THE LIE: DECEPTION TO THE CEO

Christopher, hurt by Amber’s words, kept silent, called the waiter and ordered a whiskey. Meanwhile, she ordered a frappe. Then, the waiter arrived with the two lunch services and left, wishing them a very good appetite.

-Amber, please excuse me! -he whispered, regretting having made such a scene of jealousy, without any basis, because she introduced him to her client. Besides, she made it clear that he was her husband.

-Christopher, now! Let him eat calmly. There are more important things that require my time,” she said, without the slightest intention of clarifying her words, feeling that the smell of the food seemed repugnant to her, besides making her nauseous.

This one, she asked for permission and went straight out to the bathroom, where she emptied her stomach, suddenly feeling very sick….

“Again!” she thought, remembering that the day her niece was born, in the morning she had had colic, nausea and diarrhea. This one, she felt at that moment, something similar to what she is experiencing today.

Trying to remember what she had eaten, it came to her memory that her mother and the chef had been preparing delicacies for them and that suddenly, some of them contained something that was giving her stomach problems.

When she came out of the bathroom, she went straight to the table and when she saw that Christopher had not eaten anything, she informed him:

-Please ask the waiter to bring me a natural peach juice. I’m not going to eat anything, because I feel very sick to my stomach,” she requested, overwhelmed and fed up.

-It’s my fault, my love! I am bent on damaging what is between us,” he said, with a gesture of rage, throwing the cloth napkin on the table.

Christopher signaled the waiter. When he approached him, he ordered him to bring another whiskey, a one hundred percent natural peach juice and to clear the table, because none of them would eat. After this, calmer and lowering his tone of voice to a level that was audible only to her, he asked her:

-Are you feeling very bad? What are you feeling, love?” he interjected saddened, “Shall I take you to the doctor?

-No, I don’t think it’s that bad! I don’t know, I don’t really know what’s happening to me,” she answered, putting both hands to her head, smoothing her hair back, “Do you remember that the day Arantza was born, I spent the whole morning with colic, nausea and diarrhea?

-Yes!” he answered immediately; changing chairs, sitting next to her, with the intention of putting his hand on her abdomen, but she didn’t allow him to do it.

-No, don’t! I would be very embarrassed if you were to make such an intimate gesture to me in public. Besides, I don’t feel pain as such,” she added, with displeasure.

-When you went to the bathroom now, what did you feel,” he asked, distressed and embarrassed.

-The smell of the food made me nauseous and I vomited. Besides feeling sick to my stomach,” she declared, making silence when she saw that the waiter arrived with the requested services.

-Thank you! -she expressed, taking it with desperation, as she felt very thirsty.

Christopher, fixing his eyes on her, got lost in his thoughts: “I have been observing for days that Amber’s breasts are growing”.

This took him as in the tunnel of time, to the past and he remembered… When we were together, the day before what happened in the hotel, I commented to Amber:

“My love, I have the impression that your breasts are bigger and I don’t know why, because I see your body the same. You haven’t put on any weight” To which she replied, “No, but I do feel that they hurt a little bit, especially when I rub them, with anything.”

“And after that, there was her accident, her transfer to the police station and the beating in which she lost the baby, because she was pregnant, without knowing it,” he reflected, thinking that the same thing could be happening.

-Love, do your breasts hurt?” asked Christopher surprisingly, staring at them. Amber was surprised, because he seemed to be somewhere else. However, she answered immediately.

-If you only knew! It is not a very intense pain, but I do feel discomfort in them, when I rub them with my own arms or with your chest,” she answered, which aroused his curiosity, “Why do you ask me?

-Nothing, love, just curious,” he commented, keeping the result of this to himself, “Don’t you really want something lighter? Or sweet? Or whatever you feel like.

-No. Besides, it’s already late, Nairobi and Mildred must be at the office, waiting for me,” said Amber, looking at the time on her Rolex Ladies Masterpiece White Gold, which he gave her after Christmas.

-As you wish, my love! Let’s go to take you there,” he expressed, a little pleased and in his eyes there was a special glow, which caught Amber’s attention, but she preferred not to investigate, because her mind was on something else.

-Thank you! -she answered cautiously.

Christopher paid, helped her up, leading her by the hand to his Maserati. He went thoughtfully, trying to remember when was the last time she had her period, because apparently with everything they had been through lately, she hadn’t noticed that she was a little late.

He took her straight to the office, where he saw their cars parked. He got out, turned the car around and opened the door, on the passenger side, where she was coming from, for her to get out. Then, she accompanied him to the office, where she greeted her friends.

-Hi, boss,” Nairobi greeted, smiling as she saw Amber and Christopher enter the office holding hands.

-Hello, friend!” she greeted, approaching her to kiss her without letting go of Christopher’s hand and then did the same with Mildred. Once they greeted each other, they all entered Amber’s office, which was very spacious with all the comforts that Christopher could provide.

The four of them sat around the work table, which she had ordered to be placed. This is how Christopher found out about the lawsuit Dylan had filed against Amber. This brings him new regrets, because he with his jealousy increased her concern. Intervening to support them, he added….Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

-They have a plane, which I will assign them especially for this case, my apartment in Islander, the per diem and I will pay the fees. So that Amber does not have to travel to that location,” he requested, taking his wife by the hand and kissing her knuckles.

-Okay! Christopher, the important thing after all is to stop Dylan Lugo from achieving his goal.

-The hearing for the answer to the complaint was set for fifteen working days from now, time in which we will prepare everything to attack him from the beginning,” assured Nairobi, observing Amber, a little worried…