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Chapter Twenty Four

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Elena

The bus pulls into San Esperanza at 4 AM, depositing me in the small plaza where farmers are already setting up for the morning market.

Home.

The word feels strange after months in the city. San Esperanza is the opposite—small, quiet, unchanged. The same cobblestone streets I ran on as a child. The same church bells that wake the village at dawn. The same mountain range watching over everything like a guardian.

Safe.

I hire old Miguel's taxi—the only taxi in the village—to take me to Grandmother Rosa's house on the edge of town.

"Elena Martinez? Is that you?" Miguel peers at me in the mirror. "Your grandmother didn't say you were coming."

"It's a surprise."

"At four in the morning?" He chuckles. "City life not agreeing with you?"

"Something like that."

By the time we pull up to the small house with its blue shutters and flower boxes, the sky is starting to lighten.

"Welcome home, Elena."

I use the key I've kept on my keychain for years. The house smells like cinnamon and wood sm
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  • THE BOSS'S FORBIDDEN TWINS    Chapter Thirty Three

    ELENAThe waiting room chair is not designed for sleeping, but I manage three hours before my neck screams in protest.Luna is draped across my lap, drooling slightly on my shirt. Lucas has migrated to the couch, curled into a ball with his science encyclopedia as a pillow.The wall clock reads 4:17 AM.Grandmother Rosa has been in pre-op since midnight. Surgery starts at six.I extract myself from Luna carefully, cover her with my jacket, and move to the window. The city spreads below—millions of lights, millions of lives, one of which belongs to the man I've spent five years avoiding.He's out there somewhere. Maybe sleeping in his penthouse. Maybe working through the night like he used to. Maybe with someone new, someone who didn't "trap" him with an inconvenient pregnancy.The thought shouldn't hurt after five years.It does anyway."Mommy?"Luna stands behind me, rubbing her eyes. "Is it time for Abuela's surgery?""Soon, baby. Another hour or so.""I'm scared.""Me too."She cli

  • THE BOSS'S FORBIDDEN TWINS    Chapter Thirty Two

    ElenaWe arrive at Blackwood Medical Center at 6 PM.It's massive—a gleaming tower of glass and steel with "BLACKWOOD FOUNDATION" etched above the entrance. Gardens. Fountains. The kind of wealth that builds monuments.Andre pulls up to the emergency entrance. Staff swarm immediately—a gurney, nurses, a doctor who takes one look at Grandmother Rosa's vitals and starts barking orders."Congestive heart failure, acute episode, history of cardiac surgery—"They wheel her away. I try to follow but a nurse stops me."Family waits here. We'll update you shortly.""But I need to—""Ma'am, let us do our jobs. We're excellent at them, I promise."The twins clutch my hands, staring at everything with wide eyes.The lobby is opulent—marble floors, modern art, comfortable seating. Everything money can buy.Everything Damien's money built.I sink into a chair, pull the twins close."Is Abuela going to die?" Luna whispers."No, baby. They're going to help her.""You promise?"I can't promise. But I

  • THE BOSS'S FORBIDDEN TWINS    Chapter Thirty One

    ELENA"Mommy, why is Abuela Rosa breathing funny?"Luna's question freezes me mid-stir. I turn from the stove where I'm making lunch to see my daughter standing in the doorway of Grandmother's room, face pale.I'm down the hall in seconds.Grandmother Rosa is sitting in her chair by the window, one hand pressed to her chest, breathing in short, shallow gasps. Her lips have a faint blue tinge."Abuela!" I drop to my knees beside her. "How long has this been happening?""Just... a few minutes." Each word is an effort. "Didn't want... to worry you.""Luna, get my phone. Call Dr. Andre. Tell him it's Abuela's heart. Now!"She runs.I help Grandmother Rosa lie back, elevate her feet, check her pulse. Racing. Irregular.This is bad. This is very bad.Lucas appears, takes one look, and disappears. Returns thirty seconds later with Grandmother's heart medication and a glass of water."The pills from the bathroom cabinet," he says, voice steady despite the fear in his eyes. "She takes them whe

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    Elena "I've loved you since you came back from the city, broken and pregnant and determined to build a life anyway. I've loved watching you raise those incredible children. I've loved your strength, your intelligence, your refusal to let circumstances defeat you.""Andre, I care about you, but—""But you don't love me. I know. You're still in love with him. With Damien. Even after everything." He smiles sadly. "I've known for a while. The way you get quiet when the twins ask about their father. The way you never talk about the city. The way you've built this entire life around avoiding any situation that might lead to seeing him again.""That's not love. That's self-preservation.""Is it? Because from where I stand, it looks like a woman who's still so affected by a man that five years and hundreds of miles can't create enough distance."I can't argue. Won't argue.Because he's right."I don't want to love him," I whisper. "I want to hate him. To be over it. To move on.""But you can

  • THE BOSS'S FORBIDDEN TWINS    Chapter Twenty nine

    Elena The Saturday market in San Esperanza's town plaza is my favorite chaos.Vendors shouting prices, children weaving between stalls, the smell of fresh bread and roasting corn mixing with mountain air. I have a booth here twice a month—selling Grandmother Rosa's preserves and herbal remedies while I work on my laptop between customers.Today, Luna is helping me arrange jars while Lucas has disappeared with Miguel's grandson to "investigate" the livestock section."Three for the price of two!" Luna calls out in her best vendor voice. She's wearing my old apron, rolled up five times, looking ridiculously serious. "Best jam in all of San Esperanza! My Abuela's secret recipe!"An elderly woman stops, charmed. "And what's the secret, pequeña?""Love. And cinnamon. But mostly love." Luna beams. "That's what Abuela Rosa says. Love makes everything taste better."The woman buys four jars."You're a natural saleswoman," I tell Luna as she carefully counts the money."I like talking to peop

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