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

he looked at Mariana. “Please sit.”

The room froze.

Patricia let out a short laugh. “Sit? Alejandro, she’s staff.”

“She is injured,” Alejandro said.

Patricia’s smile tightened. “She bumped herself yesterday. She’s careless. I was actually planning to speak to you about her performance.”

Alejandro pulled out a chair himself.

Not near the wall. Not at the continue reading …