Chapter 16

“Your speech back there was amazing,” Renata complimented Santiago who had been walking down the hall with her for five minutes without uttering a word. “Hmmm,” Santiago hummed without looking at her, at least to acknowledge her. Why was he stiff all of a sudden? He only started behaving this way after he saw her exchange smiles with Domingo. “Babe, is everything okay?” She couldn’t help but ask because the silence was killing her. Santiago stopped, he stood on the spot, and then slowly he turned to look at her. “I’ll ask you this once, Renata. Is my father giving you a hard time at work?” His eyes pierced her skin, making her tremble and weak in the knees. Santiago had never called her by her full name. Never! Santiago was really concerned and she could see it in his eyes, but she didn’t know how much he knew about what was going on between her and his father. “Babe, I’m…” “You don’t have to lie, Ree. If he is making you feel uncomfortable or doing things that you don’t like, I’ll han