Chapter 60: You hold back
After lunch, the two went back to sort out all the information before they were ready to go to L. K.
The two were about to leave when Lucila’s phone rang.
He took out his phone and looked at it, turned to Allyce and said, “It’s Mr. Betances’ secretary.
Allyce said nothing, picked up her own glass and drank the unfinished water in one gulp.
Lucila quickly ended the call: “The secretary said that Mr. Betances was at Kimdis at noon for a dinner that was about to end, and asked us to come now, so that by the time we got to Kimdis, the meal would be over.
Allyce thought for a moment, nothing seemed wrong, and nodded, “Let’s go”.
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The two arrived at Kimdis just as one of Severo’s dinners was ending.
He assumed that Allyce and Lucila would also be arriving soon and sent Xabat to pick them up.
He has an office in Kimdis, but rarely uses it, so it was a good day to use it.
Xabat took Allyce and Lucila straight to the office.
“Miss Delahoz, please come in”.
This time, he did not say “ma’am” again.
Allyce thought it must be the effect of his latest threat.
The office was even more luxurious than the one in L. K.’s interior.
As soon as Allyce entered, she saw Severo.
Severo looked up, glanced at Allyce and ordered drinks to be brought in.
Severo sat across from them, his face a little tired, but his eyes still intimidating, “Have you brought all the information?”
“Yes, they’re all here. Lucila hurried to hand them all over.
But Severo pulled her aside and looked at Allyce with a completely businesslike expression on his face, “You’ve compiled all this information, have you read it carefully?”
“Of course I’ve read them all”. Allyce thought his question was a bit redundant.
Severo said no more, but pulled out a contract from the pile of papers in front of him.
He handed it to Allyce: “If it’s OK with you, we’ll sign this one”.
Allyce’s gaze changed slightly and doubts appeared in her eyes.
However, he said no more and took the contract and read it carefully.
He didn’t know if it was because the temperature had risen a few degrees today, but after reading the contract, he felt a little warm, and he didn’t mind.
The contract was complete and the division of interests in it was clear, almost identical to the one Casimiro had shown him earlier.
Such a contract is not drawn up overnight.
In other words, from the very beginning, Severo wanted to work with the Delahoz Group.
But he had had to go to Casimiro and appoint her to negotiate the contract, and she would not have thought that he only wanted to get his shares back for her.
“There is no problem with the contract”.
Allyce pushed those thoughts aside, and now all she had to do was sign the contract.
“If there are no questions, sign this one,” Severo said, and went over to sign and seal it.
Allyce glanced at it and saw that it was broadcast in English.
Allyce was halfway through the signing when she suddenly felt something was wrong with her body.
This feeling was familiar to him, as he had learned it from Senona when he had just returned to China.
Allyce’s face was sunken, her hands began to tremble and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
Severo was so reflective that he soon realised that something was wrong with Allyce.
Seeing Allyce gritting his teeth and continuing to sign, Severo just raised an eyebrow and said nothing.
When the contract was signed, Allyce was sweating buckets.
Lucila couldn’t help but ask, “Allyce, why are you sweating so much? Are you sick?”
Severo’s eyes fell on Allyce’s increasingly red lips and he turned to Lucila, “You go out first.
Almost reflexively, Allyce grabbed Lucila’s arm.
“I …” Lucila hesitated not to move.
Severo had risen to his feet and stood up, pulling Allyce to her feet as he hugged her and helped her across the office.
“… Allyce…” Lucila didn’t know whether she should go on or leave everything alone.
He thought about it and decided to follow her.
Severo kicked open the living room door, put his arm around Allyce and headed inside.
Allyce still had most of his senses intact at this point.
She knew it was Severo who put his arm around her: “Severo, what are you trying to do again?
Severo made no noise and threw her straight into the bathroom.
The action seemed a little rough, but Allyce felt no pain.
Severo unscrewed the shower and the cold water splashed thinly over Allyce’s body.
“You …”
Severo’s voice was still pleasant: “Bear with me”.
Allyce suddenly thought of the first time she met Severo, he was like that, cold and mysterious, different from all the others, but the one who attracted the most attention.
Allyce soaked in cold water and the burning sensation in her heart faded.
Lucila followed her, watched the scene and, with heartfelt understanding, withdrew in silence.
“That’ll be it.” Allyce got up and turned off the shower.
He pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.
When she had just been dragged away by Severo, she had thought that he would …
Severo turned and walked out, fetching a large towel and handing it to her, his eyes dark and serene: “Clean yourself up and I’ll have someone go out and get you a suit.
“Thank you.” Allyce grabbed the towel and began to wipe the water off her body.
Severo’s phone rang at that moment.
It was the only private telephone known to only three people.
He frowned slightly as he pulled it out and saw that it was an unknown number and picked up.
The person on the other end of the line was obviously using a voice changer, and his voice was unusually raspy.
“Mr. Betances, your wife is in Kimdis having an affair with someone else, you want to see what kind of person Allyce is, same in trouble.”
That was all that was said before hanging up the phone.
Severo stared puzzled at the number on the phone for half a second before putting it away.
Looking at Allyce, who was wrapped in a large towel and only her face was visible, he spoke slowly: “Is that your cousin again?
“I think so.” Allyce thought for a moment and added, “I wonder what he’s doing this time, you’re so important, even if something were to happen between you and me, what would he get out of it.”
“Do you know what the person who called me said?”
“What?”
“He told me that you were having an affair with someone else in Kimdis, so I could see what kind of person you are”. Severo’s tone was superficial: “This cousin of yours, on the other hand, has every intention of trying to get to you”.
Senona did not know that Severo was the president of L. K. and thought that the president of L. K. had taken a liking to her and had appointed her to come.
So he drugged her, trying to get her to do something with the president of L. K. while negotiating the contract, before calling Severo.
No man can bear the thought of his wife dating another man, and the president of L. K., who may have “taken a fancy” to her, would not want to pick up a pair of broken shoes.
That is probably what Senona is looking for.
Unfortunately, he has missed one thing in his calculations: the president of L. K. is Severo.