Chapter 2: The Family Empire Cracks
Chapter 2: The Family Empire Cracks
Within an hour...
Alejandro summoned every member of the Aranda family to the mansion.
His mother arrived first.
Elegant as always.
Marcela followed, wearing a smile that vanished the moment she saw Valeria sitting beside Alejandro.
Wrapped in a blanket.
Holding the recorder.
"What is this about?" Doña Esther asked calmly.
Alejandro didn't answer.
He pressed Play.
The room echoed with weeks of hidden recordings.
Threats.
Insults.
Cruel laughter.
Plans to isolate Valeria.
Even discussions about hiring someone to frighten her into leaving the marriage.
Marcela's face turned white.
"Those recordings are edited!"
Alejandro remained silent.
Then the head of household security entered.
"I've completed the review, sir."
He connected a laptop to the television.
Security footage appeared.
Doña Esther entering Valeria's room while Alejandro was overseas.
Marcela grabbing Valeria's arm.
A nurse secretly delivering medication that had never been prescribed by Valeria's doctor.
Alejandro slowly turned toward his mother.
"How long?"
She lifted her chin.
"I was protecting our family."
"You married beneath your station."
"She never belonged here."
Alejandro stood.
For the first time in his life...
He looked at his mother as though she were a stranger.
"No."
"You stopped being my family the day you chose cruelty over love."
Before sunset...
Doña Esther and Marcela were ordered to leave the mansion.
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Neither of them realized...
Their greatest loss had only just begun.
