Micaela looked at Carlos for help, so Gael was astonished to find the two of them always looking at each other.
-Fuck! Machismo? Carlos, what century are we in? Where does your machismo come from?
What? Machismo? All you could hear were "calzonazos"?
Micaela was embarrassed to hear it.
Carlos gave her a sidelong glance without paying her any attention and looked at Micaela.
-Do it.
Since he had made up his mind, Gael was right. With a certain popularity it was easier to be in the circle.
Micaela felt a little confused, but still believed in Carlos and nodded her head.
***
While they were talking about the magazine photograph, a commotion happened at the orphanage.
It was lunchtime, when some caregivers and the director were teaching the children how to eat at the table, suddenly Adriana came in and threw an unpleasant glance at the plain food on the table.
-Mom Headmistress, the wicked witch is coming again! -Mario pointed to the door and suddenly shouted.
-Why have you come, Miss Elvira? -The headmistress stood up hastily and looked a little lost.
-Old woman, I have given you the land for nothing. Behave yourself later! Bring me the bowl and the chopsticks! -Adriana fixed her eyes on Mario and approached the table.
Even though it seemed incomprehensible to the director, she did as she said. As she was going to the sideboard to take tableware, she saw a crowd enter the courtyard carrying cameras and many types of equipment.
-Miss Elvira, are you going to have lunch here? Well, I'm going to cook something else... -After bringing her the bowl and chopsticks, the director asked next to her.
-Adriana looked at the surrounding children, who were seated at two tables altogether, and said, "Listen, children! If anyone dares to talk nonsense, I will not allow him to live here and I will throw him out of the orphanage. Do you understand?
Although the children were afraid of her, when they saw her cruelty, they were sad.
-I love Micaela...
-And that handsome one...
-The witch is very terrible....
Adriana got very angry and took a few deep breaths. She saw the time and adjusted herself because people would be arriving very soon.
-Darlings, if you behave well and don't talk at random, I'll give you 10 lollipops each, ok? -Adriana said, smiling very cordially, "I'll give you ten lollipops each.
Ten lollipops?
Since sweets were not good for your health, the Mother Director usually only gave one to each of you. Therefore, ten lollipops were a great attraction for them. And suddenly, all the children fell silent.
Only Mario looked disdainfully at the people in the courtyard.
The headmistress didn't understand what had happened to make them so quiet. She saw Adriana sit down and put some rice in the bowl she had given him. She signaled outside and some people came in with cameras.
-Eat! -Adriana looked at the director angrily.
-Ah, yes..." The director sat down immediately.
They recorded the general environment and then them. And then, a girl came in with a microphone....
Gael called the waiter and ordered a steak without any self-consciousness. He had lunch with them and set the date for the photograph and related matters. Looking at Carlos with a cold face, he realized he had annoyed them, but he was glad!
This opportunity to tease Carlos was hard to find - of course he had to play it on him! And he loved it by intervening between them!
Carlos took Micaela's hand and they left together. And so, the card was forgotten on the table by Carlos' intention.
Micaela looked at it, which was hanging from his hand.
"Next, we should go to the movies, right?"
Exactly, it would be the cinema. But she hadn't expected it would all turn out so luxurious!
In front of them, it was a box and the atmosphere was fine. The screen was only a little less than that of the cinema. Two sofas had been put together. There was also a refrigerator and wine racks. The decoration was very rumbustious....
Carlos went ahead and told Micaela to sit on one of the sofas, while he adjusted the couch to make her comfortable.
Then, he sat down next to her. He adjusted the couch so that the two of them could see each other.
Micaela felt a little nervous. If there were no arms separating the sofas, the two of them would look like they were lying in a bed....
-What do you want to see? -Carlos handed the control iPad to Micaela.
-Titanic! -Micaela didn't take it, but said very excited.
It always seemed a pity to her that she had not seen this movie, because when she was a student, she was busy with study and work, which prevented her from watching it. From time to time Alba would convince her to watch popular movies with her. And since Alba had seen Titanic, she didn't want to mention it to him. But for the moment, she wanted to make up for this pity.
Suddenly the thought came to her that if Carlos had also seen it. There was no point in repeating a movie. Besides, men probably didn't like to watch this kind of movies.
-Well... Have you seen it? Or shall we see another one?
Carlos raised his eyebrows.
-Okay, Titanic. I haven't seen it either! -He said seriously, thinking about the sexual parts of the movie and how embarrassed Micaela would be when she saw them.
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