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VIVIANE

My parents had been given two days off, as the Mendes de Albuquerque had traveled to Guarujá and dismissed all the staff at the mansion, with the exception of the security guards, of course.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they decided to spend their day off in Jundiaí, visiting my aunt Soraia, my mother's sister.

I took the whole day to study and when night came, I went to the kitchen just to get something to eat and went back to dedicating myself to my studies.

It was after twenty-three hours when I decided to rest and after taking another shower, I went to bed. The night was very hot and stuffy and I was tossing and turning in bed, both because of the heat and because of the thoughts that wouldn't leave me alone.

When I was studying, I managed not to think about João Felipe and that uncomfortable feeling I felt for someone so unattainable. But now, trying to sleep, he wouldn't get out of my head.

It was past one o'clock in the morning when I gave up trying to sleep and got up. The heat was unbearable and even the wind coming out of the fan was hot.

Then I thought about going for a swim. It had been a while since I had played in the pool, always devoting myself to my studies and when I went out, it was always with João Pedro on his nights out because, although he always invited our friends to spend the day at the pool at the mansion, I always refused to think. Mrs. Marta would not want to see this scene and I would rather avoid conflict situations.

But since Mrs. Marta and Mr. Rodolfo weren't there and even João Pedro had traveled with some friends to a mysterious place, claiming that he wouldn't tell me where he was going because I didn't want to accompany him, it wouldn't hurt to go to the pool.

João Felipe " I sighed melancholy " I saw him leaving with the car when I went to look for my mother's dog in the garden of the mansion earlier. He should be out overnight with one of his cases, I thought. He would be surrounded by people of his "level", as his mother insisted on always boasting.

I wore a discreet black bathing suit. I didn't like to expose my body more than necessary. I didn't feel well. I didn't have any self-esteem problems, it was just shyness. I put on a bathrobe over my bathing suit and headed toward the mansion.

The security guards who worked at the mansion were all very discreet and used to staying in the guardhouse next to the entrance, as all the walls around the mansion, in addition to being very high, were also monitored by security cameras and had electric fences.

They were aware that I was the only one home, as when I walked earlier with Mommy's dog, I had even exchanged a few words with one of them, talking about the weather which was quite muggy that night and he asked me to call guardhouse, in case you needed anything.

Arriving at the pool area, I took off my bathrobe and immediately dived into the water, which was at a perfect temperature for that hot night. I went around a few laps, swimming from one end to the other.

João Felipe

It was Saturday night and I ended up going out with some old colleagues, whom I had met again at the party I attended yesterday, at Alicia's house.

We made an appointment at a little bar that my friends assured me was the most popular place at the time and that it had an extremely pleasant atmosphere. Shortly after the four of us were installed at a table in the place, we already had female company.

Ricardo was a very hard-nosed person, and as soon as the first group of girls looked at us, he went up to them and invited them to join us.

Nicolas and Henrique were also with us and the conversation turned to old-school days.

However, as had been happening since I got back, I couldn't get interested in any of the beautiful women who were with us and the conversation didn't flow so well with the noise of the environment.

I decided to go home. I wasn't feeling comfortable, and I didn't want to drink anymore. But I wasn't too sleepy, and I couldn't sleep. So, in the middle of Saturday, when the night had everything to end with me very well accompanied, I was lying in my room, looking at the TV, not really paying attention to what was going on. 

It was a hot night, and even the air conditioning in the room was making me irritable. In fact, everything has the power to annoy me lately.

I threw on just a pair of sweatpants over my shower and went outside to get some natural ventilation. I walked out onto the balcony of my room.

Despite being a very muggy night, the sky was beautiful, and I was looking distractedly at the sky with several stars shining in the firmament. That aroused, even more, the restlessness that I was feeling in the last few days.

I looked more closely at the area where the pool was, as I had the impression that there was movement in that area when I noticed that there was someone swimming.

I was immediately alert, after all, everyone had traveled and even Viviane's parents had gone to visit relatives in the countryside. Until I had a snap and moved closer to the railing. I was sure it wasn't a bandit, as we had 24-hour security around the mansion and if one had managed to get past the security barrier, he wouldn't be taking a bath in our pool.

This left me with only one option, and it was exactly this person who clung to the edge of the pool, lifting his head and making me an even more tormented man:

Viviane.