Chapter 56: Shocking News
The next day, a big fuss was made in the media and social networks. It was not about how magnificent Mr. Eustasio’s birthday banquet had been, nor about the important guests from different sectors, but about a love story about Orlando Moya.
“After a year and a half with no news of his wife’s pregnancy, it turns out that Orlando Moya has another woman now.”
“Entanglements of the wealthy, loving my wife’s sister.”
“True love surpasses aristocratic marriage”.
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There were these stories in the newspapers and more on the Internet, so, overnight everyone saw their love pictures everywhere and there were people coming out with extra information.
Vanessa didn’t know this, however, because she got up very late. And when she was going downstairs, she heard Felipe shouting and Mercedes was calming him down.
-She’s got some nerve! I’m going to kill her! Why is she messing around with Orlando?!
-OK, but don’t get so angry, be careful with your health,” Mercedes consoled him, as she put up with his physical discomfort.
She was also very angry, she even wanted to question Melina immediately, but before that she cared more about her husband’s physical condition.
-How can I not be angry? Why do I have a daughter as shameless as her? I should have thrown her out of the Cazalla family and left her with her greedy mother! Ahhhhhh!
-Felipe, Felipe! Are you all right? -asked Mercedes anxiously and Vanessa quickly got down the stairs.
-Dad! Mum, what happened to Dad? -Vanessa panicked.
Philip fell on the sofa with a pale face, he was clutching his chest and was in a lot of pain. Then Mercedes sat down next to him, caressing his chest carefully, while his face was full of worry and fear.
-Felipe, calm down and take a deep breath.
Vanessa called an ambulance and held Felipe’s hand to comfort him with Mercedes.
After a while, Philip’s face was no longer so pale, but his gaze was still lost and Vanessa was worried sick that something might happen to him.
However, Vanessa did not realise that Mercedes was also unwell at the time.
-Why hasn’t the ambulance arrived? -Vanessa muttered, her eyes watering.
A long while later, the sound of the ambulance was finally heard, but before they were relieved, Vanessa and Mercedes saw the figure of Melina.
-Dad, what’s wrong? -Melina asked, pretending to be very worried, and rushed over.
But really, Melina was thrilled to see that Philip had been so sickened by his anger towards her.
-I’m going to kill you, you bastard! -Philip scolded him.
Philip had calmed down a little, but when he saw Melina’s face, his anger flared up again and he glared at her fiercely. Philip then picked up what was next to him to throw at Melina, and Melina purposely allowed herself to be hurt.
-Dad, don’t be angry, even if it’s for your health,” said Melina in a trembling, worried voice, pretending to be his filial daughter.
-Get out, get out! -Philip shouted.
Her breathing was already out of control and her face was paler than before. Philip pointed to Melina’s face with a trembling finger, but could not say anything.
-Dad, don’t get angry, calm down.
-Felipe, you need to calm down.
Finally, the ambulance arrived and the doctors and nurses quickly got out of the vehicle. They immediately gave Felipe a brief examination and took him up to the ambulance after putting on the oxygen mask.
Mercedes followed in a hurry and Vanessa was half a step behind, who looked coldly at Melina and threatened:
-If anything happens to daddy, I won’t forgive you! -Vanessa shouted at him and left.
Melina was in the living room and raised a vicious smile.
-You won’t forgive me? -Ha! Vanessa, how long do you think you can last without Felipe’s help? I doubt Felipe can get through this attack and even if he does, his health will have deteriorated quite a bit. And I don’t think you can manage the Cazalla Group,” Melina said to herself, feeling proud of her triumph.
She had been living humbly ever since she came to the Cazalla family, she had suffered so much scorn from the people and she was finally able to take her revenge. Then Melina sat down on the sofa and could not control her laughter at the thought of the look on Felipe’s face.
-Ha, ha, ha, ha…
On the other hand, in the Moya family, Gerardo threw the newspaper he was holding in his hand in Orlando’s face and looked at him very fiercely.
-What is this?
-What happened? -Orlando asked indifferently and opened the newspaper.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.
When he saw the title and the intimate photos on the cover, Orlando’s face became somber, because he had never wanted to reveal his love affair with Melina.
-What publisher is it? How dare you report my affairs!
-This is not the time to argue about this! -He was so furious that he banged his cane on the floor. He’s deaf or what! I told you not to bring inappropriate people to Eustasio’s banquet. Look what they put in the papers! Shame on you!
-Grandfather, at this point, it’s no use scolding me,” Orlando replied impatiently.
-Then make this news disappear on social media and put some pressure on this publisher to hand over all the photos and close down their business. The Moya family should not allow themselves to be offended by these newspapers!
-Understood,” Orlando nodded coldly.
“I’m going to see who was the one who dared to publish my news after sending the notice, he has no need to exist in this world anymore.”
-Try to calm the Cazalla family down, because they will have seen the news by now. But I really don’t understand, why are you looking for Vanessa’s sister as a mistress? I’m ashamed of you! -said Gerardo furiously, because he was a man who cared a lot about dignity and decorum.
“Now, the entire reputation of the Moya family is shattered by my only grandchild!”
At the thought of the Cazalla family, Orlando’s face darkened, because he didn’t know how to deal with Vanessa’s parents. Besides, it was time to fix Melina properly, because this little girl had caused him so much trouble.
Then Orlando left with a sombre face.