Chapter 427: Dispelling Doubts
-Are you back?
Enrique was quite surprised to receive a call from Vanessa, even more so when she suddenly returned to Ciudad Pacifica.
-Dylan went to Dorencia to bother her again? He forced you to come back, didn’t he? That bastard, I’ll go after him!
Enrique’s concern warmed Vanessa’s heart and she smiled as he explained.
-Dylan didn’t force me to go back, I went back to him myself.
-How?
If it had been so easy for her to go back to him, why would she have been so determined to leave in the first place?© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.
Vanessa smiled and repeated Enrique’s words in her mind with great emotion.
-When I have time, I’ll invite you to dinner. It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, so we’ll chat and catch up.
-If you’re the one asking me out, of course I’ll be available any day.
After learning that the Cazalla Group had been bought by Dylan, Enrique had gone from working hard to being a pain in the ass about things he wasn’t supposed to handle.
I couldn’t help it, I hated Dylan.
If Dylan had not changed the Cazalla Group, Enrique would have resigned and left.
He always wanted to help Vanessa and Mercedes maintain the security of the Cazalla Group in his absence.
Although the Cazalla Group is no longer Cazalla.
-Then we’ll meet tomorrow, tomorrow at noon. It’s at that restaurant near the office and we’ll meet at noon.
-All right, I’ll see you at noon.
When Dylan returned in the evening, Vanessa told him about her meeting with Enrique the next day at noon.
-Of course, I’ll leave you a driver and a bodyguard. No need to slacken precautions until we find Orlando.
-Good.
Vanessa did not refuse, for her daughter’s sake.
-Don’t worry, the driver and the bodyguard won’t follow you all the time to bother you. They will stay where they are supposed to be and not get in your way.
Dylan explained, concerned that Vanessa did not like being watched by bodyguards.
-It’s OK.
Vanessa smiled and shook her head.
She really thought it was okay, rather than accommodating.
All that needed to be said was said and Dylan immediately turned to his little girl. The little girl also liked to be next to her daddy, and she loved to be held and told stories by Dylan.
Every night, Dylan quickly fell asleep with a story in his arms.
Candy doesn’t cry or fuss and is very good.
-If you don’t have anything to do after lunch, you can meet me at the office and we’ll come back together in the afternoon. If you don’t want to go, you can take Candy to the park. It’s very different from Dorencia and Candy can get a feel for the new environment.
-She can’t see things very well yet, she’s too young.
Vanessa laughed.
-It never hurts to get out more. Well, I’m off to work, and have a good time with your daughter.
Dylan finished and leaned over to kiss Candy in Vanessa’s arms. When he looked up, his eyes fell on Vanessa’s lips and he wanted to kiss her too.
He finally held back.
-I’m leaving.
Dylan turned to leave and Vanessa sighed in relief, her stiff body relaxing a little.
Just because I gave Dylan a chance didn’t mean I could accept his closeness. Even if they slept in the same bed at night. I think Dylan had felt her body’s resistance before and left.
After a dazed moment, the baby in her arms grunted in discontent and Vanessa returned her attention.
Smiling, she looked at the little baby in her arms and said.
-Let’s go and see Uncle Enrique today, he’s a good man, he’s helped her a lot.
The baby could not understand what his mother was saying and stared blankly.
When the time came, Vanessa gathered her things and left the house.
Since having a daughter, Vanessa has had to pack a lot of baby things every time she goes out. From baby bottles to thermoses of breast milk, nappies, wipes, etc.
has filled a bag with all of it.
Vanessa had just opened the door with Candy in her arms when the doorman who had been watching outside turned to look.
-Miss Vanessa, we have been sent by Mr Dylan to protect you.
-Then I’ll bother you.
Vanessa nodded towards the bodyguard and the other man said nothing. Seeing the items resting next to Vanessa, the bodyguard hurried to pick them up while the other man took care of the baby’s pram.
Putting all of Candy’s things in the boot, Vanessa carried her to the car.
The restaurant near the office.
Enrique sits back in his seat, glancing at his watch from time to time.
It was still early for his appointment, but he couldn’t help feeling anxious.
I didn’t know if what Vanessa had said on the phone was true or not.
It had been almost a year since Vanessa and Mercedes had left Ciudad Pacifica, and he had insisted on leaving, even selling the Cazalla Group.
A year is too short a time for the kind of determination Vanessa had once made.
Why is he back? Enrique didn’t believe him when he said Dylan hadn’t threatened Vanessa.
Her mind conjured up many images of Dylan threatening to force Vanessa’s hand and she couldn’t help but clench her fists in anger.
People passing by Enrique were surprised by his appearance and walked around him.
Even Enrique was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn’t even know that Vanessa had arrived.
-What are you thinking about?
It was only when he heard Vanessa’s voice in a joking tone that Enrique snapped out of his thoughts and raised his head, just as he was about to speak he saw the pram she was pushing and his mouth immediately opened, his whole being startled.
-What’s… going on?
Look, Enrique was stuttering.
-My daughter,” said Vanessa with a smile, bending down to pull Candy out and looking at Enrique with amusement as she couldn’t close her mouth.
-Is it necessary to be so surprised?
-Of course I’m surprised! How could I not know something as big as you being pregnant and having a baby?
Enrique was so surprised that he couldn’t control the volume.
Some of the diners at the next table heard it and thought it was the soap opera of their lives and looked over.
Henry also felt that he was getting too excited and giving people the wrong idea. Immediately, he dropped his silly expression and pursed his lips and tightened his face in an elitist manner. Stern and strong, with a sweep of his eyes, those curious prying eyes immediately withdrew.
Vanessa smiled as she sat across the table and explained to Enrique.
-At the time I didn’t think I would get pregnant, and then I had my little boy. In fact, I was in Dorencia, right next to me, when you called me to tell me that the person who bought the Cazalla Group was Dylan.
-So… you didn’t really have to go back, but you did so of your own accord?
At this point, Henry was finally somewhat convinced.
After all, how could he imagine that Vanessa, so determined to leave and try to cut her ties with Dylan, would become pregnant with his child by accident!
It was a magical turn of events.
Of course, Henry had never expected such a dramatic event.
Now that she knows, she understands Vanessa’s state of mind and knows that she must have returned to Dylan of her own free will.