My worlds are colliding

Romão

That's not how I imagined seeing Alexia again, she looked disappointed, I thought I saw tears welling up in her eyes, but she quickly composed herself.

Damn! I was apprehensive of the way she spoke to me, the overbearing and arrogant way of being hers. What do I want anyway? She caught me kissing another woman, in her place I would go crazy.

I walked away from the table and walked towards the reporting office and figured out what she asked me for, I don't even know why she wanted these reports and I didn't think it would be a good idea to ask.

"It's good to see you Alexia, see you again."

Wait a minute... did they know each other? I felt like my worlds were colliding.

"Who are you?" Alexia asked, looking confused by Mig.

"Don't you remember me? I'm Mig."

Alexia looked at Mig with an expression of recognition.

"What do you do here?"

From Alexia's voice, she didn't like this reunion.

"I'm the new marketing director and..."

"No! I want to know what you do in this room? This isn't your floor."

Oh shit!

"Ah, I came to call Romao for lunch, if you want you can come with us."

What did she think she was doing?

"No thanks! I already had lunch and I don't feel like holding a candle."

Shit, shit, shit!

"We are not together."

Why didn't Mig just shut up? I picked up the files I had separated and walked over to Alexia to deliver them.

"That's not what I saw."

I stopped, immediately, midway, when these words were uttered. Alexia looked at me seriously and I saw her jaw tighten. I took a deep breath, swallowing hard and went back to her handing out the reports. She snatched the files out of my hand aggressively, looked away from me and turned, heading for the door. I wanted to stop her from leaving, not before we talked, but Mig was there and she couldn't expose Alexia, she certainly wouldn't like that. Reaching the door, Alexia turned the knob and turned to us.

"Despite what company policy says, I can't stop my employees from relating, but I just ask them not to make the company a motel."

O! I can't believe she said that. Her Tom was still arrogant and overbearing, which embarrassed me and Mig, as well as practically throwing me into her arms.

That's not what I wanted, I needed to talk to Alexia right away. She left my office knocking on the door, I looked at Mig who was still embarrassed.

"Where do you know each other?"

"We were in the same room sophomore year of high school" Shit! And what a small world. "So, let's have lunch?"

"Yeah... I think it's better to leave it for another day."

"Why? Why did she say that? I don't care, I'm used to Alexia's arrogance."

As far as I could tell, they weren't friends, which made things even more complicated for me.

"No, it's not because of what she said," I lied. "It's just that I still have a few things to do before I go out to lunch."

Like, for example, talking to Alexia.

"Leave it for later, let's go! You need to get some rest."

I had forgotten how insistent she was.

"I sincerely appreciate your invitation, but I have some things to take care of and I can't leave it for later."

"You don't look like the same Romao I dated anymore."

"Like I said, a lot of things have changed, I've changed."

"I'm seeing!" She looked at me strangely, she didn't look like that sweet girl I dated. "Well, let's save it for another day then?"

"Yes of course!"

"It was good to see you, Romao."

I smiled back, wanted to say I felt the same way, but I really didn't know how she felt. After so long, he hadn't imagined that this reunion was possible, much less with Alexia witnessing it that way. I should have done something wrong in my past, be punished like that, you'll be unlucky around the next corner, no one deserves it.

Mig approached me and kissed my cheek, taking the corner of my mouth. She was never daring, at the time we were dating, she never took the initiative. From what I saw, she also changed a lot. Mig walked out of my office giving me a wink as she walked through the door. I preferred not to think too much about her bold attitude, after all, it's been a long time and we've all changed a lot. Why do I keep repeating this?

I waited a few minutes before leaving the room, just to make sure Mig wouldn't be in the hallways. When I left my room, I ran into Patricia, she was coming towards me.

"Hi? I was going to ask you guys to have lunch together with me."

Now everyone decided to invite me to lunch?

"I was going to talk to Alexia."

"Is she at the company?"

"She just arrived, I think."

"Cool! Come on, I want to see my sister too."

Damn! I wanted to talk to Alexia alone, it felt like I would have to wait a while. We walked towards her office and I felt a little nervous. She got me in an awkward situation, didn't know what would happen when we had a chance to talk. Patricia opened the office door without knocking and oblivious to my apprehension. Alexia had her back to the door, facing the glass wall behind her desk, looking at the buildings and movement in the street below. She didn't notice our presence right away, until her sister caught her eye.

"Alexia!"

Alexia turned to us with a serious expression and a glass of whiskey in her hand. Patricia ran to her sister and hugged her, taking her by surprise. Alexia put her free arm around her sister and hugged her, but it wasn't long before Alexia gently pushed Patricia away and walked towards the table, putting her glass down in the cup holder.

"It's lunchtime, what are you doing here?"

"I was going to lunch when Romão said you were at the company." Alexia looked at me quickly and then back to her sister. "I was expecting you to come back only Monday, what happened to come back so early?"

"Change of plans, a matter has arisen that requires my attention."

"What subject is it?" Can we help with anything?"

"It's personal, nothing to worry about" His famous personal affairs, which she never said what they were. "How are things going at the company?"

"It's okay. Things are flowing naturally, the company is growing, but you know, we still have a lot to do."

"Absolutely! After you guys have lunch, I want you to update me on all the progress."

"OK!" Patricia approached Alexia's desk and fiddled with the papers she had just taken from me. "What are you doing with these files? You know I like to scan everything and move it to your cloud so you have the documents whenever you need it."

That meant she didn't need to come to my office to get these reports, so why did she come to my office? He does...

"Oh… yeah…" Alexia seemed not to know what to say "As I'm here, I'd rather have the documents at hand."

She wasn't even convinced.

"Alright! You're home now." Alexia gave her sister a sad smile. "Can I organize a dinner at my mom's house today? She misses you and I promised that when you had a break, I would invite you to dinner at my house."

“Okay, schedule this. I don't have anything else scheduled for today."

"Is Romao alright, dinner tonight?"

I was surprised by the invitation, I didn't expect it, I thought it was just a women's lunch, but it wasn't what Patricia was planning. I looked at Alexia, waiting for some expression that she would tell me not to accept the invitation, but none came. She just looked at me, waiting for an answer.

"Of course! I would love to see Alessandra again."

"That's good! I'll leave you guys alone and arrange dinner with my mom."

Patricia left with her cell phone in her hand, calling Alessandra. I looked at Alexia looking for something to indicate whether or not she wanted to talk to me, but even though I didn't find any clues, I started talking...