Episode 3

After a heartbreaking scream.

Romina woke up startled, with Marcelo's phrase echoing in her mind after being hit: "Romi, in the next life, look for me."

Romina's eyes filled with tears.

She murmured incessantly: "Marcelo, you shouldn't have come."

"Really? I shouldn't have come, but Felipe should?" A cold and distant voice reached Romina's ear.

That voice, Marcelo?

Could it be that they had both died and were together in heaven?

How nice, upon dying she could see Marcelo again.

Wait…

Why did this "heaven" look so much like her villa's room?

The villa was the home she shared with Marcelo, and he had even named it; he said that only when Romina was there, it was a home.

Romina, still incredulous and with her heart racing, turned her head to look beside her.

Upon seeing the familiar silhouette next to the bed, her mind went blank, as if lightning had struck on a clear day.

Her lips trembled, unable to make any sound for a long time, and her gaze was fixed on the figure in front of her.

"Marcelo, you…!"

Romina couldn't believe that the same person who had died with her in a fire a second before, was now in front of her, safe and sound.

"Romina, do you really not want to be in this house, don't you want to stay with me?"

"Or is it that, just to see Felipe, you're willing to gamble with your life?"

The man's voice, cold as ice, was full of heartbreaking pain.

"I'm warning you, Romina, don't think you can leave me!"

Without waiting for Romina to react, Marcelo left the room after leaving those words.

Romina was left alone in the room. She was confused, but upon seeing the familiar place, she finally regained her composure. Could it be… that she had gone back in time?

Or had all of the above been a dream? If it was, it had been too real.

Romina got up with effort and rummaged through the whole bed.

She took her cell phone from under the pillow, looked at the date, and indeed, she had returned to the first year of her marriage with Marcelo.

Upon seeing the thick bandage on her wrist, she remembered what had happened that same day in her previous life.

That day had been unforgettable for her. It was when, following Sofia's advice, she had hurt herself.

Sofia had told her that if she wanted to run away with Felipe, she had to make Marcelo hate her.

So she had done everything, causing chaos in the villa, disturbing the peace.

And once again, Sofia had been the one who had given her the idea: if Marcelo couldn't let her go, then she should threaten him with her death so that he would let her leave.

In her previous life, Romina had followed Sofia's words to the letter. Taking advantage of a carelessness of the servants, she had cut her wrist brutally…

Thinking about that, Romina touched her wrist and, with mixed feelings, looked out the window.

This time, I won't let them escape.

But... for now there is something more important...

She had to find Marcelo. She wanted to see him, she needed him so much.

In this life, besides Marcelo, no other man would have her attention.

Romina opened the door of the room and, taking only a few steps, ran into Victoria.

Victoria had taken care of Marcelo since he was a child, and out of affection for him, in her past life she had also been lenient with Romina.

"Miss, how is it that you came out of the room? You haven't fully recovered yet. Where are you going this time?" Victoria asked her worriedly upon seeing Romina so determined.

It was no wonder that Victoria asked that. In her past life, Romina didn't stop for a second.

She was always devising how to escape, and the servants lived exhausted.

Upon seeing the worry on Victoria's face, Romina quickly raised her hands: "No, no, Victoria. I won't leave the house. I just want to see Marcelo. Is he home?"

"Miss, the master went out."

He went out? Had she angered him?

"What do I do now? Where did he go? I need to see him, I have something very important to tell him."

"I don't know, miss. The master didn't tell me where he was going." Victoria shook her head, resigned.

Upon hearing that Marcelo wasn't there, Romina was immediately discouraged, she looked like a balloon that had been deflated.

"Miss, before leaving, the master asked me to bring you this soup. Drink some to regain strength."

Romina saw the soup in Victoria's hands, and suddenly felt like crying.

She had done everything to hurt herself and Marcelo, but despite everything, he still took care of her.

Romina stared at the fish soup in Victoria's hands for a few seconds, then, with red eyes, ran back to the room.

She was determined to call him.

She wanted to tell him how much she missed him, and with that, he would surely return home.

With the cell phone in her hand, she searched through her contacts, but didn't find his number. Instead, she saw a contact saved as "Felipe Super Handsome".

"How disgusting!" Romina, with a disdainful gesture, blocked the number immediately. "What bad luck!"

After not finding Marcelo's number, she remembered that she had never saved it.

Upon seeing Victoria at the door with the soup, Romina smiled sweetly at her.

"Victoria, could you call Marcelo for me?"

Echeverria Company.

Boardroom.

In the middle of a meeting, Marcelo showed no emotion on his face. In the tense atmosphere, the sound of his cell phone vibrating broke the silence abruptly.

Leonardo looked at Marcelo's cell phone, and an alarm went off in his head.

Every time they called from the Echeverria house, it was never good news. It was almost always some servant reporting that Romina had escaped again.

The last time was even worse...

He didn't dare to think about what might have happened this time. Quickly, he passed the cell phone to Marcelo.

Marcelo looked at the screen with the caller ID, and his heart sank. Could it be that that woman had done something again?

"Uh... Marcelo, are you coming home tonight?"

As soon as he answered, a soft and delicate voice slipped into Marcelo's ears.

Romina? How was it possible that she was calling him in person?

Was it so urgent that he returned home? What would she be plotting now to escape or to make him suffer?

It wasn't the first time that Romina had treated him this way, but always with the same goal: to force him to divorce.

"I have no other intention, just that I miss you. Could you come back tonight?"

In the villa, Romina was lying on the living room sofa, talking on the phone with unusual seriousness, and upon not hearing any response, she added hastily.

"I'm going."

No matter what her intention was, he was ready to face it.

Upon hearing Marcelo's response, Romina jumped off the sofa with a leap.

"Great! Then I'll wait for you, okay?"

The enthusiasm in Romina's voice reached Marcelo's ears, causing him to frown. For him, Romina definitely had some hidden motive.

He ended the call and the meeting continued, but the atmosphere in the room became more glacial with each passing minute. Everyone present felt that the temperature had dropped drastically.

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