The birth was three weeks early.
It began in the early hours of the morning, in the middle of a storm.
Rodrigo feigned concern.
Bernarda pretended to pray.
Sofia appeared at the hospital under the pretext of delivering urgent documents for the company.
And for twelve hours, Elena fought as if the whole world wanted to take her life.
There was pain.
Too much.
There were moments when she thought she wouldn’t make it out alive.
There was a moment when she saw Rodrigo by the door, looking more at his watch than at her.
And when the first hemorrhage came, he saw something even worse.
Doña Bernarda did not seem scared.
He seemed expectant.
Like someone waiting for confirmation of long-awaited news.
Elena wanted to speak.
He wanted to tell the doctor that he didn’t trust anyone in that family.
But another contraction tore his body apart.
Then everything became confusing.
White lights.
You cut off.
The feeling of falling from within.
And then, darkness.
When the monitor emitted that continuous beep, Rodrigo thought it was all over.
Dr. Salazar, on the other hand, noticed something that changed the scene.
While the team was trying to resuscitate her, one of the babies was still alive and the second showed a weak pulse that did not match what was stated in the official medical record.
He reviewed the internal studies.
Then he compared it to the secret ultrasound that Elena had given him two weeks earlier.
He understood instantly.
They had hidden the second multiple pregnancy in the central file.
Someone inside the system had altered records.
And if Rodrigo gained control over a single heir, he would have a legal way to touch part of the estate while manipulating everything else.
But if two children were born and the correct clauses were activated, he would be out of operational control.
The empire would not be his.
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