His expression changed.
And this time, Clara saw real fear.
“Your father didn’t just lose 50 million pesos through gambling.”
“He was involved in the reason I had to disappear.”
Clara’s smile faded.
“What are you talking about?”
Sebastian looked toward the locked cabinet in the corner of the room.
“The night your father sold you to me…”
“He wasn’t trying to save himself.”
“He was trying to hide what he did to my family.”
And Clara realized their marriage had never been an accident.
It had been part of a secret that had been buried for years.
