Chapter 15
There was a moment of silence after Carlos said this , before his mother started screaming loudly : “ O
h , my son is kicking me out of the house ! _ That’s it , it will be the end of
me ! ” It was difficult to control her once shestarted to run wildly . Now , her screams were getting loude
r , despite Joana and Pam ‘s attempts to calm her down . _ _ _
However , the fact that there were people trying to calm her down only encouraged her more , as she s
colded how much her son was a heartless bastard , in addition toining about how much she ha
d sacrificed for Carlos and the Morais family .
Although Carlos had always been obedient to her , he was also someone with a lot of pride ; she didn’t
seem to notice that he was irritated by the way she had berated him in front of so
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many people . “ You can ask for the refund you want , sincewho sacrificed so
much for his family ! I’ll give you all I can offer , or you can take my life if that still does n’t satisfy you !
At
that moment , I was listening intently to what was going on outside as I sat in my room with Bianca in m
y arms . I assumed the charade would continue , but I never expected it to
be interrupted by a scream .
“ What are you trying to do with all this ? Go back to your room and stop humiliating yourself , you bitch
! _ ” My father-in –w finally spoke after being silent the whole time .
My mother – in-
shame that the show ended so quickly . _ _ There was a knock on the door before my father-
in-w ‘s voice arrived .. “ Linda , your mother-in-
d a grudge against her . ” _
Upon hearing his apology , I responded with mock generosity , “ Dad , I ‘m not angry . You two are Carl
os ‘s parents , which makes you my parents too . _ It is normal for there to
be an argument between parents and children , so I will nottake it to
seriously ” .
“ I know you ‘re a good girl . _ The fact that Carlos married you proves how fortunate we are . _ _
“ It ‘s a pleasure to marry Carlos too , father . ” I could
have easily replied with something equally good , to which he muttered and left satisfied .
After that , Carlos entered the room with the intention of hugging me as an apology , but
he gave up when he
realized that Bianca was fast asleep in my arms . I made Bianca sleep with uster at night in order to
stop him . _from attempting any advances at night , which he took as a sign that my feelings were hurt
by my mother-in –w . So he looked
at me with an apologetic look on his face as we spent the rest of the night in silence .
The next morning , I saw my mother-in-
looked at me . “ Linda , I made some porridge and bought some rolls with milk , soe and
have breakfastin the morning ” .
“ Thanks , Mom ! ” I gave my usual response before leading Bianca to the dinner table . _ _ My father-
in-w already ate . Joana filled her own bowl while greeting me with a smile . ′′ Good morning ′′ .
As I pulled
out a chair for Bianca , I answered her : “ Good morning ” . Joana quickly filled a bowl with some porrid
ge , which she ced in front of Bianca , but Bianca didn’t seem to want
it and pushed it away from her , ” Mother, I want some milk ” . _
“ Porridge is not good ? Why do you want milk ? ” My mother-in-
“ Milk is good for children “ . _ As I poured some milk for Bianca and myself , I
replied , but quickly added , as I knew none of them drank milk : “ You should try
it too , it ‘s good for your health ”.
“ I don’t like the weird smell of it , ” my mother-
in-w said dismissively before sitting down to eat her porridge .
Meanwhile , I drank my milk , and turned to Joana , who was looking nonstop at the entrance to the dini
ng room . _ _ _ So , I mentally mocked before insisting with her : “ Joana , you should also eat ” .
” I would
like to wait for Carlos and Pam ” , said Joana , but I imagined that she must be waiting for Carlos an
d not for
pam
Unexpectedly , my father-inw , who was eating his porridge in silence , raised his head to retort :
“ Pam only wakes up at ten in the morning , so why wait for her ? ”
“ Yes , I also made Carlos sleep a little longer because he told me he was tired , so you do n’t have to –
wait for either
of them , ” I said deliberately , which caused Joana to look at me with a fleeting look , buthateful .
As expected , not only was she so focused on Carlos , she also assumed we had sexst night , which
made me giggle internally . _ _ Joan , you should just wallow in your jealous feelings all day . _ _
As she assumed that Carlos
was n’t going to show up so soon , Joana could only sit down to eat breakfast , but he went into the dini
ng room after she had eaten just a few mouthfuls . Seeing him enter , Joana stood up . _ _quickly to yo
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fill a bowl of porridge , which I watched with indignation as I
realized that she no longer bothered to contain herself .
However , Carlos helped himself to
some milk before sitting down next to me instead of eating the porridge that Joana had given him when
she noticed that Bianca and I were drinking milk . There
was a slight embarrassment in Joana ‘s expression when my father-in-
As soon as he left , my mother-inw was creating a
stir again . “ Carlos , why do n’t you have some porridge ? It was Joana who made
it and it is very delicious “ . That old bitch just told me she made the porridge _ _ _ _ _, but now she wa
s lying to Carlos . _
There was an impatient expression on his face as he snapped , “ I
prefer milk . Is there something wrong with that ? ”
My mother-inw had nothing to say about it , so she looked at me as she changed the subject . “ I’m
going to look for a housekeeper in
the job market today , so what kind of person do you think I should look for ? By the way , how
muchshould be the employee ‘s monthly sry ? ”
Apparently , she was not willing to listen to anything I saidst night , as she still intended to hire a mai
d . _ I decided that I would give in on the matter , but I would n’t be paying the maid , so she should ask
for the money from
theCharles . I checked my watch before looking at Bianca . _ “ Bianca , you ‘ll bete if we
don’t go . Finish your milk so I can take you to school . _ _ _
When I realized that I was ignoring her , my mother-inw ‘s expression turned sour , but I simply
said goodbye to her without paying any attention to her : “ Mother , dear Joana , I ‘m going to
say goodbye ! ”
As I left the dining room with Bianca , I heard her repeating what she said to Carlos , which only earned
her a disgruntled response from him . “ You decide ! ”
I went to mypany after dropping Bianca off at kindergarten . In order
to concentrate on dealing with Carlos , I had taken time off from work , so now that I’m
back at work , my colleagues came out to greet me as soon as they saw me .
I returned to my office after greeting everyone . _ As
soon as I sat down , Jessica Lopes from the public rtions department walked in . “ Linda , you
‘re finally back ! I missed you so much ! _ ”
“ Forget the formalities and tell me what you need . ” I
did n’t believe what she said for a second , because she only came to me whenever she found a proble
m .
“ We have a very important client who will be
visiting ourpany today . I need a capable and beautiful designer who can help me get it , so I thoug
ht of you . _
“ You sure tter me , Jessica . _ I assume I ca n’t refuse such a task ?
Upon hearing what I said , she and I exchanged a knowing look before she winked at me , implying that
she would be counting on me to handle the client , then she left my office after a conversation . I had a
lot of tasksumted that I had to solve after my days off , which I spent the whole morning cleaning
. After lunch , I went to the pantry to get some water , only to find there was a crowd when I got there .
“ I heard that Henriques Ribeiro , president of Ribeiro Internacional , is going to visit . ”
“ I heard that too . I heard that he is also a handsome man ! ”
“ He is not only handsome , but extremely capable ! I
heard that he has a passion for jewelry , so he also invested in Cartier . ”
Before entering the pantry , I coughed a little , while the women who were talking about trifles approac
hed me as soon as they saw me ,
“ Linda , I sure envy you ! _ I was begging Jessica for the chance to entertain President Ribeiro for a ch
ance to get in close contact with him , only to have Jessica turn me down ! _ It was onlyter that I hear
dthat you would take care of the task !” Aliana from
the design department startedining as soon as she found me .
“ Do you know why you are not up to the task ? Lucy chuckled as she took over the conversation .
“ Why ? _ ”
“ It’s because you ‘ve never met a handsome man in your life , so you can attack President Ribeiro as
soon as you
see him ! Meanwhile , Linda is probably already immune to good looks , as her husband is also a hand
some man !
I used to feelcent hearing such words about Carlos , but all I could do was give them a bitter s
mile without saying a word . _ _ _ To escape them , I left the pantry as soon as I got my coffee cup .
As
soon as I left the pantry , I heard the elevator doors open after a m . So I raised my head , only to be
met with the sight of a handsome man who had an air of superiority and indifference towards him . _ I
myselfI asked why he would appear here .