Chapter 44. Gains to Losses

Virgínia

I sighed, feeling tired because while it was just the two of us in Murilo's apartment, there were no demands on his part and I could just rest quietly, without getting into disagreements about anything.

He didn't even go to his grandmother's for lunch because he didn't want to leave me alone, even though I assured him I was feeling great.

But since I went back to work, Murilo started to insist on several things, like the idea of the chauffeur and his desire to introduce me to his family and tell them about my pregnancy.

The driver was something simpler to accept, and as he put it, I needed to think about the child I was carrying. But meeting his family was something much more complicated, and I still didn't feel ready, I didn't even believe I would be so soon.

"I don't feel ready to face your family right now, Murilo," I said what was going through my head "Why don't we leave it until a few weeks from now?”

"In a few week