next to my desk. - Have a good day, Daniel. - I say and head to the elevator, as if I were carrying the world on my shoulders. I enter through the metal doors and press the button for t

ront door opens. Carla appears, as always making my heart race and my breath become short. I never imagined myself falling in love, much less buying a ring... But for her, I know it's worth it. She has the best of me. "Dani," he says and comes over to me, hugging me. "I'm so sorry I disappeared for a few days. So many things happened and..." "Marry me," I ask suddenly, completely ignoring the lines I tried to memorize and the scene I imagined. I then kneel down and Carla's eyes widen at the same moment. I take the box with the ring and open it, showing her that I'm really willing to do this. That I'm here for her. Even though I know she may have already made her choice. Even though she doesn't even know that I see her in a different light, not just as a friend. - Dani... She seems surprised, and at the same time, speechless. - I know it's early, I know I never told you that... Damn, I'm not good with words, Carla. But I love you, I can give you the world, and everything that's most real that I have inside me. Will you marry me? - I ask again and tears run down her face. For a second, for a brief and mere second, I think that this is a good thing... However, her frightened eyes remain intact. - I don't know how to give you an answer, Dani. I accepted Rafael as my son and I... I accepted Ricardo too. - she says, and I close my eyes at the same time, absorbing her words. I always knew I would be a fool to try a chance, even more so buying a ring and asking her to marry me. But what can a man madly in love do? Watch the woman he loves simply end up with someone else and accept it in silence? Without trying? Well, I tried. I get up from my position and stand up, facing the woman I love. The one who just broke my heart. I turn my back and walk to my car. - Dani, wait... - Carla comes over and lightly grabs my arm. - No. - I say rudely, for the first time using this tone with her. - I need to go, Carla. - I love you. - she says, and my heart skips a beat. - But the love I can give you is not the same as the one you are offering me. She forces me to turn to her, and even