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AlejandroShe was supposed to be back half an hour ago. Jose said they were on their way. But now neither of them is picking up their phones and there is no sign of them. Juan’s already down the road, but there are no news from him either and I am starting to get really, really worried.As I walk back and forth in the dimwit office, the phone burning in my hand with how cold it actually feels, all I can think of is that I shouldn’t have let her go out. Of course, it’s not like she asked or that even if she did I’d ever do anything to stop her from living her life. But it’s a fact that there are threats over her, veiled and open ones, and it’s all I can think of.Even when the logical part of my brain tries to rationalise it all, that it’s probably nothing, that they probably lost contact, that Katerina, stubborn as she is probably decided to go out of her way to meet a sick kid or whatever it is she does when she goes to visit Manuel to his church. Maybe I should’ve

KaterinaRicardo leaves after that, his laughter haunting the small garden long after he’s gone.For the longest time I have no idea what to say and Alejandro seems just as dumbfounded.Of all the things either of us expected, this man coming to us, to warn us against his father wasn’t one of them. The fact that he straight out admitted all our suspicions, all the things we already guessed but had no proof of, does he have it? And why did he tell us, was it just to mock us because whatever we do we still can’t prove anything? Or was it something else?“I don’t trust him…” Alejandro says after a while and I can read it in his darkened gaze how angry he actually is.“Well, when your enemy’s son goes out of his way to come warn you of his evil daddy misdeeds, you do listen,” I reply, trying to lighten the mood with this not so smart remark of mine. My next words come out of my mouth in a completely different tone as the realisation slowly hits me. “Whatever tha

KaterinaIf he does something stupid like insult Alejandro, or threaten him in any way, I am going to end this man. I don’t care we are in a public place, that this is exactly what people like him want - to provoke and humiliate, and hurt others. Consequences be damned.The fact that Alejandro is trying to hide me from view with his body only pisses me off further. We were supposed to be over that s*hit by now. Equal partners with equal roles in business and in our relationship and all that, yet here we are again.This time though, instead of fighting, I try to count to ten before reacting. Which is the time it takes Sandoval to get intimately close to us, like we are old friends about to share long due secrets.The stench of spirits and misery comes from him in waves. And it’s then when it hits me - the man looks miserable. That line on his brow, the way his eyes are hooded in the corners like something heavy has settled over his eyelids…the slump of his shoulders.“What do you want?

AlejandroThe city hall does not have an actual ballroom. This is why I find it stupid they actually called tonights gathering an actual ball and the fact that people around town think it is something fancy and important just because some big players organised it as a disguise to ask for more funding for the island that is definitely not going to go for people’s good but into some rich asshole’s pocket.To say Katerina looks underwhelmed by the whole thing is an understatement. I can see her sharp eyes making one sweep around the second we are out of the car, to know she made her assessment and came to the same conclusion. From the tacky walls draped in gold and the heavy velvet curtains with golden tassels at the ends, to the big pompous chandeliers and the people looking like they all came out of a cartoonish comedy, it’s just it - a pretence for something this is definitely not.“Lele,” she whispers, unimpr

KaterinaIt’s nice having someone tell you you are perfect on the daily. Even more so when you know they mean it on all the notes that matter. It’s nice to know it’s not just words people throw at you to make you do whatever they want or to shut you up or whatever the hell it is they want from you. Alejandro is not a man of many words and the ones he decides to gift you with are usually important, heartfelt, meaningful.When I finally peel myself out of the bed, the same one that seemed to be so big and lonely when I first got here, but now is crowded with Alejandro’s large body, it’s an effort to go take a shower and leave him alone there.It’s a miracle on its own that he’s just as relaxed around me as I am around him. Compared to the guarded man, whose temper used to be the one of a starved guard dog, my man is slowly starting to understand that life is not all about hustle and bustle, and belie

KaterinaSomething’s changed between me and Alejandro. Now with the secret of us being together out in the open, with that hot as fuck not-conversation we had behind the house a few nights ago, things feel… more real, more like everything I never knew I needed and even more.It’s all new and strange, even more so because of the situation we are in, yet it does feel normal, and this is exactly what I needed. To find my ground and start feeling a little bit like myself again. I am a creature of habit, I have always been. For me to function properly, I need peace and order and not run from one crisis to the other, and put down fires I have no business dealing with. Not that I am not good at it, not that I don’t know how to survive them, because damn it, but I do. The problem is, this is not something I want long-term, which it was for months. Ever since I arrived here, it’s been drama all over the place and I felt like