Chapter 32 Where Have You Been Woman?
Ana stood up to collect her phone from
Him and he gave it to her but it was already too late because he had ended the call.
“What did you do that for?!!” Ana said to him in anger.
“You have no right to take my phone. I can just leave now and never come back”
“You have been having lunch with this same person for two days now and now you are on call with him and even plan to have lunch with him at a new restaurant?” He heard the conversation about them going for lunch again tomorrow afternoon.
“I have only be gone for a week and you are seeing someone behind my back”
Ana was confused “Behind your back? And why have you been watching me? It was part of our agreement that you will no longer do that?”
“You are still acting as my wife. The last thing I want is you doing something to tarnish Silvia's reputation. And going out with that man is tarnishing her reputation. I have you forgetting so soon that you are pretending to be Silvia, you look like her. What do you think will happen if someone who knows her sees you with another man? Or worse, my mother sees you randomly?” Fernando said in anger.
“Me going out for lunch with him doesn’t spoil anything because he is just a friend, a new friend and that’s all. Friends can go out for lunch and he is someone that is just like a brother. So even if your mother sees us, I will explain that he is a friend and like a brother”
“So do not interfere or I will leave this house, let’s see what you are going to say to your mother” Ana threatened.
She hated when he tried to control her.
Ana walked out of there and when she left he clenched his fist hard.
After seeing his mother he got into his car and drove off. While in the car he made a call to his assistant.
“Yes boss”
“Do a background check on the man Ana has been seeing”
“But boss, I do not think he is suspicious”
“Do as I say!”
“Right away boss”
During lunch the next day, Ana and Emiliano went to check out the new restaurant close to school.
Emiliano is a genius tech guy, he has a high IQ. Ana loves to interact with people as intelligent or more intelligent than her and Emiliano was just as intelligent.
He told her a lot about tech that she became interested in.
This was something she will love to invest in, in the future. Tech has a lot of potential in the future, especially Ai.
If she finishes law school she will take a course in tech to learn one or too.
They finished a very nice lunch and took a stroll in the pack discussing their future plans.
Ana was already fond of him in less than two weeks of knowing him because he was a likeable person and can be seen as a brother.
“I’m glad we met before I leave the country”
“Oh, you are living?”
“Yes, in a month or two. I plan on starting my life all over in a different place” Emiliano said.
Ana was yet to know more things about him and also his family background. But it was too early and she did not think it was that important but the way he spoke felt like he was running away from his problems.
“I will be leaving now, I have to go to the shop,” Ana said, breaking the silence.
“Can I come with you?” Emiliano suggested.
“You do not have to”
“I want to, it’s a way of getting to know you more” He smiled.
She nodded and they both left for the shop.
They arrived and met her sister arranging some of the fabrics.
Ana now has two female staff to help her family out with the business since she will not be here regularly.
“Ana you back?” Nala hugged her sister and looked at the handsome man standing behind.
Nala smiled at Ana “Who is he, your boyfriend? You have a boyfriend and you did not bother to tell us?” Nala scolded her elder sister.
Ana shaked her head “No no, he is a very good friend I met recently. He is like an elder brother, he is Emiliano” Ana said.
Emiliano face changed when she called him brother, but he masked it with a smile when Nala smiled at him.
“Welcome Emiliano, you are so handsome” Nala said.
“She is my younger sister, Nala,” Ana introduced.
He nodded
“How is dad and mom?” Ana asked her sister.
“They went to get lunch and run some errands”
“Okay”
When her parents came back, she introduced Emiliano to them and her parents immediately liked him.
They conversed like they have known him for a long time.
Her father asked Emiliano about his family background and his mood changed.
He seemed reluctant to speak.
“It’s fine if you do not want to talk about them,” Jose said and his wife nodded.
Ana already explained the kind of relationship she had with him. So they did not conclude it was romantic .
Her father asking of his background was a common thing he does when a stranger appears in his children’s life. He always wants to make sure to know the people’s background for safety reasons.
“They are both late, I became an orphan at 20. And have been struggling on my own. I’m sorry I haven’t said this to you before Ana” He apologized.
Ana nodded and felt sad for him “I’m sorry to hear that”
“Know that you can see a family in us,” Jose said.
Emiliano was surprised but happy too, of course he would want to have them as family.
Ana did not expect her father to grow fond of him quickly. It seems they saw what she saw in him. That he is a good person and very smart.
Emiliano left after spending a bit more time with them.
Ana stayed in the shop till it was closing before returning back to the family estate.
Her parents occasionally ask her why she never comes or sleeps at home or has days off and she has to explain to them that the days she goes for classes are her days off from work.
They had also asked about the lady of the house that had 3 months to live and she had told them that the lady got a new treatment and it helped her health improve a bit which is why she is still alive.
Her parents were happy to hear that and suggested she quit since her job was done there but she explained to them that she could not, that the family was begging her to stay a bit more since they have now grown fond of her.
Ana sighed, she was tired of lying to her parents. What she wanted the most was for Silvia to wake up so she doesn’t have to lie anymore.
She arrived at 10pm because of the traffic on her way.
Mrs Buenavista must have slept off a long time ago.
She did not bother to ask if Fernando was back.
After she was greeted by Elisa who opened the door for her, she asked Mrs Buenavista who was said to be sleeping before she headed upstairs to the room.
Ana found the room dark, she was about to turn on the light when a hand was wrapped around her waists
She shivered in shock but did not scream since she knew who it was.
It was Fernando and from his smell, she could tell he was drunk and that could be the only reason he would hold her this way because he was not in his right senses.
“Where have you been woman, I have been waiting for you” He whispered in her ears.
“Mr Buenavista you are drug, please let go”
“No I can’t, not when you made me this way” he whispered in her ear in a way that made Ana shiver.
What nonsense was he saying?