Chapter 204 — One Month Left

The days after lunch at Fabián Castell’s house passed with a calm that felt far too strange. Ayden followed every clause of the contract with rigor, as if every action were his way of proving to Milagros—and to the entire world—that he was no longer the lost young man he had once been. He arrived early, worked with focus, avoided provocations, kept his office spotless, and, without anyone asking him to, stopped by the cafeteria before coming in to bring Milagros her