LOGINAlejandro’s POVThe velvet ring box feels heavier than it should. It rests quietly in my hand while Camila keeps looking at it, and the smile slowly spreading across her face almost makes me forget everything waiting outside this office.She lets out the tiniest laugh. “…You kept it.” I nod. “I always planned to.” Her eyes soften. “You never threw it away.” “I couldn’t.” She takes one careful step closer. “I thought…” She smiles shyly. “…I thought you’d hidden it somewhere.”“I did.” I hold up the box. “In my desk.” She laughs. “…You’re impossible.” “I’ve heard that before.” Her gaze never leaves the ring box. Not because of the ring. Because of what it means. Hope. A future. A promise.She slowly reaches toward it. “…Can I?” I place it gently in her hands. She opens the lid. The diamond catches the afternoon light. For a long moment… neither of us says anything. Then she looks up at me. “So…” A teasing smile appears. “…Ask.”I blink. “What?” She laughs. “You heard me.” “I did.” “So a
Camila’s POVI spend the entire morning thinking about one sentence. I would’ve followed until you let me walk beside you again. No matter how many times I replay those words… they never sound like obligation. They sound like choice.I quietly stop outside Alejandro’s office. The door isn’t completely closed. A thin line of light stretches across the hallway. I gently push it open. He never heard me coming. The office is silent. Company files cover the desk. Financial reports. Audit folders. Coffee cups that have long since gone cold.Alejandro is asleep. One arm rests beneath his head. The other still loosely holds a pen. I smile before I even realize it. “…You fell asleep working again.” He doesn’t move. Dark circles sit beneath his eyes. His tie is loose. His sleeves are rolled to his elbows.For someone who lost control of half his company… he looks strangely peaceful. I quietly walk closer. One report catches my attention. My name. Highlighted several times. Another folder. Secur
Alejandro’s POVSomething feels wrong before I even open my eyes. The house is too quiet. The silence presses against my chest until I instinctively reach toward the other side of the bed. Empty. I sit upright immediately. “Camila?” No answer.I throw the blanket aside and walk into the hallway. The guest room door stands open. The light is still on. My heartbeat stumbles. “Camila?” Still nothing. I step inside. The room is empty. The bed hasn’t been slept in.One wardrobe door hangs slightly open. A cold wave rushes through me. “No…” I look around desperately. Her favorite sweater is gone. The small blue travel bag she always kept in the closet… gone. Every thought crashes into the next.The torn photographs. The threats. The goodbye look she’d been wearing for days. “No.” I break into a run. My footsteps thunder through the hallway. “Camila!” Mrs. Harper’s bedroom door opens halfway. She blinks sleepily. “Alejandro?” “Have you seen her?”Her expression changes instantly. “…Oh no.” I
Camila’s POVThe house is finally quiet. The laughter from movie night has disappeared, the lights in the hallway are dim, and somewhere downstairs the grandfather clock quietly counts each passing second.I can’t sleep. Every time I close my eyes… I see Alejandro losing his company. Mom collapsing. Reporters shouting. Those photographs. The threats. It all circles back to one thought. Me.I quietly sit at the small desk beside the bedroom window. A blank sheet of paper waits in front of me. The pen feels strangely heavy. “…Just write.” The first line refuses to come. I try again. Dear Alejandro…The words blur almost immediately. I wipe my eyes before the tears can fall onto the page. “I’m sorry.” My voice is barely a whisper. I force myself to keep writing. By the time you read this… My hand stops. Fresh tears slide onto the paper.“No…” I crumple the page. Then smooth it out again. I don’t have enough strength to start over. Another deep breath. Another attempt. Thank you… The word
Alejandro’s POVBy the next morning, I make one decision. Camila is not going anywhere alone. Not until we know who has been watching us. She folds her arms the second I tell her. “…Seriously?” I nod. “Seriously.”She sighs dramatically. “Alejandro.” “Camila.” “I’ve survived twenty-six years.” “I know.” “I can walk to another room.” “I know.” She narrows her eyes. “You keep saying ‘I know.’” “Because I do.”“And?” “And you’re still not going alone.” She throws both hands into the air. “This is unbelievable.” Mrs. Harper quietly walks into the dining room carrying fresh coffee. She looks between us. “…Who is winning?”Camila immediately points at me. “He thinks I need security to cross the hallway.” Mrs. Harper takes a thoughtful sip. “He has a point.” Camila blinks. “…You too?” Mrs. Harper smiles. “I like cautious men.” “I liked you five seconds ago.”“You still do.” “I know.” Mrs. Harper laughs. “See?” “He learned from Alejandro.” Even Dylan joins the conversation as he walks in. “Wh
Camila’s POVThe cameras are waiting before I even reach the hospital. Bright flashes explode across the parking lot while microphones rise above the crowd, and somehow the noise feels even louder after everything that happened yesterday.I stop walking. “…Not again.” Karen looks through the windshield. She lets out a slow breath. “They started arriving before sunrise.” Brian glances toward the entrance. “They’re multiplying.”“I think reporters reproduce by headlines.” Karen almost laughs. “I wish that wasn’t believable.” The security guard opens my car door. “I’m sorry, Ms. Camila.” “It’s not your fault.” He nods respectfully. “We’ll get you inside.”The moment my shoes touch the pavement— “There she is!” Every camera swings toward me. Questions come flying all at once. “Mrs. Vega!” “Did you manipulate Alejandro Vega?” “Did you marry him for his company?”“Is he hiding evidence for you?” I keep walking. No answers. No eye contact. Just one step after another. A microphone suddenly a
Camila's POVHospitals are strange places when the person you're worried about is on the other side of the bed.I've spent years walking these hallways in scrubs, moving from patient to patient, crisis to crisis, always knowing what to do next. But the moment I step onto the cardiac floor as a daug
Alejandro's POVThe door closes behind Camila, and for the first time all afternoon, the conference room falls silent.I should be relieved as the meeting is over, the contract remains unsigned. Nothing has changed.Instead, I find myself staring at the door she walked through, replaying the conver
Camila's POV"I want you to be my wife for sixty days."For a second, I honestly think I've misheard him.Maybe the air conditioning in this ridiculously expensive conference room is too loud. Maybe exhaustion is finally catching up to me after three consecutive double shifts and months of survivin
Alejandro's POV"What exactly is so funny?"The moment the words leave my mouth, the entire table goes silent.Good, because judging by the expression on Camila's face, whatever happened before I arrived wasn't funny at all.Several women suddenly become very interested in their drinks,others avoid







