The Dark Secret of the CEO by Sofia de Orellana

Chapter 32

Little by little Luz begins to open her eyes, her gaze is lost at a point where she doesn’t meet Gerard’s disappointed eyes.

Just when he was starting to give just a little bit, this hits him like a bucket of cold water. But it’s certainly not the worst, because the day will come when she asks him who her father is and she won’t be able to tell anything but the truth…

He doesn’t have the faintest idea.

-It’s better now, it’s just the shock of the news – the nurse leaves and they’re alone again -.

-Don’t you love your son, Luz? – She doesn’t answer, she just closes her eyes and lets the tears fall – Do you feel that it is an impediment to meet your goals? -she nods, because it’s partly because of that -.No, precious, it’s not like that…-he approaches her and takes her hands, without taking his eyes off her expression of deep pain-. Light, children are usually the best impulse for parents.

– And why did you leave Charlize alone for so long? -At any other time, that question could have been a slap in the face for Gerard, but now it’s not about him, but about Little Light-her.

-What I did to my daughter is unforgivable, I thought I was justified, but neither is it. You are different, you are strong, a woman who knows what she wants…

-Woman… I’m only eighteen years old! I had my life ahead of me, but now… now I have nothing left, this is the last thing I needed.

-Luz, you’re not alone – look at her fine fingers between her strong hands -. But if you think you can’t have that baby, there’s always adoption or… or abortion.

Those words bring Luz down to earth, they make her put everything in perspective and she realizes that it is not as simple as saying that she does not love that child.

Adoption ? Yes, why not? Leave her the burden that she didn’t want because she will never be able to see her child without thinking about the way he was conceived.

But abortion…

her womb is a full-fledged human being, unless it was an alien who outraged her and, from what little she remembers, it was quite human, at least the body, because the behavior was

I think you’re right,” she

 have an abortion? – Gerard asks scared

months ahead to find out if I will give it up for

alone, your family… his father, I think he should also have an opinion, or

can’t tell him how it was conceived, that would lead to one question after another and she doesn’t

doctor so he can finish

-That’s fine thanks.

to talk

committed enough. He sees the doctor and tells him that

about being a father? – he asks

unfortunately, that baby is not mine, otherwise she would

excited about that baby like that, it would be a thousand times worse if he

get to the room, Luz sits on

por tres días. En cuanto a los mareos

– . firma un papel y se lo entrega a Gerard -. Esa es la receta del ácido

es eso, doctor? – pregunta preocupada, porque no quiere tomar nada que le haga daño

para ayudarlo en su formación, en dos semanas debes sacar una cita para un ultrasonido – se acerca a ella y le

sale de allí, Gerard se queda viendo la bolsita del suero y luego se sienta a su lado, ella no quiere mirarlo, pero es inevitable, quiere saber si Gerard está molesto,

dice al fin -. Creo que lo mejor será que busque a alguien más para que se haga cargo de Charlize… yo no soy un buen ejemplo y entiendo si no

estoy seguro que tú también a ella, no me las imagino separadas – “no me imagino separado de ti”, los pensamientos de Gerard

no puedes llevar el ritmo de Charlize, pediré mis vacaciones y me haré cargo de ella, ya elegí una escuela y comenzará el lunes. Así que tendrás mucho

en la remota posibilidad de tener algo con Gerard, aunque fuese un beso, ahora se ha instalado un muro