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Building My Life Chapter 1452 Following the Rival
Josias and Carmen enter Tiago's room. The CFO was busy with calculations and spreadsheets, but he stops work when he sees who was coming in.“Hello, guys. You look like something serious has happened.”Carmen starts to speak, “Honey, I've already communicated my decision to Josias.”Josias adds, “And I said I can accept it because of the pregnancy, but not because she feels rejected.”Carmen sighs, “It will be better this way, Josias. Vânia doesn't talk to me anymore and Shirley doesn't take her mobile table to the secretary's desk. I have to get up and go to the kitchen if I don't want to die of hunger and thirst.”Tiago gets upset, “If that's why, let's talk to them to—““No, dear, that's exactly what I want to avoid. Each with their decision. I don't want anyone being forced to be my friend. I prefer to stay at home to be a good mother.”“OK, dear, but let it be clear that Rocha Constructions will be eternally grateful for your ten years of dedication to the company.”Carmen smiles
Building My Life Chapter 1453 The New Secretary
Diane is flannelling the top of the lobby counter in Teodoro's building. In keeping with tradition, the radio plays “Welcome to Paradise” by Green Day.Carmen enters the lobby and connects herself with the song, “Yes, I left hell and now I'm in heaven.”Diane lifts her head, “Hello, cousin. Why did you say you left hell?”Carmen approaches her, “I quit my job. It was going to happen sooner or later, but I pushed ahead because I felt like I was being an eyesore to certain people.”Diane sighs, “You speak concerning Pam's confusion?”“Yes, especially Vânia. But, I don't blame her. She's married to Melissa's uncle, it's only natural for her to take their side.”Diane revolts, “No, that's not natural. I think you and Aunt Cris have already proved to everyone that you are different from Pam. You don't have four children from different fathers. You didn't lose your virginity in a vacant lot. You didn't destroy the life of a Churchgoer.”Carmen smiles weakly, “But it doesn't seem to count, d
Building My Life Chapter 1454 Uélton's Tongue Saves the Day
Angela is impressed with how Josias is already saying that she will be the new secretary without waiting for her to answer yes or no.“How do you know I will accept, Josias?” She smiles charmingly.“You have no other occupation. You'll be bored at the Rocha mansion, and you'd better stay with me longer.” Josias responds gallantly.“Speaking like that, it’s hard to refuse.”“That is the intention.”Angela giggles, “OK, I'll take it. When do I start?"“I warn you, Carmen quit her job today. She's Pamela's sister.”Angela sighs, “I heard what happened. This girl has been giving you hell since the 80s, correct?”“I'm so glad I never let her take advantage of me.” Josias comments a bit brusquely.Angela realizes it's a thorny subject, “OK, I'll get us some mate tea for us to drink.”Angela gets up and goes to the kitchen.******When Josias arrives at night, the living room radio is playing “Linger” by The Cranberries. But there is no one in sight.“Again the crazy girl left the radio on i
Building My Life Chapter 1455 Rocha Mansion (1)
A few more weeks passed. The 1994 World Cup began, and with it, the prospect of Brazil becoming a four-time champion.For Josias, another memorable event is taking place in his life: the Rocha mansion is ready. That means it's time to say goodbye to the Rocha penthouse after serving as his home for 10 years.The Campos and Freire families showed up to help with the move. Some furniture needed to be unscrewed. The ladies kept smaller objects in crates and labeled them.The radio appeared to be the last device to be packed, as it remains where it is playing “Liberation” by the Pet Shop Boys.Uélton jokes, “Friend, are you going to leave this radio behind?”“It reminds me of Katherine and her insistence on turning it on at a deafening volume.” Josias wiggles, “I think I'll leave it to her and buy a new one for the mansion.”“Okay, you're the boss. Hey, I'm still embarrassed when you told me that Flávia caused the biggest scandal here... she said she was going to my parents' house.”Josia
Building My Life Chapter 1456 Rocha Mansion (2)
Josias wonders what Beto might want to talk to Miguel about.“These two should hate each other, but lo and behold, one wants to talk to the other. Who understands?”Angela giggles lightly, dazzling in her pearl-colored dress, “Let the two of them get along, Josias.”Bernardo approaches the couple, “Can we say that you two are together, or will that also be denied?”“You can advertise this, Bernie,” Josias responds jokingly. Then he has an idea, “Actually...”Josias takes a glass of champagne and stops in the middle of the salon. Everyone sees him and falls silent, aware that the owner of the party and the mansion is going to speak.“Attention, a minute of silence. I, Josias Rocha, want to thank you all for being with me once again in this important stage of my life. In 1984 my friends said I would have a mansion in Sunset Village, and I always just laughed because I thought it was impossible.”Everyone laughs among themselves.Josias continues and raises his glass, “Well, now Everaldo
Building My Life CHapter 1457 Four-time Champion
Another time passes, and now the Brazilian people are more festive than ever! The Brazilian soccer team managed to be the four-time champion and defeated Italy on penalties in the 1994 World Cup held in the USA.As in the rest of Brazil, the citizens of Lagoon City celebrated in earnest. There were two agglomerations: one on Main Square and one on Sunset Village beach.In Sunset Village, the fireworks didn't let anyone hear anyone.At Rocha Mansion, Josias had to wait a while before being able to speak to his guests, “Okay, now we can toast our champion team.”Simeon and Dora feel a little nostalgia.“Darling, sometimes I wonder if Will wouldn't be in the Brazilian national team...” Dora speaks longingly.“He might if there weren't so many interruptions.” Simeon takes a sip of canned beer.Everybody is in the outdoor area that has been carefully cemented and landscaped for residents to enjoy the outdoors. The mansion borders the beach, and if Josias wants to, he can leave the house st
Building My Life Chapter 1458 Josias's Offering
At Simeon's house, only William and Melissa remained. The TV is off, they've already watched the match and celebrated a lot. Now the radio is playing Morrissey's song "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," practically translating what Melissa is feeling about Josias.“The more he gets away from me, the more I feel the need to be close to him, Will.” Melissa laments, “Why did things turn out this way?”The Campos siblings still wear the shirt of the Brazilian team.William doesn't know how to respond. Until 1993, he would be rude and blame his sister for her misfortunes.“Little sister, what about Kelvin?”“Don't get me wrong, Will. I love Kelvin and I want to marry him. But I cannot erase twelve years of friendship, courtship, and marriage with Josias at once!”Without realizing it, Melissa and Josias repeated the same thing!William sighs, “Melissa, as sad as the reality is, I think it's time for you to focus on your happiness. I don't agree with Kelvin Mountain one bit, but if
Building My Life Chapter 1459 Fraternizing with the Mountains
Melissa is welcomed by Shirley at the Mountain family's apartment. As said before, everyone was in a festive mood.“Melissa! Oh, thank God, you showed up to brighten my day! Come in, come in, Daryl warned me you were coming.”Melissa enters, but can't help but feel awkward. How could Shirley be sad on a day like today?The answer came when Melissa spotted Maggie and Bernardo together on the couch with Henrique on his mother's lap.“Maggie, Bernardo, how are you? Henry is growing fast.”“By the time we blink, he'll be huge, he'll probably be the one carrying me.” Maggie laughs.Shirley was going to offer Melissa butter cookies but freezes her steps when she sees her talking to Maggie.Kelvin approaches her from behind, “Isn't it great that Melissa and Maggie are friends?”“No.” Shirley responds curtly, “I don't want Maggie to teach Melissa how to cheat on you by getting pregnant with another man.”Kelvin rolls his eyes, “Mom, how long are you going to keep that bad thought?”Shirley do
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Chapter 3148 Josias Is Insane
Josias visits the Rocha Hotel since he didn’t have a day off for the staff. In the management room, Eugenio gathered David, Benjamin, and Sybil. “Why is that mere cook present at this meeting?” David asked disparagingly. “Because that’s how our boss ordered it,” Eugenio replied dryly. “I didn’t say anything and didn’t call this meeting, so if you’ll excuse me...” Benjamin and Sybil were horrified to see David leaving the meeting just like that. However, when he opened the door, David came face to face with his father. “David, where do you think you’re going?” “DAD!” David exclaimed, extremely surprised. “I didn’t know you were coming!” “Didn’t Eugenio tell you I was coming?” Josias asked with a scowl. David understood who the ‘boss’ was. Benjamin and Sybil felt vindicated. Josias sat down at the desk, taking Eugenio’s seat, while the manager remained humbly standing. “Very well,” Josias began the meeting in a formal tone, “I’m here just to make things crystal clear. First
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Chapter 3147 Josias Instructs His Firstborn
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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Chapter 3146 We Need to Talk - Dad
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 3145 João Paulo Is a Good Father
Josias visits Café Montanha for a coffee and finds Rodrigo there. “Rod, how have you been?” Rodrigo is taken aback. “How am I? You’re the one who suffered a horrific loss recently!” “But you also lost your father. We’re in the same situation,” Josias explained as he sat down on a stool. “I’m okay, Josias. Life has a way of cheering me up. For example, I’m back at the diner after Thierry decided to take his place at the supermarket.” Rodrigo smiled. “What about the photography studio?” Josias smiled back. “It’s still going to operate, and Thierry will make periodic visits. But he’s going to appoint one of the staff to manage the studio.” Rodrigo served a pizza pastry to Josias. “Thank you. Well, I hope everything is alright between you two. I need to visit Rosemary and meet Jean Luc — is that the name of the baby?” “Yes, the name of the supermarket heir. Meanwhile, Frank will be here or somewhere else.” Josias interjected, “If Frank wants to work at Rocha Constructions, count
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Chapter 3144 Benjamin Requests a Transfer
At the Rocha Mansion, Josias receives a visit from Benjamin. “How have you been, Ben? Any news about your parents?” The two embrace. “Actually, that’s what I want to talk about.” Benjamin scratches the back of his neck. The embrace breaks. “Let’s go to my office.” The two gentlemen enter Josias’s imposing office. “Any problems with Adolfo?” Josias asks, becoming serious. “Not yet, but I hope not to have any,” Benjamin replies with some sadness. “You know, Josias, what happened with your father made me think about my family, about how important it is for all of us to be together in the final moments.” “That’s true. João Paulo can tell you that better than I can.” “I think you can say it too. Vernon was the father you never had.” Benjamin clears his throat. “So, I’ve been looking into some hotels and realized there’s a demand at the Rocha Hotel in Victoria.” Josias looks at Benjamin, understanding where he’s going with this. “You want to go to Victoria to be close to your pare
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Chapter 3143 Return
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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Chapter 3142 Let’s Launch Another Biography
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 3141 Respect the Mourning
Josias Rocha and his family returned to Lagoon City. Those who were waiting for them stayed in the mansion and greeted them cheerfully in the foyer. “WELCOME BACK!” Melissa, crying, embraced her parents, William, and the twins fervently. Josias greeted them with a light smile. “Where’s João Paulo?” William asked. “He went straight to his house. His kids needed to rest from the trip.” Melissa wiped her tears with her fingers. “Alan went straight to his mansion. Especially now that his mother-in-law has woken up from the coma.” “That was a scare; I thought we’d have two funerals,” Simeon commented. Everyone headed to the living room. “Is Paris very beautiful, Mom?” Mary asked. “Yes, sweetheart, it’s stunning. We’ll go shopping together another time, okay?” “Do you have pictures?” Ignacio asked anxiously. “Yes, son, we took some pictures.” Melissa sat on the couch, pulling out a package from her bag. Josias sat in the armchair, taking a deep breath. William approached him.
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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
