Chapter 55 He Loves You
By Valeria
After thinking twice, I gathered my courage and asked if she knew what Alejandro and his father had talked about.
I’m really afraid I might get fired.
“Mariana, do you know what Ale talked about with his dad?”
“Did Alejandro tell you anything?”
“No, because after talking to Francisco, they met with Omar’s father and then the thing with Diego happened and we didn’t discuss it.”
“I don’t know much,” she said, without giving me any explanations.
“Does he want to fire me because of the kiss in Italy?”
“Where did you get that from?” Susana asked, astonished.
“It’s just that Daniela…”
“She’s a brat, rude, she doesn’t know anything, we never agreed with her having that position.”
“But Alejandro kissed her like his life depended on it.”
“You don’t say?” Susana asked, I think ironically.
“I swear, they were right next to me, I’ll never forget how he kissed her.”
“Valeria, he was next to you because he did it on purpose, he wanted to bother you, make you jealous.”
“Well, he succeeded, it’s very hard to forget that kiss, of all the situations, that one is the most painful.”
“What other situations were there?”
“Kicking women out of his bed, when he says I push him into the arms of others because I don’t do what he wants... and the day we saw them…”
I look at Emi and they look at her too.
“I accompanied Vale to deliver an important document that needed Alejandro’s signature... and he was throwing a party, Vale entered Alejandro’s bedroom, the door was wide open and... they were having an orgy, Ale, Omar, and several women.”
“Wow, you’ve had it rough with those two!” Mariana is angry with her nephew and Omar.
“However, both are in love with you, let’s hope that when they realize it, it’s not too late.”
“I know very well that after last night, he’s got nothing left and tomorrow or the day after, I’ll be kicking another woman out of his bed.”
“Vale... I don’t know what to say.”
“Nothing, I hold on as long as I can, the thing is, he then has a thousand divine gestures and I forget everything, yesterday... I don’t understand how he faced my idiot ex.”
“Did you see the video?”
“No.”
Susana showed it to me, the building has thousands of cameras.
I got emotional seeing how Ale defended me and it seemed like he would have given his life for me.
“That’s why I’m completely sure he loves you... I don’t think it will be long before he realizes it.”
“It’s very difficult... the next time I have to kick another woman out of his bed, I’ll be worse than ever, because last night... it ended up being wonderful, but it’s getting harder and harder, and in Italy, I wanted to die, that Italian woman was a lingerie model and she insisted on staying with him, all his lovers are gorgeous, striking, and generally, I see them all naked or in lingerie, I swear sometimes my self-esteem is on the floor.”
“Valeria, don’t say that, you’re beautiful.”
“Thanks, but it’s all quite chaotic.”
“Vale, I assure you he loves you.”
Mariana smiled, she’s divine and she wants, though I’m still amazed by the whole thing, her nephew to end up in my arms.
By Alejandro
Could it be love?
“What the hell is wrong with you that you were so amused when my father said we should get married?”
“It’s just that I think I am going to marry Valeria.”
“What?” Omar jumped out of his chair.
“I was thinking, I can buy an apartment and have that apartment to go with my lovers, I mean, a love nest, while I’m married to Valeria, I just hope I don’t get tired of seeing her face every day when I wake up.”
“Are you an idiot? You make her go to your apartment just to see her face, you’re not fooling me.”
“No... it’s to get rid of some whore.”
“She’s been your secretary for almost a year, you have breakfast with her every damn day, you’re with her all day…”
“It’s different, I’m used to her because she’s efficient.”
“Brother, you’re crazy about that woman, you’re walking straight into the lion’s den.”
“We spent the night together and…”
“That’s another thing. What the hell happened to you that you started a fistfight with an armed guy?”
“I was leaving the company and there was a car with the door open, Juan was about to leave quickly, while he notified the guards inside, but when I looked at the situation, the guy was cornering Vale and I saw the gun, he could have killed her, I can’t even think about it, I wanted to kill him, if something had happened to her, I’d die.”
I say without thinking about my words, they just came out of my mouth.
Omar looks at me without his smile now.
“You talk like a man in love.”
Now it’s me who’s startled.
“No, I just... I want her and after last night and this morning, it wasn’t enough.”
“It’s never enough with her, you’ve been saying that every time you sleep with her.”
I realize he’s right.
I don't remember if I ever told him I wanted to have a child with Valeria, just to have her forever, of course.
My head is spinning.
It's just that Valeria, with those perfect legs... that ass, her skin, her breasts, I would never leave her chest, well, yes, to go to her mouth, damn those lips that drive me crazy and her perfume that excites me like a condemned man clinging to a memory...
If my friend knew I still have her panties and not just one pair, he would lock me up in a madhouse.
"Ale, you fell in love with her."
"I'm obsessed, it's true, I brought my old man into the conversation, so he would push me to marry Vale."
I finally confess.
"You're lost for her."
"It can't be, yes, she could be my main lover, that's why I don't mind marrying her, she's not the only woman I'm interested in... tonight I'll go out and maybe find someone I like just as much."
"You're fooling yourself."
"Don't talk too much, you've almost disappeared, it's been a while since Gonzalo and I have been going out and you stay eating in your apartment."
"It's true, Emi attracts me like no other woman, I'm fascinated, she turns me inside out and I've never had it better in bed, but my idea wasn't to get married, now my old man is bugging me about it and you enjoy the idea."
"Just get an apartment to keep doing your thing and that's it."
"Have you thought that if you get married and suddenly Valeria catches you with someone else, or realizes from some detail that you were with someone else, you'll lose her forever?"
A terrible anguish overwhelms me, I couldn't bear to lose Valeria.
"That's why it's better to stay single, if she catches you, it's easier to recover and in your case it's easier, you come and go, so far she's put up with you having a thousand flings and every now and then you give her attention."
"Yes, in my case, but you're acting like her boyfriend."
"Exactly, that's why I don't want to get married, I'm comfortable, I don't need to see her every day and by the time I see her, there's no trace of another woman's perfume or anything like that."
I keep thinking if continuing like this is a solution.
The thing is, I want more from Valeria and I don't want to admit it.
I think I'd die if one day I don't have her, I'm a hypocrite, because I'm really afraid that one day she'll get tired of finding the girls who sometimes wake up with me, that's why I'd prefer, when I need some variety, to have an apartment and ensure, by getting married, that I have Vale for myself every day, I need her genuine smiles, not the ones she gives me when I'm with another woman or when she's jealous.
She'll never make a scene, she won't expose herself, my fear, I'd say terror at this point, is that she'll leave, that she'll abandon me.
I need her more than I want others to believe.
Is that love?
I'm going to prove to myself that it's not love I feel, if I have a great time with another woman in my bed, then the love I feel isn't that big.
My face must have changed, because Omar's smile widened.
I thought about the love I feel, to give it a name, I understand myself.
"You keep playing the boyfriend with Emi, I'll... see how I solve the issue, tonight I'm going out, or to the usual restaurant, in the end, I have more freedom than you."
"Don't forget that if you're married, you won't be able to have dinner at the restaurant every night, nor choose someone who turns you on to spend the night with."
If he knew that for some time now, it's like I don't care about anyone else, anyone but Valeria, I prefer her above all.
I've been trying to escape the spell Valeria cast on me for a long time, that powerful enchantment I can't break free from.
Last night I had a great time having dinner with Valeria, even though there had been a really dramatic situation.
I know very well it was just one night and that's what Omar is referring to.
"Lately, you've been having dinner with Emi every night, tell me..."
"The thing is, if I get tired, I can go out with any excuse, a business dinner, whatever, I can invent anything."
"But if you marry her, we clear up the issue of the motels and your father doesn't get splashed if something happens."
"Yes, I thought about it, Emi drives me crazy, but..."
"You make yourself seen with her everywhere."
"Like you with Valeria."
"It's different, Vale is my secretary."
"You're shameless, you kissed her in a park, was that a romantic walk?"
I didn't want to think about that word, I'm not like that.
Definitely tonight I'm going out and I'm going to sleep with some goddess to not think about Valeria.
"Are you coming to dinner with Gonzalo and me tonight?"
"I'll see, I'm tired, last night... I stayed up late."
"You're worse than me, I slept almost nothing, it was dawn when... we fell asleep."
"And this morning you continued?"
"It's just that..."
"I know, with Vale it's not enough for you."
He teases me and he's worse off than I am, I think...
"Damn, tonight I'm going to escape from her."