Episode 15

"I will take you to see your father," said Susan. After last night, Susan had woken up early to exercise. The medication had done a good job, and Arturo had locked himself in his study as he used to do before they became intimate.

"Alright, I'll wait outside," Susan didn't want to intrude. She knew Arturo's kindness might be due to his love for Gabriela, who had always been treated well. But why doesn't he divorce her?

The sound of a vehicle interrupted her thoughts. Susan got into the car, headed towards the Fontaine family. Arturo had already left when she arrived. She met her mother.

"Mama!" Susan ran into Gema's arms, who welcomed her with the usual affection. Like a little girl, Susan began to cry.

"What's wrong, darling?" Susan bit her lip but couldn't hold back her tears any longer. Gema took her to the garden. "Now, Susan, tell me what's going on with you. Why are you crying when you've always shown strength despite your kindness? You never cried when you fell and scraped your knee. You didn't cry when Gabriela and you were going to get vaccinated or when your sister ran through the whole hospital."

"My life has changed, Mama. My life changed with this marriage. When I agreed to marry Arturo to prevent him from confronting our family, I didn't think about the consequences it could bring. I didn't think about my sister; she disappeared and we didn't even try to find out why. Papa had that heart attack; maybe he found out something bad had been done to him. You told me we couldn't afford Arturo getting angry at us, otherwise the companies Papa had fought for all those years could disappear. That deal changed a few days ago, Mama."

"Have you fallen in love with Arturo?" Gema's eyes had a special sparkle.

"No, Mama, but we consummated the marriage. Now my sister has returned, and she and Arturo have their encounters. Señora Andrea even says that I hired people to make my sister disappear and take her place, but Arturo is the one who won't give me a divorce."

"Have you talked to him about the divorce?" Gema caressed her daughter's face.

"He refuses to accept it," Susan replied.

"Then stop overthinking while Arturo Lacronte still wants you as his wife. Not even your sister's return can change that. I will talk to Andrea myself."

"No, Mama, I won't allow you to do that. I don't want your friendship to be affected by an argument," Susan pleaded. Gema fell silent, and there was something she couldn't bear anymore. Her heart weighed heavily. Meanwhile, Susan kept to herself what her mother-in-law had done to her, and according to the men hired for her beauty, it wasn't to end up at the Barranco. They only decided to beat her, after which she took a taxi to Arturo's company, which was the closest.

"Susan, Mama," Gabriela had arrived. "Mama, may I talk to my sister?"

"Gabriela," Gema didn't want that to happen, but Susan also wanted to speak to her.

"I'm going to talk to my sister, Mama," Susan said, and Gema knew she couldn't prevent that conversation. She stepped away, leaving her two daughters face to face.

"Su, I think you and I deserve a good conversation, woman to woman," Gabriela expressed.

"You are my sister," Susan responded.

"But you're married to the man I love," Gabriela's eyes filled with tears. "Deep down, I understand you did it all for Dad and the company. If I could prevent you from sacrificing yourself, I would definitely do it."

"It is just an arranged marriage, whom Arthur loves is you, I suppose it wasn't easy for him to accept that the woman he loves left him 3 days before their wedding, Dad had that heart attack, there was no other way out."

"I didn't disappear because I wanted to, I would never leave Arthur willingly, but I was forced, kidnapped. I lived a nightmare on the day after the scheduled wedding date, they had released me, but I felt unworthy of Arthur, I didn't want to go back. Later, I found out that they forced you to marry him, and after much thought, I returned. I came back so that you could be free. Arturo has shown me in a thousand ways that he loves me, you even discovered it in his office, but he doesn't want to leave you unprotected, precisely because I asked him not to."

"So he doesn't want to give me a divorce because Gabriela doesn't want to make me suffer. " That was Susan's thought - I don't want to be the problem between you, I know perfectly well that you love each other - Susan spoke those words out loud.

"Would you step aside for me, Susan?" Gabriela took her sister's hands, her eyes were sad.

"Of course, Gabriela, you are my sister," Susan felt a little guilty thinking that she had been involved with Arturo.

"I'm thinking of giving him a surprise dinner, but I don't want to make you uncomfortable, so I don't want to do it where you'll be."

"You'll never be a bother, Gabriela. You can do it tonight if you want, I'll come here or go to Daniela's. You can wait for him in Villa Florida. I want you to be happy, sister."

"Are you sure, Susan? Arturo and I love each other, but if you've consummated the marriage, this no longer makes sense.

Upon hearing her sister's words, Susan stomped her foot hard so that Gabriela wouldn't discover that Arturo had already explored every part of her body.

"Nothing at all has happened between Arturo and me" Susan wanted to scream, lying to her sister, but her heart wouldn't allow her to make Gabriela feel bad.

"Tonight, I will give him a surprise in Villa Florida. Thank you for this, Susan. I hope you find a man who loves you as much as Arturo loves me." Gabriela hugged her sister and then walked away.

"What have you done?" Daniela's scream was close to shaking the entire roof of the house.

"I will sleep with you because Arturo and Gabriela will have a date at the Villa." Susan repeated every word.

"Susan, be grateful that you're far away from me, otherwise, I swear I would rip your head off. You're the only wife who hands her husband on a silver platter to another woman."

"That woman is the one Arturo loves. They had dinner at my father's house a few days ago. Remember when we found them at the restaurant? I caught them having sex in his office yesterday. What do you want me to do? Hold their candles?"

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