My husband took my stepdaughter to spend christmas with his ex and said i wasn’t her real mother… so i agreed to the divorce, accepted my promotion, and vanished before they returned

promotion.”

Oscar studied her carefully. “Does Alexander know?”

“No.”

“Does Camila?”

The question hurt. Mariana lowered her gaze to her hands.

“Not yet.”

Oscar leaned back in his chair. “You know they’ll blame you.”

“They already erased me,” Mariana said quietly. “Blame is just the noise they’ll make when they realize I’m gone.”

Oscar didn’t smile, but there continue reading …