Benny barely stopped himself from tearing his hair out because he didn’t want to make his developing bald spot even more obvious. He took a deep breath, trying to convince his daughter.“Noemi, if you’re so wary, doesn’t that mean YOU don’t trust your own animal instincts?” Benny smiled immorally, not realizing how creepy he sounded. “Do you also get turned on by Jackson’s naked Latin body?”“Dad, even lesbians get turned on by Jackson’s naked Latin body!” Noemi snapped. “That’s exactly why I don’t want to risk Matthew finding out, and—”“But why would Matthew Sterling find out? Isn’t he busy with other conglomerate matters?” Benny opened the door, ready to leave. “Don’t worry, daughter, you’ll manage.”“DAD—”An assistant suddenly appeared, announcing, “Excuse me, Mr. and Miss Blumberg; Mr. Jackson Borges is waiting in the reception area.”Benny gave Noemi a forced smile and bolted toward the conference room. Noemi sighed, feeling apprehensive.******Matthew arrived at the police st

Noemi decided to pull herself together. She stood up abruptly and strengthened her voice, making her facade more convincing. “Jackson, I’m not in a formal relationship with Matthew Sterling. Therefore, this isn’t a betrayal. Besides, we’re going to talk about work, and Matthew knows what it’s about. He must have come across one of your commercials on the internet.”“Not by choice.” Jackson smiled mischievously. “The algorithm sometimes plays tricks on his feed.”“Anyway, we need to understand and set boundaries for our brainstorming session here.” Noemi sat down again, feeling more confident. “Actually, I even suggested to my father that we approach something different in the next viral ads.”Jackson pulled up a chair and sat down, interested. “Tell me.”“How about you at least wear shorts?” Noemi gave a small smile. “I don’t want your erotic image to become oversaturated with the same audience that now worships you.”Jackson looked down at the area between his legs, remembering the a

“Your damned bastard, are you really firing Cindy?!”“JACKSON!” Cindy screamed in horror.But Jackson didn’t hear his fiancée. All he wanted was to grab Karl by the shirt with his left hand and punch him with his right until he turned to pulp.Abner did nothing to stop it, simply watching from a distance. After all, he was old, and his son needed a beating that only Jackson could deliver.******Meanwhile, Levi was having a serious conversation with Noemi about the dangers of falling for Jackson.“Levi, stop with the nonsense.” Noemi defended herself bravely. “I objected to exactly that with Dad, thinking he or you would be more suitable to work on the commercials.”Levi made a face of disgust and even gagged. “I don’t want to work on commercials with another naked guy!”“And it seems Dad didn’t want to either, otherwise this ‘urgent’ and ‘unexpected’ meeting wouldn’t have suddenly appeared.” Noemi smiled mischievously, realizing the trick. “Next time, I’ll call Mom.”“NOEMI!” Levi cr

Chapter 1557Walter entered Andrade Clinic with his family and was greeted by the new receptionist.“Andrade family, I thought you should know this,” she commented. “Mr. Sterling, the father, has been admitted here. He suffered a physical assault, and it doesn’t look minor at all.”“Really?” Charles smiled ironically. “That’s what happens to annoying people. Has Dr. Almeida or Dr. de Paula seen him yet?”“I think it was...” The receptionist typed on the computer, checking. “Dr. de Paula.”“Oh, wonderful,” Walter said sarcastically. “Now Karl is going to lie there listening to Dr. de Paula badmouth my girlfriend and encourage that lunatic to do something against her too.”“We won’t allow that,” Charles declared solemnly.Emmanuelle shrugged. “Today I just want peace. I’m going to check on things in HR.”She walked away. Charles and Walter asked for more information and went their separate ways.Charles headed to Karl’s room. The poor man had band-aids scattered across his face and a ba

“You want me to break up with my girlfriend,” Walter objected, “and then, when the gang war is over, I’d go back to her?”“No. When the gang war is over, you take the opportunity and find yourself another hot girl, ha, ha, ha...” Karl replied with irony and mockery.“I don’t need another hot girl. The walls of my suite are witnesses to our love,” Walter said bravely, with a touch of “sexy CEO” in his voice.Karl dropped his crude smile and shuddered in disgust.“Anyway, since you’re getting better, we’ll let you rest,” Charles said as he started to leave the room. “I hope you think about what we talked about, Karl.”“You’re the ones who should think about kicking Linda Alvares out of your lives. I’m still going to find out who the boss of her brother’s gang is!” Karl shouted at the top of his lungs, his bandaged face turning red. “That information is protected under police confidentiality!”“Shouldn’t we just leave things as they are, then?” Walter scratched the back of his neck, narr