Pedro Como Agua Para Chocolate Novels & Stories

Pedro slowly turned his head, and his grin widened even more. “When I heard you had a daughter, I didn’t know she’d be this beautiful,” he said, eyes dragging over me. “But I guess she takes after her mother. Might be worth more than you one day.” “She’s just a child!” Mama snapped, her voice louder this time. She took a step forward, but she looked like she was scared to take another. Pedro only chuckled. “Weren’t we all?” he said simply, dropping the cigarette to the floor. Then he reached into his coat and pulled out a piece of candy, stretching it out toward me.

After the requisite greetings, I say, “I was afraid, with everything that has happened, Silva would not want to entertain me.” “He is angry, but he values your friendship. You are your father’s son, after all.” Corina and I are sitting opposite Pedro and his gaze shifts from me to her. “And who is the beautiful woman? I rarely see you in the company of any unless you are, you know…” We’re speaking in Portuguese, which I assume she can’t understand, judging by her blank expression. “She’s my assistant.” “Just an assistant? Nothing more?” Pedro is a handsome man. And a known philanderer. He’s already looking at Corina as a potential conquest. I better get that notion out of his head. “Don’t ge