Episode 9

The next day, Lorenzo left for work and called Willy from the car, but there was no answer, only his voicemail.

The driver looked at him through the rearview mirror: "Shall we go, sir, or would you prefer to wait for Mr. Willy?"

Lorenzo looked out the car window: "Let's go to the office, Willy will meet us there."

The driver then drove off.

Mark stared out the window, extremely pale and struggling to breathe, when he saw the door open and another tray of food being placed on the table, the previous one removed.

The security guard looked at him: "You need to eat or you'll end up getting sick, look, I brought fresh fruit and water as the boss ordered."

Mark looked at everything and smiled: "If he intends to kill me, he doesn't even need to worry about feeding me," and he sat down on the bed.

The guard continued staring at him for a moment before leaving and closing the door behind him: "If he continues like this, he might even die."

The other guard: "The boss only told us to keep an eye on him and nothing more."

The first guard took the tray with the old food to the kitchen.

Meanwhile, Kara was at the entrance of the building waiting for Lorenzo's arrival. When he arrived, he quickly got out of the car, buttoning his suit jacket: "What are you doing here?"

Kara approached him, smiling seductively, and ran her hand over his chest: "Always elegant, as ever, and charming," and she tried to kiss him but was immediately pushed away.

Lorenzo glared at her: "Wasn't it enough, your countless affairs while we were together? Now that you're with my brother, you're trying to make me your lover too?"

Kara smiled, looking at him: "Your brother can be my pastime, and you, my official lover. After all, we were promised to each other, or have you forgotten?"

Lorenzo smiled wryly: "You said it yourself, we were in the past, not anymore. And with my father's death, I am the new head of the family, so I make the rules, and you are not a part of them."

Kara moved closer to his face, sighing deeply: "And because of the man you're keeping locked up in your house for your own personal amusement? If that's the case, I don't care, we can be a party of three, it will be exciting."

Lorenzo grabbed her by the neck, squeezing tightly: "All I want from you is distance, and as for my private guest, it's none of your business. And as I've already told my brother, you are nothing to me," and he released her, pushing her away.

Kara rubbed her neck, looking at him and smiling: "You continue to be as cruel as ever. I doubt that your lover also enjoys being treated this way. I, for one, would love it."

Lorenzo just looked at her and entered the building, being greeted by his employees who bowed as he passed.

Lorenzo went straight to his office, followed by his secretary, who handed him the necessary documents that he needed to sign. He started reading and only then would he sign.

The secretary looked at the last folder before handing it to him: "Sir, this one is a petition from the senior employees who asked you to see it, regarding their salary increase that your father had promised, but with what happened, it ended up being postponed."

Lorenzo took the document, read it, looked at the secretary seriously, and then signed: "Here it is."

The secretary took it, smiling and thanking him, and left the room.

Willy entered before the door closed: "Sorry I didn't answer, I was busy," and he sat down.

Lorenzo looked at him: "Busy with what, that you couldn't answer me immediately, Mr. Willy?"

Willy smiled, looking at him: "I have a life outside of here, and yesterday I met Mark's sister. She's quite beautiful, you know, and she's also quite worried about her brother."

Lorenzo looked at him: "What are you doing?"

Willy looked at him: "I met her by chance on the street when she was almost run over, and I helped her, nothing more.."

Lorenzo looked at him again: "So how did you find out about her concern for her brother?"

Willy smiled, looking at him: "After she left, I followed her home and ended up meeting his parents, who were very kind to me, and then I ended up talking to Anya, and in the middle of the conversation, I discovered that the journalist has a heart condition since birth, which is controlled with medication, and if he doesn't take it, it could be fatal."

Lorenzo looked startled: "What are you talking about, you idiot?"

Willy looked at him: "It seems your guest takes controlled medication and that he didn't bring enough with him since he left the new box at home. Maybe he didn't imagine he would be captured by you."

Lorenzo grabbed his suit jacket and left immediately, leaving Willy talking to himself.

Willy smiled, looking ahead: "I have a feeling the Boss won't go through with this at all," he said, getting up and leaving the room.

In the elevator, Lorenzo called the security guard, asking how Mark was doing and if he had eaten anything.

The guard: "He hasn't eaten or drunk anything, sir, and he doesn't look well either."

Lorenzo got out of the elevator and went to the car: "Go into the room, see how he is, and let me know immediately."

The driver opened the car door for him to get in: "Where to, sir?"

Lorenzo got in and said he would be home shortly.

The security guard entered the room and saw Mark collapsing on the floor, sweating profusely: "Boss, he's not well at all, he's collapsing on the floor, incoherent."

Lorenzo looked at the driver, ordering him to drive as fast as possible: "Damn it," he said and told the guard to put Mark in bed and not leave his side, then hung up.

The security guard did as he was told, staying by Mark's side, who still looked very ill.

Sometime later, Lorenzo arrived, running up the stairs and into the room, seeing Mark unconscious in bed: "How long has he been like this?"

The guard stepped aside: "He was already looking bad for a while, I told you, sir, and this morning he was looking worse."

Lorenzo looked at Mark's face, which was pale and sweaty: "Get out of here and see if the doctor has arrived."

The guard left quickly, waiting for the doctor at the entrance of the house.

Lorenzo then took a wet washcloth and began wiping Mark's face, brushing the hair off his forehead: "What are you doing to me? I should be finishing you off, not taking care of you."

Mark opened his eyes: "Let me go home, I need to take care of my parents," he mumbled before closing his eyes again.

Lorenzo looked at him, sighing.

The doctor then arrived and was immediately shown to the room: "Let me see him, step aside."

Lorenzo stepped back and started going through Mark's bag, finding the empty medicine box: "This madman was trying to kill himself."

The doctor saw the box in Lorenzo's hand and took it, seeing the name of the medication: "How long has he been without taking his medication? And why didn't you realize this?"

Lorenzo looked at him, startled: "Is it that serious?"

The doctor told him to immediately get another dose of that medication and then gave Mark an injection: "The problem he has can't be operated on, only controlled. It's not a case for a heart transplant or anything. The medication helps him survive, and without it, it would be a death sentence."

Lorenzo looked at him worriedly: "But he'll be okay?"

The doctor finished treating Mark: "This young man is very dehydrated and has lost weight. What have you done to him? Aren't you feeding him?"

Lorenzo looked at the doctor: "What do you think I am? Of course I fed him, he's the one who refused to eat."

The doctor approached him: "That's no way to treat someone we care about, son. I've known you long enough to see your concern for him."

Lorenzo glared at him: "Don't be ridiculous, Doctor. And if you're done, you can leave."

The doctor smiled at him: "Don't let him miss his medication and make sure he eats, unless you want to lose him, son. I'll be on my way now, call me if you need anything else," and he left.

Lorenzo sighed, looking at Mark sleeping after the medication. He covered him up and sat down beside him, staring at him quietly.

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