With his gaze lost at that point where there was nothing, Brandon couldn't stop thinking about everything that had happened the previous night, a party at night had almost ended in a tragedy for which he was the only one responsible. Even if he tried to think of the time when she could have gone through that without him noticing, the truth was he was never going to hit the point. He was responsible even if he didn't want it that way, it had been one of the points in the contract, in that contract and in every other marriage contract.When the thermal glass was finally full of coffee, he knew how to turn around and continue on his way to the room she was occupying. It was incredible that she had not been visited by anyone other than him, not to mention that there had also been Wyatt, the same man who seemed to care about her more than necessary.When he was making his way back, he couldn't stop thinking about everything that had happened, including that moment where Crystal's limp bod
The truth was that inside, something else was happening, something that he no longer recognized, something that made him act in a way but as soon as he reflected on it, he realized that it was wrong, that it was not right to act like that. He had to pretend, in the world in which they developed he had to pretend but in the end, he was sorry he didn't do it. He wasn't even aware of his own words until that moment where Crystal had told him that she truly didn't need him anymore. She was strong and that, that was making him tremble.What had happened to that warmth that had lodged in her heart knowing that Brandon had taken care of her all night? That warmth was simply gone, gone from her innocent little heart. Apparently, she must have given up. Brandon was no longer the person she knew and much less, she expected him to be again after those cold words. What Brandon didn't know is that if it were him in that hospital bed, she would be praying at the foot of his bed that he would soon g
By that time it was already difficult to hide it, the words no longer came out of her throat. Sebastian was still there, in the door frame waiting for the answer that she seemed not to want to give him completely. So many ideas were going through her mind that it was difficult for him to guess what she was thinking and feeling. He better than anyone knew that people can feel vulnerable when the situation is already complicated, he better than anyone had dealt with so many people like that in his office that he could interpret that Crystal was not in love but, grateful and at the same time, looking for something to anchor herself to in that storm that was making her fragile. She couldn't be in love with a man like him,"Answer me, Crystal, have you really fallen in love with him?" Sebastian continued without caring that his cell phone continued ringing in his hands.Crystal looked down nervously. "Why? Aren't you going to pick it up?”And without waiting for her reaction anymore, he cl
A love from the past. Sebastian was listening to the most beautiful love story that a human being can keep in his heart. That first love, that first feeling that hits hard in the heart, that love that makes us daydream, makes us believe that we live day by day flying. And there is no love more beautiful than the first one, the same one that does not dream of a kiss, not even of the touch of the skin, it is simply that love that knows how to pray for the well-being of the other, that does not ask for more than one look, which asks nothing more than to know the melody of the other's voice just as she had just described it. "That was until one morning I found the wish I had been making for so many days, so many nights. That young man was training like almost every weekend, and in the most unexpected way, in the least natural way, but still the most beautiful, one of the baseballs fell near where I was. A little nervous, I ran to it. My luck was when I realized that the one who was d
Seven days had gone the same way, seven days in which nothing had changed. In the end, the hopes he had raised for Crystal when she thought she was going to leave the hospital were only false hopes in the end since according to the doctors. There had been a couple of complications with Crystal when in reality she only felt that they were tasting on her when they shouldn't have.Not a day had passed in which Sebastian had not gone to see her, not a moment had passed in which he was not with her to ask her how she lived day to day.Being alone in that place, Crystal only had to think about what had happened in her life. She had had so much time to herself that there was nothing she could do other than that. Only that question could pass through her mind that would never have an answer, at least not in this life. What would have happened to her if her parents had never died? Would she continue to be treated as just an object for her grandfather to keep him where he was? There was so much
Sitting in the armchairs in the living room, Crystal admired the house that she had not been able to admire as she did at that moment. Everything seemed to have happened in the blink of an eye and now that she had the time to focus on all that, she was no longer able to see the luxuries with which she was surrounded.Immediately, the feeling of loneliness and sadness came to her heart when she saw that sign that her friend had put up for her. He was the only one who truly waited for her, no one, but him. She could go to hell for Brandon, in the end nothing was going to make him happier than that.That memory came to his mind."Have you found anything about the contract I signed?" Crystal asked hopefully."No, the truth is that I haven't found anything, I have tried to go further, but there doesn't seem to be any information about it.”She had to know as soon as possible what that contract was about that she had signed without having the time to read and know what she was dealing with.
With tears filling her eyes, all she could be aware of at that moment was the way he was looking at her. If his gaze had the power to kill, she would surely have been slaughtered at that moment. She was never going to understand the hatred he felt for her, she was never going to make him understand that she had not truly read the contract.She had endured a lot, she was enduring a lot because of him, it was enough that he was the great man full of power to think that he could rule her life, he could do whatever he wanted with her.It was true that it had been a dream that later turned into a nightmare to have met her past love, but apparently, she was never going to return to the man that one day she saw as weak.Soon the words were no longer pronounced by her lips, soon it was her lips that remained closed, without having anything to say, without having a way to defend herself because all she could do was cry, cry in front of him while she felt small."Think what you want," Crystal s
Carefully, grateful that Brandon had left without pressuring her, she gave herself the time she needed to descend the stairs at her own pace. Leaning on the door of his latest model car, Brandon waited for Crystal with his hands in his pockets.The glass door slid as soon as the sensor sensed the woman's presence.Once again, Brandon felt himself get lost in her with the difference that this time he didn't intend to be more obvious than he already had been.“Get in the car,” Brandon said, opening the door and then walking to his place.Carefully, Crystal continued on her way until she could close the door.“Where do we go?" Crystal asked with her eyes lowered."You'll see," Brandon said, following the path forward.There was nothing she could do, so enduring the humiliation of him doing whatever he wanted with her, feeling how she was becoming more fragile than the snow itself, she knew how to close her hands into fists where the energy that sought to be released against her. The per
There was only one way for them to come up with a plan. He had to talk to Crystal and tell her that even if that wasn't right, they had to take advantage of the situation and adopt a baby, a helpless son. But they had to talk about that.With Brandon's secretary at his side, she called him."Yes, sir, how can I help you?”"I want you to prepare everything for a romantic dinner today, in the house, I want you to fill everything with flowers, I want you to hire the best chef, I want you to take care of even the smallest detail, today I will have a special dinner with my wife.”“Yes sir.”And without further ado, Brandon left his office. He had so much to fix that night and he had to start by checking the places where they could adopt a child. After all, he was going to be a father sooner than he expected and it wasn't that it bothered him, on the contrary, it was an idea that made him happy. He and Crystal were finally going to be parents because no matter how it turned out, they would r
Among all the things she had thought, all the work that creating that project had cost her, there was only one thing that wasn't a total lie. Crystal wasn't having an easy time. The road was always getting a little more complicated for her and when she felt that she was about to achieve her goals she realized that something had to appear and it was always her husband, the person who had come into her life just to make her happy squares. She was going to come out of all that damage unscathed. She was going to get her life back.After learning from a person she trusted that the professor and the same person who had been in the meetings was looking for her simply to tell her the same thing that Mr. Brown had already told her in the office, she preferred to ignore the people who were looking for her.She would find a way to get Brandon to sign the documents without having to get involved further in a one-time issue.Just as she was leaving Mr. Brown's office, Crystal's cell phone rang ins
In that way the folder was placed in front of Miss Violet, the same one who had not given her name and who was only taking the place of another person. Carefully, Violet took the pen in her hands to put her signature on the documents.“One moment!” Brandon raised his voice.Everything stopped from one second to the next. Silence fell in that meeting room and now the men's gazes were on Brandon, the same one who had stopped the signing on those documents."What's wrong, Brandon?” Mr. Brown asked."At that moment I demand the truth, I demand the presence of the true genius of this project.”Mr. Brown closed his eyes, leaning against the conference table. That was the end, he had done everything he could to help Crystal, but sooner rather than later he realized that no one made Brandon Lambert believe lies."Just as you hear it, you wanted to play with me for a moment, because you already saw that the plan did not work and will not work for them, at this moment I want the real person who
A room full of investors, a room where everyone's words were not clear, there were just a few minutes left before the words would have a special meaning.It was the most important investors that were missing there. Among them Mr. Brown, Mr. Brandon Lambert and Mr. Aguilera.And while Brandon walked through the company's hallways, wearing a gray suit, he spoke with Enrique, the same one who couldn't be on the board."You already know, Brandon, she is a very special woman, don't get yourself killed when there is no need.”Brandon smiled at his friend's words. He seemed to be the most interested in getting that contract and alliance signed. "Please, Enrique, I don't know how many times you've told me this already, I already know what I have to do and what I shouldn't. Don't worry, that contract is signed today.”"Brandon?" Enrique called.“Yeah?”"She is not a very easy woman, you never know what she is going to get, she always has something up but above all, she always knows what to ans
There had been only preparations since the moment she had spoken with Mr. Brown while at the Lambert company the first celebration was about to take place. It was true that Enrique had not been able to say everything that had happened in that meeting, just like Wyatt, from one moment to the next, Wyatt seemed to want to be the one to keep Crystal's most intimate secrets, from one moment to the next he had changed the way he saw Crystal. She was no longer just a pretty girl to him, she was no longer an elegant woman with whom it would be nice to go to prestigious parties, now she was more than that, and everything had changed from the moment Wyatt saw a woman capable of everything to achieve her dreams. Precisely what a man should fall in love with, the intelligence, the personality, the feelings of a woman. Wyatt should stop looking at her if he didn't want to end badly."News about your genius, your star student?" Brandon asked, laughing since it had been a month and a half saying th
With a smile on her face, Crystal took her bag and was accompanied by Mr. Brown went to the exit while they talked about the new plans that were going to be presented at the company and with Crystal's help, everything would be easier.Finally, Mr. Brown opened the door to his office, letting Crystal out with a smile.She had done it, she had finally given her best and now, she was able to see results."Take care, Crystal," Mr. Brown said goodbye."Thank you, Mr. Brown.”If Crystal only knew that not everything that shone in her world could be gold, if she only knew that there was always someone there willing to harm, willing to sneak into her life, if only she understood that in life not everything could be perfect and that the person who had confused her the most was the same one who would make her path the most difficult.There, right in the place where Crystal had arrived at the least requested moment, was where two destinies became one.Brandon, at what point was fate so cruel as t
Mr. Aguilera seemed to search through his thoughts to see if what he was about to do was correct, but that would be the answer to everything Crystal Bennett was asking for. "Bring Mr. Brown," Mr. Aguilera said simply.Crystal smiled, the opportunity she wanted was coming because she better than anyone knew why they called that man."Of course, Mr. Aguilera," said one of the secretaries present."Since you don't want to be the one who buys the key to success, at least I ask you to do something for me," Crystal began.Mr. Aguilera's attention was drawn. "What are you talking about, miss?”"I'm talking about filling Mr. Brown with sincerity about my project, telling him how good it is, how promising it looks in your eyes, telling him nothing but the truth, and making Mr. Brown make his own decision. If he says no to my project, well, I will know how to accept it, as a good loser that I know how to be too, I will know how to accept my defeat.”"And what is that for?”"I simply think that M
Cunning and resentment, what about those two words that come together in a moment of doing? What happens when these two come together? What happens when wind and water become a great team? What many fear is happening. Torment, torment is the name given to the team of two elements that alone have only the power to rule half of the throne in the world of desires while united they are capable of bringing an entire world to its knees, an equally unscrupulous world.Cunning and resentment was all she could be feeling at that moment because while her heart was breaking for that unborn child, much less never conceived.Cunning and resentment were everything in her when it came to recovering the life that was hers.While with tears in her eyes, remembering the humiliation that Brandon, her husband, had put her through a few hours ago, Crystal took the time she needed to begin that day full of opportunities that one day she promised herself.Life was so simultaneous. A world of opportunity on
A laugh grew on Brandon's face when he saw that girl in it. He had won one over Enrique, Brandon had found that girl already a woman.“Crystal,” Brandon smiled as he said her name.Those moments that had hurt the most came to Crystal's mind, Brandon's first glances at Tábata, the photo that he himself had placed in his room to let her know that Tábata was the woman of his dreams, the strength that he used to make the doctors do whatever they wanted with her, really, all of that still worked. Now that she thought about it a little more she realized that there could only be one reason why Brandon had taken advantage of the moment and gotten drunk the way he did. All of that was for Tábata and nothing more than for her. Brandon couldn't see Crystal any differently. Brandon was never going to do it, for him she was just a birthing machine, who was destined to give him a child, who was destined to remain silent and not say anything. Brandon didn't love her, he didn't know what had happened