The Dark Secret of the CEO by Sofia de Orellana

Chapter 29

Luz opens her eyes, a smile is drawn and for the first time in almost a week she was able to sleep peacefully. She doesn’t know if because of the milk or because of the nice words that she said to Gerard.

After that, each one finished their cup in silence and went up to their rooms, with just a look they said goodnight and wished each other a nice dream. (Only the most connected couples have managed to communicate only with their eyes and it usually takes a long time)

A few rooms away, Gerard wakes up happy, full of energy and wanting to smile all day.

-This doesn’t seem like a normal Monday – he goes into the bathroom and looks in the mirror -. Nothing is normal with her anymore!

Of course he jumps in like a teenager, singing and whistling, thinking that he has found a point in common with Luz, that he will be able to help her study.

-I’ll be your tutor – he says getting out of the shower, taking a towel and going to the room -.

Suddenly someone enters the room without knocking and he remains paralyzed, while he sees the girl of his alegrías turn around scared.

-Oh no…sorry!

He runs out, slamming the door shut and leaving Gerard with a pounding heartbeat. He looks for pants to go looking for her and remembers that she is embarrassed to see him without a shirt, so he looks for her. On his way out he runs into Darcy who looks him over from head to toe and says mockingly. – Is the new uniform for work?

-Shut…

He walks past her and goes to Charlize’s room, but neither of them is there. She retraces the path and knocks on Luz’s door. The girl, her voice weak from her embarrassment, tells her to come in.

-Light… – he approaches her and hugs her, the girl buries herself in his neck and begins to cry -. It’s okay, I guess Charlize wanted to play hide and seek, right?

“Yes,” she says, wiping away her tears. She told me which was the room of her mother and her cousin, I thought her room was on the same side…sorry. one

– Don’t worry, I’m not upset.

-Really? -The girl’s reddened look fills him with tenderness and she can’t help but caress her face to get the tears out of her skin-.

-I could not bother with you, ever – and that is the moment… -.

the situation, in a unique and stable synchronicity, which calls them to comply with

while Luz wipes her eyes, but the little

those bathtubs that she likes so much, Gerard walks with

a piece of debris in her eye, I was helping

well, can I have breakfast with you again

 Go to your room, wait there for

to her room. Gerard enters Luz’s room again and this time he closes the door securely, the girl opens her eyes wide and a cold sweat begins to

Luz, which helps her calm down

with you, it’s not right for you to touch or say those things, I don’t want you to think I’m a stalker or

that he hugs me – he says with shame -. It seems to me that you

pie y piensa en acercarse a Luz, pero si lo hace, esta vez nada le impedirá besarla -. Iré a cambiarme, Charlize no esperará mucho por

Luz se deja caer en la cama de espaldas, se lleva las manos

jefe, un hombre que no es para ti… súmale que casi te mueres

momento y se le viene a la mente lo que le

no me molesta

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suspiro, una sonrisa y a levantarse. Sale de su habitación más compuesta y se va a la de Charlize. que ya está

– pelea por meterse uno de los zapatos -. Necesito

vez… estos zapatos están al revés – le dice con dulzura

de lugar, Charlize suspira con alivio y luego se va a sentar frente al espejo para

un peinado de

y se deja peinar mientras le cuenta el sueño que tuvo en la

-Algo parecido, princesa.

Luz sueña por las noches no es apto de contar a nadie, lo oscuro de sus tormentos nocturnos es solo para ella… y Rafael, que es el único que sabe lo que le pasó, trata de ayudarla

habitación y bajan la escalera hablando de lo que harán ese día, una de las actividades es aprender a leer. Llegan al comedor, Luz ayuda a Charlize a sentarse a la mesa, al lado de su padre. Darcy pone cara de oler popó,

del servicio llega con la bandeja con desayuno y le sirve a los tres, Luz se queda cerca para ayudar a la pequeña en caso de que lo necesite y Gerard le dice antes

asiento, no

me parece correcto,

siente a la mesa, al lado de mi hija, para ayudarla? Es más – se pone de pie y se asoma a la puerta