He told her to raise the baby on her own… but 18 months later, when she saw her three children at the airport, her entire world shattered.

You can’t be serious. Santiago, tell me this is nonsense.

Santiago kept staring at Mateo, who had moved on to playing with a suitcase wheel. His eyes were red. His breathing had gone uneven.

“I knew about one baby,” he murmured. “Only one.”

Valeria felt anger rise through her chest.

— And yet you still left.

Santiago closed his eyes.

— Valeria, I—

— No. Don’t continue reading …