One Year to Part: Passion and Deception
Chapter 20

Chapter 20:

After the peaceful evening together everyone retired to their respective bedroom. Before that Sara picked up the trash and left everything clean in the kitchen, which took her a bit of time, due to the mess she had caused with her failed attempt at food.

Tired after that Sara fell into a deep sleep.

Hugo on his side went upstairs, checked some papers and got some work done, but from time to time involuntarily little thoughts crossed his mind, he had liked the little moment he had shared with that woman. He had never before had time to do such insignificant things as, eating junk food watching TV and the strangest thing was that he liked it, both the company and the food.

He was really impressed by Sara’s efforts, not only had she cleaned the villa, but she tried to prepare dinner. Maybe they would end up getting along after all. With this thought Hugo went to rest, as usual he did not sleep more than four hours, he got up, did some exercises, took a bath and was about to leave the villa when a woman entered. It was a lady of about forty-five years old, Hugo thought he had seen her before, but he did not remember where. The woman entered happily, humming a song, when suddenly her eyes fell on the man in front of her and she let out a small scream, after the scare she regained her composure and recognized the man in front of her.

“Mister Hugo.” she greeted.

“Do you know me?” he asked casually.

“Of course I do Señor Moretti, I have seen you since I was a little boy, I am employed by your Grandfather Rafael, I work at the mansion.”

“And what do you do here?”

“Your grandfather pays me to keep the villa clean in case Miss Sara came, I have been cleaning every day for three years, I get sick one week and you happen to arrive. I hope the villa wasn’t too dirty.”

When Hugo heard her speak his face darkened completely, that terrible woman had deceived him and he was such a fool that he believed her. Hugo left the villa without another word leaving the woman behind stunned, wondering why the sudden change of attitude.

Hugo’s morning had started in a bad way and everything ended up getting complicated when he saw the figure waiting for him in the office, Sofia Moretti, no, not Moretti, that was no longer her name, Sofia Gonzalez was sitting elegantly on the comfortable sofa in her office, she was wearing an elegant dress and lots of jewelry, she looked different, younger, Hugo guessed that she paid another visit to her friend the cosmetic surgeon.

“What are you doing here Sofia?” he asked rudely.

“Don’t call me that ” she replied in a softer voice.

𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺: ⳑ𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⸬𝖼𝗈𝗺

“And how do you prefer, Mrs. Gonzalez?”

“I prefer mom.” Hugo laughed

“That word is too big for you.”

“Hugo, please honey, let’s not get started it’s been more than four years since I’ve seen you, I’ve missed you so much.”

“It doesn’t seem so, life is treating you very well, on the other hand my poor father has never been the same.” Sofia rolled her eyes.

“Your father could have put this matter behind him a long, long time ago, but he insists on holding a grudge and doesn’t get over it.” Hugo couldn’t stand her Hypocrisy.

“Of course he can’t get over it as easily as you can, my father had a kind, gentle heart. He never thought that his own wife would betray him, sell company secrets to his rival and to top it all off, that he would run away with his best friend. How do you think such a good man can recover from something like that, of course you guys did manage to forget him and move on with your lives, if neither of you have a heart. So don’t you dare talk about my father again and get out of my company right now or I call the police and charge you with industrial espionage, with you you never know what you are planning.” Sofia took out a handkerchief and wiped away nonexistent tears.

“Someday you will regret causing your mother so much harm.” she spoke as she stood up from her seat.

“The same way you regret ending our family.”

Sofia walked away and left Hugo immersed in those painful memories. He was only 15 years old when all that happened, he saw his father suffer the problems of the company, the betrayal of his wife and his best friend. It was all too much for him and he tried to commit suicide, fortunately Hugo found out when he had just hung himself with the rope around his neck.

Since then his father had been in and out of clinics and had never returned to the cheerful and gentle man Hugo knew as a child. From then on Hugo started working in the company with his grandfather and by the time he was 25 he was the most important man in the whole town. It was obvious that Hugo had reasons to hate Sofia and all unfaithful women. Even his own wife.

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