Chapter 4 Very reserved

rented. - Is here? - looked around. I nodded, removing the belt. - Right here. Bertoni got out of the car with me and helped me carry the four breakfast baskets inside. After fnally helping me with the last one, he took a good look around the place. " Thank you for helping me, do you accept anything? â€" I asked as I approached

him with a bottle of water in my hand. â€" No, thank you â€" his gaze fnally stopped on me, after the inspection.

" I'm satisfed. Wow, yummy. The house in which Amanda lived could not be called a house, it is tiny, the living room could only ft a single two-seater sofa, a small coffee table and a TV. Her bed was right behind the sofa, it had no walls or divider, with the exception of the bathroom, it was probably the only place in the house

where you would have privacy. I watched carefully as she fnished drinking her water, to begin the interrogation. Alejandro assured me that it was safe to do this casually, in his home, a comfortable.

environment. It was a safe way to try to fnd out something, since his memory hadn't returned yet. When she fnished her water, she continued to stare at me seriously. - How are you feeling? " I looked at the sofa Can we sit down? She hurriedly closed her bottle. â€"But of course, please sit down. Sorry for my lack of manners. I

didn't care, I grabbed her hand and forced her to sit with me on the couch. I brought my thumb to her palm and pressed lightly, it's a technique I learned when I dated a massage therapist. She had taught me the points on my hands and feet that made certain pains relieved, without the need for medication. Amanda moaned softly

when I began to vigorously massage the underside of her thumb. - It's better? She smiled, her eyes closed.

That's so good her eyes suddenly opened, as she let out another moan â€" Oh my god, I'm sorry. I smile back.

not caring. I was used to this type of reaction from my patients every time I taught them. â€" Don't worry, this type of reaction is common. Apparently, you were really in pain. Yes, thank you for that. I pressed harder on

the place, trying to help her relax faster. â€" So, are you and Juan really neighbors? - Started. Her eyes looked.

back at me. â€" I think you really like Juan, but I'm going to answer your question. No, we are not. Doctor Salvani has money and lives on the street above, where the people with money are. I cleared my throat.

disguising it. So he just lives nearby? â€" she nodded â€" Interesting… Do you think so? â€" She looked at me.

No. " Yes, since they are co-workers. â€" I lied. She snorted. Spare me. â€" She rolled her eyes, making me laugh. I fnished massaging her hand and felt more comfortable on her sofa, she did the same. Doctor?

She called me. I looked at him carefully. - Yes? " I couldn't do it before, the headache bothered me a lot, but I want to do it now. She approached, closing the distance between the two of us. My body reacted, becoming

alert. What does she want? â€" Thank you â€" she swallowed hard, looking at me â€" for saving my life. I touched.

her shoulder, pushing her back a little further. No need, I would have done the same for anyone. Maybe.

but whoever you ended up saving that day was me. Only God knows what that man would have done to me if you hadn't arrived. Thank you very much, doctor. I looked at her carefully. â€" You don't need to call me that, I have a name, you know? â€" I'm sorry, Doctor Pedro I pinched her lightly, drawing her attention â€" There! That

hurt, damn, sorry⦠Pedro, is it better? I smile. " Yes, much better now. She rubbed the place hard, and I hadn't even pinched that hard, just enough to get her attention. We laughed a little at the face she made, before her

stomach growled loudly, catching our attention. She lowered her face, embarrassed. I took my cell phone out of my pocket and opened it to the food app, handing the device to her. - What? She looked between me and my outstretched hand. I don't know about you, but I'm hungry, do you want to have dinner with me? â€" I

offered. She smiled, still embarrassed. - Sorry again. But I didn't eat anything all day, after the series of exams.

My smile died knowing that she was without food. " You don't need to apologize, I ended up taking up your time I handed her the cell phone again If you don't choose what you want right away, I will. And you may not like my choice. â€" Keep that, don't spend your money on me â€" she pointed to the baskets and I made a

face " There's a lot of food there, Tiane is always exaggerated, I bet she has food there for a week. I put the device away when she grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the small kitchenette, there in the corner and started untying the baskets, I ran to help. My mouth watered with the amount of delicacies inside the baskets.

Amanda was right when she said her friend was exaggerated. There was fucking food. I helped Amanda arrange the food on the coffee table in her living room and we sat together on her rug, eating all the delicacies placed there. I wish that out of nowhere a huge hole would open up here, in the middle of the room and swallow me whole so I wouldn't have to go through such shame. But I didn't have this luck, especially when my stomach growled loudly, attracting Pedro's attention, who was sitting right next to me and managed to hear everything. I intended to eat as soon as I got home, I wasn't expecting Doctor Pedro to stay here for long.

But what would I do? kick him out? He didn't even disguise it, he immediately tried to offer to order food for us. I even thought it was sweet of him, but I couldn't accept it, not when there were four baskets full of food right on the counter waiting for us. Pedro even thought about changing his mind, but when I showed him the delicacies that Tiane had placed inside the baskets, he happily accepted. Arranging all the food on the coffee.

table was a genius idea. Pedro laughed at me a few times, but I didn't care, when I'm hungry I end up shoving a lot of food in my mouth, and that made him laugh. The atmosphere became pleasant when we talked about the hospital again. But time and again, he always touched on the same subject: Salvani. I have no idea what happened between them, but it was pretty obvious to me that they both didn't get along. I remember my First days at the hospital, and the frst time I bumped into Pedro in the hallway, I fell in love with him right away

even without him even knowing I existed. People at the hospital were surprised when he refused the invitation to join the hospital board, to take the place of Doctor Alejandro â€" his best friend. Pedro is a very reserved.

man, he didn't approach anyone, but now he is here, right in front of me, sitting on the foor of my house, with me, eating junk food. Could I at least ask him out? - How old is? I asked, deciding to be a little bolder with

my questions, I'm tired of just talking about work and Salvani. - I? " he asked in surprise. I confrmed. " Yes, there are only the two of us here. He smiled, after biting off another piece of the meat sandwich with sauce.

How much do I look like I have? joked. I looked at it from top to bottom, assessing the entire contents. -

Thirty. I guessed, uncertainly. â€" It went far. Another bite. I looked at him seriously, he's a very handsome