Irresistible Boss Succumbing to Your Touch (Maria Anita) novel Chapter 442

S3–Chapter 40

Manuela’s POV

When my father and brother arrived, their reactions were very silar to Olivia’s. They looked at me in bewilderment, and my father had tears in his eyes.

“Is nobody going to give me a hug?” I put my hands on my hips and complained, as they both stood frozen in front of me, staring.

“Manu, what happened to you?” My brother asked and finally hugged me tightly.

“A friend helped me update my look. What do you think? Does it suit me?” I said excitedly and spun around.

“You look beautiful, sis!” My brother’s voice was choked with emotion. “Those eyes…” My brother was overly emotional, which left me confused as I looked at him. “Where are the braids, the bangs that used to hide your eyes, and those rosy cheeks?”

“Your sister isn’t a little girl anymore, honey,” Olivia answered for me with a smile.

“She certainly isn’t.” My father cleared his throat and pulled me into a hug. “My little girl, you look beautiful!”

“She looks so much like–ow!” I heard my brother say, but he didn finish saying who because his wife was glaring at him.

“Stop comparing people, Cam. She looks like a movie star, she’s so beautiful,” Olivia scolded her husband and smiled back at

1. me.

“But, Oli, she…” My brother tried to say something else, but Olivia almost growled at him. I found it so curious.

My father wiped his eyes and pulled me to sit beside him on the couch. He was looking at me in a way he had never looked at me before. Wow, he had really missed me!

“First, I want to know about your boyfriend. Does he treat you well” my father asked while hugging me.

“Couldn’t be better,” I replied happily.

“And why didn’t he come with you?” my father wanted to know. “I want to meet him, Manu.”

“He wanted to come, but he’s a detective and he’s on duty today, and I was in a hurry to sort something out with you,” I explained.

“A detective?” my brother asked, impressed. “You leave here as a little girl and come back all beautiful, grown up, and dating a detective? Are you really Manuela?”

“Don’t be silly! Of course it’s me. If you had visited me, you wouldn’t think I’d changed so much.” I laughed at how impressed they were with my transformation.

“Well, I’m going to visit you. I want to meet your boyfriend. He seems like a good person and seems to care about you a lot, but I want to meet him,” my father said. “Daughter, you said you needed to sort something out with me, what would that be?”

“Dad, a friend invited me to live with her and I decided to accept, so I want to give up the apartment you rented,” I said all at

once.

“Wait, wasn’t it your boyfriend who invited you to live with him, Manu?” Olivia teased, and I felt my cheeks burn.

“Sweetheart, no need to be shy, you know I don’t share your mother’s views, and I know nowadays it’s natural for couples to live together. You can tell me the truth,” my father said, thinking I was telling half–truths, which I kind of was.

“No, really, it was Samantha who invited me to live with her, and it’s been a while,” I explained.

“I really want to meet Samantha,” Olivia often spoke with Sam on the phone, and they already considered themselves friends.” Can I come spend a weekend with you?”

“Whenever you want, Olivia, you know I adore you,” I replied, excited about the possibility of having family a bit closer.

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“Alright, my daughter, you decide where and with whom you’ll live. I’ll need to go there to sign the lease termination. Until when do you plan to stay in the apartment?” my father said.

“I’m going to move out immediately. I even took the liberty of bringing the documents for you to sign. That way I can sort everything out there, and you can stop paying that expense. When you come, it will be solely to visit me.”

“Very good! I like seeing this initiative. And what rent amount did you agree on with Samantha?” my father was already thinking ahead.

“She won’t charge rent. The apartment is hers, and we’ll split the bills, but don’t worry about that my new job pays well, and I can handle the expenses,” I explained, trying to reassure my father

“I’m so proud of you, sweetheart.” He kissed my forehead. “But you know I would like to keep supporting you there.”

“I know, Dad. But there’s no need. If I need help, I’ll let you know,” I said confidently and proudly.

My father signed the documents, and we spent a long time talking. He warned me about my mother and my younger brother and asked me to be careful, saying it would be better to stay away from them. From everything he said, I thought that was indeed the best course of action.

“Dad, will Mom ever give up on this – trying to bring me back and get me married?” I asked, feeling upset.

“She’ll tire of it eventually, honey. But right now, she’s out of control. To be completely honest, I can’t stand her anymore. I’ve been thinking about filing for divorce.” It was the first time my father had mentioned this.

“You should have done that a long time ago, Dad. I understood you staying with her to protect Manu, but now my sister has spread her wings and doesn’t even live here anymore. And you know you can stay here as long as you want,” my brother

supported.

I knew my father had been enduring my mother because of me – I always knew – and I really did need him, but it was time for him to break free from that failed marriage. My mother made his life hell, always fighting, screaming, breaking things around the house, accusing him of having affairs, even though he had never cheated on her. He was living in hell, and it was because of

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