Episode 14

Ariane: I took my mother home, she took a shower, and then rested from the trip.

I went to prepare lunch, and wait for her to wake up, meanwhile, I reviewed everything that would be used in tomorrow's meeting.

And the directors already know that they will be participating.

My mother woke up from her rest, we had lunch, and then she helped me with the dishes and the kitchen.

She said that she would go to the mall to see some friends, I was immediately surprised, I never heard her mention having friends, but anyway.

She left and I stayed in the apartment, I took the opportunity to lie down for a bit, I'm not in the habit of sleeping during the day, but since I slept poorly last night, I took advantage and lay down and ended up falling asleep.

When I woke up, it was already past eight at night, my mother had already arrived, I was kind of out of it, she asked if I was okay, I confirmed that I was, I told her that I had slept badly the night before.

She nodded and said that dinner was ready, we went to eat, and then I helped her in the kitchen, and left everything organized.

I went to the balcony afterwards, to look at the sky, and see the beautiful night.

However, that image of the handsome man came back to my mind, this man was already driving me crazy, without even doing anything, it was just from meeting him, imagine if he invited me to dinner, I wouldn't sleep for a week, hahaha.

My mother went to bed, she's still recovering from the tiredness of the trip, and also from walking around the mall with her friends, I think.

I didn't take long either, I went to bed and fell asleep.

I woke up a little before my cell phone alarm went off, I went to take a shower, and do my morning hygiene, then I chose a businesswoman style outfit, after all today I would have the meeting at headquarters, I needed to look presentable.

I got ready, and went to the company, my mother was still sleeping.

After this meeting, I'm going to pick her up to go buy her car, let's see what time this meeting will end, but I believe that I'll be free before lunch.

I arrived at the company, the secretary, and the director, and my friend were already waiting for me, they would go with me, the directors were already on their way to headquarters.

The three of us went to headquarters, upon arriving we were directed to a meeting room, where the other four directors from the central west were already waiting for us.

But Mr. Augusto Bastos had not yet arrived, we stayed there waiting each one in their designated places.

Soon the door opened, and in entered the one who was the problem of my lack of sleep, and invaded my thoughts.

I didn't know that it would be him representing Mr. Augusto, but until then, my heart, which is a traitor, skipped a beat.

But seeing him walk in accompanied by the same woman who was at the restaurant, the little jealousy monster started to bite me, and he was also accompanied by the same man, where he introduced them and started speaking:

Augusto B. Filho, as you know, I represent the president, this is the planning director Miss Teles, this is Leonardo my assistant.

I would like to know each of your names and your respective positions, okay.

We'll start with the gentlemen, then the ladies, okay.

Ariane: Each of the directors introduced themselves, he asked a question that left me stunned, I almost ran out of there.

Augusto: I thought the manager would come, but it seems I won't meet him today.

Well, let's go to the ladies now.

Ariane: He pointed to Ana Luisa, she introduced herself, then to my secretary Liana, and lastly, I stood up and introduced myself: I am the general manager of (central) west, my name is Ariane Miller, I sat down, he saw that I didn't like how I was treated, he looked at me and smiled, and said.

Augusto: My apologies, Miss, I thought you were one of the directors.

Let's start the meeting, afterwards I want to speak with the manager, in private.

Ariane: I nodded, the meeting went as planned, we were soon finishing up, and we were congratulated for (achieving), another place now we were the third company in the group.

This was great, we said our goodbyes, when I was about to leave, the assistant came up to me and said that Mr. Augusto's representative wanted to speak with me.

Ana Luisa said go, the two of us, we'll take a taxi, I said no, take my car, later I'll go to a dealership and take my mother's car, which I'm going to buy for her, okay.

They agreed, I handed the keys to Ana Luisa, and went back to accompany the assistant to Mr. Augusto's room, where that handsome representative was.

Upon arriving, the assistant knocked three times on the door, I heard a voice asking to come in, he opened the door and announced that I was waiting, he asked me to come in.

I entered, he showed me the chair, I sat down, he began to speak:

Augusto B. Filho: First, I want to apologize for what happened at the meeting, and to make it up to you, I would like to invite you to have lunch with me?

Ariane: Apology accepted, but as you know, I'm not in the habit of having lunch with married or committed men, so, if that's all, thank you for the invitation and I'm leaving, I got up, he said:

Augusto B. Filho: Who said I'm married, Miss, I'm divorced, and I don't have a commitment to anyone, and are you married?

Ariane: Nobody told me, I deduced the day you walked into the restaurant, with that lady who was at the meeting, and you didn't seem to be just co-workers, but I apologize for judging by appearances.

And I'm not married, I'm also divorced.

Augusto: So, I think you'll have to accept my request to have lunch with me, so that I can accept your apology, what do you think?

Ariane: Okay, I will accept your apology by agreeing to have lunch with you, and we'll be even.

Augusto: No, you'll owe me dinner, after all, you were wrong first.

Ariane: Right, I'll invite you to dinner later, I won't owe you anything else, okay, Mr. Representative, and what is your name, he said.

Augusto: For now, I'm just the representative, after lunch I'll tell you my name, what do you think?

Ariane: Okay, it's a deal, Mr. Representative, let's go then.

Augusto: Yes, let's go Miss Miller.

Ariane: We left there, we went to where his car was parked, the director was waiting near his car, he looked at her and said:

Augusto: What are you doing here, Miss Teles, I thought I made it quite clear, the other day, that I only went to lunch to return a kindness.

Excuse me, I opened the car door for my lovely manager to get in, and closed it, I went around and got in the car and drove off.

Ariane: Well, it seems she's interested in you, I don't want to interfere.

Augusto: I'm not the least bit interested in Miss Teles, I made it quite clear that it was just a lunch between colleagues, that's why I even brought my assistant along, to accompany us.

Ariane: And now it's also a lunch for colleagues, so where is your assistant?

Augusto: Miss Miller, I don't intend for it to be just colleagues.

I've been wanting to talk to you since dinner, but there hasn't been an opportunity.

Until today, I couldn't let it slip away.

Ariane: And if I hadn't agreed to have lunch with you, what would you have done?

Augusto: I would have continued to look for a situation where we could meet, and tried my best.

Meanwhile, in the parking lot.

Miss Teles: If that little thing thinks she's going to take you away from me, she's very mistaken, I won't allow it, you will be mine alone.

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