"To my house" I answer tiredly. All I want right now is to put my feet up and sleep very comfortably.

I feel his hand on my thigh, and my whole body tenses up immediately.

"Relax love, when we get to your house I will make you see stars!"

"What do you mean?" I ask holding myself back from screaming.

"You're going to cum so much on my cock" he answers me smiling and I feel my stomach turn.

"No-No... We're not going to have sex!"

"Why not?" he removes his hand from my thigh, I breathe a relieved breath.

"Because I don't want to" I answer with a firm voice.

"So I have to accept a child that isn't even mine, marry you in two weeks and you don't even want to give me the piriquita? Or better yet, we've already been going out for a month and you haven't even given me a tongue kiss.

"Isn't your dream to have a family?

"I want to fuck you!

Now I'm the one with the incredulous look in his eyes, my mother's words come back to my mind: "You're just a slut that will be eaten and thrown away.

"Stop the car" I command.

"What?"

"I told you to stop the damn car, stop it now!" I speak loudly and he brakes sharply.

I open the door and get out, but before I close it:

"You're a disgusting man, you shouldn't even consider yourself a man!" I slam the car door hard." **

I shake my head to push these memories from my mind, I am feeling hopeless.

"Don't worry sis, we'll find him" he speaks confidently.

During this year and a half, I met more than two hundred men, and among them seven agreed to marry to adopt the girl, however, they wanted something "more", ahead of time and even though I really wanted to adopt this girl, I couldn't get into bed with any of them. Of these seven, five came to meet my little girl, but she didn't like any of them and got naughty.

After fifteen minutes I park in front of the orphanage and take a deep breath, I will kill the longing of the weekend away from her.

[Leandro Silva's vision].

"Leandro" I hear Mr. Gustam's voice and stop walking, I turn to him, it is not common to meet him here.

"Is there a problem sir?" I ask worried, could it be that there was an error in my sector's reports? Impossible, Aya always checks everything.

"No, no, you and Aya always do a great job" I feel relieved, then he continues, "It's something else."

"What?"

"My son is coming home from a trip, he finally finished his studies and now he will take my place as the president of this company."

His words weigh heavily on my mind, I feel the guilt weighing on my conscience, I have never apologized to Iuri for the things I said and did to him, but who would have thought that I would end up working for his father and, consequently, for him. I don't know how I will face him, but I hope he doesn't fire me, in just a single year I got a very high position, now I live well and have my own house and family. Luana is four months pregnant.

Most of the memories I have are not good, I remember more than twenty-five years ago my mother married Carlos when I was five years old, my father had died in a car accident, he was drunk and hit a pole, the car exploded and he died on the spot, I don't even remember his face, all I remember is the beatings he used to give me and my mother. He left nothing, and in just six months, my mother met her "husband", at first he was nice, he was about forty years older than my mother, he treated her well, but after I turned twelve years old, he retired and became a disgusting old man, I couldn't even stand to be in the same presence as him.

After my father's death, I became a complicated child who only got into trouble and made fun of other people's faces. As time went by, practicing these things got tired of me, I won't lie saying that I became an example of a person, I did something with Aya that I know will never be forgiven, even though she told me to leave the past where it is, in the past.

I have never told anyone about what my personal life is like, not even to Suzanne, who is the reason I did what I did with Aya at that time. She never knew my mother, all I let others know was that I was a good looking guy and did super well in sports, they thought I had the perfect life.

I worked at night in a pizzeria, what I was paid was enough to disguise my real situation, my mother also worked, as a cleaner somewhere, I stopped asking, she always changed jobs because her retired husband constantly took immense pleasure in making our lives a living hell. But thank God, this situation did not last forever, I did everything to get out of that hole and give my mother a better life, because despite everything, she does the best she can for me, and I am even more grateful to God for opening my eyes and putting Luana in my life.

"I'm glad Mr. Stevens," I end up stammering, damn it!

"Well, I want you to arrive very early tomorrow and hold a meeting with the other directors, I will announce the arrival of my son," he says with a giant smile, despite everything I am really happy, I know as Mr. Gustam waited anxiously for the return of his son.

"That's fine," I smiles yellow. I'm afraid, but if he dismisses me, it will be well done for me, nobody told me to be an idiot like that.

Ah, that damn ball, I still remember seeing for the first time the hatred in Iuri's eyes:

** Without saying a single word, Iuri comes towards me, raises his closed fisted hand and lands a right punch to my mouth. He is much shorter than me, but I deserve it so I don't discount or defend myself, I just accept the punch.

"You are trash, a scumbag, what you did in that girl's life is unforgivable, you are worse than shit!" the truth hurts, what you say is unforgivable.

"I know." That's all I can say.**

Mr. Gustam's voice takes me out of my thoughts.

"Well, you can go now," he turns away and walks back the way he came.

I go to my car, and as I get into it I take my cell phone from my jacket pocket and type the message that will notify everyone, press forward and the message goes to all the directors informing them that they should all be at the company at seven thirty in the morning. The presentation of the new president of the company will last half an hour.

I take a deep breath, I will not be able to take my wife for a walk, I will be eating myself up with anxiety and fear until it is time to meet Iuri.

I look at my wristwatch and it is five o'clock in the afternoon, she is still at the orphanage, I will buy ready-made food for us. Since today is Aya's child's birthday, she should not arrive until eight in the evening. I take a deep breath, tomorrow will be a long day.

[Aya Millenis' Sight]

"Why are you looking like that?" I question Luana and she looks at me with a sad look.

"Come with me," she speaks and walks away from the room with the children, I follow her to the hallway where there is no one.

"Is there a problem?" I ask, but something tells me that it is a problem, and a big one.

She sighs and hugs her own body, this only makes the tightness in my chest increase.

"I have two pieces of news, Aya, and neither of them are good news."

"What is it?" I try to control my vocal cords that want to shudder.

"Well" she sighs and I hold my breath: first I want to thank you for all your effort and constant giving that you do. It's thanks to you, your sister and my husband that the orphanage hasn't closed its doors yet, however, they bought the orphanage's place and well... The children are going to be relocated to other orphanages in other cities."

I can't hear you right, I feel my eyes burning, I will never be able to bear to see Heloysie again, I have to do something, I can't let this happen. She can't be taken away from me.

"I know how much you love the girl, but there is a couple who want to adopt her, they are kind, I am sure they will take good care of her..."

"No, no, no," I repeat frantically as I shake my head in the negative. "They... they can't adopt her, I... I will..."

"I know how painful this is for you, Aya, I more than anyone else do, but think of her welfare..."

"I will adopt her," I interrupt her, "Her welfare will be mine to give!" I speak and the air starts to get heavy around me.

"You've been trying for over a year to find a husband, and unfortunately, you haven't even found a boyfriend. The truth hurts. Luana doesn't hold back her words.

"I'll manage, Lu," I say with my eyes filled with tears.

"You have to understand me Aya, my duty is to take care of these children, I can't let her live here waiting for you, she needs parents and many parents need a child. Don't be petty."

"I'm not being mean, but she wants me as her mother and I want her as my daughter!" my voice comes out shaky, my heart hammering hard in my chest. There has to be another way.

"Just wanting doesn't make the law act Aya, I know how special one is to the other, but she is only two years old, if I don't let the couple adopt her she will have to go to another orphanage and God knows what the people she will have to deal with are like, you know exactly what I am talking about."

Yes, I do. I don't want my little girl to be mistreated by anyone or to starve, to get absurd punishments for nonsense. My heart squeezes, I know that the best thing to do is to let her be adopted, but my heart won't accept that no one but me can be her mother.

"I... I can't accept it," crying tries to rise up in my throat, "Only I can be her mother..."

"Stop being selfish!" she vociferates loudly surprising me, it's not like her to lose her temper like this, "Look, it hurts my heart to have to separate you two, it hurts me a lot to be one of the ones responsible for inflicting suffering on you once again, but I need to think about what's best for her, Aya, please, I beg you to try to understand my side."

"And.. What if I get help? Someone to buy the orphanage back?" I am desperate, I know, but I need to fight for my daughter with all my heart.

"Only a miracle will make it happen" she sighs, I know that just like me, she doesn't want the doors of this orphanage to be closed "I'll give you that chance, but you'll have to find someone by four o'clock tomorrow afternoon, after that time, Heloysie will be adopted."

I know I swore I would never ask Mr. Gustam for anything again, but no amount of pride is more important than the smile on my little girl's face.

"Let's go back to the room," Luana speaks and walks back in front of me.

* At dawn in the apartment *

Now what? How will I ask Mr. Gustam to buy the orphanage? He and his wife have already done so much for me, I don't want to have to bother him again. It's past three in the morning, I can't stand still, I keep moving around. Every month I donate half of my salary, my sister donates a third and so does Leandro, I know it has always been little, but at least that would put at least three meals a day on the plates of the thirteen children inside.

I take a deep breath, I need to calm down, today Mr. Gustam has nothing scheduled, he will have the morning free, he always arrives half an hour before the other employees, I will go to the company at seven thirty, I usually arrive with ten minutes to spare, but I do not know how long it will take to convince him, better to arrive at the same time as him. But how will I convince him?

I already know, as soon as I open the door to his room, I'll do it like in the anime movies, he surely won't refuse!

I feel a little more confident, I go to the kitchen and drink a glass of natural water, then return to my room, set the alarm clock and lie in bed, I can't have a face full of dark circles under my eyes.

*At exactly seven thirty in the morning at the Stevens company headquarters*

The doors are only an inch away, my heart is beating so hard I can hear it, I try to control my breathing, I press my briefcase to my chest and feel the blood getting warm, after three years, I haven't kept much contact, nothing but good morning, how are you and take care, that's all. What the hell... After three, searching to ask for something that will take so much money.... I can't give back, I need to ask for help, I did my best during these two years.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes, now is the time, I know Mr. Gustam is behind his desk looking at some papers as he always does, every day, come on Aya, be brave, remember Zenitsu, he is the embodiment of fearfulness, but when it comes to Nezuko he turns into the bravest in the whole universe of the anime Kimetsu no Yaiba, be like him!

With my eyes closed, I open the door without even knocking, he is probably looking at me without understanding anything, I let my briefcase fall on the floor and still with my eyes closed I kneel down, put my hands on the floor and rest my forehead, I always see the anime characters doing this position to beg for something or to apologize, I need to beg for help. I fill my lungs with air, open my eyes and stare at the floor.

"Good morning Mr. Gustam, forgive me for entering your office like this, but I didn't know what to do or who to turn to, I'm desperate, I urgently need help, and ..." I feel a lump forming in my throat, but I can't go back, the words have to come out anyway, "I know it's very abusive of me, but please, BUY THE ZAIN ORFANATE" I shout the last part "I know I have no right to ask this ... But the children... They... They're amazing... They are very special..." tears are already coming out of my eyes, the image of Heloysie giving me her back and holding other people's hands invades my mind and my heart hurts, my voice gets weak and now it comes out only whispers "She can't..."

"Aya..." the voice of Leandro makes me stop talking, I feel my body freeze.

The tears stop, slowly, not yet believing the voice I hear, I lift my head, my eyes widen and tremble, all the leaders of the company are here, my eyes go through them one by one, the disgusted looks coming towards me are those of my parents, all the others look at me either with pity or disbelief. My eyes land on a tall brunette man. I know him from somewhere... Where have I seen those eyes before?

Iuri!

No no no, it can't be him... I don't want it to be him... but my heart tells me yes, it is. He's back.

He is so different, he is no longer as thin as before, now he has a body with more muscles than Leandro's was when he was a teenager - today he is a little chubby, thanks to the delicacies Luana prepares - his black hair is combed perfectly back and his beard is well done, his posture is totally different from what I remembered, he now seems to be dominating everything around him, I feel small and helpless before his superior look?

No, no, no, no... Why is he here? His eyes look at me, not like before, in a warm and loving way, at this moment they look at me in a cold way, for sure he didn't want to see me here. The tears come back, I asked God so much to see him one more time, but now that he is finally here, I realize that I am not ready, even after seven years, I still can't look into his face and apologize.

Unable to hold back the tears I pick myself up off the floor and run out of the room, I shouldn't have gone in there.

[ Iuri Stevens' Vision]

"Finally, my boy is back!" my father hugs me tightly and I reciprocate in the same way.

Seven years away from here, from my parents. During the vacations from one semester to the next, I dedicated myself to the academy and to learning martial arts. I worked hard to improve physically, and I am happy with the result. Today I look in the mirror and feel handsome, even though I am still tormented by Aya's words that insist on hammering in my head day after day.

"You have become a very beautiful man, my son," my mother also hugs me, and I lift her off the ground by the waist and spin around with her in my arms. How I have missed her.

"You look even more beautiful, Mom," I speak and release her.

"The years have favored us, honey," she smiles openly.

"How about we go to a pizza place, the one we used to go to when you were a teenager," my father suggests.

"Come on!" smiled, I really missed the pizzas there. I've never seen anything like it.

"You guys don't really change, let's go for pizza lunch? Really? When are you going to become adults?" my mother hasn't changed a bit.

"Once in a lifetime won't kill you, honey."

"Yeah, Mom, when was the last time we had pizza together?"

"Okay, this time I'll let it go!" she says smiling and we head for my dad's car.

I still like anime a lot, one of the few things I still keep from the past. But of course, I only watch it when I finish my responsibilities. My father has made the Stevens name grow a lot in the construction business, and I already have plans on how to make this name even more prominent.

The way to the pizzeria takes about five minutes, as soon as we enter the establishment, we choose a table. It is no longer as rustic as before, now it is modern, I remember the sound system that used to be here, where people would choose the music they wanted with chips, now there are only two televisions that are showing the newspaper, the same newspaper on both.

"It's a pity that this place isn't like it used to be," I say, observing the place.

"Yes, technology comes in everything. But the pizzas are still a delicacy, my son!" comments my father smiling.

I have missed them both a lot, they have always been loving and companions, I have perfect parents! I always wanted to have a relationship like theirs, but I have accepted that I won't be so lucky.

"What will you have?"

"Family size four cheese pizza," my father answers the waiter, the same order as always.

In less than ten minutes we are served. During the meal we talked a lot about how I went to college, if I met any special girls and stuff like that, I noticed the sad look on my mom's face when she said that I haven't met anyone worthwhile. I know how much she wants a daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter. But this will take a little while yet.

After eating the last piece of pizza, we went back to my parents' house. Tomorrow I will get my own place, I don't want to go on living with them, I am already twenty-five years old. I need to hold the reins on my life.

"Have a good night, honey," my mother kisses my cheek and leaves the room.

I look around, nothing has changed, my anime posters are still here in the same place. Sigh, I am still a big anime fan, but now I don't have as much time as before.

Seven years ago, Aya was sleeping right there, right in the next room... No! Don't think about her! I close my eyes and in a short time I manage to fall asleep.

The alarm clock goes off at half past six in the morning, I stretch out on the bed and after a few seconds I get up, with lazy steps I go to the bathroom and do my morning hygiene. The cold water from the bath rouses me from my sleep, I dry myself and put on the suit made by my tailor, with the comb I put my hair back. I look in the mirror once again, I let my beard grow because I read in a magazine a survey asking women if they like men better with or without a beard.

"Son, coffee," I hear my mother shout, I finish putting the watch on my wrist, come out from inside the bathroom and go to the pantry of the house.

At the table my parents are already setting their plates.

The meal lasts ten minutes, and as soon as my mother is finished we get up from the table and leave the house. I still remember the last social party I went to, I always found it so boring, I only went to see Aya, but she only went twice. That doesn't matter anymore, I would probably never see her again, and that's good.

It doesn't take more than twenty minutes until the car is parked in the company parking lot, I take a deep breath, from today on I will be in front of all this. I walk in front of my parents, the tinted glass doors don't let me see anything from the inside, however, they saw me coming and opened the door for me, Juliana, Aya's mother, I had forgotten that this woman worked here, she should have retired by now.

"Welcome, Mr. Iuri Stevens," she speaks softly, but it annoys me just to hear her voice.

I enter without answering, she swallows dryly, all the leaders of each sector are present, but I don't have time to notice the faces of any of them.

"Let's go to the presidential office" my father gives the order.

My parents and I go to the private elevator. They don't stop smiling for an instant, they are probably already planning the first country they will travel to on vacation. The doors open and we go to the president's office, which from now on will belong to me. Everyone enters and settles in, I observe the view from the glass wall, everything is more beautiful when you look from above.

"Well", my father begins and I turn to pay attention. "From today, my son will be the president of the Stevens company, he was away for seven long years, studying to be able to occupy the position and my wife and I can finally rest and enjoy our retirement, it's been a long thirty-five years here, working with each one of you was very good", he turns to me "Son, in these years that he was away, new employees entered the management of the company, I will introduce them, step forward, Marcos Decapri, director of HR and Leandro Silva, director of the economic development sector."

You have to be kidding me, I can't believe that the guy who spent his childhood bullying me is now one of the directors in the company. How did he get this?

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Stevens," Marcos extends his hand and I shake it.

I notice Leandro's hesitation to approach me, he must think that I will fire him as a way to get revenge for everything he did to me. Maybe I will fire him, but first I will see if he has changed and if he is a good employee and leader, I can't start by firing good employees.

"Sir..."

Her voice is cut off as the doors are opened simultaneously, a woman of short stature enters with her head bowed, who is she? I wonder if it's someone from the management who was late, she already started off on the wrong foot with me, I hate being late... What is she doing!? She kneels down and sticks her forehead on the floor, I have seen this position before, however, only in anime. Who is this woman? She must be a deranged madwoman.

"Good morning Mr. Gustam, forgive me for entering your office like this, but I didn't know what to do or who to turn to, I'm desperate, I urgently need help, and ...", she shuts up for a few seconds, her voice sounds soft, "I know it's a lot of abuse on my part, but please, BUY THE ZAIN ORFANATE", she shouts the last part, what does she think she's doing, "I know I have no right to ask this ... But the children... They... They are amazing... They're very special...", the voice gets whiny, and I don't understand why, but it bothers me much more than it should "She can't..."

"Aya...," Leandro calls her.

This can't be a coincidence, the world has to be playing with my face! This can't be the same Aya I asked my parents to take care of. She slowly raises her head, her big round violet eyes leave me in no doubt, it is her. I have worked so long to get her out of my thoughts, and now she is standing right in front of me! On her knees and crying. Her eyes look at me startled, surely she didn't expect to see me here. Denying with her head and crying eyes she gets up and runs out of the room, Leandro runs after her.

"She must have heard that the heir is single, manhunter," Marcos mutters, but I can hear him well.

"Well, you can go back to your sectors, I want only Mr. Marcos to stay," I speak giving myself up, I need information.

"Goodbye Mr. Stevens," they say goodbye and shake my hand.

"Goodbye son, and well ... Be wise in your decisions," my mother hugs me, and I hug her back.

"I will, Mom."

"Success, my son," my father hugs me too, then hugs my mother by the shoulders and they walk out together closing the doors.

I adjust my jacket and walk to my chair behind the table, Marcos remains standing, I signal with my hand for him to sit too, so he does.

"What can I do for you, Mr. Stevens?"

I take a deep breath, I know I didn't want to have any information about her, but now she works here, I may have to see her every day. I will have to have information about her, all these years that I have stifled this desire, have gone down the drain as soon as her eyes landed on me.

"Why did you say that about Miss Aya?

"Are sr. a friend of hers?" he asks with wide eyes.

"I'm the one asking the questions," I speak firmly.

"Well... For over a year now she has been dating over two hundred men, a different one every night or every week."

"Were you one of them?"

"Yes, Leandro introduced us last month," he pauses and scratches his head, "She wanted me to marry her in less than a month."

"Right," I feel disappointed. This information hurts too much. I should have gone on without knowing anything about her, "What does she do here at the company?"

"She works in the economic development department, as Leandro's secretary for two years."

I have actually lived to see them work together, which has happened in the years that I have been away.

"She has been making donations to the Zain orphanage for two years now, after she moved up in position, the orphanage can't get any more donations and things got critical, since then she has been manhunting. However, the building has been bought and the children will have to be relocated. Leandro's wife is the director there. I believe that's why she came here, because she couldn't get a richer husband than her competitor."

"Thanks for the information, you can go now."

"Okay," he gets up and leaves.

I spin in my chair and watch the cars rushing down the street, I just wanted distance from her, I thought I would never see her again and to increase my surprise even more, besides seeing her, I also saw Leandro again and from the scene, the two of them are now friends.

She is even more beautiful than before, her body has many curves, her breasts before hidden by the wide blouse of the school uniform, are now almost protruding through the small buttons of the white blouse, her hair is even bigger, but her eyes? Although they stared at me in a frightened way, they still seemed to be innocent, but I know they are not, she is a man-hunter, she is now a slut. Sigh, I really didn't want to know about these things. I didn't want to be bothered like that, it's her life and her body, she who decides what to do.

"What are you talking about!”, I ask confused, “Our parents are friends,” I try to justify myself. “They always had dinner at home, and for me it was also a surprise when you showed up....”

“You're a liar!” He rolls his eyes, “That dinner?” tears fall from her eyes again, my heart clenches, even more because I don't understand the real reason, “My mother made me go, just because the spoiled son of her bosses was in love with me. I'm sure you just wanted to use me like Leandro did, you must be the same, two unscrupulous bastards who think they can do whatever they want without....”

“Don't compare me to him!” I never lie to you, I have never thought of using you, because I don't....

“Because I never gave you the time of day," she screams hysterically, "I never even noticed you in the room, a prickly ugly man who thinks he has money and then wants to manipulate everyone around him! All you're going to get in life are women who only want you for your money, because you have nothing else to offer!”

“I've never thought I was better than anyone,” I say wearily- “nor have I forced you to do anything, I know I'm not the prettiest, but…”

“Go to hell, you invisible piece of shit!” she interrupts me, with a sad face, “I want to fuck you and all the others!”

“Aya…, " I shake my head, this is no time to remember these things.

Aya, Aya, what am I going to do with you?