HERNAN AND GABRIELA BOOK 1

By Graceguya1

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This is a re-writing of the Grimm's fairytale, Hansel and Gretel as a Telenovela. It is the first book of a t... More

CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
EPISODE 52
CHAPTER 53
CHAPTER 54
CHAPTER 55
CHAPTER 56
CHAPTER 57
CHAPTER 58
CHAPTER 59
CHAPTER 60

CHAPTER 3

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By Graceguya1

A little while later, the doctor comes out and says the child will be fine but will need bed rest for a week. Shortly after, she calls Hector and updates him. By the time they leave, it is nearly 9pm. They drop the child and Antonio says he will drop Gina home. She refuses, saying she can get herself home and does not want to be seen with him anywhere out of work. Gina moves to open the door and leaves. Antonio follows her out. He holds her and makes her face him. Gina looks, at Antonio's eyes. She has looked at him severally before but she has never seen him. The moment is becoming very bizarre, and uncomfortable, so Gina pulls away. Antonio leans onto his car and faces her. He asks her why she insists on contradicting him every time, even, when his idea is much more practical.

It is cold and Gina had no sweater. She begins to shiver. Seeing that, Antonio removes his jacket and wraps it around her. Gina turns ready to insist she does not need him to do so, when their faces meet, and they kiss, for a few minutes. Gina then pulls away and turns. She decides it will be easier to just get into the car. Antonio gets in and wants to talk about the kiss. Gina insists it was a mistake, which would not happen again. Antonio takes her to her house and even greets Hector and Aurelio. Much to Gina's horror, the two tease her mercilessly about Antonio. She rolls her eyes at them.

The next day, Gina dreads going to work, remembering the kiss with Antonio. She hopes not to run into him. Luck is however not on her side. Some of the computers have problems, and Antonio is assisting the technicians in repairing them. Antonio watches Gina working with two colleagues, in the next room (the walls are transparent and soundproof). He likes her, stubbornness and all. He will seduce Gina Ortiz. He can get any girl he wants and Gina will be no different.

A company that Montes de Alba corp. was to come and negotiate a partnership with comes in for a series of meetings. After they are done, they are treated to some refreshments. Gina hears someone call her name. She turns around. It is Horacio Saenz, her ex-boyfriend. She goes to greet him. He asks her to join them. Not wanting to be rude, she does. Antonio watches them. The scene bothers him, and he wants nothing more than to pull Gina away and kiss her senseless and put a stop to that madness. He however holds, it in. Gina works here, he will win her over. It is only a matter of time. Montes de Alba corp was to launch a new product, in one month and so everyone was busy. They are launching new flavors of crisps and yogurts. Press releases have to be prepared, posters designed, social media marketing and advertising done, among others.

At the end of the working day, Adrianna goes to the marketing department, to get a friend she was to ask something. Hector is sitting around with a group of friends. She asks if they have seen the said friend. Hector tells her the friend has stepped out a little. Soon, Aurelio enters, with Gina. Aranza also comes. She sometimes passes by and goes home with either Antonio or Adrianna. Hector introduces Aranza to Aurelio. He is captivated. People say Aranza Montes de Alba is beautiful, but the girl was a stunner in person. She had that unassuming serene beauty. The calmness of someone who was unaware of or self-assured in her beauty and was not trying too hard to impress anyone. Gina watches Aurelio staring at Aranza and shares a knowing look with Hector. Adrianna smiles as well. Aurelio and Hector turn to leave. Hector asks Aranza if she is not busy, she can join them for a little while. Aranza eagerly agrees.

Gina says Adrianna can come if she wants. Adrianna agrees and they all leave together. Aranza sees Antonio and calls him. Antonio looks at Gina; still thinking about the Kiss. Aranza asks if Antonio can join them too. Hector has no problem. Aranza looks at Gina. She says it's okay but inside, she wants to say no way. She still cannot forget the kiss Antonio gave her yesterday. He was annoying, bossy and he thought he was all that, but Antonio Diaz was a damn good kisser. They all leave together, in Antonio's car. Aranza sits in the front as usual. Alejandro asks about Adrianna's whereabouts, to a colleague, who tells him that she left with Antonio, Aranza, Gina, Hector and Hector, and Gina's cousin Aurelio.

Why was Adrianna getting so friendly with the Ortiz's? Could there be something with Hector? If so Hector had better watch out, Adrianna Alvarez was his and no one else's. Gina is trying hard to hide how uncomfortable she is around Antonio. They reach, and Aranza says she wants to make a fruit cocktail. Hector looks at Adrianna who jokingly says the cocktail is edible enough. Aranza makes a face and Antonio says that they should taste it because it is good and Aranza is a brat who usually gets her way. Aranza glares at him and asks Gina what fruits they have, and she says grapes, bananas, mangoes, and strawberries. Using those and honey and milk, Aranza makes some and lets it set in the fridge. Aurelio helps her clean up. Gina and Adrianna make some snacks. Everyone agrees Aranza's milkshake is delicious.

Later on Aranza, Adrianna and Antonio leave for home. Carlos and Helena are at home. Helena asks them where they were. The sight before her is uncommon. All three of the children coming from the same place, and together. Adrianna says from a coworker's house, for tea.

The next day at work, during lunch, Horacio Saenz comes to see Gina. They go to the cafeteria. Gina wonders why he is here. What does he want? Gina asks him what he wants. He says he still loves her. Gina tells him he needs to stop being ridiculous. She says that they have nothing in common and that a relationship between them would not work. She says that the spark is just not there. Antonio comes over and sees the unfolding scene. He passes them, and Gina watches him. She cannot explain, her attraction to Antonio. Gina remembers their early childhood before her and Hector's childhood took such a tragic turn. Antonio had not changed.

As a child, he would play pranks, on her and was always just as cheeky, while her brother would pick on Adrianna, almost like the boys had made a pact. She remembers waking up when she was about 7, and Adrianna, who was the first person to see her, asking why her hair was blue. Gina then looks into her mirror and screams. Antonio and Hector (then under his real name Hernan) come and laugh. Helena as usual scolds the children for making a fuss. As she often did, Gina wondered how everyone's lives would have been like had circumstances been different.

Would she still be attracted to Antonio or Hernan to Adrianna?

Horacio says something, and it passes Gina. She apologizes and says she just remembered something from her childhood. Antonio just can't quite figure it out. Yes, he did find Gina attractive, but it was something more than that. There was something about her and Hector that was familiar. What was it? Antonio often thought of that tragic event 16 years ago. How Helena and his father told him and Adrianna, that Hernan and Gabriela went abroad to live with relatives, the long search for the twins, and the declaration, that presumed them dead, after a year, of no proof of them being alive or dead.

Where could the twins be? Did they die in the forest, or since? If they were alive, were they plotting, revenge, would they unleash it on everyone including him, Adrianna, and Aranza? Antonio looks again at Gina. Would she give in to Horacio's pursuits? Antonio could tell there was a history. Where there once was something, couldn't it develop again? He has a feeling Ice princess isn't as uncaring as she seems, and feels something for him. The thought of Horacio having anything to do with Gina made his blood boil.

Meanwhile at the university:

Aranza has been trying to avoid her friends from the club. It still scared her how close she came to being assaulted. The friends had tried to reach out to her again but she had refused to reconnect. She ran into Aurelio again, and they walked together to the cafeteria. Aurelio asked her for her number. She gives it to him. He asked her if they could be friends. Aranza agrees. Aurelio tells her, if she ever needs anything, she could rely on him, Gina and Hector. Aranza thanks him again. He says it is okay because they are friends.

Some days pass, and Aurelio and Aranza, are walking together when they run into some friends of the two guys who were with her in the club. They give Aurelio funny looks, and ignore him, focusing on Aranza. They ask her if she wants to go with them to the club. Aranza says she is okay and has plans. The guys go on. Aurelio looks at Aranza. She asks him what the problem is, and he asks whether she is embarrassed to be seen with him. She says no. Aranza asks him what they are doing during the weekend, and Aurelio looks at her. She is one of a kind, and very insistent, spontaneous, and stubborn. The only other person he knows who is like that was Gina. In fact, come to think of it, they had a lot in common. Aranza tells him not to mind those jerks.

At the office, Hector runs into Adrianna and asks if she is not busy, maybe she could accompany him to the nearby mall. Adrianna agrees. Adrianna goes back to working on the media campaign for the launch, with her colleagues. At the end of the working day, Adrianna leaves with Hector. She asks him, what they are going to do. He smiles and says that it's a surprise. Alejandro watches them, Adrianna has gone on a few dates since they broke up, but it was only with Hector, that he had seen her in that manner. A relaxed, easy calmness. Hector was also the first guy in a long time she had agreed to go out with alone.

They walk and board a bus to the mall. Hector takes her to a bowling alley. Adrianna asks him if the balls will break her fingers. He smiles and says no. He says that there are balls to suit different strengths. Adrianna looks skeptical but agrees anyway. She is surprised at how much fun she has. They later play some video games before Hector takes her to get a cab. He removes money to give her Cab fare but she insists she will pay since he took care of the evening's costs. Adrianna greets him, and He smiles at her. In the Cab, she thinks about the past. She could not remember the last time she had had so much fun.

Adrianna goes back to the past. She misses the twins. Would all their lives be different if the twins had not disappeared? Despite what her Aunt Helena and Carlos said, she was sure the twins were alive, somewhere in the country. There was something about Hector that reminded her of Hernan. She remembered how he would tease her, and play tricks on her before the tragic events of 16 years ago. He would always do something like put toy rats, in her things or toothpaste in her hair and on her face. She asks herself if he was still alive.

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