—Why so much insistence?
—Because I want to earn your trust, not buy it.
Valeria studied him with suspicion. Then, against all logic, she accepted.
They went to a diner open in the early hours in Coyoacán. She ordered green enchiladas and coffee; he, chilaquiles.
There, sitting among taxi drivers and night workers, they finally talked for real.
She told him about her training, the books she liked, and the fierce respect she had for her grandfather.
Emiliano told her why he had chosen hospitality: because, in the midst of a world where everything seemed like a transaction, he still liked the idea of creating places where people felt welcome.
Valeria smiled genuinely for the first time.
And Emiliano felt something inside him stir.
What neither of them knew was that someone was watching them.
Tomás Vela, Emiliano’s business partner and his best friend since college, had been following his movements.
Tomás was elegant, brilliant, useful… and dangerously ambitious. Emiliano’s interest in that waitress didn’t bother him out of romantic jealousy, but because of money.
There was a huge business deal at stake: the sale of part of the restaurant group to international investors.
One of the key investors had a direct relationship with a Hong Kong businessman: Adrian Wong.
And Adrian Wong had been looking for a woman for years.
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