CHAPTER 222 — The Morning Everything Changed

The bedroom door flew open.

Martín Saavedra stormed in with a deep frown, his face tense, his breathing heavy—the kind of breathing that belonged to a father who had already imagined the worst before even understanding what he was seeing.

Ayden and Milagros pulled apart immediately, both still barefoot, their cheeks still flushed from the warm kiss they had shared after waking up.

Milagros’s clothes were folded on the chair.

Ayden’s shirt lay at