CHAPTER 243 — The Ring That Was Lost… And the Life That Began

Ayden had organized that dinner with almost superstitious care, as if he feared that any small mistake might ruin what was about to happen. The table had been set early: fresh flowers, glasses lined up with precision, and an expectant calm that seemed to foreshadow something important.

He had invited everyone. His parents, both sets of grandparents—Carlos and Olivia—and also Fabián and Isabel, who always arrived with that mix of sha