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JUST LOVERS CHAPTER 26
CARL.I was upset. Damn, I was boiling up!"Carl!""No.""Wait a minute...""No!"We’re on our way to my car, but I stopped on the sidewalk to face her."I don't know what the hell you were doing in the restaurant, but it wasn't a good idea. At all!""Why?" she challenged me. "Because you knew that woman was going to be there?""Don't fuck me now, Olivia. Please." I look around searching for divine providence to get me out of my own tantrum."¿Why do you say that? Can't a woman dine for herself?""For God's sake, Olivia, are you serious? You know how is this, you're so smart. And you don't know that woman at all, you don't know hardly anyone there at all, for heaven's sake. What were you pretending to do being alone in that place? Why the hell did you let her sit at your table?! It's just... fuck!""What's the problem? Why isn't it a good idea for a simple woman to go there for dinner on a random night?""Simple woman? Simple woman?! Have you seen yourself in a mirror, Olivia? Have yo
JUST LOVERS CHAPTER 27
CARL.Until you lose what you want... A phrase that adults in our family always tell you when you grow up and mature in life, and perhaps we do not realize when it has served us little or much during the whole journey.When Olivia threw all that inside my car in the middle of a strange night, in front of her apartment, I too realized her intentions, which made me feel desperate."Nancy is La Napolitana's owner's daughter," I began to explain. "She has always wanted me to manage the accounts of her business, which of course, is separate from the restaurant. I refused because I know who she is, and what she does, and since then, she has always been annoyed by my refusals."Silence. I was still feeling overwhelmed, but at the same time equanimous enough to analyze well my discomfort with everything that was happening.After doing my mental scrutiny and making sure once again that it was not something carried away for the moment after understanding what I wanted in the middle of the silen
JUST LOVERS CHAPTER 28
OLIVIA.Carl went crazy, but I understand.Carl Malaver is mad, unhinged from asking me to move in with him.I know it. I sense it.And I, from the bottom of my heart, wish to say yes.If he ever asks me, since I don't think he'd love to feel that way for much longer. Besides, life itself has taught me that sometimes, rushing, only leads to tiredness and the worst of them is the emotional one, the same tiredness that sometimes carries disappointment in its hands. And being disappointed, and so soon, is not good.That's why I'm still living in my little apartment, the one I can afford even with my salary, getting ready to go to work, after having spent wonderful days with him, with me... I must clear my throat. Next to my boyfriend. Yes, my boyfriend! How great it sounds and how terrifying it feels at the same time.Riding the bus to work early one Monday morning, I had time to think about what would happen that Friday. I could also regret that we had already met on another day of the
JUST LOVERS CHAPTER 29
OLIVIA.I stopped dead in my tracks, not sure what to do for a couple of seconds, maybe more.My hands tingled. Carl was at La Napolitana!«But what's going on today?», I asked myself.We stared at each other. He with some strange impression on his face, dumbfounded almost, in the middle of noon inside that beautiful and emblematic restaurant, realizing that I had just entered... accompanied.I don't know what face I could have made, I don't think I felt it. I had to relax. I wasn't committing any crime, keeping calm and sanity was paramount. But how to do it, when the gentleman who fascinates me, the owner of my emotions (the weak, treacherous, and compromised ones), the day and night emotions, was eating me with his eyes and not exactly in a good way? I looked at my companion and decided to take the bull by the horns."Alonso, could you wait for me at the table, please? I'm going to say hello to Carl...""And who is Carl? Is he that Carl?"I looked at him completely to give a proper
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CARL.I tried to share this conversation that should develop with my friend, who had been watching me for minutes with pure curiosity."Your girlfriend is very beautiful," he commented, making me look at him. "She's the same one you met that night, isn't she? Do you frequent this restaurant a lot... both of you?"I sighed, feeling stressed.I cleared my throat and took a sip of my coffee, which was getting cold."We met here."There was a momentary silence, as he nodded, concatenating in his head the answer I gave him, while he gobbled a dessert that I didn't even notice the moment it was brought to the table, although it was evident that he couldn't avoid looking at me, as I was more focused on what was happening at the other fucking table, than on the bites he was taking off his cake or the words themselves."Are you sure you're right?" I looked at him with a friendless look on my face. "Boy, you can't fool me. Besides, this is quite a show. Seeing you like this..." He laughed. "It'
JUST LOVERS CHAPTER 31
CARL.«Ahhh... So he's the ex.»I must confess now, inside I was laughing. And of course, laughter is better than jealousy.Somewhat amused by the situation, I had to say a few things to that Alonso."You're his ex? Wow, cool. I'm glad you finally found your way to this restaurant."I think my smile and words almost made Olivia faint and I know they also pissed off the idiot in front of me, who with his little air lenses, couldn't even do justice to that beautiful female.I looked straight at her and enjoye more when I saw her close eyes and almost shake her head. The best part: she also avoided smiling. In fact, I noticed that she was trying to keep her laughter from exploding. That made me feel very relieved.«I love you, don't I, Olivia?»"It was a good thing you didn't make it," I told to little Alonso. "Thanks to that boat of yours, she and I met." I patted him on the back, smiling all the time.I looked at my girlfriend and winked."Baby, before you go, look for me at the table,
JUST LOVERS CHAPTER 32
CARL."Let me pay the bill," Meléndez told me and I let him do it. Got up and went to swipe his card at the cash register, when we all know that waiters bring the point of sale to the table, or whatever... I needed to be alone for a moment, that was good for me.I looked at her.She was wearing her uniform and it looked perfect. I had seen her in those clothes before, but something was different, something was happening that day. I think I still feel the shock of everything that happened.The waiter approached them and I saw how the guy who had lunch with my girlfriend, paid the bill, passing a card through a wireless point of sale... I hoped Meléndez did not see that.Within seconds, I got up and went to the bathroom. I wanted her to say goodbye to this... guy... without seeing me at the table, that she wouldn't find me later, looking for me. I didn't know exactly why I wanted it that way, but I did.When I returned, she and Meléndez were talking, standing in the middle of both table
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CARL.Her mouth... God, her mouth. She was driving me crazy, she had me desperate, I needed to touch her, attract her to me, stick her to my skin, get inside her soon, at once... Olivia is cruel, her existence is cruel, she is... too much, but the overflowing in her, that thing that provokes me, I like it.Her tongue tasted of liqueur and bolognese sauce, but also of mint and it seemed unheard to be so. When did this woman eat mint? It's unbelievable.I almost pulled her out of the seat and placed her on top of me. It was what I was provoked to do, but I wouldn't do it in broad daylight. With my car's windows, you can see a bit of silhouette from the outside.I held her hair with a fist without it being painful and bit her lips, our mouths fought. I curled my tongue with her and bit her lower lip a couple of times before cutting the kiss short, almost blinded by the emotional charge that came over me the moment we entered the car.Our breaths were labored. I held Olivia's beautiful fa
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