VirgíniaEarly Monday morning, I was already in possession of a pregnancy test and could verify if I was pregnant or if this was just the result of all the changes that had happened in my life recently, which ended up interfering with my cycle.But I was not so "lucky" as the test was positive, and I stared for a long time at the object in my hands, thinking about everything that was going to change in my life from that moment on." Won't you have some coffee, daughter? " I heard my mother talking on the other side of my bedroom door, which was closed, as it hardly ever happened." I'm just finishing getting ready, and I'll be right out, Mom! " I spoke loud enough for her to hear, trying to keep my voice at its normal pitch."Let's wait for you, then.”I deduced that my mother had left and went into despair. This was not the time for a pregnancy! I had so many plans, I wanted to study, make my store an absolute success and do so many other things I was planning.How could I have break
VirgíniaI couldn't hold back until the evening to try to talk sensibly with Murilo and tell him about the unwanted pregnancy. I would not be a hypocrite to say that being pregnant would not be a problem in my life, or that it would be easy.A child requires many things that I couldn't offer at this time, but with a lot of struggle, plus one I would try to do my best, and now that I had the store, the possibilities were much better.But commerce was something amazing, and I knew that I needed, together with Mariana, to be aware of the constant changes in the fashion market and be as prepared as possible to meet our customers' needs. We could not fail. I could not fail.Despite the excellent value I had achieved with Murilo, I didn't want to talk about an auction anymore, that word was erased from my vocabulary, I had almost no money left from what I had received, and now I needed to save even more to wait for the arrival of this child.I must not count on Murilo. I grew up surrounded
MuriloWhen the waiter came to our table, interrupting what Virginia was about to tell me, I was annoyed because what she intended to tell me seemed to be something important.When I realized that she had placed an order and was about to eat during our conversation, which seemed to have a different importance than what I had imagined, I was confused, not being able to understand how she could simply make a meal at that hour, even more so with me watching her and when it was she who had asked to advance our meeting.But when I saw how she picked up the cutlery, seeming to almost lick her lips with such a desire to eat that blessed lasagna, the strangeness increased, and I remembered a scene in the soap opera that Aquiles was watching the night before, very similar to the present moment, where the woman was pregnant and eating uncontrollably.The way Virginia was looking at the lasagna in front of her brought me to the scene and, upon her statement that yes, "something" happened, as she
VirgíniaI left that food court feeling sad and couldn't afford to go back to my store at that point. On the day of the auction, when a man bid one million reais for my virginity, I was sure he must be rich. But to know that Murilo was simply one of the owners of FERZ, the largest cosmetics company in the country, was beyond any expectations I would ever have.And now I was pregnant with the child of a millionaire businessman, CEO of one big cosmetics company, who was also in other countries besides ours.How could I get involved in something like this? I was not prepared to get involved with a person of such high social status! I didn't even have the education to talk to this kind of person, I thought with deep dismay.I was so stunned that when I saw the sign indicating the restrooms in the mall, I went straight to them because I felt that tears would fall at any moment and I entered one of the reserved ones and cried. Tears fell in spurts, and I surrendered myself to the weeping t
MuriloWhen Virginia stormed out of the food court, I was immediately irritated by her attitude, until I noticed how upset she seemed when she walked directly to the restrooms, I thought it was best to wait outside to make sure of her real emotional state.The fact was that she was pregnant, and I understood that she must have been shaken by such impacting news. A child changes everything in someone's life, and when it is a mother, it tends to be even more transformative.After several minutes of waiting for her to come out of the bathroom, I began to get worried and was seriously considering calling one of the women who were leaving the place, in search of some information about the woman who would very soon be the mother of my son.I was about to do just that when I realized that Virginia was the next to leave and went to meet her, quite relieved to see that she was all right, at least apparently. When I confronted her, she didn't like my attitude, but I was only thinking of what w
MuriloI knew I wasn't doing the right thing with Murilo, but my priority would always be me and what was best for me, and I didn't believe that being with Murilo was a good thing.I wasn't thinking about the financial issue, of course. He was very rich, but money, at some moments, could also take away a person's peace. It was with this in mind that I decided to stay away from him, at least for the time being. I had managed to organize myself financially with the money he paid, and my store was growing in terms of customers, so I could afford to have my son alone, without having to resort to Murilo's fortune." He's a handsome man, and he's got a crush on you, Virginia " Mariana spoke for the tenth time that afternoon. "Are you sure that staying away from him is the best way?”We were at the store, and while I would go home, Mariana would stay at the store for the closing, as we had agreed. While I was responsible for opening the store at ten o'clock in the morning, Mari was responsi
MuriloFor two days I had been trying to talk to my cousin about Virginia and could not succeed. The fact is that Aquiles was reserving all his time for his girlfriend and current crush, Lavinia Moura.And when we were at the company, all sorts of situations were managing to get in the way of our conversation, and I felt reiterated by this.As if it wasn't enough to drive me crazy that Virginia didn't answer my messages and didn't answer my many calls. But today I was determined to resolve both situations and nothing would deter me from this decision, and it was with this in mind that I entered Aquiles' office that afternoon." I guess you came here determined to have that all-important conversation, am I right? " Aquiles welcomed me with his usual jokes." I'm sure you know me well enough to even anticipate my words " I retorted.Aquiles was sitting in his executive chair and seemed to be typing something on the computer when I arrived and, since I thought it would be important, I a
VirgíniaI looked at my cell phone's display when I realized that new messages had arrived and checked the notification bar to see who it was from, finding that they were from Murilo, as had been happening for a few days. As in the other days, I didn't mind answering either because I wasn't feeling well at all and wasn't in any condition to pay attention or even to wear myself out with the expectations that Murilo seemed to have about us.But, even thinking rationally like that, the sender of those messages never left my mind and I thought about him at all times of the day and night. Before going to sleep was always the worst moment because I took a long time to fall asleep, analyzing all the possibilities and coming to the same conclusion.The truth is that the differences between us were blatant and that was not good, even more so in the current circumstances, so I opted to throw myself into work to occupy my mind and not think about the father of my son." How is my godson today?