In the Mountain penthouse, Bernardo and Maggie are horrified by Melissa wanting not only to reveal the plan but also to take all the blame.“Are you crazy, Melissa?” Maggie scolds her, “Josias will never accept something like that! He will definitely ask if Kelvin forced you to take the blame yourself.”“If that's true, then Josias doesn't like Kelvin.” Melissa giggles bitterly.Bernardo clears his throat, “Melissa, let's not be too hasty. We don't know if the plan failed in its entirety.”Melissa shakes her head, “He's not going to marry Gabriela, guys. Let's forget about it, it was some madness that we shouldn't have even started.”Maggie responds, “Well, if I'd known Kate was going to die in a plane crash, I confess I wouldn't have tried to push Gabriela on him.”Melissa gets irritated, “Ah, Gabriela... This woman is the one who has most discouraged me from cont

At Rocha Constructions, Josias is outraged that Gabriela still dares to show up at the office as if she were someone important.Tobias is embarrassed when he realizes that it’s Gabriela who joked with the Rocha brothers, “Excuse me, I have to prepare my inaugural speech.”“Congratulations, Mayor Ibrahim, but I voted for the other one,” Gabriela says disrespectfully.Tobias gets indignant and leaves the office.Josias is frowning, “What did you come here for, Gabriela?”“Josias, I need you to listen to me—”“I think I listened to you too much and gave you too much freedom.” Josias cuts her off, “Why did you do that, Gabriela? I was willing to marry you and give you my last name, but you had to screw it up by sleeping with my brother, huh?”Gabriela clashes with Josias using the past tense, “Josias... I... how did you...?”“Don't

Rodrigo catches up with Nadia at the entrance to the supermarket, now Lafayette Supermarket. But before he actually approached her, the ogre brother appeared again.“Nadia, you still haven’t explained to me who that abuser was who was charming you.”“Don't be rude, Thierry!” Nadia embarrasses herself, “I was just chatting animatedly with the waiter!”“Then talk about your life and avoid talking about mine!” Thierry grunts.“And what do we have to talk about in your life?” Nadia counters ironically. Then she holds out the binder, “Do you want to lead the renovation inspection?”“No chances!” Thierry recoils from the binder as if it were vomit, “That paint and cement smell makes me nauseous! I'm going home to take a shower and go to sleep.”Nadia scoffs, “It's no use taking a shower if you're still wearing those tattered clothes and that

At Marçal Publishing, Josias confronts Bernardo and Maggie for the plan they devised for Gabriela to take Josias away from Kate.Bernardo clears his throat unnecessarily, “Cah, Cah... Josias, calm down. The story is not like that. Gabriela was pretty upset when she was beaten nearly to death. But the article she wrote was not intended to damage your marriage.”“No?” Josias is slow to believe.Maggie responds, “That's right, Josias. If anyone was to blame for this, it was me. I approved the article. We researched and found out about Mr. Guzman and how he was being accused of sexually harassing the late Katherine.”Josias nods, “I also thought the article would serve to demoralize the swim instructor, but Kate has become a target as well. She was so desperate that she could never tell me exactly what happened. Then... I found out she had overdone it. But I still believe that Gabriela took advantage of this ga

Josias is stunned by Melissa saying that people want the perfect and original couple back.He approaches her slowly and then takes both Melissa's hands candidly, “Melissa...”Melissa senses what Josias is going to say and hurries in, “Josias, I didn't mean to give the wrong impression. Yes, your Mother dreams of us being husband and wife again, but my mother is fervently opposed. She said: one more love affair would ruin your reputation.”Josias smiles gently, “No one would dare say a negative word about you, Melissa.”“But… Josias, I don't want to unfairly ruin Kelvin's heart. What about my children that I had with him? Mary and Ignacio will become bitter as David is.”“Don't worry about David, I sent him back to Rio de Janeiro.” Josias shrugs as if this is of minor importance.“But I worry about my children.” Melissa insists, “In fact, Alan wants to move b