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

it.

“You’ll regret this,” Patricia hissed.

Alejandro looked drained, older, but steady. “I already regret everything. Just not this.”

Patricia was escorted out through the front doors she once treated like an entrance to power. She didn’t look at Sofia or Diego. She didn’t apologize. She only looked back at the house, at the staff, at Mariana, and finally continue reading …