"Seriously, this is unheard of!" I say trying to avoid shedding the tears that I already have accumulated in my eyes.
"Lucía, honey, please understand...""Now you're going to tell me that you didn't intend to sleep with that woman," I interrupt him while I'm already screaming with tears running down my cheeks. It hurt, of course it hurt.In my words, there is only one thing, one feeling: betrayal, anger, anger, that same anger that grew more and more."Seriously, honey, I really didn't want to do it..." She looks at me with those eyes of supplication in her gaze, but I'm already tired, this time I'm not willing to forgive this.""I'm sorry, but it all ends here," he resigns himself. "I've forgiven so many things, but this is no longer. See you later."And immediately I leave his house as hurried as my feet have allowed me, I look at my car and go quickly towards it.I start driving home, while I do it, my mind can only think about the last few months I spent with Armando.And to think that the five years of the relationship we had went to the trash can in less than ten minutes. Men... they are all the same.All for a silly infidelity which I in no way intend to forgive. I must love myself first.I hear the sound from my phone indicating that I am receiving a call, I look at the screen and quickly see my sister's name appearing on it."Hello Ana! What's going on? I ask to pick up the phone."Hello Ana?" Are you teasing me?" I hear that she is upset and I don't blame her for the truth because she has just given birth to her first daughter and that doesn't make her very happy either. Dad has been angry, he says that if you don't arrive before the man he invited home does it, he will make you..."Fake it!" I forgot it for a moment, but it's almost here, please don't worry—I respond quickly by cutting off the communication and trying to pretend that nothing has happened.I take a towel and take out some tears that were still on my cheeks, there is only one block left to get home. My father had told us that a special guest would arrive today and wanted to invest in one of his companies, and that he had not invited him home since the man lived too long. He had no intention of traveling when his second daughter was just giving birth. For him, grandchildren were of the utmost importance.It seems that my father's future partner is very interested in making deals with him, since he did not object, nor did he make excuses to travel from Australia's to Chicago.When I got home I parked the car and got off it, when I opened the door the first thing I see are my nieces running towards me. After a bad day there were people who really loved me and wouldn't hurt me."Aunt!" says Jessica, "I missed you." Jessica is the daughter of Sam, my older brother, she is only a year and a half old, but she is too intelligent and of course she came out very beautiful, she has blue eyes just like everyone in the family except for my mother and as I mentioned before, beautiful black hair."Don't worry, it's only been a few minutes that I've been outside, my dear!" I say trying to hide the pain I have in my chest. I took her in my arms and left a lot of kisses all over her face."It doesn't matter, the time you are outside of us becomes eternal, aunt," says Vincent, he is my brother's eldest son, he is five years old and he is also very beautiful, I am completely sure that growing up he will break the hearts of many girls as they did to me. His eyes are beautiful emerald green only a little lighter than the rest of us and his hair is brown, the only thing that his is a little wavy."Where were you supposed to be, Karina?" I heard my father's voice with a severe gesture on his face."I know... Dad, I'm sorry, I forgot, but don't worry, I'm already here," he replied, going to him and put a kiss on his cheek.Smile and I like that. I have appeased his anger."Okay honey, but go get dressed right away, in a few minutes my future partner will arrive: Mr. Bruce." If you want, I can help you with this princess—extend her arms to take my niece off—I'll take her with her parents."Okay, Dad." I answer as I leave Jessica in her arms and see him go with Vincent, following in his footsteps.As I went up the stairs of the corridor in the direction of my room which is next to my sister's, as I passed through the front I heard Sara's little cry.To have little time, cry out, it's scary.I quickly decide to ask him if he is going to need my help and knock on the door in two subtle touches. Immediately Marcelo, my sister's husband appears behind her with his tired face."You're your Karina," can I help you with anything?""No, in fact Marcelo was going to ask you the same thing, do you need help?""Of course!" shouts my sister from the inside. "Please take Sara as we prepare for dinner, we are too tired," she looks at me with a pleated face, a seat and she gives me the baby who is wearing red pajamas which looks tender. I could even see dark circles in my sister that made her look like a panda.I leave Ana's room and go straight to mine, when I enter I leave the girl to whom I don't really explain myself because she hasn't cried if with any movement or with any sound she starts crying, in bed surrounded by some pillows so that she doesn't fall and I go into the bathroom to take a shower.After I leave the bathroom I see the girl asleep, I enter the wardrobe and dress in a tight dress at the top and totally black, I leave my hair loose and do a makeup which highlights my green eyes, in the end I put on black heels like the dress and I think it is more than perfect.I lie down in bed looking at the beautiful girl who is asleep next to me, Sara has the eyes of the family, and her hair is very black and abundant, I think her father inherited it, she has very tender features, which make her look like one of those dolls that come in boxes."Karina, Dad says get off quickly, my sister enters my room, wow!" You slept her, I really can't believe it - she says when she sees her daughter asleep in my bed, I just smile and deny the same time I get up she takes the girl.We leave the room together, Ana stops at her room to leave the girl in the crib and leaves quickly."Let's hurry, my dad must be angry," he says and we hold hands like in the old days.The moment we got to the ground floor we met Sam."Hurry up, Bruce has just arrived at the dining room," he says, denying his head and putting his lips on a single line.We entered the dining room together, everyone was already sitting so in silence we did the same.Please apologize for the delay of my daughters, Mr. Bruce. You know what youth is like today.What? But if this man of man has nothing, when I may be about four years ahead, he is a super handsome man, not just that. He is quite tall, even when he sits down, his hair is brown and his eyes are green, it is a very intense dark green."Don't worry sir, besides, those who should apologize in that case would be the two of them, or am I wrong?" he said, taking me out of my thoughts quickly, with his gaze fixed on me."Mmm... yes," I replied a little nervously. "I apologize for the delay, Mr. Bruce."He kept taking my eyes off, my sister also apologized by receiving a "yes" in whispers as an answer. His eyes are still fixed on me! Shit!! I'm starting to get nervous.If dinner went more normally and quietly, I mean boring. That would be the right word to describe the dinner and talks of these men. Well, my father, my brother and Bruce were talking about their businesses as if instead of a dining room they were in an office and their employees.On the other hand, for my part there was
"That's right, Dad, I'll go to Sandra's boyfriend's birthday," I respond in a low tone so that only he can listen to me."Karina..." Apparently she doesn't like the idea very much, but the complaint is interrupted by my sister-in-law."I'm very sorry for what happened to your relationship with Armando." He responds and forced me to smile at the same time as I sit."It's nothing out of the ordinary, Martha, that's already happened and it has to be in the past," I say as I shrug my shoulders, I just want to downplay those things."Apparently you have too beautiful a daughter, Mr. Raphael," says Mr. Bruce like that out of nowhere.I quickly feel blushed and at the same time saddened at the words I have just heard, apparently it has caught the attention of others, he just smiles."I know, Bruce, I don't have the slightest doubt about that," my father responds with a lot of pride and tenderness as he lets his eyes rest on me. "Just please don't come back too late, honey, you know very well
Hearing that voice that I can forget, my skin bristles and I stay static, finding that beauty of a man with a mocking tone, I was in pajamas and a fairly thin white shirt."Don't worry about me," I say trying to pretend that I'm not drunk, much less seem pathetic to him. "Don't think I'm a little girl either.Having said that, I'm in the jar of getting to the sunset, walking and locking myself in my room, I don't want to be ashamed more and less that he watched me stagger. But just when I want to continue my march, I realize that my whole world is still going around. I don't know what to do at that moment, I can only feel my body as it begins to collapse, but just when it seems that my body is close to the ground, I feel like a pair of strong and defined arms hold me. It's Bruce who captures me clinging to his chest.I look up and that's when my eyes make contact with his, those beautiful eyes shone that although there was darkness I could see them. Our lips are only millimeters away
The night was cold and dark, it brought with it many dangers and with it one in particular. My fiancée's brother had seen me just before I did some shopping in a supermarket, when I saw him I ran desperately to the apartment that his sister and I were renting, in his family there was a tradition of getting engaged before establishing a courtship, otherwise the groom and the bride would be killed, yes, it sounded macabre, but it was the laws of the country where we lived. The woman's word was worth absolutely nothing.Worst of all, he had an empire under his command and I was just a boy in love.-I need you to get ready as soon as possible," I arrived with my breath hitching, shaking the body of Karina, my fiancée.-What's the matter with you? -She opened her eyes, surprised at the way I arrived, "You look like you've seen the devil himself," she frowned.-It's your brother...-I shook my head-I think he saw me at the supermarket and is coming after us with his thugs.-Are you sure? -he
My name is Margaret Monroe, I live in New York City, full of luxury, raised by fashion designers, Alex and Margarita Monroe, since I was little I have been the spoiled of the house and I was just measuring my graduation dress.-But how pretty you look, my beautiful girl! -I was surrounded by the maids of the house trying on a black silk dress, they were all excited because I had finally achieved this triumph.-Do you think so? -I gave a little twirl in front of the mirror in a roundabout way.-Of course you will," she tucked a strand of hair behind my ear, "I bet you'll shine like a star tomorrow," my mother always exaggerated, "will I be ready before noon tomorrow? -She asked the designer of the dress-this girl takes at least two hours to get ready and I don't want us to be in a hurry until the time we arrive.-I promise, ma'am," said Danna, our junior designer friend.ROBERTOFinally, Maria had opened her eyes, but it didn't take long for her to pounce on me, with blows.-How could
MARCOS-The money he pays us for our silence, ma'am," I clarified, perhaps I was wrong to tell her the truth, but we had no choice.-But what money are these gentlemen talking about, Alex? I demand you tell me, what is going on at this very moment? -She was shaking her head from one end to the other very confused, poor lady, why did you tell me and Margaret that her parents were dead? -Perhaps she was becoming hysterical, while Mr. Alex was breathing heavily -you have lied to your own daughter, I am ashamed of you.-So, what did you want us to do? We couldn't have children and it was the only solution I saw at that moment, besides, they accepted the deal, I didn't see it wrong," Mr. Alex tried to excuse his actions.-I can't believe it..." His wife was holding his forehead.-Well, since everything has been cleared up now," said my father, "I think it would be best for Margaret to know that her real parents are still alive, and I'll take her with me to see her mother off.-No! Of cours
MARGARETAs the days went by, my father decided to travel for business matters, meanwhile I was left here, alone, with my bilogical parents, I learned to perform a number of trades which I was not used to in the mansion in New York, however the experience I was experiencing I liked, we did a little of everything and in the afternoons I visited the wooded area to read books, until one day I was told the sad and hard truth that my younger sister, would be married to a guy much older than her, They told me a little about the traditions and customs that were carried out in this country, one of the penalties to be paid if the mandate was not fulfilled was death itself, my brother and my father explained to me the possible solution so that this marriage would not be carried out, the only thing that had occurred to them was that I would sacrifice myself instead, I felt terrified because I would marry a man I had never seen before and on the other hand I had my life tied to New York, I did no
The crying and the suffering had stopped, that way my mind had cleared a little, I had the idea of tying sheets after sheets and that way escape through the window, it sounded a little crazy, but it was the only solution I had found, I just hope they didn't catch me in the attempt.DAMIÁN-I feel very proud of you, son, all this time we have taught you the right path and until today you have obeyed everything that the laws of our tribe says, so many years ago you were a boy and today you are a man, you are the leader of all of us and we respect you, now I give you my blessing so that you, you, be a good man and always give, the example to others-my father had stood in front of me giving me his blessing, as we had the custom at the time of joining our lives in marriage.-My mother was giving me a gold and diamond chain, now go to your room, your wife is waiting for you very anxiously," she said and inside I knew that things were not like that, however, I walked to my room, the biggest
DAMIÁNI turned the matter over and over again and still could not decipher who was the one who was not betraying but definitely the men I was in charge of could not be trusted and I had many years of experience in the business plus everything that was done I was fully known so whoever was doing all this malevolent plan would have to be an experienced person and I did not want to deduce things ahead of time, suddenly I felt my cell phone vibrating and it was a call from one of my men who was aware of the situation that was in the city.-Sir, I apologize for the time I am calling you and the way I am doing it but I didn't want to tell anyone else but you first and I am absolutely sure that I am seeing your wife with the guy from New York- at that moment I could feel that the blood was getting too high in my head so much so that I was feeling very angry. very angry definitely Margaret was getting into trouble and this time I was very furious I was not even aware of the things that could
MARGARETOne of the things that seems to relax me a little more was to get out of the house the routine was killing me and the problems sometimes were quite suffocating so this afternoon I had decided to go to my mother's house, she was cooking, she was wonderful with me grateful that I still had her alive and I could not complain about the attention she had towards me, her house was quite simple but the most important thing is that in that place I felt very comfortable and happy, My mother had an excellent spoon Tanto so I could not resist and I went to the kitchen maybe I could help a little I did not like to be in someone's house without doing anything, I did not like that they thought I was a good for nothing I knew my abilities and I know that in the kitchen I was not very good but nevertheless I needed to help her.-Mom I approached her, she had a fork and a knife at hand I think she was preparing the meat and some vegetables I could smell a very tasty aroma so much so that I co
Actually convincing Margaret was one of the most difficult things in life for me it was the biggest challenge of all but today I didn't feel like arguing with her so I left the house but just before I left my mother-in-law Maria had arrived with a corduroy and a rag on top of her and I could smell the delicious smell of bread.Mr. Damian, if you will excuse me, I was visiting Margaret and I wanted to leave her these cakes - she showed them to me and they looked quite delicious so much so that I took one - but please do not believe other things like that you do not know how to make them very well but I just wanted to make a gesture as I always do - Maria is characterized for being a very humble and kind-hearted woman, I think that in a certain way Margaret had given that away about her.-Don't worry, I know perfectly well what you mean, she says that the children's straws, there is nothing like her mother smiling to make her feel confident and to get rid of that scheme that I was the b
DAMIÁNAs soon as I came to the house I could observe that Margaret's cousin was present and this will not be good news because the last time he had four with them was quite but with bland by the way he expressed himself and I definitely did not agree to tolerate his presence in my house nor did I know what he was looking for but that guy all his life had been very interested and I think that's what he was looking for from Margaret because otherwise I don't think he would have interest.-I arrived and tried to put things in order because I was the owner of the house and nothing could be done here, ma'am, I had to make many things clear to them and of course I would have to defend Margaret from anyone, no matter if they were family.-However, I didn't even feel like touching his hand, for me they were very interested and disreputable people, so I didn't even say a word to him, what mattered most to me was Margaret's stability, because since I arrived I could notice that her face was qu
DAMIÁNLeaving my mansion was one of the most embarrassing things I had done for a long time and above all to have exposed myself in front of my relatives, the only thing I had to do was to visit a special person at this moment, I think she was the only person who could understand me and so I went to that place and fortunately they had already prepared my bed so I could sleep there tonight.-If you need anything else please let me know sir one of the people was not attending kindly which I appreciated so I headed to the room I had prepared for myself after my clothes and went to bed at that moment all I was thinking about was Margaret I didn't know how she was doing but still I was very worried about her I just hope you are having a better time than me. The night seemed to go on forever I was writhing in bed over and over again and I couldn't even fall asleep it seemed that Margaret was getting into my heart little by little and I hadn't realized I couldn't deny that I was feeling the
Feeling Margaret's lips made me fly I think it was one of the sensations that I had never experienced even with my ex-wife feeling her hands caressing my body in addition to that I proceeded to caress her waist and lower my arms a little more to her buttocks while she kissed my neck and I felt that those kisses carried poison I could not deny that I felt new I felt renewed but there was something in me that made me feel bad at the same time, I think that having remembered my ex-wife all the things that tormented me at that moment so much so that I looked at myself totally clouded and I got up from the bed I know it was wrong to have done that because it would give her to understand that I was rejecting him but I could not keep kissing her and less in this state.-Damian, are you all right?" she asked me, looking at me strangely, I think she was a little upset or disoriented by the reaction she had had because of what he had rejected.-It's nothing- I tried to pretend I left the room m
DAMIÁNThe next day I woke up very early before Margaret could get up she had fallen asleep there was Gloria from the bed her hair was so long that it hit the floor and I was heading towards her it was the first time I had her so close she looked tender and sweet besides I was very tempted to touch her at that moment but I restrained myself the only thing I did at that precise moment was to feel the aroma of her hair I inhaled it again and again without her noticing but in a short time she woke up which took me by surprise, What I did at that moment to dissimulate was to pick up the book that she had fallen on the floor, we stayed looking at each other for a few seconds and that look as always transmitted me something that I still could not decipher but soon I would know it.-I think this is yours," I told her, taking the book that was on the floor and gave it to her in my hands, trying not to draw attention to what I was doing because I really felt sorry for her.-Thank you so much I
MARGARET-My brother never loved a woman as much as he loved Jasmine but the conditions were not very good to say and it makes you then my brother born the same one that even my mother liked a long time trying to convince him so he could get married again because he was reluctant and said he was never in life going to call anyone else wife- once again I felt jealous and I was angry with myself because I didn't understand why he was asking this kind of feelings when between him and me there was only a huge wall dividing us and he didn't even have strong feelings- but of course all this happened before you came to this place my brother wouldn't be able to cheat on a woman he always gives his all and I think he still hasn't been able to get over his death.I understood -I agreed-, but I was thinking about all the things Karina had told me, I had to try to process everything and affect her comments, I think it was normal because I was married to Damián and in a way I felt jealous.-Do you
MARCOSI think something was going on here and she had told me nothing even I was surprised that her mother was in the house from what I had seen she was carrying a suitcase surely she intended to take it with her she was on the edge of the bed she was sitting down she looked quite sad so feel free to ask her what was going on.-If my suspicions are correct your mother is taking your clothes, isn't she?" she hadn't even looked me in the eye, maybe I was turned off by what was going on since her mother always had a bad habit of meddling in our relationship when I had no right to do so.-That's right Marcos, what happens is that my mom says that I'm quite unbalanced and that your family doesn't take care of me here, I explained things very well but she didn't listen to me, you know my mom very well so I feel in a situation where I don't know what to do", he took my hands and they felt a little shaky.-Don't worry, my love, I think she is right in a way, you know that we live with limita