“Alessandro”

A month has passed since Catarina and I sneaked into each other in the elevator. How intense it had been! I missed her terribly; we had been separated for two long and difficult months. She started avoiding me at all costs. Rick and Samantha, at her request, started to warn her whenever I left my office or went to Patrício's office, giving her the opportunity to avoid me.

Mari was back to spend another week with us. On Saturday we would have a very important meeting about the audit that, it seemed, was already coming to an end. But today I had to do something I didn't want to do: I had to accompany that insufferable Ana Carolina to an appointment with the gynecologist, where she would have her first ultrasound. I wasn't at all excited about it.

The appointment would be at the end of the day, so I spent the whole day irritated and not in the mood for work. I avoided meeting that annoying woman and the lawyer mediated between us. The poor guy practically became an errand bo