Chapter 3: The Truth Behind the Marriage
Chapter 3: The Truth Behind the Marriage
Across the city, Mariana entered the executive headquarters of Escalante Global.
Every employee stood as she walked through the lobby.
No applause.
Only respect.
Her father, Eduardo Escalante, waited inside the boardroom.
"I hoped you would never need this chair."
Mariana looked at the empty CEO's seat.
"I hoped my marriage was real."
Eduardo sighed.
"You loved him."
"I did."
She touched the wedding ring still resting on her finger.
"I married Andrew because I believed he loved me—not my family's name."
"So you hid who you were."
"Yes."
She had insisted on using only her mother's maiden name.
She refused the Escalante fortune.
She wanted to know whether someone could love Mariana...
Without loving billions of dollars.
Andrew had passed every test.
Until success changed him.
Power corrupted him.
And Brenda merely accelerated what already lived inside him.
Eduardo slid another folder across the table.
"Our investigators found something else."
Mariana opened it.
Photographs.
Bank transfers.
Private hotel reservations.
Emails.
Brenda had been Andrew's mistress for nearly two years.
Long before anyone suspected.
Mariana quietly closed the file.
"I don't want revenge."
Eduardo looked at his daughter.
"What do you want?"
May you like
She answered without hesitation.
"Justice."
