03

olivia

It's already another day, I wake up feeling all my bones aching, it feels like I've been beaten, my feet are mangled, I can barely step on the ground, I walked too much and the effort to not take off the heels was too great. I also remember what happened yesterday at the end of the night, Agnelo appeared and... We were together again!

I went to sleep feeling the taste of his kiss on my lips, it's strange but I could still feel those big hands on me, I kept smelling him until I fell asleep, I was very tired, however that didn't stop me from sleeping with him on my head and stay with him in my dreams. Everything about him is different from what I've experienced before, from silly passions to vain thoughts about love, Agnelo made me go crazy with just one kiss, he's an experienced man of course and I'm just an immature young woman, but I know that what I feel when I see him, since the first time I saw him when he brought me home after Harry's party and the confusion, we didn't exchange a word, but it didn't take any of that for me to want him in me.

Once again I couldn't resist being so close to that man who months ago kept me awake at night and soaked my panties without knowing it. It was good, really really good, after last time, I didn't hook up with anyone but him last night after months. I didn't know what it was like to be horny, except after I found him and laid eyes on him, it feels like a dead fire has flared up inside me. But, damn it, I wanted him too, period.

I take my cell phone from the dresser beside me and look at the time, now it's exactly: 1:45 pm, it's parts early, considering that my idea was to sleep until the next day again. I hear the sound of rain outside and feel a cold wind, great, best day to lie down and do nothing. I get up with dismay and walk to the bathroom where I take a quick shower and wash my hair, my feet still hurt but I can bear it.

I put on a big t-shirt and some short shorts, I put on socks up to the beginning of my thighs and I go down to eat something, some time later, after having a full stomach, with a glass of juice in my hand , I decide to go back to my room and so I go back to sleep, but I hear voices coming from the door below the stairs, there is my father's office, Olávo Sorello. I approach slowly, it's a different voice from the ones I've heard here, I stop in front of the door and then I hear what makes my heart freeze.

"You're stringing me along Hello!" A male voice unknown to me exclaims.

"Calm down, she'll be nineteen in five months!" My father screams.

"I have no more patience! You told me that your daughter would marry me if I paid your debts to the company, I did, you got back on your feet, you even opened your own company. Now it's time to fulfill your part of the tract!" I choke on the juice I'm drinking. But what's going on? What did my dad do and I put myself in the middle?

"Olivia?!" All of a sudden my dad appears in the doorway and sees me standing there in total astonishment.

"Hi Dad!" I speak ironically.

"What are you doing here?" He asks pale as a sheet of paper.

"I live here?" I answer and wait for an answer from him.

"What did you hear?" We finally arrived at the point.

"That I don't know who will marry your daughter. Look dad, I really hope you have another daughter, because if that one is me, you can forget all your business!" I speak trying to keep the tone steady.

"You're going to do what I want while you're living inside my house, all the good life you lead depends on it, so you're going to marry Doctor Salvatore yes!" He exclaims and I feel the skin on my face burn with anger.

Who does this man think he is? It's true that he gave me everything I have, all the good and the best, but he never gave me love and affection, he and my mother only think of themselves, the only brotherly feeling we had was that of our dear grandmother Florence, me and João we learned a lot from her, if it were up to Mrs. Pietra Sorello and Mr. Hello, we would be as bad characters as they are.

"Go hoping I'll marry someone." I speak loudly and turn to head up the stairs.

"It's her?" The same voice that was in the office with my father, appears in the room asking.

"Yes." My father answers.

"Hello Miss Olivia." Now his accent seems different to me, it's like he's Portuguese and trying to speak English.

I look back to see who this man is, and to my surprise he is not some old man who seems to buy women to put in a harem, he is a man with a mature and very masculine look, on his face he has a beard , his eyes are green and his body is tall. He's handsome, what the fuck is this man doing? Does he really need to do favors for someone in order to get a wife?

"Hey." I speak dryly.

"Can we talk alone?" He asks looking at me and then at my dad.

"Clear." Olávo responds and returns to his office.

Now we're alone in the living room of my house, me and a handsome man who wants to marry me, I'm suddenly embarrassed by the intense gaze on me, his wide eyes glare at me and then I look away so I don 't stare it.

"You are very beautiful Miss Olivia. I am Doctor Salvatore." He speaks and continues to look at me. I look down at my body and I'm only wearing a loose T-shirt and socks on my feet.

"Thanks." I just answer and give a brief smile. "Look, Doctor, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding, but I'm not getting married, surely there was a mistake and my father will settle it with you later." I speak calmly and hope from the bottom of my heart that he understands and leaves.

"There is no mistake Miss, you will marry me, me and your father made an agreement and nothing can change that." He says and I roll my eyes.

"Don't make me mean to you Doctor. I'm not getting married, period." I do one more time.

"I liked you, as soon as I laid eyes on you now, you are beautiful, too beautiful miss, I might have changed my mind if I hadn't seen you, but I saw you, and I want you to be mine. " He says low in his strange accent and approaches me, I take steps backwards until I find myself with my back against the wall.

"Are you crazy?" I ask strangely and push his body away from me.

"Worse than yes." He speaks and walks away.

"Get out of here, it's better. And I won't marry you!" I scream and run up the stairs, into my room and lock the door.

My heart feels like it's going to come out of my mouth, that's all I needed, my father making a deal with me as a condition, what time does he live in? I need to resolve this immediately, I need to vent, I need someone. I take my cell phone and call Eloíse but she doesn't answer, then I remember that she just had the baby and I can't say anything that makes her upset, my friend always took my pain and now it won't be fair to her, she needs of that moment with her new family.

I look for João's number, but he doesn't answer either, he must be with his girlfriend, I decide not to insist anymore, I need to face my problems alone, and that's what I'm going to do. I change clothes, put on jeans and a wool sweater because it's cold, let my hair down, put on some perfume, put on my brown boots and go downstairs with my purse and car keys. Now I'm going to do something I've never done in my life, get drunk to get rid of problems, this is just another proof that I've grown up.