CHAPTER 17
A FRIENDLY DINNER
Blanca and Carlos dug into a dinner of a rice stew with chicken. She was grateful they’d steered towards lighter topics as she couldn’t explain why the ringtone bothered her. It had something to do with her Brazil vacation. It had to be that.
He wiped his mouth with a napkin and leaned forward, his eyes filled with concern. “So why did you choose to come to Brazil for work?”
Blanca put down her fork. “Isn’t it obvious?”
Carlos shrugged. “Apart from the promotion, was there another reason?”
Blanca didn’t want to go there because she barely knew Carlos. He seemed nice enough, but men were always nice in the beginning. Their true colours didn’t come out until later in a relationship. When it was too late. Not that she was in a relationship with Carlos, but h
