The woman, when she saw Benjamin, sighed with impotence, clenched her fists on one side of her body, while she kept complaining inwardly "Why doesn't he pay attention? If I told her not to come, why does she need to contradict me? Didn't I tell her to stay in the house? Why must she always go against what you ask her to? It's so irritating! Why does she love to make a fool of herself all the time? Doesn't she realize that she's making my life difficult? Everyone hates and despises me enough for him to add more ember" He sighed deeply and started to walk, when his companion held him by the arm.
″Excuse me, Mr. Smith, wait a moment," the woman said, walking over to her husband.″Miss Celedón, I remind you that you have the presentation in ten minutes, it is your only opportunity to do it, if you do not do it in that time, then your company will lose the contract with our subsidiary and remember that signing with us is the same as signing with the Greys," said the man in a threatening tone.
″Don't worry, I'll be with you in less than five minutes, after resolving a personal matter," he replied with apparent calmness, although inside he was boiling with anger.
Mr. Smith continued walking in annoyance, at the same time that he kept protesting and Ana Sofía walked towards Benjamín, when she reached his side she took him by the arm and pulled him towards one of the unoccupied classrooms.
″Why the hell did you come when I clearly told you not to? I gave you express instructions to stay in the house, Benjamin, don't you get tired of getting me in trouble? Of doing things wrong to make a fool of me? ″she asked in exasperation.
She stretched her eyes angrily, but seeing Benjamin's sad expression, she sighed helplessly and in her chest her heart shrank, fearing she was being too hard on him. Before she could speak he did.
″I'm sorry Ana Sofia, I don't do s″something wrong... I just w″want to support you. I know how much effort you put into everything, how hard you work and how you are abused in your family and I″I want to help you, believe me. I care about everything w″what happens to you, because I love you.
She felt tenderness at his words, he lifted her hand and ran it gently over her cheeks, she blushed at his touch and fidgeted.
″You'd better go home, I don't want you to stay here, my brothers will come and make you the target of their mockery," the woman carried the child who stretched out his arms with a sob. No, my little boy, mom, she can't stay with you right now, go with your father, he will take care of you," she gave him back to his father.
″It's okay Ana Sofia, I'll leave, I don't want to cause you any inconvenience... What time will you arrive? I'll have a dinner ready for you to celebrate your triumph today.
″No, I don't want you to cook, they will tease you and make fun of you when you do it... I don't want that Benjamin... I would so much like them to respect you, that's why I'm telling you, you must give yourself your place, be more careful and firm. ″advised the woman with a troubled expression.
″You know I don't care, I want to cook for you," Benjamin insisted.
″No, I will bring dinner, we will eat in our room, I will bring you chicken broster with french fries which is your favorite food... you must not do anything, besides, tonight we are going to prepare a good resume, you know about accounting, and that is an advantage, maybe we can find a good job for you, don't tell anyone that you were fired from your job... please. I have to go now, I'm very late ″saying that, he left in a hurry, almost running, in a better mood, trusting that things would get better for them.
Benjamin left the room where they talked and decided to go back to the house, however, his plans changed when he heard two men coming into the building talking.
″We must hurry, the order is to remotely disable the ugly one's equipment... delete all her files when she is in full presentation, that way she won't be able to come out of it well. ″said the younger one.
″Do you know the consequences of sabotaging one of Genaro Celedón's sons? Even if it is the ugly one, after all, they are the owners of the city," answered the other with a tone of concern.
″Don't worry, there is no danger of being caught and denounced, if that happens, we have a godfather who will not let anything happen to us," replied the boy calmly.
″Why are you so sure? It's not like it was a request from some other Celedon ″when he saw his friend nodding he couldn't believe it″. Is it really another member of the Celedon family who sent you to do this job?
″Yes, one of the brothers, but we can't say anything, if this gets out, it will be very bad for us.
″I don't know how millionaire people can go against their own blood, just for money and power. Where is the love of brothers? ″questioned the other.
Benjamin, when he began to hear their first traces of the conversation, turned and began to follow them he saw them enter the door next to the hall, for his part he decided to enter the conference room where his wife would make the presentation, although he promised to leave, he could not do so now that he had discovered that they wanted to harm him and sabotage his presentation.
He entered and sat in the back row, as he addressed his son.
″Alexander, you must keep quiet, we have to help your mother and if you make noise they will notice our presence," the little boy shook his head affirmatively as if he had understood his father's words.
They sat in silence, and a few minutes later, Ana Sofia began to make the presentation, where she presented a project of ecological architecture.
My proposal is that the entire building is built with completely natural materials, recyclable or recycled, hygroscopic, non″toxic and generate little ecological footprint, ideally it can be built with materials from the area, to achieve minimal environmental impact. I will show you in a presentation where I made an energy simulation of buildings in 4D, developed by GREBEN, the best project simulator in the world, created by Grey companies, in its architectural chapter, is the most suitable because it allows to combine 4D model in real time and review using tools such as measurements, comments.
Immediately the developed project began to be transmitted on the screen in a satisfactory way, and seconds later a dark screen with stars appeared, and then a kind of flames were launched and the transmission stopped.
People began to murmur, and Mr. Smith stood up.
″What happened to your mega proposal? ″asked the man in a stern tone.
″I don't know what happened, someone must have tampered with the project, please wait a moment," said the worried woman.
″I can't wait, this shows me that the Celedón company does not have competent people to do the job satisfactorily," said the man without hiding his displeasure.
″Please, sir, give me five minutes to sort it out," said the worried woman.
″Perhaps the substance not only burned your skin, but also your brain," said the man with mockery, before those words, Ana Sofia clenched her hands on the side of her body, she had an immense desire to cry, but she restrained herself.
″Sir, you're out of line, you can't treat me that way," said the girl indignantly, taking a deep breath to avoid breaking down.
Just at that moment Benjamin appeared behind the woman, she felt the footsteps and turned around, with a worried expression.
″Benjamin," she said his name with a sigh and a defeated tone, "I told you not to come in, to go home.
″Ana Sofia... I can help you, let me do it," he mentioned confidently.
Immediately his brother Montes and Horacio approached, both laughing loudly at them.
″Do you really think so, Ana Sofia? ″Do you think this idiot will be able to help you? When he doesn't even know how to serve a bowl of soup without spilling it.
″He can help you, it's like being more useless. Admit it Ana Sofía, you lost this project because of your ineptitude, my father will not forgive you, be thankful that we are here to stand up for the Celedón's company. Mr. Smith, please give us ten minutes and we will gladly present you with a proposal that you will not be able to refuse ″ he mentioned haughtily, looking at Ana Sofía and Benjamín contemptuously.
Benjamin saw that Mr. Smith was hesitating and about to agree to Montes and Horacio's request, so he did not hesitate to intervene.″Sir, you cannot listen to them without waiting for my wife to finish her presentation, she is the best in her field and..." his words were interrupted by a mocking Horatio.″The best in her field? What do you know about architectural simulator projects, about design? You're nothing more than the husband Dad bought my sister to save us from embarrassment when Paolo Anderson refused to marry her. You're nothing! You're a deadbeat, who doesn't even have the ability to earn the bread he puts in his mouth.″That's enough, Horatio! Stop meddling in my life and saying such things..." the man interrupted her again.″Is it a lie?! He's useless?! What do you keep him?″That is not your problem or anyone else's, whether I keep it or not is only Benjamin's and my business, besides it is not a topic we are dealing with here... don't think I don't know what you are do
Just at that moment, as she was questioning whether to expect Benjamin to solve her problem, Ivan Alayon arrived, smiling broadly, and began to greet Mr. Smith.″Mr. Smith, I don't know if you remember me... I am Ivan Alayon, Lyon's cousin, a relative of the Grey patriarch's chief assistant, it's a pleasure to meet you," he greeted, extending his hand. It is a pleasure to meet a person of your importance ″he saluted the man and he swelled with pride″. I didn't know you were in town, if I had known I would have given you the welcome you deserve, although I can very well invite you to lunch after you leave here ″as he saw him serious he frowned and questioned him″ What's wrong, do you have any problem? If I can help you, don't hesitate to ask me, we are here to serve you ″he pronounced with a servile expression, which caused a little annoyance in Ana Sofia, because she didn't like to flatter people, however, she tightened her mouth, so as not to let out what she was thinking. ″Mr. Alay
Benjamin, seeing how his father was treating Ana Sofia, was upset, his first impulse was to stop him, to tell him that he should respect his daughter, but it was not convenient to do so, because that would upset Ana Sofia and would cause more problems, so after thinking about it for a couple of seconds he restrained himself, the most effective solution would be to make Smith return, so without wasting time he sent a message to Sirius.Sent to unidentified number."You have sent a Mr. Smith, to hold a negotiation with the Celedon family, he left without listening to my wife's presentation, make him come back, apologize and agree to finance the project. All negotiations with the other Celedon's, make him be tough and do not sign any contract with them; where Ana Sofia is in the negotiation, she must approve it without any objection."Received from unidentified number"Is this your first instruction as CEO of the family companies?"Sent to unidentified number."I haven't accepted yet. Ta
When they got out Ana Sofia guided him to where her car was, a BMW, M3, Sport Evolution antique, she unlocked the locks and before she got in, Benjamin opened the car door for her, making a gentlemanly gesture with one hand for her to get in, the woman looked to the side as if she was embarrassed that someone was watching her husband's gallantry, when she saw no one she breathed a sigh of relief.″You know, you don't have to do that, you embarrass me," he said reproachfully, as he got into the car, but Benjamin smiled.″If I do it, it is because I feel like doing it... you know that you are important to me Ana Sofia and you have no idea what I am capable of doing for you," answered the man.″Well, you haven't shown me much... Benjamin, I don't like lies, you don't have to invent that you were going to call someone you know to solve the presentation... you don't have to pretend to be important, because I know you are not, and that's precisely why you are my husband today," she said wit
Ana Sofia narrowed her eyes and then, with a tone of irritation, answered him.″Please Benjamin, I don't know what you ate today that you woke up joking. Do you think you can fool me? Do you think you can fool me by saying such stupid things? Yes of course, the lost son of a powerful family... you forgot that you told me that you grew up alone with your mother in the suburbs of Wollemia and that to keep a promise you made to her before she died, you moved to Villa Madera... you know your attempts at jokes don't make me laugh, but on the contrary, they cause me a lot of irritation.″Ana Sofia, wait," he pressed the bridge of his nose, "If I told you that I lied to you that I invented all that so I could marry you and you could not reject me and if I really have money and I am a millionaire," he insisted vehemently, as they had already started the car, she parked at the edge of the road and stood looking at him angrily.″If what you say is true and I found out that I have been deceived
The host was a bit taken aback waiting for instructions.″Yes, take us to a table, let's talk about... business," added Benjamin, slurring his words in a firm tone.Ana Sofia was not pleased that Benjamin introduced her as a business partner, in fact it caused her a lot of irritation, however, in light of what happened a moment ago, she had no right to make any claim, however, seconds later, two things happened that she considered of her complete displeasure and increased her anger, for the first time, she saw him walking in front of her, without paying attention and the feeling was of abandonment and second, when she was walking with the child, she bumped into a beautiful and elegant woman.″Excuse me, sir," when the woman looked up, she saw the little boy and smiled, "What a beautiful baby!!!" she exclaimed and little Alejandro smiled showing his four little teeth. ″she exclaimed and little Alejandro smiled showing his four little teeth, the girl gently caressed one of the little on
Benjamin stared at the men, adjusted the straps of the kangaroo carrier, because he was not willing to get caught, he would defend his son with his life if necessary.″I'm sorry, I don't think I've met you before, why should I go with you? ″said one of them, surrounding them.″Are you or are you not Mr. Grey? ″asked one of the men around him.Before he could answer her, four more men appeared with a woman, he hadn't realized who it was until he heard her speak.″Which Grey are you looking for? The heir to the most powerful family in the country? Because if so, you have the wrong man, this is not him. Who is in front of you is my husband and he has no money... he is not the heir to any fortune either... I am the one who has the money," said the woman with certainty, the men hesitated, one of them scratched his head feeling helpless.″It's just that someone called and said that a man with a baby is the heir to the Grey family, he even used a special pass and..." the man's words were int
Two years earlierWedding day"What God has joined together let no man put asunder, he may kiss the bride." Declared the officiant.Benjamin reached up to kiss his girlfriend's mouth, but she pushed it away in a gesture of irritation.Immediately the media began to take pictures of them, people ran from one side to the other and minutes later the headlines of the digital and written press were not long in coming."The son″in″law of the Celedóns is a nobody. Do they really want us to believe that it was the ugly one who left the relationship with the Andersons? The first news was true, she had no choice but to marry a useless man".Benjamin watched the news, as his father″in″law approached.″I booked them a hotel for the wedding night, but to pay for it, you must first clean all the rooms on the upper floor, you'll see if you want it! ″said the man with malice.Benjamin sighed helplessly, but in the end he had no choice but to comply with his father″in″law's instructions, he did not wa