CHAPTER 244 — The Ring That Was Lost… and the Life That Began (Continued)

They sat down to dinner, trying to enjoy what they had prepared. Their laughter was subdued, but their nervous glances gave away everything neither of them dared to say out loud. Milagros barely touched her food; Ayden talked more than usual, as if the sound of his own voice could dispel the anxiety that hung in every corner of the apartment.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Mía got up immediately. When she returned, she was