Episode 7

Grace soon arrives home, and with her bags packed at the door of her room, her mother appears with a sad expression and asks:

"Where have you been?"

"It doesn't matter now, I'm back, aren't I? I just want to spend my last night here, alone in my room," she said, looking at her mother.

"Honey, I know you're doing this against your will, but there's something your father didn't want to tell you and you need to know."

"What is it? Don't tell me Leonardo tried to do something against the company again," she said furiously.

"No, honey, I actually want to talk about what you did today. You can't prioritize your happiness for anyone. I know what you did was so we wouldn't go bankrupt, but what about you? Your happiness?"

"Mom, how can I just think about my own happiness when you and Dad are the only loves I can trust? I spent years with Leonardo and I've known Zara since we were young, but both of them showed that even friendship and love shouldn't be trusted. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. It's just a contract, in time I'll be able to move on and I won't let anything or anyone fool me again."

Paola hugs her daughter and as much as Grace pretends to be a strong woman, when her mother left, she locked the door and lay down on her bed, then cried.

Little did Grace know that her destiny was just being linked to the strange man who made her feel happy, she then fell asleep.

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The next day...

Grace arrives early at Robert Graham's mansion, a woman was waiting for her, soon she goes up to her room, the butler informs her that she needs to hurry because the justice of the peace is already waiting for the wedding.

In a few minutes, she was dressed as a bride, light makeup that enhanced her beauty, as she descends, she only sees Martin, the lawyer Miguel, and the Justice of the Peace, she looks back and there is no sign of her supposed fiance, she thought about asking, but preferred to remain silent, after all she did not expect to have to have any kind of affection with her husband by contract.

And that's how Grace became a married woman, dressed as a bride, with a Justice of the Peace who took her signature, alone, without even a sign of her husband.

She goes back to her room, takes off her dress and takes a shower, then about to go down to see her new home, she sees a doctor walking down the hall, which intrigues her.

"What's a doctor doing here?" She asked herself, not realizing she was speaking out loud.

The butler who was right behind her says:

"Didn't Mr. Martin tell you?"

"He told me? Is there something I need to know?" She asked confused.

Edgar looks at Grace and asks:

"Were you so desperate for money that you didn't want to know about your husband?"

"Are you by any chance trying to offend me or insinuate that I am a gold digger?"

"No, ma'am, it's just that we judge by what we know, but I'm not here to weigh your character, I don't know you yet to know if you were forced to marry Mr. Robert, or if you are an opportunist, but don't worry, I am a man who quickly discovers the character of the people around me, welcome to the mansion, Mrs. Graham, my name is Miguel."

"What's wrong with my husband? Is he sick?" She asked curiously.

"He's in a coma, would you like to see him?"

Grace ends up nodding and goes towards Robert's room with the butler, as soon as he opens the door, she sees her husband, in a beautiful room, but which was adapted as a luxurious hospital room, full of machines that helped keep Robert alive, the male nurse looks at the butler and soon leaves Robert's side, making it easier for Grace to see who was in the bed, as soon as she looks at the face of the man who seemed to be in a deep sleep , her eyes fill with tears, at that moment even she didn't know how to describe what she was feeling, the butler and the nurse look at each other without understanding anything, Grace touches Robert's hand and says:

"Handsome, you can't die, don't leave me alone in this cruel world, you were the best person I met and seeing you here like this makes me very sad."

The butler tries to listen to what she was whispering in Robert's ear, he saw in her eyes something he never thought she would do, being an elderly man who had already lived through many situations in life, he knew that her eyes showed love.

Grace sat down beside the bed Robert was in and said,

"Can you leave me alone with my husband?"

The butler immediately left with the male nurse and she, stroking his hand, said:

"What an irony of fate, so many men in the world and you immediately became my husband, I don't want you to die, handsome, I mean Robert, or rather, my husband. You need to live, you need to wake up."

Continues...

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