CHAPTER 3

—She's beautiful, right? —Ronald asked with a smile, while he looked at how Santiago had been staring at where Luciana had just left.

"More than that, she's perfect, but a little serious," he said, looking into the man's eyes. Ronald lowered Emily from her lap.

—Honey, could you go get me a coffee? — Emily nodded when she heard her grandfather and ran out of the place in search of her grandfather's coffee, Santiago knew that he did not want his daughter to hear what he had to say — It wasn't always like that, she was a happy woman, she loved life and smiled at everything.

-And what happened? — Santiago asked, very interested in what the man was telling him.

—Love happened to her — Santiago knew that at that moment she was jealous and angry at the same time and he didn't know why, since it was stupid of her, he had known her.

—Did she cheat on you? — Anger was present once again, as she thought about what the man could have done to her, but Ronald shook his head.

—No, he was very in love with her. Diego was a great man, he loved Luciana, they even got engaged, they were going to get married, but I think that was not their destiny, Diego suffered an accident the day before the wedding and died in the hospital, it was a very hard blow. for my princess, she even tried to kill herself — Santiago was too surprised by what he heard — That destroyed me and she noticed it, from there she continued forward, she got so into work, it was like her escape from reality and it didn't bother me, because I saw my girl move forward.

"I'm very sorry," said Santiago, while he thought about everything they had told him. At that moment the door opened, the secretary came in with two coffees and a large glass of ice cream.

"I'm here, sorry I'm late," Emily said, making those present laugh.

—Don't worry princess, it didn't last long. —Ronald lived in love with the little girl. Emily smiled when she heard her grandfather say. The man looked at Santiago.

—I told you this because I trust you and because I saw the shine in your eyes. I know you are a great man Santiago, but since that happened Luciana closed herself off so if you want something with her you are going to have to be very patient.

—I am the most patient man in this world. — She said with great decision and Ronald smiled when he heard it, he really liked that, he would be the perfect man for her daughter.

When they left the meeting room, Ronald was going home so he decided to say goodbye to his daughter, although he didn't have to go to the office, since Luciana was talking to the secretary, the woman was attending to both of them when they Mr. Brown wanted to go to the office.

"Daughter, I'm going home," he announced. Luciana turned when she heard her father and was surprised to see Santiago still with him. The girl was in her father's arms, but when she saw Luciana she asked him to put her down. He did. What her little girl asked of her, she ran into Luciana's arms, who smiled when she saw her and took her in her arms to lift her up.

—Okay dad, when are you going to see grandpa?

—I've been talking to him, apparently this time I'm convincing him to come live with us.

-That is great. - at that the girl looked at her

—Can I come live with you? — Santiago opened his eyes wide when he heard his daughter, the beautiful woman had definitely taken over the heart of her little daughter. Luciana couldn't help but laugh when she heard it.

—Would you leave your daddy alone? — The girl looked at her father, who made a tender pout to continue the game.

—Can he also live with you? — Santiago, upon hearing the girl, looked intently at Luciana, who also had her eyes on him and she couldn't help but blush.

—Emy, honey, please, can you stop asking questions? — Santiago once again saved Luciana from the awkward questions of his princess. The girl looked at him and then at Luciana.

—I did not say anything wrong. —She said innocently. Luciana smiled.

—Don't worry darling, you haven't said anything wrong. But you can't come live with me and leave your dad and everyone who loves you. But what we can do is have girls' sleepovers, do you think? — the girl nodded strongly.

— I like the idea. —And looking at her father she asked. — Would you give me permission, daddy? — Santiago stood very close to them, making Luciana smell her fragrance. She couldn't help but get nervous although she didn't show it.

—Of course darling. "Now we must go, Rose is waiting for us." Luciana frowned at this and Emily began to shake her head.

—I don't want to, she's bad dad.

—I know honey, you already told me, that's why I need to talk to her. I have promised you that I will not let anyone hurt you. —The girl threw herself into the arms of her father, he was perfect. Luciana felt thousands of butterflies in her stomach, Santiago was being very tender and why deny it, she liked that.

"Well, I'm leaving them because I have to go to work, dad, please be careful," she hugged her father and then looked at the O'Briens. — On the weekend we can have a sleepover, honey, do you think? — Emily looked at her father, excited about her.

—How long until the weekend? — Santiago smiled.

-Two days. — the little girl smiled and looked at Luciana.

-That seems perfect to me. Daddy give him your number, so he can contact me — Santiago smiled, while he shook his head. He took out of her bag a card with her personal number and gave it to Luciana who accepted it and with a nod walked away from her to her office. Santiago sighed before turning around and saying goodbye to Ronald, who was looking at him with a big smile.

On the way home he was thinking about Luciana, that woman was not only beautiful physically, no, but she was also beautiful on the inside, he still couldn't believe the tender and loving way in which she had behaved with her daughter, when she had just had her. acquaintance. He also thought about what Mr. Brown had said, he couldn't even imagine the pain that Luciana had gone through, because she had lost the love of her life because of damned destiny, in return he had been an idiot who gave her everything to a cruel and despicable woman, the only thing he could thank her for was his little girl, that's why ever since he found out about her existence he has dedicated himself to looking out for her and now he wasn't going to make an exception, he wasn't going to allow them to make his son feel bad. daughter, far from it. That's why he was going to put Rose in her place and teach her that no one messed with Emily O'Brien.