ri

disaster was indescribable. I reflected deeply and came to the obvious conclusion that harboring feelings for my best friend's wife was neither right nor app

. However, the day was hectic, with several meetings with my father's political allies, and I ended up not finding the right momen

intervention mingled with an inexplicable sense of discomfort at the scene before me. I tried to ignore the con

licable impulse, for which I wasn't seeking any rational explanation at that moment, I asked the driver to follow Logan's car. Augusto, my trusted secu

full of doubts, I asked the driver to wait while I discreetly observed Logan's

lates to the fact that he's with your best friend inside th

luxurious car parked there. Perhaps it's just a normal concern for my friend

am I doing here, following my friends, as if I were a stranger invading their privacy? What was happening inside that

at elicited a smile from Augusto. I instructed the driver to wait until Manuela was safely inside the building before we departed. The driver followed my i

ever vigilant, closely followed me. Even after assuring him that it wasn't necessary, Augusto insisted that he wouldn't let me enter a modest and insecure building like that

pelling me to seek out Manuela at that moment. As we reached the entrance, I fel

zed the moment when another resident, whom I had crossed paths with a few times before, was en

was met with a startled look on Manuela's f

e you do

ng her closely, attentive to all

nd her next words hinted at something I co

u know my friends a

pulling Augusto inside and inviting him to enter. Her gaze held a direct reprimand for me, as she knew Augus

my side, which, in a way, unsettled me. Unlike previous occasions when we were together, at

my safety, can we talk in an

ly, Adriel? You never seemed to

to talk to you alone," I responde

was only the bedroom and the bathroom, besides the living room

o waiting in the corridor, o

that he had no intention of leaving, arg

r not leav

t okay," Manuela finally agreed, heading to

me from having to expose myself in front of Augusto. There were a few moment

m, I closed the door tha

rious about all this s

, I decided to get s

ay. You prevented me from making a big mis

cynically, catch

were clearly mad at me after what happe