63 - I see it in your eyes

They had not kissed again and neither of them seemed to mind that, they took advantage of the time talking while they ate, they talked about what things they liked, what their dreams were and everything to get to know each other better. As if they were preparing for something in the future.

Because yes, Sebastian enjoyed the two hours a week with Helena, but as the days went by it was starting to not be enough, he needed more, he needed to be with her on the weekends, he needed to go to bed and wake up next to her, to be the last thing he saw during the day and the first thing in the morning. He even missed seeing her at her desk, but they had agreed that it was best if he didn't come back to the company.

It was a Wednesday when Sebastian arrived at the apartment and found Helena with her jacket on and her bag on her shoulder.

-Where are we going?" the CEO asked jokingly.

Helena looked nervous, shifting her weight from one foot to the other as she held a large tupper with food inside.

-We're going on a picnic?

-Ehh... something like that- she said in a whisper -Actually, I wanted to introduce you to someone.

Sebastian didn't expect that someone's visit would be at the city hospital. He looked anxiously at Helena when they parked at the entrance of the building.

-Yesterday the nanny told me that he had been admitted again, she said he was under control in a common room. I need to see him," she exclaimed like a plea.

Sebastian bit the inside of his cheek with anger, he knew very little about Helena's little brother, but he remembered that he was a very fragile child.

-Do you want me to wait here for you?

Helena turned to him with a distressed expression.

-Actually...- she caressed with her thin fingers the plastic she was carrying on her lap- I had thought about you two getting to know each other... but if you don't want to, that's fine! I don't know what I was thinking- she laughed nervously.

-Hele...

-You don't have to, you can wait here, or I can call me a cab later, it's not....

-Helena," he sentenced, putting his hand on the redhead's nervous knee, which kept going up and down, "It would be an honor to meet your little brother.

Helena's big, bulging eyes lit up. Sebastian smiled at her, showing his gleaming teeth, to let her know he really wanted to.

Why not? After all, he would be her brother-in-law someday, and he was a precious little person to Helena, so he was precious to him too.

As they waited in the hallway for the nurse to let them know they could enter the room, Helena paced back and forth.

-Are you all right?" asked the CEO worriedly.

You can't tell him any of this, okay? He doesn't know anything....

-Not even about..." Sebastian pointed slyly at Helena's belly hidden under his jacket.

-Not even that, he doesn't know," he exclaimed biting his nails, "Lucas thinks I went abroad to work for the season. I came back for a few days with my boss, that's you, and then I'm going back," he said nodding at his own plan.

-Hele... Aren't you going to tell him about the boy?

"What was she going to tell him, that he was going to be an uncle but she wasn't sure if she was going to keep him? She couldn't do that to her brother, he already had his own problems to fill him with hers. Nor could she tell Sebastian that she felt his future was uncertain, she didn't know how this was all going to end."

She was about to lie with some stupid excuse when the bell saved her.

-You can go in now," exclaimed the nurse, leaving her little brother's room.

Helena took a deep breath and held the tupper of food tightly.

-It's going to be all right," Sebastian encouraged her, gently resting his hand on the redhead's shoulder.

Helena nodded and entered the room carefully, peeking out timidly.

-Hi champ," she exclaimed almost moved to tears.

-Hi Hele," he said with his brittle and sickly tone of voice that was already normal for him.

-Did you miss me Luqui? How did the nanny treat you?

-Well..." she said turning her gaze to the man who had also entered the room with her older sister.

-Hi Lucas..." she exclaimed with a soft voice, afraid of scaring him.

-Lucas, this is Sebastian, my boss and a great friend, I wanted to meet you.

-It's nice to finally meet you, your sister told me a lot about you," he said.

Sebastian stretched out his hand to shake Lucas', who at first hesitated, but finally shook hands with the man.

The CEO's heart broke as he felt the weak, small hand barely straining to squeeze his hand.

-Hello... - finally said the little man of few words.

Helena, who couldn't stand the tension, took out the tupper and the plates from inside a bag.

-What do you say we eat?

The three of them ate in silence, every now and then Helena would talk and lie about her trip abroad, further embellishing the lie so that it would not seem that in reality her days up to that moment had been a martyrdom.

By the time they finished eating the visiting hour was over.

Sebastian dismissed the boy with a fist bump.

-See you next time buddy, I'll wait for you outside Helena," exclaimed the CEO leaving the room.

-When are you coming back?

-Soon, honey," exclaimed the young woman, choking back tears. She knew that when her belly grew bigger she would not be able to hide it anymore, she had to be strong and get through this stage before seeing her little brother again.

Helena kissed Lucas' forehead.

-Goodbye Lu, be good, okay?

Lucas nodded silently and the redhead got up and turned her back to leave the room, when Lucas spoke again.

-Hele...

-Yes?

-I think your boss likes you.

Helena was dumbfounded by her little brother's sincerity, he wasn't a man of many words, but when he spoke he used to surprise you with some smart remark.

Helea laughed nervously.

-I don't think so, honey, we are just work colleagues.

-You can see it in his eyes," she said normally, "you too.

Helena turned red, embarrassed that her brother had noticed.

-It's okay, I like him," she said, going back to watching the cartoons on TV.

Helena left the room stunned, if it would have been in other circumstances the redhead would have jumped on one leg for having Lucas' approval in her "Relationship" with Sebastian.

-So, how was I?" asked the CEO nervously when they were already in the car heading to the apartment.

Sebastian's words brought the young woman out of her thoughts and she kept repeating her brother's words over and over again.

-Hey... very well indeed," she said with red cheeks.

-That's good," he exclaimed, relieved, "I was afraid you would hate me.

-On the contrary.

Katlyn left the doctor's office, just as Sebastian's car pulled out of the parking lot. The blonde had secretly booked a consultation with the obstetrician, without telling her husband, let alone Alan. Everything had gone well, the tiny being inside her was growing perfectly. Relieved by this, she headed to Sebastian's company, she needed to see him, to be loved, even if only to receive a hug. Lately she only wanted that from her husband, just a little attention.

But when she arrived, Sebastian had left again, furious and wanting to cry from impotence, she returned home, waiting impatiently for Sebastian to return and give her explanations of where he had been.

She had to wait several hours for her husband to deign to come home.

When Sebastian smilingly entered the mansion he was startled to find the blonde sitting in the living room in silence.

-You almost scared me to death," he exclaimed, kissing the blonde's forehead, who didn't even flinch at the kiss.

-Where were you?

-Again with that," exclaimed the CEO with annoyance, he could not stand her any longer.

Come on, say it once and for all, tell me you're sleeping with that second-rate redhead.

-I didn't tell you, I repeat it once again, I'm not sleeping with her. In fact, she quit.

Katlyn seemed to loosen the tension in her face at the news.

-Is she serious?

-Yes," lied the CEO, "We won't be seeing her anymore.

-What great news," she exclaimed, unable to hide her excitement.

The blonde walked up to Sebastian, and hugged him from behind.

-I'm sorry Sebi, I'm just really afraid you're going to leave me." ....

Sebastian felt terrible for lying to her, but until the blonde calmed down he couldn't tell her the truth.

-Tell me that you love only me Sebi.

-I love only you," he replied automatically.

Katlyn wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately.

-I miss you," she purred, running her hands down the CEO's shirt, opening the buttons.

-My love...

-Let's do it, honey..." she sentenced in a deep voice.

-No...

-We haven't done it in a long time.

Katlyn's hand slid down his pants quickly.

-No!" she shouted, releasing all her anger.

Katlyn recoiled in surprise, never before had her husband yelled at her like that.

Sebastian noticed this, sighing heavily.

-I'd better sleep here today," he said looking at the couch, "It'll be better," he walked past his wife and up the stairs, "I'll get my pillow.

At that moment, the CEO felt stronger than ever, he had never done the opposite to his wife, having rejected her had been liberating. Maybe it wasn't as hard as he had thought.