"Originally, I only owe you one life, now owe you two, Adelaide, how can I give it back to you?"
The large room was empty because no one was there. At the moment Antonio lied on the big bed tossing and turning. It was Adelaide lying alone here, waiting for his "favor", but now she was not home today, or she did not go home for several days!
Antonio took a deep breath to sniff the smell that belongs to Adelaide. It was a long night and he felt lonely. He now finally understood Adelaide??s mood waiting for him to come back every day.
He drove past the supermarket and bought her favorite snacks. When he opened the door with two big bags full of snacks, Damla said that Adelaide had not come home yet. The things in Antonio's hands were scattered on the ground. He thought of the picture of kidnapping and robbery. With his hand trembling, he made a call to her, but she didn??t pick up. He tried several times before the phone was put through.
She said: I am at Hanna's home, goodbye!
She never said goodbye to him. In the past, he hung up the phone after he made order to Adelaide and not it was his first time to hear the "toot toot" sound after she hung up the phone. He could not tell how he felt but felt like he had lost the most important thing.
It was a sleepless night. Antonio had insomnia for missing a woman. He came to the company with two big black circles under his eyes, without knowing what was waiting for him.
Oscar prepared coffee for him in advance, and there was always hot coffee when he arrived at the office.
Antonio looked up and drank all the coffee in the cup in one breath. He smiled and asked Oscar to make him a cup of instant coffee. After Oscar left, he secretly pinched his eyebrows and his upset mood did not subside.
At the board meeting, he spoke briefly about the company's problems in the past few months, which were well addressed, and then talked about the future. One shareholder could not stand it. For him, contribution to the company was not important, the key was how much many he could earn from his shares, but contribution and dividend was proportional.
The old man was about fifty years old. His sallow face had spots, and his eyes were so small and narrow that it was hard to tell if they were his eyes without careful observation. His Mediterranean hairstyle and beer belly made the man's age obvious.
"Mr. Antonio, did you succeed in bidding for that piece of land?"
His mouth was full of yellow teeth.
Antonio touched the tip of his nose in disguise. He had no need to conceal that matter. Very soon everyone would know. He pressed his lips and said, ??I lost the bid!"
??What???
The old man got up in shock, "slap" on the table with his big palm. By this, everyone looked at Antonio, as if to ask him to give everyone an explanation.
It was true that the first bird got shoot. Antonio frowned, feeling annoyed to that man, ??Yes, I do not want to explain about it, and I have fired the informer."
His words hit the nail on the head, and these people were still a bit flabby.
Fired?
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