The mother-in-law stormed in to punish her for sleeping late—but the moment she pulled back the blanket, what she saw made her scream and drop everything

everyone in town assumed she was mine because I never corrected them. I let Carlos believe what would hurt you both the most, because after twenty-five years of silence, I wanted you to feel one night of what I felt for twenty-five years.”

The words landed like stones dropping into still water.

Carlos’s knees nearly gave out. “Then Mariana and I aren’t—”

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