All Chapters of MY FATHER'S BEST FRIEND IS MY LOVE: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

There was a different body beside me, and at that moment, there was no strangeness at all. We lay there, each in our own thoughts, after discarding the condom. With the effort, the alcohol, and the sleepless night, I simply fell asleep.Maybe I understood Maria Clara now. I needed to be with another woman to understand her. I wasn’t the same anymore, and the desire for sex seemed to have diminished over time. I woke up with an intense headache. I got up, noticing—perhaps grateful—that the bed was empty, the memories of our last moments together in bed bringing sharp pangs of pain.I swallowed hard, sitting on the bed. The condom was still on the floor, filled with semen, and there was no trace of her anywhere in the room. "Mavi?" I called, feeling uneasy, but I didn’t find her in the bathroom either. I would tell her it had been a mistake, that it shouldn’t have happened, but looking at the bed where we had made love, it seemed more than enough to caution me about this. I hadn’t even

Os dias longe do escritório me trouxeram um acúmulo absurdo de trabalho. Horas intermináveis. Pilhas de notas. Pacientes agendados sem tempo para respirar.E, no entanto, Heitor conseguiu aparecer para me atormentar."Maria Vitória é igual à mãe." ele começou, andando de um lado para o outro no meu escritório. Sempre inquieto quando está nervoso. "Você acredita que ela está morando sozinha? Trabalhando em um restaurante de fast-food, Alex?"Suspirei, deixando meus materiais de lado."Hmm... Isso não seria uma coisa boa? " perguntei, pegando meu caderno para continuar fazendo anotações."Claro que não! Como você pôde deixá-la trabalhar em um restaurante de fast-food, Alex? Laura é louca? " Ele bufou, passando a mão pelos cabelos, os olhos brilhando de indignação. " Laura teve a audácia de me dizer que preciso trazer Mavi aqui para a cidade. E quando perguntei o que ela estava estudando, aquela mulher mentiu, dizendo que está estudando medicina! Como um adolescente poderia estudar medi

I looked around once more. Everyone seemed to be finding their relatives, their friends. Everyone, except that man.He was still on the phone, his expression clouded with confusion. Then, our eyes met. My stomach twisted.“Ah... I think I saw your aunt. Where are you, my love?”I kept staring at him.That couldn’t be.Two Maria Vitórias at the same bus station? Two people waiting for them? It felt like a joke.“Aunt? What aunt?” I frowned. “Aunt Lena didn’t come. Tell me where you are.”The confusion on his face deepened.The girl beside him froze. She swallowed hard, as if something had gotten stuck in her throat.“Is it her aunt, love? Where’s your daughter?”Daughter?I let out a weak smile.He knew nothing about me.The driver unloaded my luggage and placed it beside me.“Thank you very much, sir.”I glanced at the man again. Too young to be my father. And the girl next to him... “love,” “daughter.” She couldn’t be my sister.I started walking toward them, but he remained still.N

I walked through the hospital while Ana Liz was still on the phone with my father’s mother. I didn’t want to stand next to her, much less hear her narrating things about me.At some point, I knew I’d have to meet my paternal grandmother. She seemed kind—at least over the phone. My maternal grandmother had been good to me too, even though she passed away early.I wandered off, distracted, not really paying attention to where I was going. I was starving.That’s when my body collided with someone.I turned quickly, my heart racing.The man in front of me was wearing a blue lab coat.I swallowed hard.I knew him.All too well.My mind flooded with memories I wished I could pretend were meaningless. His eyes, his breath, the way he moved over me. His hand gently caressing my face, his fingers holding mine above my head, his mouth exploring my neck, my breasts… Minutes that should have faded away, yet burned vividly inside me.I froze.The blue coat told me he was a doctor—but I didn’t need

Eu apaguei completamente. Quando acordei, meu estômago estava roncando. Olhei ao redor da sala rosa e branca, sentindo como se tivesse caído em um conto de fadas... castelos, bruxas, magia - e tudo o mais que só existe em nossa imaginação.Levantei-me lentamente e caminhei até minha bolsa. Exceto pelas ligações da tia Lena, não havia nenhuma da minha mãe. Suspirei e mandei uma mensagem para minha tia, informando que havia chegado em segurança e encontrado meu pai. Respondi a algumas de suas perguntas e coloquei o telefone de lado.Coloquei um vestido cinza solto e desci as escadas na ponta dos pés. Vaguei pela casa até encontrar a cozinha. Abri a geladeira, procurando algo para comer, e fiz um sanduíche rápido. Minha fome não podia esperar. Enquanto eu comia, meus olhos vagavam pelo espaço. Realmente houve algum amor entre minha mãe e meu pai? Ou tudo tinha sido apenas uma armadilha?Depois de comer, voltei para o meu quarto. A casa era enorme - basicamente uma mansão. Pelo que perceb