Chapter 14

ALICE'S POV

It wasn't easy to see the abandonment in Ric's eyes. I knew the situation was more serious than Lucas tried to convey. I knew my brother well enough to know that look was hopeless, but I couldn't let Andrew see that his sister was between life and death. Over the past few weeks we've been involved in a way I didn't believe possible. Andrew was my friend since childhood. Together with Manu and Ricardo we lived the happiest moments that any child could wish for. And when my brother left for Canada, they were the ones who held back the homesickness I felt.

I had never felt anything for Andrew until weeks ago when he kissed me and told me he loved me. I thought he was an incorrigible womanizer. Since he started his career as a football player, he has only seen him surrounded by women on social media. He always joked with Manu, telling her to get ready, because she would get the news that she would be an aunt