Secretly Loving My Adoptive Brother
I replied, my tone carefully level.
“Oh—Camila’s working? Where?” came Adriana’s voice, light with surprise. She had appeared tonight without warning, joining the family for dinner with the ease of someone already quite at home.
“She’s working at Javier’s company, Adriana. Today was her very first day as a marketing staff member,” Mama explained, unmistakable pride threading through her words.
I answered with a polite smile and a small nod in Adriana’s direction. Behind that smile, my chest remained compressed, still aching with a bruised, persistent pain every time the memory of what I’d witnessed in Javier’s office that afternoon circled back through my mind.