At the cinema at night, Angela and Gustavo meet. They don't go to the box office to buy a ticket, but to a secluded corner to chat without being discovered or disturbed.“Friend, what is so urgent that it needs to be said like this, on the sly?” Gustavo is curious.“Gus, I need to tell you about what's going on.” Angela is distressed, “A crowd is growing against my marriage, saying that Josias and Melissa should get back together.”Gustavo narrows his eyes, “But do Josias and Melissa want to come back, or is it just the crowd?”“I'm sure Josias loves me and Melissa won't give up that handsome maître d'.” Angela smiles yellowy, “The problem is the crowd talking and honking in their ear all the time. One day one of them is convinced.”Gustavo wiggles, “I don't believe Josias is one of those guys who go along with what people say.”“So you think I should talk to Melissa?”“Who exactly is raising this question?”“Uélton Freire, my man’s best friend.” Angela scornfully responds, “That big-
Lilian suddenly appears and slaps Angela on the back so she can stop choking. J.J and David are desperate with her bluish face.“Mummy, MOMMY!” David screams at the top of his lungs.Josias gets up to help, but Angela doesn't want Josias's big hand to break her ribs, “OK, OK, I already unlocked the throat! Sorry, guys.”“What a fright.” David pouts.Josias pats his children's heads, “Calm down, boys. It's okay, no one here is going to die.”Lilian offers, “Anything else, ma'am?”“You may leave, Lilian, and thanks for your help.” Angela thanks her with a smirk, “Josias, why did you ask me that question just now?”Josias sits back down with a puzzled face, “What? What question is that? You took a while to get home and I wanted to know if everything went well.”“I told you I was going to be late.” Angela responds without daring to face Josias, “I had some backlogs to take care of.”“I think I will follow up on your observation of putting together a client service team.” Josias smiles, “T
Josias nods like a teacher who catches his student pranking in the back of the class, “Vernon, you like to cause trouble, huh?”Vernon lets out a chuckle, “I'm like this, what can I do? I love strong emotions.”“Who are we talking about this time?” Josias looks at Elza.“We're talking about Katherine.” Elza responds by looking at the clock on the wall, “I hired her, but the lazybones didn't show up for work.”Elza cleverly omits that she called Katherine at the last minute.Josias frowns, “That girl should go back to the country. It would be the best thing for all of us. The problem is, the only person who could stop her is also here.”“Who?” Vernon asks.“Jock Russo, her cover husband. He's quite robust and attractive, he might as well put out her fire.”“But the boy also wants to try life in the big city,” Elza responds by guessing the former foreman's mind.“And can I blame him? If anyone denounces Ephraim Bezerra, Jock will also be arrested for being an accomplice.”“OK...” Elza s
Katherine rubs it in the face of the enemies that she managed to arrive in fifty minutes, “See? Madam ordered me to arrive in an hour and I arrived with ten minutes to go!”“But my mom was about to tell Jane to fire you, which means you're late!” Josias thunders.Katherine breaks the snobbish smile and outrages, “What? She perfectly told me to arrive in an hour! Why did you hire me, you common old woman?”Elza puts her hand on her glabella, “To have the pleasure of firing you, you insolent! And apparently, that won't be long. Why did you come to my office?”Katherine again feels lost and dazed, “But... if I don't come here, how would you know I came at the appointed time?”Elza doesn't answer and confuses Katherine's mind, “It turns out that ten minutes from now the hired maids will have training with the head of staff in her office! Go now to Mrs. Rosales!”“And who is Mrs. Rosales? Where is her room?”“NINE MINUTES!” Elza screams like the lioness and Katherine escapes leaving her so
The next day, Melissa is standing in the living room of the Mountain Penthouse, waiting to be answered by phone. The radio sets the room with the song “You Are Not Alone”, by Michael Jackson.At the Rocha mansion, Lilian answers the call from the hallway, “Hello?”“Lilian, long time no see. This is Melissa.”Lilian smiles, “I recognized your voice, madam. Do you wish to speak with Master Josias?”“Actually, I'd like to talk to Angie. Is she there?”Josias walks past Lilian and she holds out the mouthpiece to him, “Sir, Melissa is on the phone.”Josias more than quickly picks up the mouthpiece, “Hello, Melissa!”Melissa is startled when she hears Josias's powerful, magnetic voice, “What is this? Is Angela taking male hormones?”Josias laughs, “You fool, it's Josias. What you order?”Melissa smiles friendly, “I'm not in charge. I wanted to talk to Angie about the wedding.”“Angie is deservedly at a spa they opened in Sunset Village,” Josias responds smiling.“Soon we will be spa compani
Josias is embarrassed to hear Melissa inform him that she intends to bring Kelvin to the penthouse. Melissa senses his nervousness.“Hello? Josias, are you still there?”“Yes, Melissa, I heard.”“But as seen, you didn't approve of the idea.”Josias clears his throat, “Melissa, I have no right to stop you from doing anything. You guys already changed the name of my old penthouse, it’s only fair that Kelvin moves there.”Melissa smiles and her tone is reassuring, “Don't worry, Josias, Kelvin will sleep in another room. In fact, he was quite embarrassed by my request.”Josias reassures himself, “He knows the great responsibility he has.”“Okay, Josias, that's what I wanted to say. Let Angie know when she gets back.”“See you around, Melissa. Bye.”“Goodbye.” Melissa turns off the phone and radio. She looks at her wristwatch, a gift from Josias...******At Crystal Blue, Frederick and Benjamin clean tables and chat.Benjamin complains, “My stepsister escaped from some forceful acting. I t
Josias and his partners are talking about the possibility of expanding Rocha Constructions.He continues, “Let's look at the benefits of setting up a second office in Victoria: we have two teams of builders just in the capital, one led by our friend Milton. We have projects and clients that call here, wanting to have their homes built or renovated. We can expand HR there as well.”Tiago nods, “Yes, we can handle the hiring and firing of employees who live in and around the capital. Less work for Vânia and her helpers here.”“Then it's settled!” Josias pretends he slammed a hammer with a clenched hand on the table, “Meeting adjourned.”All gentlemen get up. Tiago approaches Igor.“Little brother, don’t you want to take the opportunity to be the legal representative of Victoria’s teams?”Igor is surprised, “Me, working in the capital? Why?”Tiago smiles mischievously, “Because someone told me that Stacy Moreira is still single.”Igor raises his eyebrows pleasantly, “Really? Did our boys
Josias returns to Rocha Constructions and finds Angela at the desk with a new hairstyle and well-groomed skin."Good morning, my love!" He greets her, “I can see that the SPA did you good.”“Yes, thank God. It’s a wonderful place, dear, I advise you to go.”Josias leans down and kisses her lightly, fearing to spoil the work done, “Melissa is also looking forward to going with you.”Angela breaks her smile and has a slight tremor, “And how does she know I went to the SPA?”“She called the mansion, but you were already gone.” Josias responds calmly, “So I informed her. Oh, and there's more: she confirmed her presence at our wedding.”Angela gets more scared, “Didn't she say she was going?”“Angie, her parents said she was uncomfortable showing up at the mansion. Remember, she was my first girlfriend and wife. Now she's slowly getting over what she's been through, living in the penthouse again and getting engaged to Kelvin.”Angela forces a smile and reassurance that she didn't have, “OK