.“Can I ask you something?”“Yes.”“How do you use a gun?”Andrés actually looked at me and burst out with laughter. What was so funny? I asked myself.“You don't tell someone how to use a gun. You show them.” He brought out his pistol and handed it to me. I stared at it for a while before shaking my head.
MIGUEL I threw one gun at Andrés. “There's a problem. I've gathered the gang. We need to leave Asap.”I glanced towards Catalina, her eyes were on Andrés. “Be careful Andrés!” she called out.So she was worried about Andrés, what about me? We got into the car, I hit Andrés lightly. “I told you to indulge her, not get too close.” “She's a lovely lady, boss.”“I know that.”“She's also very funny.”I glared at Andrés, “I know that too.”“She's a strong woman too.”“Enough! Are you falling for her?”Andrés chuckled. “You know I have my own chica boss. Wouldn't go close to yours.”“I know….but she's so free and friendly with you. It vexes me.” “Why did you tell me to teach her then?”“She wants to learn. I don't know why she wants to, but I also don't want to say no to her.” I admitted.“She wants to learn how to defend herself. She doesn't like going out with so many people.”“She only needs to endure for a year and she'll be free.”“If Pablo wants her now, do you think he'll let her
CATALINA My heart skipped a beat.Since when did Miguel take permission first before doing anything? I eyed him suspiciously.“Why?” I asked.“Nothing. I just want to.”“What about that sexy brunette of yours? Why don't you go kiss her.”Miguel laughed, “I didn't take you to be the jealous type.”“I'm not jealous!”“If you say so.” “And if you don't want me to kiss you it's fine.”“Since when did you start taking permission?”“I just felt like it today.” His gaze lowered to my lips, then towards my chest area. “Next time, I won't be a gentleman. I'll do whatever I want to your amazing body.”My insides heated up just by imagining what he would do to my body. No Catalina!. I reminded myself that I've made a decision to not think so much about him anymore. I made myself available for him but he only pushed me further away and made me look like a fool. If he wants things to go back the way they were, he has to work harder than this.“I'm your slave so you can do whatever you want. I w
MIGUEL When we waited minutes for Catalina to come back, we decided she already called it quits for the day and headed inside. But I heard voices in a heated argument and rushed to see what was going on. Catalina and Gabriella looked like they were about to throw blows.“Spit it out Gabriella. What are you hiding?!” Catalina screamed at Gabriella.“I don't know what you mean.” Gabriella said. She turned to me, “Miguel she's crazy. She's talking crazy!”“Stop it both of you. What is this about?”“Gabriella is hiding something.” Catalina accused.“That's ridiculous. Okay then, what am I hiding?”“You're in cahoots with someone.”“Calm down Catalina.” I interfered, “Are you sure of what you're saying? I don't take false accusations lightly.”“I'm sure. I heard her say, "they needed to act fast and get rid of the obstacle.”“Who's they?”“Ask her! And ask her who the obstacle is…is it me? Say something Gabriella!” Catalina lunged towards Gabriella but Andrés quickly held her back.Gabr
CATALINA “Are you sure of what you're saying?” Andrés asked me for the second time.I nodded. “Of course I'm sure. I have to do this.”He laughed at me. “You can't even look at the gun, how do you intend to use it?”“Just teach me Andrés.”“It was cool when it was little stuffs like kicks and blows, this is on another level.”“You see, that's it. I realized that those things are child's play compared to what I'm really facing here.” I had told Andrés to teach me how to use a gun and now he's freaking out. After overhearing Gabriella's conversation, I got scared. What if I had more enemies than Pablo? Learning how to land a blow won't do me any good. If I had to learn how to defend myself against people in the Mafia, I had to think and act like the Mafia.“Okay what's gotten into you? Spit it out.”I sighed, “nothing it's just…” I whispered to him, “I'm scared.”“Of Gabriella?”I nodded.“You're really overthinking things Catalina. Gabriella is harmless. Scary, but harmless. She w
CATALINA I adjusted my sunglasses and glanced at Gabriella, who was busy scrolling through her phone. We stood outside a small café. The midday sun was bright, and scorching. I didn't want to be here. It was supposed to be a bonding exercise, an attempt by Miguel to smooth over our differences, but so far, we hadn't said a word to each other.Gabriella let out a sigh and tucked her phone into her bag. “Aren't you going in?”“No. Don't tell me you want to spend the day at a café?”“Do you have any ideas?”I hesitated. “No, but if I come up with one, it wouldn't be as lame as yours.”“I heard what Miguel said to you. You're only doing this because you want something from him so I don't expect you to put much effort into it.”“You're not wrong. But I haven't been outside in a long while, so I'm not going to waste my time at a café.”“So, where are we going first?” she asked, her tone was distant.I crossed my arms. “Well, we can go anywhere, do anything. We have Miguel's card and you
MIGUEL She looked beautiful, and sexy. Even though I've come to realize that Catalina would always look beautiful and sexy to me. She frowned as she walked up to me. What I did still upset her. She had no idea what else I'd planned for us today. “Stop staring at me.”I smirked. “I can't do that Mi amor.”She rolled her eyes. “Let's just go.”We drove silently to the club, I ordered my guys to wait outside, we were going in alone. Catalina gasped as she entered. “Why is this place empty?” She turned to me. “Don't tell me you rented the whole place.”“It's my club, I don't have to rent it out.”“So you ordered everyone to leave?”I simply shrugged.“That's just….bad.”“Are you sure? Because I can see you blushing.”“I'm not blushing! How are we supposed to have fun when it's just the two of us?”“We can totally have fun by ourselves. The music is playing, you dance and I watch you. That's fun.”“That's just fun for you. It's torture for me.”“Live with it.”She groaned loudly. “I nee
CATALINA I wondered what was wrong with Miguel, but whatever it was, I was loving it. He wanted to take me out and I was really excited about it. Though I had to act like it was a nuisance to me.“You want me to. What should I do with that?”Miguel groaned. “Don't be a bore Catalina.”“Okay, but only because you begged.”He laughed. “Begged?”“Yup.”His arms circled my waist. “You always beg me, but you don't see me making fun of you.”“I don't beg you. When did I?”He leaned and whispered in my ear. “When I touch you, when you moan my name, you always beg me not to stop.”I suddenly felt uncomfortable. “What are you saying? That's not true.”He nibbled on my ear. “Are you sure about that?”I breathed deeply. “I'm sure.”He breathed into my ear and used his tongue to tickle my ear, his warm breath and gentle tongue sent shivers down my spine. “Should we try it out?” He asked me.“Uhmm….no, I don't think we should.”He slid his hands inside my dress and traced his fingers down my ba
MIGUEL Andrés made a huge discovery. The spy has been discovered. He was one of the guys that guarded my house. Andrés found a burner phone used to make secret calls in his room and papers that resembled the one used to write the note that threatened me.“So, where is he now?” I asked.“He fled, but our men are looking for him. I'll bring him to you soon, boss.”“I need him alive, I have some questions for him.”“Yes boss.”It seemed strange that Jose would be a spy, he didn't seem like it. It's always the unsuspecting ones right? I still didn't rule out the fact that there was still danger lurking around. I had to be extremely careful, especially with Catalina. It has been very hard pretending to not care about her, when I saw her faint it was like my world was turning upside down. She thought I put on that show to scare her, whilst I only did it to scare other gang leaders that wanted to even think of going against me. The news would spread that Miguel Alejandro was still as ru
CATALINA Slowly, I opened my eyes, my vision was blurry, and my body was still trembling. My breath came in shallow gasps as the memory of what I had just witnessed replayed in my mind. Blood. Gunshots. Miguel's cold, unbothered laughter. I blinked a few times, trying to make sense of where I was. The curtains and the feel of the fabric beneath me— I was on my bed, in my room. "You're awake," a familiar voice said. I turned my head and found Andrés sitting close to me, his arms crossed over his chest. His usual playful demeanor was gone, replaced by something unreadable."What happened?" My voice was weak."You fainted," he replied simply.I swallowed hard. "I saw—" I couldn't finish the sentence, I was still scared.Andrés shushed me. "You don't have to say it."My stomach churned. The man I thought I knew, the one who made me feel safe, had just executed three people in front of an entire crowd without a second thought. And no one—not a single person—reacted. It was a normal
CATALINAI didn't appreciate the new atmosphere around the house. Everyone walked on eggshells because of Miguel's new raging temper. I myself avoided him, partly because of what happened in my room the other night and partly because I always seemed to be the cause of his problems these days. I had a theory, there was definitely a spy around here. How else would they know about my relationship with Miguel? And no matter how I think about it, Gabriella seemed to be the suspect that best fits the category.She's the only one who goes out and comes in as she pleases, there was that suspicious phone call and who hates the fact that Miguel has changed ever since I came into his life? Gabriella.I contemplated telling Miguel but he wouldn't believe me. He'd take her side as usual and brush me off like some stupid girl who doesn't know anything. “So that's your theory?” Andrés asked me, he was the only one I could talk to about my hunch concerning Gabriella.“What do you think? Miguel d
MIGUEL I laid her drunken body not so gently on her bed and tried to cover her up.“Be careful with me!” She demanded. “Big, bad Miguel.”“Reckless Catalina.”“I'm not reckless.”“You think it's funny? Going around exposing your body? MY BODY!” I was trying hard to control myself. Seeing her up there, dancing and mingling with that man annoyed me. I wanted to make him suffer for a while, then kill him slowly just for laying his filthy hands on her.“It's not your body.”“That’s funny. I paid for it.”“I've had enough of all this. Stop confusing me Miguel. One minute you're all over me, the next you're avoiding me. Do you even know what you want? Clearly you don't because if you did…..”“I'm going to need you to shut up now,” I said, and kissed her.She didn't hesitate to return the kiss. I pulled gently on her lower lip. “That worked,” I said as I pulled myself away from her.“This is not fair,” she said.She kissed me again, harder this time. “It's not fair to make me want you so
CATALINA I adjusted my sunglasses and glanced at Gabriella, who was busy scrolling through her phone. We stood outside a small café. The midday sun was bright, and scorching. I didn't want to be here. It was supposed to be a bonding exercise, an attempt by Miguel to smooth over our differences, but so far, we hadn't said a word to each other.Gabriella let out a sigh and tucked her phone into her bag. “Aren't you going in?”“No. Don't tell me you want to spend the day at a café?”“Do you have any ideas?”I hesitated. “No, but if I come up with one, it wouldn't be as lame as yours.”“I heard what Miguel said to you. You're only doing this because you want something from him so I don't expect you to put much effort into it.”“You're not wrong. But I haven't been outside in a long while, so I'm not going to waste my time at a café.”“So, where are we going first?” she asked, her tone was distant.I crossed my arms. “Well, we can go anywhere, do anything. We have Miguel's card and you
CATALINA “Are you sure of what you're saying?” Andrés asked me for the second time.I nodded. “Of course I'm sure. I have to do this.”He laughed at me. “You can't even look at the gun, how do you intend to use it?”“Just teach me Andrés.”“It was cool when it was little stuffs like kicks and blows, this is on another level.”“You see, that's it. I realized that those things are child's play compared to what I'm really facing here.” I had told Andrés to teach me how to use a gun and now he's freaking out. After overhearing Gabriella's conversation, I got scared. What if I had more enemies than Pablo? Learning how to land a blow won't do me any good. If I had to learn how to defend myself against people in the Mafia, I had to think and act like the Mafia.“Okay what's gotten into you? Spit it out.”I sighed, “nothing it's just…” I whispered to him, “I'm scared.”“Of Gabriella?”I nodded.“You're really overthinking things Catalina. Gabriella is harmless. Scary, but harmless. She w
MIGUEL When we waited minutes for Catalina to come back, we decided she already called it quits for the day and headed inside. But I heard voices in a heated argument and rushed to see what was going on. Catalina and Gabriella looked like they were about to throw blows.“Spit it out Gabriella. What are you hiding?!” Catalina screamed at Gabriella.“I don't know what you mean.” Gabriella said. She turned to me, “Miguel she's crazy. She's talking crazy!”“Stop it both of you. What is this about?”“Gabriella is hiding something.” Catalina accused.“That's ridiculous. Okay then, what am I hiding?”“You're in cahoots with someone.”“Calm down Catalina.” I interfered, “Are you sure of what you're saying? I don't take false accusations lightly.”“I'm sure. I heard her say, "they needed to act fast and get rid of the obstacle.”“Who's they?”“Ask her! And ask her who the obstacle is…is it me? Say something Gabriella!” Catalina lunged towards Gabriella but Andrés quickly held her back.Gabr