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Chapter 203
Esperanza was still fuming when she arrived at Santiago's penthouse the next morning. The audacity of Isabella showing up at their home, threatening Diego after he'd saved her life—it was beyond comprehension. And the fact that Isabella felt emboldened enough to make such threats meant she believed she still had leverage somehow.Which meant Santiago was still in contact with her. Still giving her reason to think she could manipulate the situation.Esperanza pounded on the door with enough force to rattle the frame.Santiago opened it looking disheveled, clearly having just woken up despite it being nearly noon. "Esperanza? What are you—""We need to talk," Esperanza said, wheeling past him into the apartment without waiting for an invitation. "Now."Santiago closed the door and followed her into the living room, concern creeping into his expression. "What's wrong? Did something happen?""Your crazy ex-fiancée showed up at our house yesterday," Esperanza said, her voice sharp with fur
Chapter 202
Diego met Gael at their usual secure location—a nondescript coffee shop downtown where the noise level made surveillance difficult and the owner asked no questions about customers who paid in cash.Gael slid a folder across the table, his expression carrying new information. "We've got a complication.""What kind of complication?" Diego asked, opening the folder to reveal surveillance photos of a second location."Alejandro and Lucia have another base," Gael explained. "They alternate between the rebuilt bunker and this warehouse on the east side. Security precaution. Never stay in one location for more than a few days at a time."Diego studied the photos, his tactical mind already analyzing entry points and vulnerabilities. "How often do they switch?""Every three to four days based on the pattern I've observed. They're paranoid about being tracked, so they keep moving. Smart, actually. Makes them harder to pin down.""Which means we need to know which location they'll be at on D-day
Chapter 201
Santiago sat alone in his penthouse apartment, staring at the city lights through floor-to-ceiling windows. The space around him was filled with expensive furniture, designer decorations, bottles of premium alcohol—all the trappings of wealth and success.And it all felt completely meaningless.He'd spent years building this life. The lavish lifestyle. The reputation as a playboy. The arrogance that came from being Ricardo Vega's heir. The constant pursuit of pleasure and validation.And where had it gotten him? Abandoned at his own wedding. Publicly humiliated. Cut off from the only family he had left.Diego and Esperanza had saved him. Again. Despite everything he'd done to them, every warning he'd ignored, every insult he'd thrown—they'd still shown up to stop him from making the biggest mistake of his life.They'd protected him even when he didn't deserve protection.And he'd repaid them by being too stubborn, too proud, too foolish to listen until it was almost too late.Santiago
Chapter 200
Gael studied Diego carefully, his experienced eyes taking in details most people would miss—the slight tension in Diego's shoulders, the way his left hand occasionally twitched, the exhaustion that lingered despite his otherwise strong appearance."What's your current health condition like?" Gael asked bluntly. "And do you really have things under control?"Diego raised an eyebrow. "Why are you asking?""Because the last time I saw you in action, your left hand was acting up," Gael replied. "Badly. I saw the darkness leaking through that glove you wear. Saw you struggling to maintain control. And now you're planning to go after Alejandro and Lucia alone? That seems risky.""I can handle it," Diego said, though his voice carried less certainty than he'd intended."Can you?" Gael pressed. "Because if that curse overwhelms you at the wrong moment, you won't just fail the mission—you'll become the danger. And I've seen what happens when the Devil's Hand takes over. It's not pretty."Diego
Chapter 199
Santiago stood among the dispersing crowd, having witnessed the entire scene from start to finish. Diego kneeling in the blood-soaked parking lot, his hands moving with precision and skill that seemed almost supernatural. Isabella's life literally draining away, then stabilizing under Diego's care. The whole thing had been remarkable. Impressive.Humbling, even.Santiago approached Diego as the ambulance pulled away, a sheepish smile on his face. "That was incredible, man. Really. The way you just... knew exactly what to do. If I had your healing abilities, after everything Isabella did to our family, I wouldn't have lifted a finger to help her. Would've let her bleed out right there."He put his arm across Diego's shoulders in a gesture of camaraderie, the smile widening. "But you did help her anyway. That takes real character. Real strength. And I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for saving me from the enemy's net. For showing up when you did. For stopping me from making the
Chapter 198
Diego heard the commotion from inside the church and pushed through the departing guests to see what was happening. The moment he reached the parking lot and saw Isabella's crumpled form in the pool of blood, his medical training kicked in automatically.Miscarriage. Obvious from the location of the bleeding, the amount of blood loss, the position she'd collapsed in. The baby—if there had ever really been one—was gone. Nothing he could do about that.But if he didn't stop the bleeding, Isabella would die within minutes. And despite everything she'd done, despite all the manipulation and betrayal, Diego couldn't just stand by and watch someone bleed to death.He moved forward, already calculating which pressure points would be most effective, which acupuncture techniques could temporarily stem the hemorrhaging until the ambulance arrived.But before he could reach Isabella, a woman threw herself between them—Isabella's mother, her face twisted with fury and grief."Get away from her!"
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