Chapter 7 7

Andrea didn't know why she felt she was breathing hard, because her heart was contracted, and because a huge lump settled in her throat. She was driving without knowing where she was going, her heart was racing and if it weren't for the urgent call on her cell phone

She was probably going to an unknown place.

"Yes" she answered quickly when she saw the sender.

The brake of her car felt dry, when she heard the words of her nanny on the other side; Her hands began to sweat at that moment. When he arrived at the clinic he was scared, it was like reliving the exact scene of the day Astrid died, the desperation of not being able to see her for the last time because of not finding her body overwhelmed him, and now he could lose the only thing he had of her and the thing he loved most in his life made him feel miserable.

"Where is she?" He asked quickly.

"My child, I'm so sorry" Ramona said as she cried.

"Tell me what's okay, Nana" he asked with tears about to fall from her eyes.

"Luckily my boy is fine, he will only have to be under observation today, and tomorrow he will be discharged" Ramona exclaimed. Andrea sighed, feeling a great weight fall from her shoulders at that moment.

"I want to see him" she asked immediately. She hated having to leave him every day to work, but being one of Demetrio Laurety's children brought with him a great responsibility, and he could not disappoint his father, he felt responsible for making sure everything turned out perfect.

"Follow me" the girl said with her eyes down. She felt guilty.

Andréa walked to the room, and she could see her baby sleeping peacefully. She approached him taking her hand to kiss him when she saw him open his eyes.

"Where is?" the little boy asked with a sweet voice.

"Who love?" Andréa frowned, thinking that little Dante was confused.

"The angel who saved me, Dad, had red hair and a perfect face" the baby said in a whisper.

«Red hair and perfect face» Andrea thought doubtfully.

"Amber doesn't fly" she whispered, not knowing that she was referring to Amber as if she were an angel.

"Please, the baby needs to rest so he can be discharged tomorrow" said a nurse entering the room.

Dante yawned when the nurse just put the sedative in the solution, and at that moment Andrés took the opportunity to find out what had happened.

"What happened?" He asked as soon as he came out "how did my son end up drowning Nana?" He gritted his teeth.

"I left him for a moment to give the documents to the secretary, my boy, it really took seconds, I don't know how he stopped in the pool, then when I went down I found the lady giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation" Ramona explained, trembling.

Andrea frowned. The lullaby's words struck like daggers at that moment.

"What miss?" she asked, knowing the answer, but damn, she wanted to be sure.

"Miss Amber, her secretary, she saved the child" Ramona's words echoed in her head, they were heard far away and like lightning a wet Amber in the parking lot came to her mind, and with that the words towards her.

"Useless, useless who saved your son's life, damn it!" he exclaimed.

"Is something wrong with you? My child" her Nana asked when she noticed how Andréa was trembling.

"I'll be back in a moment" he explained, leaving the clinic.

...

Amber felt those words pass through her body. But, she didn't want to cry, she didn't want to complain, she was tired of being weak, if it wasn't that job it would be another one, besides, she didn't intend to be a secretary all her life, she wanted to study, she knew that she could be clumsy at some things, but she was the best at designing, and that was what she wanted.

She drove the car to her house feeling a bitter taste in her mouth at that moment, but realizing what she saw made her feel even worse than she was.

"Embargo" were in large letters with yellow tape on the door of her house.

She got out of the car in a hurry, thinking that everything must be a confusion.

"Sir, wait, why are they repossessing my house? It is misery that is owed, that must be a confusion"

"I'm very sorry, miss, the debt has accumulated, the bank can't wait any longer, it's twelve months late and the bank has been very patient with you"

Amber frowned. Twelve months? Surely they were confused, she had given money to her sister so that she could pay the debts, at least for Angelica...

"Angelica!" she shouted, entering the house upset, but there was no one, they had even taken the furniture from the house and the living room was empty.

She saw the mortgage paper and they gave her three days to pay. What would she do? She didn't have a job, and the only thing she had saved was for her studies.

She went up to her room to get the money, it wasn't much compared to the debt, but at least she would pay for about three months while she gave him time to find a loan and pay the rest, but, to her surprise the money was not there.

Amber felt a bucket of cold water fall on her face. She grabbed her red hair in frustration, and an immense desire to cry overcame her. She couldn't take it anymore and she threw herself on the bed to cry. She had been left without a job, without a home, and without her dream of studying the

same.

After venting that pain she went to the shower, she had to be strong, she had to keep fighting and not let herself be defeated.

She dressed in flower pajamas and went down to the kitchen to make herself something to eat. Unfortunately for her, her sister had not left anything in the pantry, but fortunately she had some money, so she called a pizza delivery (if she owed her soul to eat a pizza she was not going to pay)

It had started to rain and while she was waiting for the delivery man she started putting buckets in the room because there were some holes in the ceiling that allowed water to fall into the room. She was absorbed, when the doorbell rang.

"It must be the delivery man" she came out with the money to pay him, but she remained static, speechless, when she saw a wet Andrea Laurety, with the pizza box and his head bowed at the door.

She didn't know what to do, she didn't know whether to tell him to come into the house, or leave him standing there.

"What are you doing here, Mr. Laureti?" she asked with a thick voice. She had her words in her mind.

"I can pass?" she asked back as drops of water covered her face.

Amber nodded and made way for her boss to enter. She looked sexy with the wet clothes stuck to her body, her pecs were highlighted by the light blue shirt she was wearing and her wet dress pants further marked her manly attributes.

"I met the delivery man at the door" he said, handing him the pizza.

Amber bit her lip, it was a knack she had when she was nervous, anxious, or thoughtful, and in those moments, she felt all those things for the sole reason that her boss was there.

"Thank you, here" she held out the money.

"No, it's on me" Andrea said nervously. He felt like a teenager, and not only because he felt like the worst man in the world for treating her so badly a few hours earlier, but also because he couldn't stop seeing Amber. She looked sexy, disheveled, wearing very short pajamas which showed her body and her face clean and smooth.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Laureti, but I wouldn't want to owe you anything" she explained.

"I'm the one who owes you everything, Amber" he called her, and Amber wanted the earth to swallow her, because she could hear her name so well on her lips that her legs began to tremble.

"I don't know what you're talking about" she replied, looking down so that he wouldn't notice the shine in her eyes.

"I knew you saved my son" Amber opened her eyes in amazement.

Son? Which son? She didn't know that her boss had a son.

"I would do it for anyone, sir" she replied.

"But you did it with him, and I couldn't be more grateful Amber, please excuse me, I didn't know you were late because of that" he took her hand and Amber felt a tingle in her belly.

Amber was a sweet woman, and she held no grudges in her heart. She didn't hate her father and her sister and she wouldn't hate her boss, even though what she had said to her had hurt her.

"Let me think about it" she put her hand in thought.

Andrea looked at her like a sad dog. She didn't understand why he felt so bad about what had happened, but he wanted her to forgive him.

"Please Amber, go back to the company, let me reward you for saving Dante" Amber bit her lower lip. She couldn't lose her job, in fact she needed it more than ever.

"It's okay, I actually need it a lot" she sighed. Andrea looked at her strangely as she had begun to shiver from the cold of being wet.

"I should find you something to change into, wait here, I'll go up and get a towel and..." It was the last thing he said when her bare feet slipped from a puddle of water. Andrea moved quickly, catching him so he wouldn't fall.

"Ahhh!!!" Amber shouted.

"I think I saved you this time" Andrea whispered as she looked at her.

Amber felt his breathing close, so close that she could smell his breath and perceive his blue eyes with greater intensity.

"We're even" she whispered, but she couldn't complete the word because her lips were silenced by Andrea's lips.

Amber felt a current rush up her belly. Andrea had her by the hips while she played with her lips asking for access to her tongue. The taste of her was sweet, intoxicating and delicious.

He released her lips to look at her.

"I'll wait for you tomorrow at the company" he told him, standing up and leaving the house. Amber smiled as she watched him leave. She wanted to scream, to jump with excitement at what had happened. She ran up to her room while Andrea looked out the window with a smile on her face. She frowned when she saw the yellow tape on the door and got into her car with a strange tingling in her belly.

"You can't fall in love Andrea, not again, and especially not with your clumsy and sexy secretary..."