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2024-10-29 19:42:56Isabel was still in her robe reading Maggiezine on the living room couch. Harold appeared with a tray of coffee for her to relax. It has been this way since months ago, the capable husband always treating and pampering his beloved wife.
"Have your coffee, honey." He picks up the cup and hands it to her.
Isabel takes the cup, still staring at the magazine...
When she reads a certain paragraph, the cup shakes in her hand, and some of the coffee spills onto the new sofa!
Harold despairs, "Darling, watch out! Your couch that we're still paying for..."
Isabel continues with wide eyes, "Harold! Forget the couch, see what they're talking about in the magazine!"
Harold takes the magazine and reads the article commissioned by Vernon.
"Why did a domestic violence article startle you?"
"It talks about Wally... the bastard stuck my son in the middle of the story, Harold!" Isabel is red in the face with anger.
Harold narrows his eyes
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Bernardo and Maggie enter her office, smiling and satisfied with what they know about the sales of the latest issue of Maggiezine."Did you see, honey, how many people flocking to buy my magazine?" Maggie's eyes were shining with ecstasy."Sure, honey." Bernardo nods, happy to see his wife happy, "As you said, we have to give due credit to Vernon Queiroz."Maggie raises her eyebrows warily, "Yeah… if some personal issue involving his family spills over here… we won't be able to get involved.""I don't believe that Josias Rocha will come here to make scandals or demand the resignation of his stepfather." Bernardo shrugs, "We businessmen know how to separate the professional from the personal."Bernard leaves. When opening the door, he almost bumps into Vernon, who was about to enter."Excuse me, boss!" He enters the office and closes the door, "So, Mrs. Marçal? Did you see your readers jostling each other for a copy of ou
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Bernardo wants to understand why Isabel Freire wants to terminate the contract with him. This can never happen!Isabel would indeed have to pay a fine, but if Melissa is willing to give her the money, then Bernardo would lose Marçal Publishing's most famous writer."Ladies, let's talk more calmly..." Bernardo pleads as he buys time."There's not much to talk about." Isabel Freire complains, "I trusted that I would be treated with respect and dignity, I thought you guys wanted to help me spread my story among people.""Mr. Marçal, don't even waste time calculating the fine for terminating the contract." Melissa speaks and at the same time reaches into her purse for her checkbook, "My husband allowed me to pay any amount.""No, no, NO!" Bernardo loses patience and punches the desk, "Isabel Freire, you're not going to leave here without explaining to me exactly what happened!"Isabel finally sits down, "What's the use of me talkin
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Bernardo and Maggie are horrified to learn that Vernon has done double trouble against the honor and dignity of their best writer. Now Isabel stands before them demanding the termination of the contract! What will they do?"Mrs. Freire, please do not terminate the contract." Bernardo begs like a teenager, "We're not interested in getting fine money if it means losing our best writer!""Am I really the best writer?" Isabel haughtily sneers, "Then why was I treated like dirt when I came here to deliver the manuscript of 'Next to You'?"To provoke him even more, Isabel takes the long-awaited manuscript from her purse and places it on Bernardo's desk.Like a child tempted to stick his finger in the icing on the cake, Bernardo stares at the manuscript, wanting to snatch it and run out of the office with it."Mrs. Freire, when I read the article about violence against women," Maggie explains, "I thought Vernon Queiroz had gotten your family's permission.
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Melissa more than quickly puts the check in her purse. The women's plan paid off."Congratulations on the wise decision, Mr. Marçal." Melissa stands up, "It's good to see that you care about the well-being of your contract authors, not just how much money they generate in your pocket."Bernardo faces Isabel, "Mrs. Freire, if something happens again, come promptly to my office. We won't take long to correct any injustice."Flávia gets up and concludes in a threatening tone, "I hope there are no more injustices, Mr. Marçal! Isabel, give him the manuscript."Isabel pushes the manuscript closer to Bernardo and he takes it as if it were his son.The three ladies say goodbye and leave.Once the door is closed, Maggie asks, "Honey, are we really going to take Vernon Queiroz out of my magazine editorial? Just now that he's produced a great story?"Bernardo stares at his wife as if to say 'what the f**k?', "Honey, I think
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João Paulo visits Benjamin and finds him attentively watching a cooking show on TV. He has a notebook in hand, writing down the recipe and watching the chef perform the preparation."Hello, buddy! Do I get in the way?" João Paulo greets him."No, you can come close," Benjamin responds without taking his eyes off the TV.João Paulo sits on the sofa and follows the televised attraction, "Will you learn to make four-cheese lasagna?""I found it interesting," Benjamin responds almost hypnotized.João Paulo smiles, thinking that his friend has found something else to do besides boxing.******After lunch, Bernardo calls Vernon to his office. The poor editor can hardly imagine that he is being taken to the slaughter."Hello, my dear boss!" Vernon sits down without waiting for a request, "Did you call me to congratulate me on my work on your wife's magazine?""Vernon, while I recognize you have talen
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Vernon arrives at home in a huff, slamming the door. The radio is on and Surface's song "The First Time" is playing, but no one is present."Nobody's listening to this radio? So I'm going to turn it off, huh?"Elza appears from the kitchen, worried about her husband's hysterical scream, "What's wrong, honey? Why are you so stressed? I'm afraid one day your body won't take it.""And?" Vernon throws his briefcase on the couch violently, "Nobody cares.""This is not true." Elza lies to calm her husband, "Come on, sit down and I'll make you some tea to calm down."But, it will be impossible for Vernon to calm down when he wants to talk about what happened. "Bernardo removed me from the Maggiezine team! And he didn't even dignify to explain why!"Elza is discouraged. She thought that for once Vernon's antics would go unnoticed and they might annoy Isabel. But apparently, they went to complain to Bernardo.She is surprised that Vernon doesn
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Josias is properly seated in his presidential chair, reading the construction reports of the Melissa Building in Victoria.He stares at the phone on his desk and then at his datebook. Should he call Tobias?William enters his office with a list in hand, "Josias, here are the teams that are free for an upcoming project.""Mayor Ibrahim's project?" Josias takes the sheet, good-naturedly.William is surprised, "Do we have some Mayor's project?""Not yet, but you already know how I feel." Josias leans back in the upholstered chair, "That's why I asked you this before." He looks at the list, "Ah, the main team is busy...""A house in Saint Gabriel," William responds."All right, let's call." Josias takes courage, picks up the phone, and dials it.On the other side, Tobias attends the call in his apartment with a towel wrapped around his waist, he had just gotten out of the shower, "Hello?""Tobias? This is Josias Rocha."
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Melissa and Mary visit the Mountain Café.“A guava juice for me, Mr. Mountain!” Mary requested, smiling sweetly.“Of course, my princess!” Rodrigo replied, thinking Mary was very adorable. “Neil will make a delicious cup for you.”“Thank you. But the princess is Carol,” Mary responded, striking a serious pose.Melissa and Rodrigo laughed heartily. Mary is something else...“Rod, how has it been managing the café in your father’s absence?” Melissa asked seriously.Rodrigo served a baked chicken pastry with ketchup to Mary. “I'm getting by, Melissa. Josias was here earlier, more concerned about my loss than his own, as always. Isn’t he supposed to be resting?”Melissa nodded. “My husband is like that: he only relaxes when all of us are relaxed.”“An impossible mission because of certain people.”Neilton approached with the glass. “Who ordered a guava juice?”“I DID!” Mary grabbed the glass and went to a table.Melissa leaned forward, “Neil, Rod, how are Daryl and Diane? Behaving?”“Cont
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At João Paulo’s house, he and Josias were about to have a significant conversation.“Walter, do you want to go with your mom to the kitchen?” João Paulo asked, looking at Helen. “I think she made some walnut cake.”“It was carrot cake,” Sandra replied, already getting up from the couch.“You got it.” Helen appeared and picked up Walter in her arms. “Let’s let Dad and Uncle Josias talk.”“Bye, Uncle!” Walter waved goodbye to Josias.“Bye-bye, I want a piece later!” Josias chuckled.Once alone with João Paulo, Josias became serious. “Don’t let anything or anyone ruin this family scenario, little brother.”“I’m fine. No one wants to ruin anything,” João Paulo replied casually.“Well, I hope David hasn’t caused you any trouble.”“He probably doesn’t even know I exist, man.” João Paulo shrugged.“But I stopped by Café Montanha and found out that the Vasquez family has replaced the Mountain family as the ‘annoying people.’”João Paulo sighed in disappointment. “Yeah. They—”The doorbell ran
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Chapter 3144 Benjamin Requests a Transfer
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Someone rings the doorbell at João Paulo’s house. The homeowner goes to answer after taking a shower and putting on clean clothes. But when he opened the door, João Paulo felt like slamming it in the visitor’s face. “Don’t be rude!” Erasmo exclaimed. “What do you want, you old bore?” João Paulo shot back. Erasmo barged into João Paulo’s foyer. “The mourning is over. Let’s pick up where we left off.” “Are you crazy? Who decides how long mourning lasts? We just got back from the trip!” “Not exactly, it’s been a day. Life goes on, my friend!” Erasmo replied mockingly. João Paulo remained serious. “But I don’t want to continue living this way, where fights and intrigues are the order of the day. Mr. Vasquez, you have a business to run, and I have a family to raise.” “But you found time to slap my son-in-law when he was here defending his family, didn’t you?” “Alan was extremely rude, but that was some time ago.” João Paulo frowned. “I don’t feel the same anger as before.” “So a
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At the Vasquez Mansion, Alan could hardly believe that the people were thinking about more intrigues and disputes. “Guys, don’t you understand that I even forgot the reason I slapped Uncle João Paulo?” “Ridiculous!” Erasmo gestured. “You just maintained respect because it was a difficult occasion. But now, the mourning is OVER!” “Do you think João Paulo will rest, dear?” Sofia asked, sitting next to him. Alan shook his head. “If Uncle João Paulo doesn’t want to rest, then he is truly despicable. But my dad is back in town. He wouldn’t dare to do that.” The news should have been uplifting, but the members of the Vasquez family merely exchanged silent glances. With Josias present, it’s quite likely that he will put a stop to their fighting. Alan turned to Olivia. “In the meantime, we should celebrate the recovery of my dear mother-in-law!” Olivia and Sofia smiled awkwardly because of the secret they were keeping. “That’s right, let’s celebrate life!” Erasmo wrapped his arm arou
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Chapter 3140 Let’s Request a Transfer
At Café Montanha, Daryl walks in for a coffee and finds Rodrigo at the counter while Neilton serves the others. “Hey, are we back to the old tradition?” “Don’t be a clown, man.” Rodrigo laughs. “Yes, Thierry is at the supermarket, as we agreed.” “Hi, Neil. Can you make me a cappuccino while I enjoy a natural sandwich?” Daryl places his order. “Sure thing, Mr. Mountain.” Neilton heads to the back. Daryl sits on the stool. “So, how do you feel after getting back to your element?” “I don’t regret at all helping my dear wife at the supermarket, Daryl,” Rodrigo admitted while preparing the natural sandwich. “I’m not talking about regrets.” Daryl joked. “But it’s undeniable that after Uncle Francisco’s passing, you prefer to stay here, carrying on the legacy he left.” “Just like Crystal Blue.” Rodrigo smiled. “Hey, I’m aware that you’re looking to open another restaurant in Sunset Village. Do you think you can manage it? How’s the prospecting going?” Daryl picks up the sandwich but
