He didn’t scream.
What she felt was something worse.
Brutal clarity.
“I heard everything,” he finally said.
Rodrigo’s smile vanished.
Sofia lowered her gaze for just a moment, as if she were calculating.
Bernarda was the first to regain her voice.
“You’re upset,” he murmured. “That’s bad for the baby.”
“Don’t you ever speak to me about my son again,” Elena said, with a coldness she herself didn’t recognize. “Neither you. Nor any of you.”
Rodrigo stepped forward.
—You didn’t understand correctly.
“I understood perfectly,” she replied. “I understood that you married me for money. I understood that you’re with her. And I understood that you’re waiting for me to die so you can take everything.”
Rodrigo’s jaw hardened.
—Lower your voice.
—Why? Are you worried that the employees will hear the truth?
Bernarda stepped forward, feigning sweetness.
—Elena, you’re going through a difficult pregnancy. Sometimes a woman in your condition hears things and misinterprets them…
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