Amelia left Alejandro's house, her mind clouded by a mixture of worry, desperation, a tinge of rage, and even fear.

She had signed that contract—a gilded cage, a prison without physical bars, but bound by the most impenetrable ones. She knew she was doing what was necessary to keep Anaís close, but the sensation of having surrendered her freedom suffocated her. And she did not understand why being married to Alejandro filled her with more dread than being married to Sergio; it was a situation s