Cecília

Cecília

I couldn't believe what I was seeing, Antônio and Camille kissed as soon as they entered. For a moment I thought I was in another reality, I don't know, a parallel one, but when he saw me smiling I was sure I was in the right reality. Their smile ended immediately, and they both widened their eyes, but I did what I could to stand firm, I needed to not show that I still liked him, I needed to show that it didn't affect me even though it had destroyed me.


"Cecília, are you back?" Camille asks coming towards me.


"No," I said, still looking at Antônio.


"It's not what you think, we can explain," said


"You don't need to explain anything to me, Camille, I know what I saw and I have nothing to do with it, you are adults and free just like me," I said. The words were so beautiful to hear, but so bitter to say.


My luck was that Andrey was leaving the meeting room together with Dominick. Dominick's look from me to both of them was condescending, it was clear that he already knew what was going on. Did they share it? My only friend, who knew about everything I felt for him, was kissing him.

Andrey came and, taking me by surprise, kissed me. It was strange, but it was all I needed to forget the anger of the moment.

To try not to cry in front of them.





After Andrey left the room, I got up and went to my suitcase to get something to wear. Maybe I had exaggerated a little in the way I spoke to him, but he deserved to know that he wasn't guilty of anything.

I put on a loose dress and lay down on the bed again. I ended up falling asleep due to the long trip, I woke up to a light knock on the door.


"Who is it?" I asked.


"It's me Cecília," Camille's voice came from behind the door. What did she want?


I went to the door and unlocked it, letting her in. Camille was visibly shy.


"I wanted to be the first to tell you, to tell you about Antonio and me," she said.


"You don't have to say anything, I'm out of your lives and you don't owe me anything," she said. But of course, I wanted her to tell me.


"That's not fair Cecília, the whole time you were here, you were with my fiancé and you never told me this and now you want to judge?" He said, causing me surprise.


"I met Dominick long before you, I never imagined that he was your fiancé, I tried to resist as much as I could and tell you too, but I didn't have the courage. But Antônio Camille, you always knew what I felt for Antônio and yet she's with him today," I said, already excited.


"I'm not proud to be with him, but it was the only way we didn't have a war between families," she said.


"What are you talking about?" I questioned.


"A while after you left, Dominick started to go crazy, he told me about your story and everything he had done and decided that he didn't want to marry me anymore, I already told you that in the mafia a given word is a long word. With the rumors about the end of the engagement, my father prepared an ambush for Dominick that almost killed him, and to save him Antônio and I invented that it was our fault, that we got involved and for that reason, Dominick had ended the engagement. Then you already You can imagine what happened, right?" she said.


"Antonio took over the engagement in Dominick's place," she said.


"At first we weren't even close to each other, but as we lived together we became friends and now we've decided to get to know each other a little better since we have to get married, now," she said. "My father placed several infiltrators in the house to find out if we were engaged, that's why you witnessed that kiss."


"Don't worry, I won't interfere with anything, we'll leave soon and you'll get back to normal," I said.


"There is no normal after you disappeared Cecília, Antônio didn't get over you, Dominick gave up his leadership and was almost killed when he disappeared and I ended up losing the only friend I had. Nobody is happy in this story," he said.


"I didn't want to disturb anyone's life, I never wanted to meet Dominick that day, I never wanted to get involved with both of them, but I can't change the past. I promise you I won't get close to Antônio," I said.


"And what will that solve? They both love you, I know that there's no point if you're close or far away, that won't change," he said.


"And who do you like?" I questioned.


"I like my store, the freedom I have, you know I never wanted to get married of my own free will. The problem is that I don't have a choice, but if I did, I would want to travel the world and look for love for myself and not by imposition of two families," he revealed.


This was true Camille was always passionate about her freedom and her work, she never had great love, only flirting made it very clear that her freedom was more important.


"I think this conversation is over, I'm going to talk to Andrey about going to a hotel. I don't want to stay

Here, I don't feel well. And as for our friendship, I just need time to assimilate everything. It was a shock to see you kissing him, but it will pass," he said reassuringly.


"Okay, I'll let you rest now," she said and hugged me, I couldn't respond.


I only started breathing calmly again when she left the room and I locked the door again, of course, I understood what she told me but that didn't make the pain lessen, on the contrary knowing that it was my fault they would have to get married didn't let me go. happier, I shouldn't have come here. Moments later I heard it.


"Cecília…"


It was Antonio's voice outside the room, I will never forget his voice, I would never confuse his voice with someone else's.


"Cecília please…"


It was so painful to hear him call me and not be able to open it because if I opened it I would end up in his arms and that wouldn't be good for anyone.


"I need to see you, open up," she said.


"Go away Antônio, I have nothing to talk to you about, Andrey won't like seeing me near you, so go away," I said.


It was so difficult to say that, of course, I wanted to see him, of course, I wanted to touch him, I wanted everything with him. But that wouldn't be possible, I also like his brother, but that wouldn't work, I need to resolve what I feel and the best way is to stay away from them both. After a few seconds of silence, I heard Antônio's footsteps away from the door, I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.


I started to feel a tightness, a feeling that was suffocating me, I needed to get out of this house, so I grabbed my bag and went down the hallway.


"You can't go out alone," one of the maids warned me but I made a point of ignoring her and walking past her. I got to the door and one of the security guards didn't let me pass.


"I need to get out. Am I a prisoner?" she said.


"No, but you need to bring security," the big guy said, standing in front of me.


"She's going with me," my body immediately stiffened, it was Dominick's voice.


"Yes sir," the security guard moved out of the way immediately.


"Where do you want to go in such a hurry?" he asked as he walked to the car and I followed.


I don't know why I was following him, I think my body couldn't resist the orders he was giving.


"I just need to breathe away from all this," I said as I sat in the front seat of the car.


"So, I have a perfect place for it," he said and sped off.