Chapter 71 — What I Never Expected From YouSofía held the envelope for a few more seconds, as if that rectangle of paper carried a weight that couldn’t be measured in grams, but in how it might change the way she saw him. She opened it slowly, sliding her fingers over it with a mixture of nervousness and curiosity, until the papers lay spread out across the table.At first, she didn’t fully understand what she was looking at. They were legal documents—property titles, stock transfers, and asset declarations. She had to read them twice, and by the third time she was already sitting down, her heart pounding.Adrián had left almost everything in his son’s name… with her listed as the legal guardian and administrator.The apartment, the stocks, the properties, the personal fund. He, who had always protected every inch of his empire as if it were part of his own body, now had practically nothing left.Sofía felt a strange knot tighten in her chest.“No… this can’t be…” she whispered, more

Chapter 73 — When the World Stood Still (Point of View: Guillermo Medina) We were walking fast. The hospital was already behind us, and Lili kept talking—outraged, radiant, beautiful. She had that energy that throws me completely off balance. That mix of righteous anger and piercing sweetness. And inside, I was burning. I wasn’t really listening to everything she was saying. I was too busy trying to memorize the way her lips curved when she spoke. “I was thinking about telling you something, Lili…” But I didn’t say it. Because I didn’t have the courage. Because I was afraid. Because I didn’t want to ruin whatever it was we were building between us. What if I kiss her before we get in the car? I thought. I was actually going to do it. I had no doubts anymore. But just then— The roar came. Like a furious lion. A deafening bellow that split reality in two. That sound is something I’ll never forget. The low hum that comes just before hell arrives. Everything changed i

Chapter 75 — Where Legs Tremble, and So Does the Soul(Point of View: Sofía Rojas)The hospital door swung open before my hand even touched the handle.Adrián was standing there.His face… wasn’t the one I knew.There was something in his eyes—a mixture of sleeplessness and anguish—as if he had seen something that had broken him from the inside. Dark shadows lingered beneath his gaze, shadows I had never seen before.Isabel held my right arm. Fabián supported my left.Even so, my legs felt like lead. Every step was a battle against the hollow feeling spreading through my chest.“Where is he?” I asked.My voice was barely a whisper, trembling—but it sliced through the silence like shattered glass.Adrián stepped toward me. His voice faltered before he even said my name.“Sofía…” he said gently, as if each syllable carried enormous weight. “Please… come sit down for a moment… my love.”That my love sounded like a desperate attempt to hold me back.But instead, it only fueled my urgency.

Chapter 77 — Screams in the Hallway (Point of View: Sofía Rojas) The hospital hallway was a hive of voices, footsteps, and murmurs, but in my chest there was only one sound: the frantic pounding of my heart, that muffled drum that knows nothing of shifts or clocks and yet insists on setting the rhythm of my fear. The cold lights, the smell of antiseptic, the distant screech of a stretcher turning the corner… it all felt like a movie frozen in place, and I was trapped inside it with empty hands. The nurses had just come out to say that Lili was still in surgery. They had removed the blood clot; she had survived the first critical stage, and now the orthopedic team was working to reconstruct her leg with steel pins. Her collarbone was broken, and one arm had a fracture that, they said, “did not compromise function,” but the reassurance sounded hollow, as if they were saying it for the waiting room and not for us. Hope and torture served on the same tray. Every minute, like a coin burn

Chapter 79 — Between Shadows and Promises(Point of View: Sofía Rojas)The hospital corridor felt like a frozen sea. No one spoke loudly; no one moved without weighing every step. The tension hung in the air like thick smoke that seeped into your skin. My hands were numb, my heart racing, and my body exhausted from waiting so long. Every time a door opened, a phone rang, or a stretcher rolled past, hope and fear flared at the same time.It was in that heavy stillness that Fabián Castell appeared. His presence filled the hallway as if he carried with him the echo of something we all feared to hear. His suit was wrinkled, his tie crooked, his face tired and stern. He stopped in front of us, drew in a deep breath, and spoke plainly:—They haven’t been able to locate Valeria. They searched her aunt’s house and carried out operations in three other locations… nothing. It’s as if the earth itself had swallowed her whole.The silence was immediate, brutal. Isabel pressed her lips together un