Episode 18

Well, I'm Augusto Bastos' only child.

This contract began when I refused to marry a family friend, it was just before my mother passed away.

He wanted me to get married and take over the company, but I refused. He was very angry, said she was a very beautiful, intelligent woman.

I said I wouldn't marry her, but soon after, my mother passed away. I left for another country a month before the wedding.

He came to visit me and said he had signed a contract at the time, stating that I would have to get married.

I ended up accepting, but on the condition that I would never meet the bride and wouldn't appear at the ceremony; the lawyer would handle everything.

He agreed and said that if I just signed, he would take care of it.

And I could also take over the companies abroad, and he would only take care of the ones in the country, and we would have a meeting every three months about the group's companies, and so it was agreed.

I tried to find out about this bride, even without being interested, I wanted to know who my father was getting involved with, and I would keep an eye on her so they wouldn't hurt him.

What I learned about her, and I didn't like, was that she was spoiled, capricious, and lived in nightclubs, a gold digger, spending her father's money.

That's when the idea came to me, to not let her know anything about me, not my mother's house, or my family.

I asked my father to buy another mansion, to take her there.

And never take her to my mother's house, and never say anything about me.

Because if she entered the house that belonged to my mother, she would never want to leave.

And if she met me, she could come after me, demanding spousal rights.

And I asked him not to say anything about the wife, not her name, not her age; I already knew her appearance, but he didn't know.

When I saw that there were only a few days left until the end of the contract, I found out that my father is not doing very well. I talked to him about getting treatment, and I would take over the whole group.

And I would put someone in charge of managing everything here, and we would do it the same way I did, every three months a meeting.

He agreed, but I said I would come after the contract ended. However, I decided to come earlier, and not even he knew I was here.

I found out he had traveled, but he should be back soon, and I will talk to him, so I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

And I'm just Mr. Augusto's representative.

I arrived on the day of the dinner, and I was advised, so I went as a manager, where I ended up meeting you and falling in love with you.

But for me you were just the most beautiful manager I had ever met, so I sat at your table.

And I ended up offering you a ride when you got up to leave and you mentioned your husband.

That's when I was shocked to see my expectations dashed.

And I asked my assistant to find out who the most beautiful manager's husband was, the one who made my heart race.

I knew she wasn't my wife because I knew her and who she was, of course, if she didn't have plastic surgery.

But when my assistant brought me the name of my beautiful girl's husband, I almost choked to death on my coffee, I spit out all the coffee, I was the husband.

I thought it best to stick to what my father had done, and as soon as it was over, I would get to know you better and start things off right.

And I'll talk to my father to find out why he didn't mention the bride swap, though, at the same time, I was the one who asked not to know.

Well, Miss Miller, my beautiful girlfriend, that's my story.

What are you thinking of doing? Shall we continue dating, or shall we not even continue what we barely started?

Even though we were married but didn't know each other, we can get to know each other, continue dating, get engaged, and get married if you agree to stay with me. Know that I love you.

But if you don't want me anymore, I will accept your decision. I will leave and you will never see me again, not even at company meetings.

What I want most is to be by your side, you are everything to me.

But only you will decide whether or not you accept me in your life, and I apologize for not wanting to meet you as a husband.

And I also apologize for my father, for letting you fall head over heels into this contract, which is now over.

Well, if it wasn't over, I would be your husband now and not your boyfriend.

But what a shame it's over.

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