Sofia Cortez, a college graduate who is content with her ordinary life gets entangled with Gustavo Alvarez a billionaire, who owns a chain of businesses all across Mexico. Sofia Cortez first encounter with Gustavo Alvarez made her know he was the one for her, even though it was the most embarrassing encounter. Gustavo Alvarez on the other hand didn’t want to accept the fact that he finds the “ordinary” Sofia Cortez attractive, as he denied that he does not have interest in her. Fate brings them together and they decide to explore the love they have for each other, irrespective of their family backgrounds. With the knowledge of both families they get to find out the hidden secrets both family share. The once blossoming love and romance began to wither. Will Sofia Cortez and Gustavo Alvarez ignore their family differences and fight for the genuine love they both share?
Lihat lebih banyakIt was a busy Monday morning, the sky was clear, and no sign of rain was in sight. As it had rained cat and dog the previous week.
Everyone was going about their business as it was the first day of the week, and the traffic was frustrating to those on their way to their respective offices. The case was not the same for Sofia Cortez as she was just laid off from her place of work.“Like I said we can’t keep you here anymore, I’m only letting you go without involving external forces because of the friendship I share with your father,” said Mrs. Bortlen the manager of Haute House Boutique.“No! You are only letting me go because the CCTV cameras here don’t function” Sofia fired back angrily pointing to the faulty cameras that stared blankly at her.“Sofia, don’t cause a scene here, take the letter and leave, please,” Mrs. Bortlen said softly as she picked up the letter from her desk and handed it to Sofia.“Sofia, let’s leave, There’s nothing you can do, their minds are made up,” Camilla said tapping her on the shoulder.Sofia had worked for two years at Haute House Boutique after she graduated from college, and getting to work there was very difficult as the requirements for application were very rigid but through the influence of her father, a vacant space was given to her as the receptionist.And now she is getting laid off because of a confrontation she had with a customer who accused her of being rude to her and her boyfriend.Sofia insisted that she was being accused of something she didn’t do but like they say “customers are always right”, The lady and her boyfriend reported her to the manager and insisted she should be laid off since she was stubborn and not remorseful.Haute House was a well-known boutique situated at the heart of Pachuca in Mexico City, where the wealthy come to shop expensive designer wears and perfume with limited edition and the big men come to spoil their wives and mistresses with expensive gifts.Sofia picked up her letter reluctantly and without saying a word she gestured to Camila for them to leave the premises.As they were about to leave Sofia collided with a young handsome man in a suit, he was oozing sexiness, his blue eyes sparkled to the lights of the building, and his sense of fashion was top-notch.Sofia was spellbound as she has never met such a handsome young man like that in her life, he looked vaguely familiar, like she had seen him on a magazine or a television commercial all that did not matter to her all she knew is that she had seen an angel on earth.He was being guarded by two men in suits, who followed him closely behind carrying a suitcase each.“Are you blind?” the young man shouted at her angrily.“You just ruined my shoes” he continued as he pointed to his shoes which had been smeared.“I..i didn’t see you come..ing and you don’t have to be rude” Sofia stuttered.“Pardon?”“Who raised you?”“You were not taught to apologize?” the young man continued as he moved closer to Sofia.“Apologize for what?”“After insulting me, you expect me to apologize to you?” Sofia asked trying not to make the young man notice she was a bit intimidated by him.“Sofia you smeared his shoes, please let’s don’t cause a scene here” Camila whispered to her.“I sincerely apologize, my friend didn’t see you coming through, please…”Camila was cut short as Mrs. Bortlen walked up to them to find out what the fuss was all about.“Good day señor Gustavo Alvarez” Mrs. Bortlen greeted with a smile on her face.“Please is there an issue?” Mrs. Bortlen asked.“No there’s no issue” Sofia replied.“Sofia, I was not talking to you”“She works here?” Gustavo asked as his eyes caught the name tag on Sofia’s shirt.“Yes señor, she used to work here, we laid her off today” Mrs. Bortlen replied as she looked at Sofia.“And why is that?” Gustavo asked with a smirk on his face, which showed he was satisfied with the fact she had just been laid off from work.“Few customers complained that she was rude to them” Mrs Bortlen replied.“You see, I was not wrong, a wretched being like you can’t even keep a job, and every time your kind are always the first to blame the rich for having everything”.“It’s best you go home and let your parents teach you some manners” Gustavo said as he made to leave”.“I apologize if I smeared your expensive shoes and wasted your time, but I won’t have you insult my parents in that manner,” Sofia said softly as she was close to tears.“Learn some manners, and have a nice day,” Gustavo said as he walked out on her.Sofia stood there motionless, she regretted ever coming to work that Monday morning. She could have just left when Mrs. Bortlen asked her to at least the chances of bumping into Gustavo were slim.“I’m glad you were laid off earlier, do you know who that young man is?” Mrs. Bortlen asked with her eyes wide open.“Well if you don’t know, I’ll tell you, Señor Gustavo Alvarez, is the son of Mateo Alvarez, who owns a conglomerate of businesses all across Mexico and the United States.” Mrs. Bortlen continued.Immediately Mrs. Bortlen said this Camila and Sofia's eyes widened and they were in shock, Sofia was sure she had seen his face somewhere but she couldn't recall where. Gustavo Alvarez was one of the top young men in Mexico City who was among the most successful and richest men in their thirties.He was the only son of Mateo Alvarez and he has an elder sister Victoria Pèrez, who was already married to her prom date from high school and who is the only son of the present governor of Hildago.Gustavo Alvarez was admired by every woman in Mexico but he paid little or no attention to them. All he cared about was the chain of businesses his father handed over to him after he fell ill.“Is there a way I can go and apologize to him?”“I didn’t mean to talk back at him,” Sofia asked remorsefully.“No Sofia, that won't be necessary anymore, I will apologize on your behalf so I suggest you go home now” Mrs. Bortlen suggested as she excused herself.Sofia stood there for some seconds regretting her outburst toward Gustavo, she felt remorseful and knew she didn’t handle the situation well.“Let’s go Sofia before you cause more trouble,” Camila said as they made their way out of the boutique.Gustavo rushed into his office immediately to avoid getting into another conversation that would delay his time.“What did you say? Are you sure of it? Did you confirm? Gustavo bombarded Santiago with questions.“Yes, I’m sure, he even gave me their names too”“OK, so what next right now? What’s the next step right now?”“We will leave it to Max he knows how to go about it, he will take it up from here”“No that was not the plan, you said you would handle it, involving a third party in this is risky, and you know it”.“Ok, but I trust Max, come on he is my cousin”.“Distant Cousin!” Gustavo reminded him.“Yes, I know that, but he swore never to let it out, it's going to work out smoothly no cause for panic amigo”“Ok, so who exactly did Max find out about? Family, friends, colleagues? How close are they to Sophia? “Just Friends and colleagues” Santiago lied.“You said we shouldn’t involve her family yet” “Oh true, so how close is she to her friends?”“They are her best friends, No
“Amelia you need to stop crying, your dad will get better soon, and the engagement will take place, don’t cry over this, please”, Gustavo pleaded reluctantly as he pretended to be concerned.“Get me pregnant then”“What?”“I said get me pregnant if you love me that much as you claim then let me carry your baby, that way our parents will know we are serious”.“No Amelia I don’t think that is a good idea considering everything going on right now, why don’t we take things slowly, we can come up with a meeting involving our parents”.Amelia stood up from the bed where she had been sitting all this while and sat on Gustavo’s lap, putting his hands around her waist as she made her way to kiss him.“No Amelia you reek of alcohol”.“No, I don’t!” Amelia snapped at him.“Kiss me, please”Seeing that Gustavo was not interested in kissing her or having anything intimate with her, she went further to force herself on him, but in the process, she threw up on him ruining his clothes and shoes.“Wha
Gustavo drove off to meet with Àngel and Santiago after he got off the call with them and he was told they were at Àngel’s place.Gustavo didn’t want company so he drove off without a driver, but he made sure he disguised himself very well so that people wouldn't know he was the one he couldn't handle the thought of creating a scene.He got to Àngel’s place and the gates opened automatically for him to drive in, one of the chauffeurs came out, and Gustavo handed over the keys to his car to him to park properly as he hurriedly went into the house.Santiago and Àngel were playing games when he went in and they barely noticed him as they were occupied with the game they were playing.“Guys!, I’m here now we need to talk”“Are you both deaf or you can’t see me come in?” Gustavo asked angrily as he went to the socket to unplug the television.“Gustavo!” they both screamed in unison and in frustration.“We are here to talk and not to play games”“I was just about to trash Àngel” Santiago b
Months passed and the engagement of Gustavo and Amelia had been on hold, Mr. Felix Delgado’s accident was one of the major reasons the engagement was paused.Coming back from a political meeting his car was involved in a fatal accident, his driver and one of the guards who was accompanying him died.Mr. Felix Delgado was the only one who survived the fatal accident, he was conscious after the accident occurred, the medics were contacted and he was rushed to the nearest hospital to commence treatment immediately.Amelia and her mother was contacted and informed about the fatal accident but were assured that he was in good condition but he was in a coma, he just needed some time to recover.They were all worried, his political ambition was at stake and the engagement could not go on without securing the political seat, everything was paused for a while till they were sure he was going to make it out of the coma.Mr. Mateo Alvarez, Gustavo’s father was not even bothered, he sent his symp
“And for the girl, I need her to start work tomorrow, here at my lounge,” Amelia said.“Yes ma’am she will be notified,” the manager said as he closed the door behind him.Sofia went back to the bar with thoughts of what she heard at the lounge still in her head. She had so many questions to ask, but the problem was who will answer those questions.“Are you okay?” Richie asked.Yeah, I’m good” Sofia said as she looked up at him. Sofia had never really spoken to Richie before and she never knew his name was Richie until an hour ago.“Well you don’t look okay to me, I can get you a drink if you don’t mind,” Richie said as he reached for a glass.“No, no I’m okay,” Sofia said stopping him.“Let me guess, she doesn’t drink?” “I knew it, I’ve watched you closely and I noticed you are the only employee here who doesn’t drink”“Yes, I don’t drink” “And why is that?” “I don’t like the taste and the feeling” Sofia requested a bottle of water instead and she drank it all at once, she was w
Sofia went back to her duty post but she was not convinced if she was ready to take up Ava’s position. She never denied the fact that she had always envied Ava’s position, but the situation surrounding her dismissal from work made things look different.A few minutes after the club was officially open for the regular night activities, the VVIP guests started to troop in with their bodyguards following closely behind, most of them came with their girlfriends, and these girls were all in their early twenties, some of them were even teenagers who cared less about their studies or of their parents.Sofia went about her duties and could get invited by the men she served drinks to come to dance with them in their words they told her to “come have fun” with them. As irritating as it was to Sofia to see men that were old enough to be her father ask her to come keep them company she declined their requests respectfully.Sofia returned to the bar to ask the barman to take her order when she he
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