Tuesday. Melissa is wearing a nightgown that looks like a Japanese kimono, with a cup of coffee in her hands. She turns on the radio and chooses a station until she listens to David Foster's song "Love Theme of St. Elmo Fire". Melissa smiles, believing the music is worthy for Mrs. Rocha.
Flávia appears in a hurry and only wearing a towel crossing the living room to her bedroom.
"Cousin!" Melissa catches her eye, "Did you use the bathroom on the other side of the penthouse?"
Flavia freezes as if she were a criminal. "Ehr... Is there a problem?"
Of course, there was a problem. In addition to Flávia risking pneumonia, there was also a risk that Caio would see his maid in that state.
Melissa didn't think about the danger of Josias seeing Flavia's beautiful body just wrapped in a bath towel.
"There is a bathroom near your room."
"Oh, I thought it wouldn't bother you." Flavia smiles yellowy. The bathroom Melissa referred to is
At the Crystal Blue Restaurant, Marcelo is delivering the day's menu to the receptionist."We managed to buy the escargot. Soon we will include the dish in our menu. And we have raised the price of the medallion, we are in increasing demand.""Got it, boss." The receptionist nods.Elisa enters breathing deeply and indignantly. Marcelo makes an aristocratic gesture and the receptionist walks away."Sister, what happened?" Marcelo gently takes Elisa by the arms and the two siblings sit at one of the tables."Melissa and Josias's married life has barely started and I already have to save them from a divorce." Elisa almost cries like a little girl."Who is in the way?""I suggested that they hire employees to maintain the status of Mr. and Mrs. Rocha. Well then, Melissa hired her cousin who lived in the Capital. That cousin has already hooked up with Josias and is using her tight uniform to seduce him."Marcelo is tender and admoni
Octavio is gathered in front of Romualdo, Josias and Tiago. He is excited and declares good news."I found it, gentlemen! A land in Saint Gabriel that will be perfect for our apartments. As the City Hall is building a College of Exact Sciences not far away, in addition to the value of the land, it will attract countless university students who will want to rent something smaller, a one-bedroom, as will be our properties!"Silva Constructions' partners clap their hands. Soon, construction will begin!"Congratulations, Octavio!" Romualdo is very anxious, dreaming about the money falling into his bank account. He turns to Josias, "Have you set up the special team, Josias?""Unfortunately, Uélton will be left out, if that's what you want to know," Josias responds seriously.Romualdo giggles. "Let me guess: he turns on the battery radio and keeps dancing to the music while he's working with high-voltage cables?""That's how he met that Nat
Flávia is struggling with the popcorn, all flustered, letting several grains escape when they pop into the pan. Dora appears and helps her."You picked the wrong lid, niece!" Dora picks up the correct lid and covers the pot. But, the kitchen is already full of wasted popcorn on the floor."I'm sorry, Aunt Dora." Flavia regrets."Go get a broom to sweep this floor."The doorbell rings, making Flávia feel in heaven."Better saying, go see Ms. Queiroz." Dora changes her mind.Flavia purses her lips. Another rich lady who came to snub and show off in front of others?She goes to the door through the living room where Stacy and Caio are already and opens the door for Elza. Elza frowns at the maid's tight uniform."My daughter-in-law couldn't buy a suitably sized uniform or are you so ignorant that you don't know the size of your clothes?""Listen here, you—" Flavia swallows the curses when Caio approaches
Saturday. People are celebrating Melissa's pregnancy at another barbecue at Tiago's house.Melissa is sitting by the food table being the center of attention. Around her, women are talking and giving their opinion about the baby."We have to prepare the baby shower," Isabel informs."I have no idea what that is." Melissa regrets."Don't worry honey, we'll help you," Elza assures her, and no one dares to deny it.Melissa looks at Dora and her mother nods.Near the barbecue, the men are talking."Jeez, but that Josias's mom is still cute, huh?" Teodoro comments slyly with a glass of beer in hand, "How did his father let this beauty get away?""The desire to stay at home for nothing spoke louder." Harold laments."Josias always speaks of his father in a mournful tone, without rancor." Uélton comments, "But the impression we have is that Mr. Rocha was just an irresponsible vagrant.""She hasn't had a chance to
Melissa drinks the entire glass of orange juice like it's brandy and slams the glass down on the table angrily."What are you doing here?" She asks, "Come to spoil the party?""I was invited by Tiago." Carmen uses Tiago as a trump card, "And so, you didn't answer my question.""I don't even care about your sister's life anymore!" Melissa responds sourly."Well, I keep your husband informed. So I'm going to conclude that it was a happy coincidence."Elza gets irritated. "Please miss, you are bothering my daughter-in-law."Carmen looks at Elza in surprise, understanding that she is Josias's mother, and walks away.Elza turns to her daughter-in-law. "Who is this nasty girl?""She's Carmen, the older sister of an enemy of mine." Melissa replies grimly, "We were best friends at school until she fell in love with my husband.""For many years this same unworthy girl caused my family a headache, led my eldest son astray to perdi
At the sound of "Forever By Your Side" by The Manhattans, Uélton and Flávia are looking at each other like two idiots.OK, Uélton is not attractive like Josias and has two huge ears, but love couldn't explain it to Flávia when it sent shivers to her spine and her skin was all goosebumps.Uélton, on the other hand, had completely forgotten about Natalia and is totally overshadowed by the brown girl in a maid's uniform (it's the second uniform that doesn't tighten on Flávia's legs).Caio takes advantage of their distraction and stretches his arm again, hoping to eat some crackling. Because of Wallace's presence, Josias appears and stops the boy from dropping the crackling dish on top of him."Oh, boy, in a little while you're going to order a glass of beer!" Josias takes Caio by the lap."I want!" Caio whimpers, typical of his age.Uélton and Flávia wake up from the spell."Why are
A few months passed. Flávia is wearing that uniform that doesn't tighten her legs and bust. It wasn't because of Elisa's insistence or Elza's disapproval; it was because she realized that Josias would never look at her with lust and desire.As Melissa's pregnancy progressed, Josias became a more loving, caring, and doting husband. He postponed a very important meeting with the company that supplies light bulbs to accompany her to prenatal care.When Carmen tried to reprimand him, he once again took merciless revenge."Josias, the owner of that lamp factory came here for nothing and waited for you in vain! I've never experienced such an embarrassment!" Carmen spat the words out like fire the next day."I ordered you to reschedule the meeting for today!" Josias snaps back with an icy expression, "Why didn't you obey me?""Mr. Silva said that you didn't say a convincing reason to postpone the meeting..." Carmen justified herself by lowering her
Pamela's eyes widen when she hears Adrian mentioning Vera. "Adrian, how do you know Vera?""As seen, YOU know her." Adrian smiles slightly.Pamela's friend senses an embarrassing conversation and slips away."Where can we talk? Are you in a big hurry?" Pamela asks eagerly, "I'm going to quit my job here, and then I can tell you some truth."Adrian raises his eyebrows. "Hey, what's going on?""Vera and I used to be friends, but now we hate each other."Adrian chuckles. "Pamela, you seem to be fighting a lot. Don't you intend to have a peaceful life?""If you wait for me, you will understand." Pamela piqued Adrian's curiosity."OK, I'll wait for you." Adrian nods.Pamela smiles and heads to Jorge's office. Only after that Adrian notices the baby stroller. After he broke up with Carmen, he never learned about the Chaves family's misadventures.Moments later, Pamela was sitting in the chair in front of Jorge's desk. T