SHE WAS JUST THE MAID NO ONE NOTICED—UNTIL SHE TOOK THE SLAP MEANT FOR A LITTLE GIRL, AND THE MOST FEARED MAN IN THE HOUSE SAW EVERYTHING

caution. “There’s more. She has been telling staff that you plan to send Sofia and Diego away after the holidays because they’re becoming emotionally unstable. She’s been constructing a narrative.”

Alejandro rose.

No one in the room moved. Not Victor. Not the guards by the door. Not even the city lights beyond the glass seemed to shift. Alejandro picked continue reading …