Irresistible Boss Succumbing to Your Touch (Maria Anita) novel Chapter 442

Manuela’s POV

When my father and brother arrived, their reactions were very similar to Olivia's. They looked at me in bewilderment, and my father had tears in his eyes.

"Is nobody going to give me a hug?" I put my hands on my hips and complained, as they both stood frozen in front of me, staring.

"Manu, what happened to you?" My brother asked and finally hugged me tightly.

"A friend helped me update my look. What do you think? Does it suit me?" I said excitedly and spun around.

"You look beautiful, sis!" My brother's voice was choked with emotion. "Those eyes..." My brother was overly emotional, which left me confused as I looked at him. "Where are the braids, the bangs that used to hide your eyes, and those rosy cheeks?"

"Your sister isn't a little girl anymore, honey," Olivia answered for me with a smile.

"She certainly isn't." My father cleared his throat and pulled me into a hug. "My little girl, you look beautiful!"

"She looks so much like-ow!" I heard my brother say, but he didn't finish saying who because his wife was glaring at him.

"Stop comparing people, Cam. She looks like a movie star, she's so beautiful," Olivia scolded her husband and smiled back at me.

"But, Oli, she..." My brother tried to say something else, but Olivia almost growled at him. I found it so curious.

My father wiped his eyes and pulled me to sit beside him on the couch. He was looking at me in a way he had never looked at me before. Wow, he had really missed me!

"First, I want to know about your boyfriend. Does he treat you well?" my father asked while hugging me.

"Couldn't be better," I replied happily.

"And why didn't he come with you?" my father wanted to know. "I want to meet him, Manu."

"He wanted to come, but he's a detective and he's on duty today, and I was in a hurry to sort something out with you," I explained.

"A detective?" my brother asked, impressed. "You leave here as a little girl and come back all beautiful, grown up, and dating a detective? Are you really Manuela?"

"Don't be silly! Of course it's me. If you had visited me, you wouldn't think I'd changed so much." I laughed at how impressed they were with my transformation.

"Well, I'm going to visit you. I want to meet your boyfriend. He seems like a good person and seems to care about you a lot, but I want to meet him," my father said. "Daughter, you said you needed to sort something out with me, what would that be?"

"Dad, a friend invited me to live with her and I decided to accept, so I want to give up the apartment you rented," I said all at once.

"Wait, wasn't it your boyfriend who invited you to live with him, Manu?" Olivia teased, and I felt my cheeks burn.

"Sweetheart, no need to be shy, you know I don't share your mother's views, and I know nowadays it's natural for couples to live together. You can tell me the truth," my father said, thinking I was telling half-truths, which I kind of was.

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