Episode 14

Enzo narrating.

"Hi, Enzo," she says with a smile, walking towards me.

"Hi, you look beautiful," I say and give her a peck. I really want to tell her everything, but I'm too scared of losing her.

"How was your social?" she asks me, still smiling.

"It was," I was going to tell her now, but I think it's better to tell her during lunch. "It was interesting."

"I can imagine, it must have been good. That game of going around kissing several women was incredible," she says, and my heart sinks as I regret not telling her before. She continues speaking. "And the moment you jumped in the pool with those girls, all of you naked? Seriously, I found it super fun, and that girl you fell in love with, wow, she's super cute." She speaks with the utmost casualness, as if she finds everything perfectly normal, and that makes my chest ache even more.

"Lara, I was going to tell you at lunch, I swear I was going to tell you," I say quickly, unable to breathe.

"Calm down, Enzo, we don't have anything real, it's just a contract, remember?" When she says that, I feel very upset that it's true.

My heart was racing, I regretted so much what I had done.

Lara narrating.

The expression on his face is pitiful, his large body is rigid, and his eyes are watery, what an actor he is, he's such a good actor, hats off to him.

"Ah, Enzo, our contract ends here," I say seriously this time.

"You can't just end the contract like this," he says almost shouting, in a desperate tone.

"Actually, you broke one of the rules, and that gives me total freedom to decide whether the contract continues or not, and I've just decided, Mr. Bianchi." He starts pacing back and forth with his hands on his head as if he's going crazy.

As he was walking towards me, someone knocks on the door, and he tells them to come in.

"Sir, they have arrived, they are just waiting for you to finish here," says the secretary, and he looks at me again.

"Shall we have lunch together to talk about this?" he says in a low voice.

"There's nothing more to talk about, Mr. Bianchi," I reply.

Before leaving his office, I leave the papers I printed on his desk, as proof of breach of contract, I look at him, and leave his office.

I go to HR and hand in my resignation. I wouldn't resign because of this, but I know there is a Clifford family business here in Italy, and I'm going to try to work there to find out more about this family. I think I'm going crazy for believing my aunt.

I stop by Victoria's department and tell her everything. She can't go out for lunch because she's swamped with things to solve, and I went to say goodbye to some colleagues. As I was leaving the company, I see a man who looked familiar. He saw that I was looking at him and smiled at me and came towards me, how embarrassing.

"Hi, weren't you in Brazil a few days ago?" he asks me. Where have I seen this man? I can't remember.

"Yes, and how do you know?" I ask, and he laughs.

"A friend of mine almost knocked you to the ground, I even apologized for him, the other girl pulled you away, and you left." And at that moment, I remember him.

"You're the friend of that ogre." I smile at him, and he smiles back.

"Have you had lunch yet? I'm going to get something to eat now, if you want to come with me so we can talk a bit more," he says, blushing, and it's very cute.

"I'd love to, I haven't had lunch yet either."

We go in his car to a restaurant I hadn't even seen before, it's not fancy, it's a very ordinary and cute restaurant, open, and there weren't many people, I loved this restaurant.

We went up the elevator and stopped at the terrace. It was beautiful up there, there were few tables, a beautiful view, and hardly anyone there. We sat at a table, and he ordered for both of us.

"You'll love what I ordered, if you don't like it, I'll leave here and never speak to you again." We both laugh a little, and he continues speaking. "You work at the Bianchi company, right?" he asks me.

"No, I actually quit today," I reply.

The waiter brings a wine he had ordered.

"This wine is amazing, try it." While I try the wonderful red wine he ordered, he continues speaking. "Why did you leave there? Sorry for asking, it's just that I'm very curious," he says quickly.

"I want to try working at another company, Clifford, do you know it?" He smiles and nods. "And do you work at the Bianchi company?" I ask.

"No, I work at another company, not that much bigger, I was just there today to make a partnership that worked out. Do you visit Brazil often?" he asks, making me laugh.

"I'm Brazilian, I came to live here a few months ago," I reply, and he smiles.

"I'm Brazilian too, I came here just to make this partnership." When he finishes speaking, the waiter brings the food, and we eat in silence. This was the best thing I've eaten since I moved here.

"Did you like it?" he asks, looking at me with a smile.

"I loved it, it's delicious." He starts laughing at me, and I give him a serious look.

"I noticed, your mouth is all messy," he says and throws a napkin at me. I blush bright red. "Don't be embarrassed, you look beautiful all covered in sauce," he says with his perfect smile on his face.

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