"Only if I’m crazy!" she murmurs. "Who in their right mind would fall in love with someone who does the unthinkable to have a woman for themselves?" Evie continues, even if Felippa is on the other side of the basketball court, gathering the chairs. "What kind of man does what he did? Nobody! No one with maturity would do or say the things he did..." she holds a dry sheet and keeps it spinning between her fingers. "It’s okay that the day of the opera was amazing... that having seen him experience something he never ate, just because I love it and asked, was too much... not to mention the changes he wants to make in the field of trailers... WHAT THE HELL!” Unmoved by the cry her friend gave, Felippa let out a laugh and began to carry the chairs to another place. While Evangeline tried to keep in her memories, only the controlling Alec and that caused her anger, she did not notice that she was alone on the basketball court. Well, almost all alone. The man standing across the stree
"Dad!" Audrey hits her foot on the ground and pulls the phone out of Blake’s hand. "You’re not going to kill anyone. We don’t want a war. Especially around the birth of your first grandson.” "That can’t be it, Audrey! That man needs to learn to be a man! What kind of father will he be, beating women?” "Ah..." she smiles and shakes her blonde hair. "he’s not the father. Well, he doesn’t know..., but he’s not.” Alec holds the laugh, with the shock face that Blake made. He did not imagine that his daughter’s life was so active. "Audrey came back to stay, Dad." Alec says, trying to change the mood. "She’s welcome. Isn’t it?” Despite being extremely hurt, when Audrey decided to follow her mother out of the house, Blake loved her unconditionally. She always kept her luxuries, no matter what city she was living in or if she didn’t call him. Her act of leaving her without an allowance, when she started dating Giovanni, was a way of trying to get her away from the Italian mobsters and
Evangeline rolls her eyes and throws a pillow at her friend, causing her to choke on the soda. Before Felippa can fight back, someone knocks on the door. The redheaded girl gets up and walks there, imagining it could be the lunch she had ordered from room service. Evie was feeling mildly worried about Leah, so would not join the others at the hotel restaurant. And although his hunger was gigantic, it was not food that was on the other side of the door. "Alec?” Felippa, who was completely involved with the remote control, trying to figure out how it made the television appear, raises his head as he hears Alec’s name and looks towards the door. She notices that Alec is not wearing his usual suits, but even in those jeans and basic white blouse, he was still killing. Literally. "Can we talk?" he asks, trying to put his hands in the pockets of his non-existent social pants. Alec was in an attempt to look more casual. Since he had started wearing social clothes, jeans stopped mak
"Kidnapped?" Alec gets up. "What are you talking about? Who did this?” "How will I know? I don’t even know who you are. Or what you do. But looking back at what I saw when I walked into that forbidden room and this flash kidnapping, you can imagine what a good thing it isn’t.” Alec felt a slight panic corrode his entrails. He had barely taken the power of his family’s business and someone, who was not even part of his right life, was in danger for it. "I need you to explain to me what happened." he asks. "For what? To stay in the dark about you?” "My God!" Alec runs his hand over his face desperately and approaches Evangeline, holding her in his arms tightly. "Evangeline, my life and what I do is no joke. We need to be honest with each other. Please.” Evangeline focused on Alec’s blue, dark eyes. The pressure he put on his arms and the urgency in his gaze made her agree. Alec loosened his grip and Evie took two steps back. "I don’t know who they are." she says. "I remembe
His frustration is present, seeing that the message was from the music school. The teacher was sick and classes were canceled. "Great." Evie mutters, leaving her phone on the table. "What was it?" Felippa does not expect Evangeline to offer the cell phone. She herself picks up and reads the received message. "Ah... how annoying. At least your nights are free for now. What are you doing today?” "Practice. There is nothing better to do.” Evangeline holds her cell phone and leaves the restaurant without waiting for her friend. The elevator leaves her on the roof, where she goes directly to the minibar and holds the bottle that was with less liquid. That’s the one Alec had served for him when talked. "I’m alone." she grumbles, looking at the bottle. "What bad can happen?” Once the bottle -obviously- does not answer it, Evangeline removes the lid and turns the hot liquid right into her mouth. She grimaces and contemplates not drinking again. [...] The insistent ringing of t
She walked up to the short man in a suit, smiling and laughing at him. After some hugs and conversations near the ear, Felippa turned in the direction of the limousine and motioned to the other two women. Evie left the car first and helped Audrey then. The place was big and noisy. As Felippa and Audrey walked among the people, swaying in the rhythm of the music they played, Evangeline looked around with disdain. Her influence on classical music from an early age made her hate exactly where she was. "What a burial face!" Audrey yells at Evangeline as soon as they sit down at a table. "Hey?” The blonde pulls the mango of a waiter who passed by and asks him to bring his best and most expensive drinks. And a bottle of water. "I won’t wait for drinks. I want to dance!” Felippa leaves the table, making Audrey sigh relieved. She was eager to be alone with Evangeline. "Hey!" she pushes the redhead with her shoulder. " You don’t like ballads, do you?” "Is it that obvious?” "Ot
Drawing strength from where she never imagined she would, Evangeline raises her knee and hits Eric’s intimate parts. The moment he walks away, to complain about the aggression suffered, Evie closes her hand in fist and hits a wrong punch in his face. Without shaking with that and holding her intimate parts, Eric pushes her, walks away and shouting how slutty she is. Sitting on the floor, seeking her dignity, Evangeline cries. She feels that she is in that room again, with her clothes torn. "Hey! Evangeline?" Audrey, who was also looking for the bathroom, almost stumbles on the redheaded girl sitting on the floor. "Are you crying? What happened?” Although she tries to speak, despair takes over her body and she feels that an anxiety crisis is happening. Audrey also notices, then quickly grabs her by the arm and uses all her strength to take her away from all those people. After a few minutes searching, they enter the area reserved for smokers. "Leave." Audrey says, looking at the
The test was positive, obviously. Amid the tears, I told my mother what had happened. She cursed me bitch down. He said that I deserved all the pain the world was able to cause me and that now I would know what it was like to have life destroyed by a baby out of time. I let her go and looked for the one person I should be looking for at that moment. Eric. He did even worse than my mother. He said I wanted his money and was using the pregnancy for that. That since I had the courage to have sex with three different men on the same night and act like it was no big deal, it could have happened to other people as well. Eric kicked me out and told me never to look for him again." "I lost the baby, two weeks after graduation." Evie says, drying her face again. She had not stopped crying since the mention of Eric’s name. "It was painful, since the child was almost formed, but I believe it was deliverance. I can’t imagine what my life would be like today if that pregnancy had paid off.”
"Today is five years since the great fire that destroyed the old Baker family factory in New York. In addition to some bodies that were unrecognizable due to fire, the bodies of Paul and Jonah Baker were found. At the time of the incident, the only heiress of the family, Davine Baker, who was hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic, was released and put her mouth on the world, saying that her father was the mastermind for the death of former city magnate Blake Castello. Since then, our press has been searching for the Castello family, but none of them have been seen more. With the exception of Dominique, former Castello and also former Harris, who travels the world and makes clicks to each country. All the other family members disappeared, as if there were no more. Where did they..." The television is turned off suddenly and the girl looks back furious. "Hey! I was watching.” "It’s time for school, Allegra. You shouldn’t be seeing information about New York.” The girl rolls her e
"I am not available at the moment, leave your message and I will return soon." That electronic message that sounded every time Alec called Evangeline’s phone was making him extremely angry. He had tried to contact her several times throughout the day, but she had not returned her messages or phone calls. At the end of the day, Alec decided to personally go look for her. He began by visiting the places he knew she frequented, but no one seemed to have seen her or Allegra. Not even in the taco food truck she loved to go to. Alec became increasingly concerned and decided to go to Evangeline’s house. He knocked on the door several times, but got no answer. He started playing the intercom several times, but still, no one answered. "Shit!" He grunts, banging his foot on the balcony floor. "Alec? ls everything okay?” "Felippa!" Alec hurries to her and holds her by the shoulders, which leaves her alarmed, by the state of agony. “Do you know where Evangeline is? I’ve been calling
Evangeline woke up that Saturday with a strange feeling in her chest. She had agreed with Allegra that that day would be only two of them, where they could do whatever they wanted. The little one chose to go to a park, where they spent the day in complete harmony. They walked through the grass, fed the ducks they had in the lake, had a picnic and lay on the cloth, facing the shape of the clouds. When the afternoon was falling, Allegra wanted to have an ice cream before going. As soon as she asks for two ice cream, Evangeline realizes she only has a single fifty dollar bill in her purse. "I’ll go around the corner and change and be right back.” Mother and daughter sit on the bench next to the cart, enjoying the strawberry ice cream. Suddenly a large black van stops before them and opens the door, showing two hooded and armed men. They jump out of the van quickly, frightening them both. Evangeline quickly raises her arms, trembling all over. "You can take everything." she says
"What was so urgent that you filled me with calls?" Alec asks Howard when the driver walks into his mansion office. "In fact, I took courage and proposed to Evangeline in marriage.” "Really, boss? Did you give up the ring that’s been in storage for ten years?” "It is..." he smiles passionately, as if he were not a violent mobster. "but do not tell her about it. I do not want to look like a soft man.” Howard laughs, almost forgetting the reason that led him there. "I would never do that. Anyway...” "You can talk. Don’t bullshit.” "First, as you asked me, I found Leah’s whereabouts. Evangeline’s mother.” "So what?” "She really is dead." Alec sighs deeply. "It’s been a few years since it happened. Looks like she was prostituting herself to get money for drugs. One of these days, she overdosed in a cheap motel room and a maid found her. At least she was carrying papers and managed to get a proper burial.” "It’s... less bad. But that’s not all you have to talk about.” "
The two lovers spent the entire dinner facing each other like two fools. They managed to eat with only one hand, because they could not uncouple the other. As they leave the restaurant, Alec decides to stop by an ice cream shop and take Allegra’s favorite candy. Halfway there, he receives a message from Howard, informing him that he needs to talk to him urgently. "Does it bother you if we see each other tomorrow?" Alec asks, dropping his cell phone. “I think he has some business problem. Many missed calls from Howard and a message wanting to talk urgently.” "All right. I think telling Allegra the news alone will be better for her head. Especially with chocolate ice cream.” Alec stops by Evangeline’s condo and they say goodbye there. After a kiss full of vows of love, Evie abandons the car and walks towards her best friend’s house. "Hi, Felps." she greets the woman, who was sitting on her balcony. When looking at her house, she is strange because everything is off. "Is Alle
When the conversation with Jude ended and they decided everything about Evangeline’s new job, the redhead left the school building, feeling nostalgic. She had her head in the clouds, thinking about everything that was happening in her life, which she did not even notice in the car and the man standing before her. Alec had to give her a whistle to stop and notice her presence. "Love!" Evie spins in the small jump she used and hurries to hug him. "What longing.” "A month to move in was too much. Don’t you think?” "No." she murmurs, scraping her lips into his. "This made my longing for you, make me climb the walls.” "Don’t talk like that... even more leaning on me like that.” The reaction Evangeline caused in Alec’s body was instantaneous. As she felt the volume in the middle of her beloved’s legs, she laughed and moved away a little. "Sorry!” "Ah, come on." he holds it in his hand and pulls it to his arms again. "Later we solve it, for now, we go to dinner. You have a l
As soon as he landed in New York, Alec went to his company headquarters, where he would meet with his partner, Paul Baker. For Paul, it would just be a routine meeting to discuss whether the merger between the two families was successful. The two mobsters sat in a dark, well"protected room at a meeting to discuss business. They looked at each other intensely before they started talking. "So, how are things in our territories?" Alec asks, opening some buttons of his jacket. "All right, all right. We’re expanding our operations and we’ve been bringing more money into the business.” "That’s good. I heard our rivals are causing problems again. What’s the situation?” "Yes, they are meddling in our business. But don’t worry, we have trusted men taking care of it. They won’t cause any more problems.” If there was one thing Paul Baker was good at, it was solving problems. Mostly using violence. "Great. But you know I’m a busy man, and I need to make sure that everything is unde
When the moving truck stopped in front of Evangeline’s house, she came down and helped Allegra do the same, ready to give instructions where she wanted things to be placed. Before he even opened the door, his phone started vibrating in his pocket. It was more than one of several messages from Alec. The last one was audio. "It doesn’t make any sense for you not to stay at my house. Audrey already pissed me off, asking me what I’d done to make you not want to live with us." Evie rolls her eyes and puts her phone away again, finally opening the door. She decides to keep watching everything outside. Allegra sat on the curb, watching some random videos on the internet. "Evangeline?" She turns and finds Howard coming down from a car. "You’re here!” "He told you to come here? I won’t live in the mansion! Alec is impossible.” Howard laughs and shakes his head in negative. "Not really. Today is my day off. I came..." the driver looks sideways at Felippa’s house. "Felippa called me
Alec’s cell phone alarm was set to wake up every day at seven in the morning. And as it was Sunday, hearing that noise, Evangeline grumbled for him to hang up and continue to sleep. Since his phone had been in his pants pocket, which was lying on the floor of his room, Alec had to get up to go there. When he opened his eye and sat down, he noticed a small figure beside the door, looking towards them with a lot of curiosity. "Evie?" Alec calls, pushing her slowly. "Evangeline?” "What do you want, Alec? Can’t find your phone?” "I think you’d better sit down.” Sleepily, the redhead lifts her body up and yawns, staring at Alec. As he stared forward, she followed his gaze and found Allegra there. "Daughter!" Evangeline gets up quickly and goes to the confused girl. "Hi... I..." she looks at Alec. "Get dressed! Come with me, Allegra.” Evangeline holds the girl’s arm and leads her to the room. "I can explain." she says, looking at her daughter. "What?” The woman blinks