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 was honest. Most people wrapped their words around Alejandro like silk. Mariana handed him truth without padding.

He nodded slowly. “Fair.”

She flipped the sandwich. “I don’t want rewards. I don’t want interviews. I don’t want to be called a hero. I just want them safe.”

“And you?”

Mariana blinked. “What about me?”

“Do you want to be safe?”

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