The Dark Secret of the CEO by Sofia de Orellana

Chapter 7 4
Everything was going well, far away the witches, there was only love in that mansion.
The weeks had passed slowly but happily. Luz’s belly was already a little bulge and Gerard was more than excited because that
night was the engagement party, after that they had agreed on three more weeks for the wedding.
Matías had confirmed that he would arrive with his parents, because they did not want to miss that event, they were willing to talk
to Luz to apologize and make themselves available for whatever was necessary, including taking care of their grandchildren so
that she could study.
And with grandchildren they talked about the baby on the way and about Charlize.
Apparently Matías had told them wonders about the little princess, although he had only seen her a couple of times.
-Highly strung? -asks Dan entering Gerard’s office when he is about to go home
-Yes, especially because we are nowhere near finishing our investigation... -he looks at that photo on the desk where the three
of them appear smiling and the other one where he goes out alone with Margaret-, I still don’t understand where my mother got
that she had a lover, but I think that doesn’t matter anymore.
-Only someone who had information could tell him, I’ve already told you... and the only one who can have it is Darcy.
Gerard leaves that portrait on the desk with a tired sigh, especially since he knows he’s right.
But is it true that his wife had a lover?
Perhaps that information, after so long, is no longer useful. But more than five years ago it might mean that he wouldn’t have
mourned his loss to such an extent.
-Anyway, I’m not going to ask. Now Luz is my present and my future, I don’t want to think about the past... not today.
Dan nods and walks his friend to the elevator, both of them laughing at Dan’s quips and who he’s going with. -I swear I wear it

just because I want to bother you.
-Did you seriously invite Alpha? Can you imagine a mobster in my house?

-No one would know. Only the men he trusts are supposed to know his face... and you.
-Are you crazy!
– Anyway, the girl is not bad and she told me that she would look for the most demure dress for tonight.
-I want to see that, see you in a few hours.
Gerard leaves the building and drives to his house, his home, that refuge that Luz has transformed it into. He can’t help but stop
smiling, knowing that all his friends and the circle in which he moves will already know that he will marry again makes him feel
nervous, but he knows that it is a way to protect the family from he.
Because in this way they will know that nobody touches Luz Méndez and neither do their children .
When he crosses the door, he can see the transformation that his wife has made in the house, she has had the furniture
removed from the living room, which has been replaced by a U-shaped table with a long white tablecloth and a path of pink
colour.
The glassware already rests on another table, and although there are only about fifty guests, the glasses easily serve two
hundred. She sees Evangeline walk by with one of the boys, as she gives them instructions, when she sees him she smiles at
him and walks over to him.
-Good afternoon sir. The queen and princess are getting pretty in Luz’s old room.
-Thank you, Evangeline.
He heads into the room with that smile that disarms even the seams of a jean. He knocks on the door and Luz tells him to come
in, when she peeks through the door she stays...lelo.
Luz wears a gray dress with pink flowers, the yoke is silk and the skirt is tulle, it reaches her knees in the front part, but in the
back it falls a few centimeters lower. She has tied her long hair in a simple, loose braid, which falls down the side.

Charlize, she’s wearing the same dress, the same hairstyle, and they both look just gorgeous.
“I can’t believe it,” he says, approaching them. I must call God, because two angels escaped him and they are in front of me.
He kisses Charlize on the forehead, who takes the opportunity to give her a huge hug, then goes up to kiss Luz with all the love
he has for her, which is infinite.

-Do you really like?
-They look beautiful... it was worth skipping lunch at home, because this surprise is... you left me speechless.
-Now, you must go to get ready, because in two hours the guests begin to arrive.
-Of course, although I’m going to feel like a beggar by his side. Charlize laughs at Gerard and hugs him.
-Daddy, you’re very handsome, you’re going to look cute... although not as much as my Matías .
-Uncle Matías – he tells him -. He is Luz’s brother.
-Mmm... – she says pouting, which is funny to Luz and almost to Gerard’s sleep -,
He leaves there to get ready, locks himself in the shower and lets the water wash away everything in his head, from the desire to
kill a certain police officer to the fear that things will not turn out as expected.
When he goes out, he takes his new suit for the occasion, now he understands why Luz gave him that gray tie with pink lines. He
looks at himself in the mirror, sighs a little and walks out, ready to finish the preparations for the evening.
Luz and Charlize are downstairs, he finds his wife, scolding Evangeline because she hasn’t changed, since she will be at the
party as a guest, both Luz and Rafael gave her that category for tonight, although Rafael wants to give her a higher category in
her life, rather than accompanying her friend’s engagement.
One that is closer to his left pectoral.
The couple hold hands, looking at how beautiful everything has turned out, while Charlize asks
one of the waiters if you can give him a piece of brownie.
An hour later, the first guests begin to arrive, the first surprise is Dan walking arm in arm with Alpha... Gerard knows because he
knows her, but she makes a gesture with her index finger to her lips so that he does n’t say nothing. He laughs, because he has
immediately realized what is happening, Dan does not know who he has arrived with. And so, the engagement party begins with
the first surprise. We will have many more, several happy, emotional and comical, but only one will be a real disaster, the one
that will mark the lives of a few people in the place. .