“Alessandro”

I was sitting on the couch in my living room, feeling a piercing pain in my chest, hearing my heart beating in my ears, having great difficulty breathing and my eyes burning with the tears that kept falling. I had only felt this once and it was when my parents died, an irreparable and very painful loss that seemed to make your heart stop beating. I was dying without her.

- Alessandro, brother, that unfortunate woman is with her father at the building’s entrance waiting for you. I know you’re devastated, but they won’t rest easy. – Patrício said and I looked at him as if coming out of a trance.

- Patrício, she broke up with me. She said there’s no way out now. That she won’t take me away from my son and that she’ll go back to work with Heitor. – I said desperately.

- Calm down, Alê. We’ve already resolved one thing, she’s not leaving the company. – I looked at Patrício without understanding what he was saying. – She’s going to be my assistant and Rick’s going to be your as