Patricia appeared at Silva Oil Company. Fernando found her in the corridors and smiled.
“Patricia! How are you, my daughter?”
“I’m very well, Mr. Silva.” Patricia tries to smile.
“You can call me Fernando, or Dad.” Fernando laughs. “You’re family now.”
Patricia felt like vomiting the truth, but she knew it wasn’t time yet. “Ehr... your son asked me to come here.”
“He has some commitments, Patricia.” Fernando raises one of his eyebrows. “Naturally, I won’t interfere with your dating, but it would be better if you met during your free time.”
Patricia is more relieved and takes the opportunity. “Well, that being the case, I better not get in the way of my future husband. I’m gonna—”
“You’re going straight to my office!” Ronaldo magically appears turning the corner, with a friendly smile...
At LCN, Ricardo wants Cindy to go straight to the Sterling Mansion because of something Patricia is plotting, but Cindy decides to take her time and talk to her ex-boyfriend.“Now, you show interest in my health.” Cindy provokes Ricardo.“Just because we were lovers in the past doesn’t mean I’m not going to stop warning you.” Ricardo frowns. “You’ve been working way too long hours, Cindy. What is this, some wish to demonstrate to Mr. Torquato how efficient you are?”“You just answered your question.” Cindy shrugged.“Perhaps,” Ricardo smiles mischievously. “Maybe the reason is something else.”Cindy felt her back stiff. “What are you talking about?”“Maybe the reason is because you’ve been killing hours of work doing other things and now you’re trying to make up for it by staying until the deadline for the articles to be delivered.” Ricardo smiles wider.Cindy gets more nervous and starts to gather her things, turning off the computer. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Since yo
Cindy understood what was happening the minute she laid eyes on Matthew and Patricia. But she didn’t want to accept it.“No...” She starts laughing hysterically. “Hi, hi, hi... No, don’t tell me you two... MATHEW STERLING!”Alice rolls her eyes. “What is it, Cindy? You can’t even form words properly!”“How am I going to be able to say anything?” Cindy exclaims in a high-pitched and unpleasant tone. “Abner Sterling, you’re the patriarch of this family, so I thought. I demand an explanation NOW!”“How petulant...” Andreia muttered through her teeth.“Do you want to know what’s going on?” Abner asked in a dark tone. “OK, then I’ll tell you, but I don’t know if you’re ready for the truth. Matt, my grandson, decided it would be best for him and us that the next Mrs. Sterling be Patty Borges.”“NO!” Cindy knocked over the chair where Patricia was sitting. “THIS SLUT IS NOT GOING TO STEAL MY POST!”“Wake up, you hysteric! You already lost and didn’t even realize it!” Sheila exclaimed in a sa
In Ronaldo’s room, he is tying his yellow tie in front of the full-length mirror. He whistles a romantic song from the 80s and puts Patricia’s name in the lyrics as if she were in front of him.“Oh, Patty, I love you so much...”Ronaldo’s cell phone rings and he runs to answer it, thinking it’s Patricia. But he was disappointed when he read ‘MATT’ on the caller ID.“Oh, shit... Hello, Matt? Jeez, did Patty disappear? She was already kidnapped as soon as she started to become famous?”“Good morning, first of all, cousin,” Matthew replied ironically, inside the closet.“OK, good morning.” Ronaldo rolls his eyes. “Is Patty there?”“No,” Matthew responds wisely.“Then why are you calling me? I want to talk to my girlfriend.” Ronaldo sat on the mattress. “Did you give her the message?”“I passed.”“Then why isn’t she—”“Ron, do you really think you can continue talking to Patricia after the rudeness you did yesterday?” Matthew interrupted him, visibly angry.Ronaldo is startled. He had the
In the halls of the Silva Oil Company, Matthew realized that the beast that needed to be outwitted now needed to be tamed.“Uncle, allow me to explain...”“No.” Fernando shook his head in disbelief. “Please, Matt, don’t do this.”“You seem to already know what I mean.” Matthew remains unfazed.“Why would you do something like that, Matt?” Fernando despairs. “You stole your cousin’s girlfriend! We’re family too, in case you forgot!”“Hey, wait a minute. It’s not that simple.” Matthew shakes his index finger. “First of all, Ron had no business getting involved in the party I was throwing, announcing his relationship right after I announced my engagement.”“Ah, so that’s why you stole my son’s girlfriend?” Fernando crossed his arms.“I didn’t steal, in the full sense of the word.” Matthew scratches his head. “We both saw we were making a mistake.”“Patty came to you after she was insulted by Ron?” Fernando raised his eyebrows.Matthew swallowed hard. He wasn’t going to tarnish his belove
In Ronaldo’s office, people might think that the son of the Silva Oil Company heir is taking care of the oil company, but in reality, he is taking care of his love life.Matthew is faced with a cousin he hasn’t seen in years, and little by little he realizes that he wasn’t Patricia’s best choice.“Ron, what’s wrong with you?” Matthew asked calmly. “You weren’t like this before. If before you scared Patty, now you’re scaring ME.”Ronaldo ironically retorts, “I don’t think anyone can scare the great Matthew Sterling.”“Well, let’s put things in this light: Patricia Borges doesn’t want to be your girlfriend anymore.”Ronaldo continued to stare at Matthew without any reaction for long seconds. Matthew wanted to know what was going through his head.Matthew felt that the matter should be treated seriously, as a business transaction. “Do you understand, Ron? Patty and I... started dating. We love each other.”“That can’t be.” Ronaldo suddenly said, “Patricia agreed to be my girlfriend not l
At the headquarters of the Sterling Empire, Matthew wore an elegant pinstripe suit and chaired the presentation meeting for ‘Ste-learning’, the new online teaching platform that promises to revolutionize the conglomerate.“It has been several years since we expanded our network of private schools, nor built another university,” Matthew explained with fluency and magnetism in his voice. “So, with this teaching platform, people can connect from the comfort of their homes and take advantage of our knowledge. In fact, we can extend this privilege to the university, creating distance learning, something that we have neglected since then.”“Online degree courses?” The CEO of Urbano magazine asked in wonder.“This has been a modality that has existed since the last decade,” Matthew spoke after carrying out extensive research. “People take the undergraduate course classes they want and show up at the university only for the semester exams and to hand in their monograph.”Abner nodded proudly.
Patricia appeared calm, but inside, she was dying of anxiety. Why did Walter have to enter the Gibraltar Club and catch her ending a conversation with Ricardo?“Walt, calm down. I think you’re exaggerating.” Patricia managed to say just that.“Am I exaggerating?” Walter sat where Ricardo had been. “He was leaving your table. Either he just greeted you briefly, or he’s been talking to you. Either way, he interacted with you!”“Why are you acting this way?” Patricia frowned. “Do you think I’m playing into Cindy’s hands, cheating on Matt after all the trouble I went through to finally win him over?”“You didn’t have any trouble ensnaring my friend!” Walter retorted fiercely. “You just broke into his suite and spread your legs! Where is the ‘trouble’?”Patricia couldn’t hold back any longer and slapped Walter. What an outrage!“Okay, I got it.” Walter held his sore cheek. “My best friend Matt has no luck with women. But that’s what happens to great men in history.”“SHUT UP, you ridiculou
Vanda entered the Borges house with a triumphant smile. Things were happening to her and her daughter’s delight!Patricia appeared at the top of the stairs, half shaken by the conversation she had with Walter. But her mother’s joy distracted her from the previous scene. “Mom, good evening. The lady is very smiling. Do we have any more piece of good news?”Vanda hurriedly goes up the stairs. “Daughter, let’s go to your room and pack your bags!”“Bags?” Patricia’s eyes widen. “Where am I running away?”“You’re not running away.” Wanda laughs. “You’re going to live in the Sterling Mansion!”Patricia understood that this was the effect of the photo that Ricardo sent to Matthew. But she had to feign ignorance, widening her eyes and acting like a surprised woman. “WHAT? Why am I going to the mansion today? Was it Matt who suggested this?”“Suggest?” Vanda giggles as she leads her daughter to her room. “No, my dear daughter. You needed to see how steady and authoritative Matt was. He ordaine