My husband said he was “on a business trip” — but when I went to the hospital to visit my sick friend, I suddenly heard her voice behind the door… And what I heard made my blood run cold.

Pregnant.

Ricardo leaned over and kissed her belly.

Five hours earlier he had kissed my forehead.

“Be patient,” he said. If I divorce now, I lose everything. Everything is in his name. The company, the accounts, the house in Querétaro…

He laughed.

But what came next was worse.

“She’s so busy playing CEO that she doesn’t see anything. He thinks he has me grateful. He does not understand that I use it because it is convenient.

Laura laughed.

“So you’re still his parasite?”

Ricardo smiled arrogantly.

“I’m not a parasite. I’m a strategist. I’ve been diverting money for months now. Inflated bills. Ghost suppliers. When we have enough to open our business in Monterrey, I will leave it. No drama. No guilt.

Laura caressed his face.

“Sometimes I feel sorry for her.

Ricardo answered:

“Don’t feel sorry for someone who was born with everything served. In addition… He never gave me a child.